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US Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Wisconsin Air National Guard facility at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on July 8, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Vance says Israeli intelligence had ties to Epstein: What to know

Vice President JD Vance has grown more critical of Israel, possibly in an effort to capitalize on changing views among voters with an eye on the 2028 presidential election.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cornerstone laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center at an abandon airport in East Jerusalem near the separation wall with the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Ramallah on July 5, 2026.

Israeli PM Netanyahu 'will not travel' to US next week, his office says

On Wednesday, an Israeli official had told Al-Monitor that Netanyahu was planning to travel on Saturday and meet with President Donald Trump next week and attend the memorial service for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

BEIRUT, LEBANON - OCTOBER 13: Lebanese people wave flags and hold portraits of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (not pictured) as he arrives in southern suberb of Beirut on October 13, 2010 in Lebanon. The controversial visit is seen as a boost for key ally Hezbollah. According to reports Mr Ahmadinejad may visit the border with Israel - the site of recent deadly clashes between Israeli and Lebanese forces. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/Getty Images)

Ahmadinejad denies alleged Mossad plot to install him as Iran leader: What to know

The former president, who was a virulent critic of Israel while in office, was reportedly part of a Mossad plan to replace the current Iranian leadership.

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As Trump prioritizes Hormuz, Israel fears Iran rebuilding nuclear program while preserving ballistic missile threat

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Israel's next election: Who's leading in polls and what's at stake?

Israelis turn out to cast their ballots on election day for the 20th Knesset on March 17, 2015 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Samuel Wendel

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In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

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Rina Bassist

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In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Dr Ezzeldeen Abu Al-Aish, a Palestinian fertility expert who has been working at Israel's Sheba Medical Center for the past few years, speaks to the media on January 17, 2009 in Tel Hashomer hospital in Tel Aviv. An Israeli strike hit his family house in the Gaza Strip yesterday killing three of his eight children. Two of his daughters are hospitalized in Israel in serious condition after the Israeli government evacuated his daughters from Gaza. AFP PHOTO / YEHUDA RAIZNER (Photo credit should read YEHUDA

The Gaza Doctor’s Story On Israeli Stage

The best-seller “I Shall Not Hate,” depicting the life of Ezzeldeen Abu al-Aish, "the doctor from Gaza" and bereaved Palestinian father, has been adapted for the stage at Habima national theater, Michal Aharoni reports.

Protesters light candles in front of a Palestinian flag during a rally to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli jails, in Gaza City April 15, 2013. According to a Palestinian prisoners' association, at least 4900 Palestinians remain in Israeli jails. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXYMTT

Do the US and Arab StatesSee Eye to Eye on Palestine?

The United States has failed to change its approach to the Middle East conflict, but Arab states are consolidating alliances with the divided Palestinian political establishment, writes Ahmad Azem.

Abdullah Yaseen, a freelance web programmer, works on his laptop at al-Najah University campus in the West Bank city of Nablus April 8, 2013. Fledgling Palestinian high-tech firms hope they can now help revitalise the economy, making the West Bank more resistant to Israeli controls on land and the movement of goods and people and less dependent on fickle foreign aid flows, which are blighting the public sector. Picture taken April 8, 2013. To match Feature PALESTINIANS-HITECH/ REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (

Economic Peace Before a Political Solution in Israel, Palestine

Following dismayed reactions to Secretary of State John Kerry’s Israel/West Bank visit, both sides debate prioritizing economic peace, writes Adnan Abu Amer.

A triathlete runs out of the Red Sea during the Elite Men's Triathlon ETU European Championships in the southern Israeli city of Eilat April 21, 2012. Picture taken April 21, 2012. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL - Tags: SPORT TRIATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3BK4J

Rocket Attack Could Shake Israel-Egypt Security Ties

The rockets fired lately on the southern city of Eilat might force Israel to choose between the security of its citizens and keeping the peace accord with Egypt, writes Alon Ben David.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) tour a technology expo at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - RTR3F9EE

The Gap Between the US And Israel on a Nuclear Iran

President Obama may not be bluffing in promising to deal with an Iranian nuclear "weapon," he just may not be hearing Israeli wishes to limit Iranian nuclear production "capability," writes Ben Caspit.

An Israeli customer speaks with a cashier as foreign and Palestinian activists holding Palestinian flags march through a supermarket in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit October 24, 2012. Some 50 activists marched through the supermarket and tried to block a road in the settlement on Wednesday during a protest against Jewish settlements and in a call to boycott settlement products. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST FOOD) - RTR39INJ

EU Countries to Label Products From Israeli Settlements

The European Union has taken a step closer to boycotting products made in the settlements, writes Akiva Eldar.

Israeli soldiers hold flags before placing them on the graves of fallen soldiers during a ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, ahead of Memorial Day, April 10, 2013. Israel commemorates its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, which begins Sunday night. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT) - RTXYGCO

Israeli Defense Budget Under Attack

Israeli ministers Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, champions of the social justice movement, face a challenge responding to the defense establishment campaign against budget cutbacks, writes Mazal Mualem.

A Palestinian stands on a section of the Pilgrimage Route, the path which tradition says Joseph and Mary took into the West Bank city of Bethlehem in their trek from Nazareth some 2,000 years ago, June 28, 2012. Palestinians hope to persuade UNESCO this weekend to declare parts of Bethlehem, including the Pilgrimage Route, and its Church of the Nativity endangered World Heritage sites in order to expedite funding for repairs. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) - RTR34AO6

Mayor Plans to Limit Arab Growth in Nazareth

Mayor Shimon Gapso tells Daniel Ben Simon he intends to limit the proportion of Arab residents in Upper Nazareth.

A view shows the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim near Jerusalem in this picture taken December 4, 2012. Israel risks sleep walking into a crisis with its allies over relentless settlement-building in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem unless it realises that the international anger is genuine and adjusts its course. Picture taken December 4, 2012. To match Analysis ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ISOLATION REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3DF7C

Inside the Israeli Settlement Enterprise

The illegal outpost Adei Ad in the West Bank illustrates the methods used by settlers, backed by the state, to take over Palestinian lands, writes Akiva Eldar.

A general view shows the newsroom at the headquarters of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera English-language channel in Doha February 7, 2011. As much as CNN capitalized on its coverage of the 1990-91 Gulf War, Al Jazeera English has won praise for its on-the-spot reporting and context about the Egyptian protests. It will be talking to U.S. cable operators about deals "in the coming days and weeks," Al Anstey, managing director of Al Jazeera's English-language service said in a telephone interview from Qatar. REUTE

Former IDF Spokesman: Israel Needs Its Own 'Al Jazeera' TV

Former IDF spokesperson and Knesset member Nachman Shai explains, in an interview with Mazal Mualem, why Israel fails again and again in the media-diplomacy battlefield.

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (R) and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrive at a cornerstone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighbourhood in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 23, 2012. The Emir of Qatar embraced the Hamas leadership of Gaza on Tuesday with an official visit breaking the isolation of the militant Palestinian Islamist movement, to the dismay of Israel and rival, Western-backed Palestinian leaders in the West Bank. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (G

Qatar’s Political Influence on Hamas

With its headquarters in Qatar, Hamas will have to accept the spirit and direction of its new patron, Emir Hamed Bin Khalifa Al Thani, writes Shlomi Eldar.

A general view shows Al-Azhar University, which was founded in the 10th century through the endowment of a charitable trust, or awqaf, in Cairo March 19, 2013. The endowments, known as awqaf, receive donations from Muslims to operate specific social projects, such as mosques, schools and welfare schemes. The system goes back more than a thousand years, to soon after the birth of Islam. A fund management venture set up in Dubai this month is taking aim at one of the great backwaters of the Middle Eastern eco

Egyptians Show High Interest In Israeli Literature, Culture

Jacky Hugi writes that the study of the Hebrew language and its literature is widespread in Cairo's universities.