Fiji’s stance on Israel and new embassy stirs revived condemnation

Asia Pacific Report Fiji opening an embassy in Jerusalem last month in defiance of United Nations resolutions on Occupied Palestine and hosting a visit by a senior Israeli minister from the paraiah state this week has revived condemnation by...

Israel eliminates Hezbollah logistics commander in southern Lebanon

TEL AVIV, October 24. /TASS/. The Israeli military has eliminated Hezbollah logistics commander in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. "Earlier today (Friday), the IDF struck and eliminated the logistics commander of...

Could a sports boycott of Israel work?

China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang was not impacted by the absence of US diplomats from the Winter Olympics, with the presence of American competitors underlining the half-hearted, performative nature of the US's objections. Meanwhile,...

Israel Freezes Bill on West Bank Annexation After US Criticism

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Israel on Thursday, October 23, 2025, froze the bill regulating the plan to annex the occupied West Bank. The draft law previously passed the initial vote in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, a day earlier. Ofir Katz, the head...

Israel’s Version of SNL Portrays Trump as a Conquering Roman Emperor in Wild Musical Number

Eretz Nehederet Screenshot The Israeli version of Saturday Night Live has portrayed U.S. President Donald Trump as a conquering Roman emperor in a wild musical number posted to social media. The Atlantic’s Yair Rosenberg retweeted the video,...

Highlighting Diaspora rift, Israel rejects US immigration applicant over Zoom-era conversion

JTA — When Isabella Vinci stepped out of the mikvah on November 11, 2021, she thought she had done everything that would be required to become Jewish. A beit din, or rabbinic court, had approved her conversion after nearly a year of study with...

Israel Kills Hezbollah’s Logistics Chief Amid Reports Of Near Large Attack On Lebanon (Video)

Illustrative image. (Israeli Defense Forces) The Israeli Air Force killed Hezbollah’s south Lebanon logistics chief Abbas Hassan Karaki in a drone strike on October 24, amid reports of ongoing preparations by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for a...

Global community must ensure Israel abides by ceasefire says Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said the US and others must do more to push Israel to stop violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement, including the possible use of sanctions or halting arms sales. Nato member Türkiye, one of the most vocal critics...

Renowned restaurant chain closes after being targeted by anti-Israel protests

Shouk, a plant-based kosher street-food chain in Washington, D.C., permanently shut down its final locations this month in part due to protests and boycotts from anti-Israel activists. Once featured by the Food Network and The Washington Post for...

Revealed: The four militias backed by Israel to defeat Hamas

Israel may have agreed to stop fighting in Gaza, but it is backing armed groups that plan to fight Hamas to the bitter end. Sky News has confirmed for the first time that four anti-Hamas militias are all backed by Israel, and consider themselves...

Hammouri: No alternative to trump’s peace initiative in Israel/Gaza conflict

As the world awaits the final stage of the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, and subsequent enforcement of the peace deal initiated by the American President, Donald Trump, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Palestine to...

Foster family or residential care system? US study informs Israeli org. on how to care for orphans

Drone smuggling at Egypt border tests Israel’s sovereignty

“Where is the government?” cried Eran Doron, head of the Ramat Negev Regional Council. “Residents of the Negev hear gunfire daily from nearby communities.” But the gunfire is only part of the picture. Drones, arms smuggling and Bedouin cartels...

Bahrain raps annexation bills by Israel

Bahrain has expressed condemnation of the Knesset’s approval of two draft bills that seek to impose Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and illegal settlements, deeming this a blatant violation of international law and United Nations...

UN urges Israel and Egypt to open all crossings amid medical crisis in Gaza

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) urged Israel and Egypt today to open all crossings out of Gaza to allow thousands of critically ill Palestinians to leave for urgent medical treatment, calling it a potential “game-changer.” Since Israel’s...

Israel and US Scorn ICJ Ruling Against Starving Civilians as Method of Warfare

Part of the Series Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This week the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) told Israel what seems obvious to any reasonable...

Israel concludes major drill on Lebanon front

2025-10-24T13:55:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East On Friday, Israel’s military completed a five-day exercise along the Lebanese border, its largest since the war began, to "enhance readiness" for large-scale...

Israel’s laser defense could power Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield

WASHINGTON (TNND) — One of America’s closest allies is unveiling groundbreaking new defense technology — and its creators say it could play a key role in President Donald Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome project. Israel’s defense technology company...

Unrwa chief says Israel's genocide in Gaza shows 'utter disregard' for international law

The chief of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees said that Israel's genocide in Gaza revealed "an utter disregard for international humanitarian law" in a post on X. Philippe Lazzarini, the head of Unrwa, said that Israel was carrying out a...

Israel told JD Vance that 60 percent of Hamas's tunnels were not destroyed in war

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told US Vice President JD Vance during his visit earlier this week that 60 percent of Hamas’s tunnels across Gaza have not been destroyed, Channel 12 reported. The report said that half of the existing tunnels...