The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank again on Saturday, calling the behavior an “act of terror” as he visited with Palestinian American residents shaken by months of attacks. “If there are squatters that come in and put up their own flags and take possession of something that…
Israel announced on Monday it had recovered the wreckage of the Altalena, an arms-smuggling boat whose sinking by the Israeli military just after the state’s founding in 1948 exposed divisions that persist today. The Altalena had set sail from France loaded with weapons packed for the Irgun, the militant Zionist force that conducted attacks against…
Palestinian-American Loui Ridi said he could only watch via security cameras from his home in Ohio as Israeli settlers laid siege to his house in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, for over a week. Settlers have long illegally seized Palestinian homes in the West Bank, but the attacks have stepped up…
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a podcast published over the weekend, called for “30 to 40” people to be killed per night in targeted assassinations in the Gaza Strip. Discussing Israel’s response to the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza, and Israel’s recent move to…
3m ago UAE says Iran attacked two vessels in Strait of Hormuz The United Arab Emirates on Friday blamed Iran for attacks on two vessels linked to its state-owned oil company as they passed through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. Iran has imposed an effective blockade of the strait, frequently attacking commercial…
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that the defence pact signed last week between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye was “a sign of a change in the perception” of regional countries towards the United States. The joint defence agreement, signed in Makkah on Friday, aims to strengthen collective deterrence and empowers its signatory states to…
Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight on Sunday. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in October 2023. Abdel Azim Wadi, mayor of the town of Qusra, south of the city of Nablus, told AFP that settlers…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday his government would establish new settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and legalize more existing ones, after a deadly clash left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead. Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced “a series of steps” including “powerful action” and raids in Palestinian villages suspected…
