Category: 1. Israel

Neocons move happily from one national party to the other. Their present tussle with Tucker Carlson and others on the anti-Israeli right has strengthened their determination to keep American politics from moving in a (for…

Concerns have been raised after the judge who was expected to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action was removed from the case at the last minute without explanation.

Mr Justice Chamberlain had granted permission for the judicial…

An Israeli orchestra that released a video this week marking the 50th anniversary of the death of the late Egyptian music icon Umm Kulthum has been accused of stealing Egypt’s heritage.

Firqat Alnoor, an Arabic classical music orchestra…

Israel has received, via the Red Cross, a coffin that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) say contains the body of one of the last three deceased hostages still in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office.

Israeli forces will…

Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said.

The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that…

President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House earlier this month is being framed as Syria’s return to international legitimacy. In reality, it means something profoundly different: the reshaping of a shattered state into a…