The Bank of Israel kept interest rates steady on Monday after cutting by a quarter-point in January, citing uncertainty over expected duration of the war in Gaza that will keep the pace of rate reductions
Israel is committed to winning the war in Gaza and eliminating Hamas regardless of the economic toll on the country, Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat said on Monday. Israel's $500-billion economy has taken a
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell on Monday repeated his claim that Israel helped create the Palestinian militant group Hamas which it is battling to crush in a deadly offensive. Borrell spoke in response to
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the world's top disarmament negotiating body on Monday it needed to make urgent reforms, accusing it of "paralysis" and failing to compel countries to cut weapons stockpiles. Addressing the
The United States has said a deal may be close for a ceasefire and hostage deal after nearly five months of war between Israel and Hamas, opens new tab that has devastated the Gaza Strip.
Israel on Monday filed a report with the International Court of Justice about measures taken to comply with an interim ruling that called on it to prevent Gaza war actions that might amount to genocide,
In purely military terms, Israel is winning its war against Hamas. Its forces have driven Hamas fighters out of much of north and central Gaza, killing at least 10,000 while losing fewer than 300 Israeli
The chief of the World Trade Organization (WTO) warned Monday that global instability and war are weighing down the world economy. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the organization’s biennial meeting in the United Arab
Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil have broadly backed a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said. There was "virtual unanimity for
Israeli officials headed on Monday to Qatar, where the ruling emir separately met the chief of Hamas, as the enemies in the Gaza war closed in on a ceasefire-and-hostage deal that Washington says is now
