The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has been released after 40 years in jail. Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli soldier, Avi Bromberg, in the occupied Golan Heights three years earlier.…
Jerusalem: Far-right Israeli minister visits flashpoint site
Palestinians have condemned a visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem by a far-right Israeli minister as an “unprecedented provocation”. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has called for a harder line towards the Palestinians, walked around the site…
Benjamin Netanyahu returns as PM of Israel’s most far-right govt
Israel’s parliament has sworn in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, inaugurating the country’s most far-right, religiously conservative government in history. Netanyahu, 73, took the oath of office on Thursday, moments after Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed a vote of confidence…
Netanyahu forms new Israeli government with far-right partners
Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has formed a new Israeli government, returning to power as prime minister in Israel’s most right wing administration in history. “I got it,” the incoming premier tweeted on Wednesday night, minutes before a midnight deadline…
Salah Hammouri: Israel deports Palestinian lawyer to France
Israel’s interior ministry says it has deported a Palestinian-French human rights lawyer after accusing him of security threats. Salah Hammouri, 37, was escorted onto a flight to France by police early on Sunday morning, the ministry said. A lifelong resident…
Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket fire
Israeli aircraft struck several military sites in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, hours after Palestinian militants fired a missile into southern Israel in a move apparently linked to rising tension in the occupied West Bank, Israel said. The Israeli military…
Jerusalem explosions leave 1 dead and several injured as Israeli-Palestinian tension soars
Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring at least 14, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion occurred near a bus stop on the edge of…
Oil tanker hit by armed drone off coast of Oman: Official
An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman, an official has told the Associated Press. The attack happened on Tuesday night off the coast of Oman, the Middle…
Man kills 2, injures 4 in an attack in West Bank settlement
The Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service in Israel said two people were killed and four others seriously injured in a knife attack in Ariel in Israel West Bank. The Israeli military said the suspected Palestinian attacker initially fled, but…
After Israel, Lebanon eyes maritime border talks with Syria
Lebanon wants direct talks to demarcate its maritime border with Syria so it can begin offshore gas exploration, weeks after reaching a similar agreement with Israel, its top negotiator told AFP. The US-brokered sea border deal with Israel guarantees “stability”…