This isn’t a metaphor anymore. Since October 7, the comparison between Hamas and the Nazis passed from a rhetorical device to an entrenched belief among the Israeli public.
A Jerusalem Post exclusive survey on Tuesday found that 51% of…
Category: 3. Middle East
-
Trump tells Jordanian King that US will run Gaza properly
President Donald Trump told Jordan’s King Abdullah that the US is going “to take Gaza” in a meeting between the two on Tuesday.
“Palestinians will live safely in another location that is not Gaza,” he said, adding that the US wasn’t going to…
Continue Reading
-
Israel says Gaza war to resume if hostages aren’t released Saturday
The Israeli security cabinet announced on Tuesday that it was backing President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Hamas to release hostages held in Gaza by Saturday at noon, warning that if Hamas does not do so, the Israeli military will resume…
Continue Reading
-
US foreign aid halt to have major hit on poorest countries: report
A suspension of US foreign aid and possible dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will have a major impact on some of the world’s poorest countries, the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) warned…
Continue Reading
-
At least $53 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, UN estimates
More than $53 billion will be required to rebuild Gaza and end the “humanitarian catastrophe” that has gripped the war-ravaged territory, including $20 billion in the first three years alone, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The global body said…
Continue Reading
-
Iranian president indicates Iran seeking more peaceful relations
Iran is doing outreach in the region and also globally, seeking more peaceful relations, its president indicated this week.
Iran is also commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian spoke…
Continue Reading
-
After sharing escape plan, Hafez Bashar al-Assad’s alleged X account suspended
An account bearing the name of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s son, Hafez Bashar al-Assad, has been suspended from X after describing the family’s final days in the country before the rebel takeover.
The page for @HafezBAlAssad read…
Continue Reading
-
Swedish woman jailed for keeping Yazidi slaves in Syria
A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country’s first court case over crimes by the Islamic State group against the Yazidi minority.
Accused of keeping Yazidi women and children…
Continue Reading
-
Israeli raid in Jenin kills at least 25, displaces 40,000: What we know
The Israeli army has escalated its operation in the northern West Bank in the past three weeks, causing massive destruction of infrastructure, forcing more than 40,000 Palestinians to flee their homes and killing dozens.
Continue Reading
-
Iran pardons journalists who covered woman’s death that triggered protests
Iran’s top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists who uncovered the death of a young woman in police custody, the judiciary’s news outlet, Mizan, said Tuesday. The case triggered widespread protests in 2022.
Journalists Elaheh…
Continue Reading
