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The Middle East – where and when next?
President Trump is now in his sixth month of his current term of the presidency. On taking office on 29th January 2025, he has provided the media with plenty of column inches. He boasted that when he was the President that he would end the two...

Israeli airstrike hits Sweida city in Syria as Bedouin tribes clash with Druze
The Israeli military has carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Sweida city as clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters intensified on Thursday night. The clashes started a wave of tit-for-tat retaliatory violence earlier on in the...

Israeli scientists create digital twin that can predict diseases before symptoms appear
Before we make life-changing decisions, we often run through different scenarios in our minds to predict possible outcomes. But when it comes to our health, forecasting the future becomes especially difficult. Will a certain treatment work? Will a...

Israeli research finds that when plants talk, insects listen
TEL AVIV :There is evidence that plants and insects interact through sound, researchers at Tel Aviv University said on Tuesday, opening a new frontier in the study of acoustic communication in nature. The study, published in the journal eLife,...

Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue
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Israeli strikes kill 43 in Gaza as truce talks stalls
GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and a water distribution point, as talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas stalled. Delegations from Israel...

Israel's Loanwise offers mortgages for Greece and Cyprus
Two months after the war broke out in December 2023, non-bank financing (mainly loans for buying vehicles) company Mimun Yashir founder and CEO Eran Wolf stepped down after 18 years in the job. In his resignation letter to employees Wolf promised...
Curiosity Mounts Over Bannon's 15 Hours Of Epstein Interviews
With the Trump administration under fire from angry conservatives demanding the release of the federal government's information about Jeffrey Epstein, increasing attention is turning to a trove that's in private hands: Steve Bannon's 15+ hours of...

This philosopher & Holocaust survivor said fascism starts with the executive. Let’s listen.
“I told you once that I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the [Nazi] defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil,...

Azerbaijan-Israel and “neutrality” in Syria: diplomacy from the South Caucasus to the Middle East
Azerbaijan between Israel, Iran, Turkey, and Syria Recently, one of the new and attention-grabbing directions of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy has been its growing involvement in the Middle East, especially in Syria. While Azerbaijani diplomacy was...
Syria says pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request, Israeli strikes
DAMASCUS - Syria announced that its army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida on July 16, following a wave of Israeli strikes on the capital and a US call for government forces to leave the majority-Druze southern city. The United...

Is It Time to Write the Obituary for Israel Studies?
I am the author of a new report published by the Jewish People Policy Institute, “Israel Studies at American Universities: Is There a Path Forward?,” a call to action to save the discipline before it’s too late. I trained as a historian in the...

Israeli chemist accuses Stanford of career sabotage with malicious distortion, fabricated claims: Lawsuit
Ruthie Blum, senior contributing editor at JNS and former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says a recent rise in antisemitism is a 'sign of a decaying society.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Israeli scientist...

Low-Cost Carrier Israir Becomes Third Israeli Airline Licensed To Fly To New York
Israeli low-cost carrier Israir has officially been given the green light to operate flights between Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) and New York and is set to become the third Israeli airline to offer flights between the two countries. However,...
Mohammed al-Houthi: What Israeli enemy is doing in Gaza full-fledged terrorism
[Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:30:21 +0300] Sana'a (Saba) – Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, affirmed that the massacres committed by the Israeli enemy in Gaza constitute full-fledged terrorism and ongoing crimes of genocide....

‘Stop Spreading Lies’: Israel Rips UN Over Undistributed Gaza Aid
Israel on Tuesday called out the United Nations for whining about the lack of aid entering Gaza, while simultaneously leaving pallets upon pallets of aid, already within Gaza, undistributed. The Coordination of Government Activities in the...
‘Antisemitic Hate’: US Lawmakers Condemn Proposed Irish Ban on Trade With Israeli Settlements
A bicycle with the Palestinian and Irish flags is seen at the University College Dublin (UCD) ‘Palestinian Liberation Encampment’ on June 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne A growing chorus of US lawmakers is voicing sharp criticism of a...

Israel strikes Syrian tanks amid clashes with Druze Militias
Busra-Al Harir Israel's army has said it struck military tanks in southern Syria, where government forces and Bedouin tribes clashed with Druze militias in the latest escalation in the Middle East country struggling for stability after a 13-year...

Flamingos spend summer in Israel for first time
These are the pink flamingos, and this spectacular bird is a migratory species. Traditionally, flamingos migrate to warmer climates for the winter and return to their breeding grounds during the spring. Israel is no stranger to hot summers, and...

Political shake-up in Israel: Amid Syria attacks, Shas exits Netanyahu’s government
World News Israel's coalition faces a crisis as UTJ quits the government and Shas ministers resign over delays in the Haredi Draft Bill. Despite the split, Netanyahu’s coalition still holds the minimum 61 seats needed to stay in power. Tel Aviv:...