The UN Security Council was almost unanimous in its condemnation of Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland on Monday, with ambassadors calling it a violation of international law. Only one member defended Israel’s move: the United States....
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Missouri artist Jacob Burmood refused an offer from a South Florida suburb to exhibit one of his abstract metal sculptures for $3,500 after discovering the contract prohibited him from "boycotting Israel."...
Not many Israelis are looking forward to another year of war in Gaza. The army brass and the majority of Israelis support a deal to free the 100 or so hostages still held by Hamas in exchange for ending the conflict....
When the cease-fire in Gaza went into effect earlier this week, the joy across the conflict line was palpable from 6,000 miles away. Although it is unlikely that complicated three-phase deal will ever be fully implemented, it will save lives, bring hostages home, and provide Palestinians in Gaza wit...
what Israel’s UNRWA ban means for Palestinians, U.S. private security contractors head to Gaza, and an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
The Gaza cease-fire that took effect on Jan. 19 brought Israeli domestic politics back to the fore—and helped remind people just how vulnerable Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is politically....
Israel’s first leader, David Ben-Gurion, initiated Israel’s nuclear project in the mid- to late- 1950s, establishing Israel’s nuclear complex at Dimona, during a period when only three countries had nuclear weapons. A decade later, on the eve of the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel secretly assembled its fi...
The Abraham Accords, a series of normalization deals signed in 2020 by Israel and Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates, remain Trump’s signature foreign policy achievement from his first term, and one hailed by both his allies and staunchest political opponents—including former President J...
In the days since the January 19 cease-fire in Gaza, many Israelis have found themselves in an emotional storm almost as powerful as the shock of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre. The difference, of course, is that this time the storm is driven not by sorrow and unspeakable horror but by joy and—fo...
Israel has no constitution, its jurisdiction is unclear, borders have been constantly changing since independence, and the majority of the population of the occupied territories are not citizens of Israel....
Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
Ayman Nasser al-Haymouny, 12, was killed in Hebron while 13-year-old Rimas al-Amouri was shot in the Jenin governorate, the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Wafa news agency confirmed....
On 18 September 2024, the UNGA adopted a resolution following the ICJ's Advisory Opinion, which condemned Israeli policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The ICJ ruled that these actions amount to annexation and apartheid, violating international law and racial discrimination conventions....