Spain’s foreign minister has warned the EU risks losing credibility if it fails to apply the same principles to Israel’s “perpetual war” in the Middle East as it does to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He urged a unified stance,…
Category: 1. Israel
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‘Blood libel repackaged’: Israeli ambr. condemns Stockholm anti-Israel protests
Israel’s ambassador to Sweden has condemned the weekly anti-Israel protests in Stockholm, claiming they feature “open acts of antisemitism.”
“It’s the same centuries-old stereotypes and blood libels, repackaged by replacing ‘ Jews’ with…
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Israel asks court to keep May deadline in Gaza media access dispute
The state on Sunday pushed back against a request to move up its next filing in the High Court case over foreign journalists’ access to Gaza, arguing that there is still no basis to require an earlier update and no justification for advancing…
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Itamar Ben-Gvir asks court to clarify A-G’s role after interim ruling in police case
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir filed an urgent request with the High Court on Sunday, accusing Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara’s office of trying to broaden last week’s interim ruling in the ongoing case over his involvement…
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Do Israel’s large-scale evacuation orders in Lebanon comply with the rules of IHL?
Since early March 2026, escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have been accompanied by large-scale evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military across Lebanon, affecting more than 100 towns and villages as well as parts of…
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IDF finds, dismantles explosives hidden in West Bank school
The IDF discovered weapons and explosives in a West Bank school, which belonged to terrorists who attacked an Israeli settlement weeks ago, the IDF announced Monday.According to the statement, about two weeks ago two, terrorists threw explosives…
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‘My Beloved Son’: A tribute to Israel’s Religious Zionist leaders and sacrifice
Last night, the Remembrance Day film on Channel 11, Haben Yakir Li (My Beloved Son), followed two yeshiva leaders since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. It was riveting to watch Rabbi Yaakov Medan and Rabbi Tamir Granot as they comforted,…
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Daily Briefing April 21 – Shekel shows remarkable resilience after Iran war
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Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in Gaza despite ceasefire
Ramzi Mahmud and Hosni Nadim
21 April 2026•Update: 21 April 2026
Israeli forces killed six Palestinians, including a woman, in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday through airstrikes and gunfire, marking another violation of a fragile ceasefire in place…
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'Preaching morality': Israeli, Polish foreign ministers clash fiercely over alleged IDF war crimes
The dispute escalated after Warsaw’s top diplomat said Israeli soldiers had admitted to war crimes, later citing a Haaretz article on IDF soldiers’ moral injury. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee praised Gideon Sa’ar’s response to his Polish counterpart
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