Israeli security forces on Sunday arrested eight Palestinian students suspected of planning an imminent terror attack.
The students, from Birzeit University near Ramallah, were arrested following an investigation into Hamas cells in Palestinian education institutions, the IDF said.
The students …
Last Friday saw Iran display what it claimed was the “longest-range drone in the world” during a military parade that also featured a number of banners threatening Israel.
The drone, one of several unnamed aerial vehicles and missiles presented at …
As the UN General Assembly convened last week, longstanding speculation around the potential for a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia has reached a fever pitch.
What happened
US secretary of state Antony Blinken claimed last week that any potential normalisation agreement between the Saudis and Israel would have to include steps towards a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
Blinken stressed his view that if the Israel-Saudi normalisation …
The UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wennesland, reported that terror groups in the West Bank are currently better armed than the Palestinian Authority security forces.
He told the World Summit of Counter-Terrorism in Herzliya that …
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly meet Turkey’s recently re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at the UN General Assembly.
The two leaders were due to meet in July, but Netanyahu postponed his visit after undergoing surgery to have a …
One year on from the death in Iranian police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, Iran remains an international pariah posing threats on numerous fronts.
What happened
A rift is beginning to open within the coalition government.
The non-haredi parties, Likud, Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, are facing serious threats from the Haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ), that would end the coalition government and …
The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stripped Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the Grand Vermeil medal after her office said he “justified the extermination of the Jews of Europe” in World War II.
Ms Hidalgo, of the Socialist Party’ sent …
Officials from the Palestinian Authority have demanded hundreds of millions of dollars and more control of land in the West Bank during talks in Riyadh with Saudi counterparts as part of the three-way deal involving the US, Saudi Arabia and …
One million Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of the 2020 Abraham Accords.
Speaking to the Jewish News, Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat said: “almost one-in-ten Israelis has visited the UAE since the end …
Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has flown to Washington today in an effort to bridge the growing gap between the Netanyahu government and Biden administration.
The trip, Herzog’s second since Biden became president, comes before prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had even …