Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the finance, defense and national security ministers to prepare space for thousands of new detainees and prisoners in Israel’s prisons, his office says in a statement. The directive comes
Seeking to calm tensions ahead of the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz issues a direct appeal to Muslim citizens declaring that Israel’s war in Gaza is not a war
Israel's economy shrank more than previously thought in the fourth quarter, with consumer spending, exports and investment hurt badly by the war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The economy contracted an annualised 20.7% in the
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, attending an opening of a Holocaust museum in Amsterdam on Sunday, called for prayers for peace and the immediate release of hostages taken by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack and
Egypt was in contact with senior Hamas and Israeli figures as well as other mediators on Sunday in an effort to restart negotiations for a truce in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month
Canada will resume funding to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency, International Aid Minister Ahmed Hussen said on Friday, becoming one of the first international donors to announce such a move. Ottawa paused funding on Jan.
Efforts to secure a deal on a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, Israel's intelligence agency Mossad said on Saturday, despite dimming hopes for a truce during the Muslim holy month of
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a
Amid heightened tensions and conflict between Israel and Lebanon, dating apps matching Israeli citizens with people in Lebanon are likely due to GPS signal jamming. The confusion comes as Lebanese citizens are barred from having any
President Biden was interrupted at an Atlanta rally on Saturday by a pro-Palestinian protester who called him "genocide Joe." At the Pullman Yards rally in Georgia's capital city, Biden was quickly interrupted shortly after he
