If confirmed in January vote, Democrat will become city’s first Jewish speaker and could serve as a counterweight to Mamdani administration
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A 51-page document by a group of Palestinian scholars and policy thinkers offers a much clearer path to Middle East peace than the UN resolution or Trump’s 20-point plan
Tension is escalating between Israel’s political and military top brass over accountability for the failures behind the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of sidestepping blame.
Weekly protests against…
Qatar, Ireland say Israel using chemical weapons in Gaza | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastQatar and Ireland demanded that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigate Israel’s use of chemical weapons in…
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Iran will allow two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over three years to return home in “exchange” for France freeing an Iranian citizen “in the next two months”, Tehran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
In an interview with TV…
Israel’s military on Wednesday launched a new operation against Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where a local governor told AFP that Israeli forces had raided several towns.
The Israeli military, police and internal security…
PRAGUE — Czech President Petr Pavel on Wednesday voiced opposition to the proposed appointment to the cabinet of a right-wing Eurosceptic who has been criticized for performing a Nazi salute, complicating efforts to form a government…
ANKARA — Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Ankara for his first overseas trip since assuming the papacy in May, visiting a volatile region to bring a message of peace and dialogue, the central pillars of his papacy.
Details: The 68-year-old pontiff…
JTA — Progressive Jewish author Peter Beinart drew a volley of criticism on Tuesday from the boycott Israel movement as well as a right-wing Israeli group over an appearance at Tel Aviv University.
Beinart, who is an outspoken critic of…