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The British sanctions and Israel’s response
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (619+ words) I was not surprised when I heard the speech by Ed Miliband, the British foreign secretary, in which he announced that Britain would impose sanctions against settlers involved in acts of terrorism in the West Bank. The extensive construction initiative…...
Top Palestinian official says elections won’t be held on time
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (365+ words) RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP): A top Palestinian official on Thursday said legislative elections due to be held in late November won’t take place on time, calling for presidential elections first instead. “There will be no elections… We will proceed to…...
Netanyahu under fire over report UAE warned of October 7 attack
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (437+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israeli opposition leaders on Tuesday called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit to serve after a report that the United Arab Emirates had warned him before the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Haaretz newspaper, in a report excerpted from a forthcoming…...
Pacific island nation Nauru opens embassy in Jerusalem
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (312+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, joining a small group of countries taking the symbolic step of backing Israeli sovereignty in the contested city. “We see opening an embassy here…...
Gaza, West Bank escalation makes two-state solution ‘impossible’
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (456+ words) ABU DHABI (AFP): A top official within the US-backed Board of Peace on Monday said a failure to move forward in Gaza paired with rising violence in the West Bank were making a two-state solution “impossible.” Nickolay Mladenov, the high…...
Palestinian demands hold key to Israeli poll
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (413+ words) They may be most unloved kingmakers in global politics. Palestinian citizens of Israel represent roughly a fifth of the Israeli population, but around 50 days from a crucial Israel election, it is their votes that could determine which bloc wins. The…...
Netanyahu orders evacuation of some West Bank settler outposts: minister
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (140+ words) JERUSALEM (AFP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the evacuation of some West Bank settlements deemed illegal under Israeli law, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Sunday. “To my knowledge, Netanyahu has given the instruction to evacuate” certain settlements, Smotrich…...
Netanyahu’s recklessness alienating friends and allies
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (564+ words) YOSSI MEKELBERG There may come a time of reckoning, perhaps after the October general election and, eventually, in the judgment of history, over the harm that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government have inflicted on their own people…...
Vance says Iran fight isn’t a ‘war’ as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears
1+ week, 3+ day ago (880+ words) “I wouldn’t call it a war,” Vance said after being asked during a White House press briefing about whether the fighting could be wrapped up before voters cast their ballots in the Nov. 3 congressional elections. “Right now, there is no…...
Possible hinge power
1+ week, 3+ day ago (290+ words) WORLD politics has now entered an era in which old alignments are rapidly changing. During Cold War, the world was largely divided between two WORLD politics has now entered an era in which old alignments are rapidly changing During Cold…...