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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and ‌the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay. Abbas’ decree cited “obstacles posed by Israeli measures” and the need to establish suitable political, security and on-the-ground conditions for “free, fair and inclusive elections”, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The...

Humanitarian and human rights groups call out Israel's continued killings and restrictions across the enclave.

The senior rabbi, whose party is in Netanyahu's coalition, has caused uproar in Israel by calling Zionism disastrous.

The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.

Israel opened its first national pavilion at Morocco's Marrakech Air Show, joined by Israel's top military contractors.

As even Israel's traditional allies are distancing themselves from Netanyahu, Modi's India has embraced the country.

Britain said on Thursday its ⁠nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem ⁠would remain operating at a smaller scale, renamed ⁠as the “UK Mission” in the city, after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements. Israel last month issued a 30-day deadline for Britain to close the consulate after London announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a dispute that has strained relations between the long-time allies. The deadline expired on...

Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Thursday marks 30 days since Israel's foreign minister ordered the closure of the UK consulate in occupied East Jerusalem.

For now, it's still Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel. In 2023, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s worst day of bloodshed in its history, pundits predicted the quick demise of the right wing prime minister. On this the third anniversary of the October Seventh attacks, Israel’s still not reckoned with the security failures on the day, the root causes of the Hamas-led terror attack, the brutal war of vengeance that followed and most of all, Netanyahu’s still prime minister with a fair shot at re-election. Even if the Likud leader’s voted out on October 27th, his most serious general election rivals don't exactly advocate for a radical break when it comes to the Palestinians.

Israel’s military might has failed to achieve the political goals in Gaza it was supposed to.

Britons are risking freedom and reputations to stand with Palestinians and challenge government policy.

Colombia geopolitics in 2026: how President De la Espriella is realigning with the US and Israel, and where China, Venezuela and Europe fit. The post Colombia Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Three years on, the trauma of October 7 continues to reshape Israel’s politics, wars and place in the world.

Three years after the October 7 attacks, the politics of Israeli society has shifted further right.

Progressive US representatives seek to bring attention to Israeli abuse and detention of Palestinian medical worker.

Jerusalem Daily:  Tension high in Israel ahead of October 7

Former British consul Sir Vincent Fean says Israel is acting unlawfully in the wake of a new wave of sanctions.

Christian Zionism made support for Israel a Republican cause. America First Republicans are challenging that consensus.

Republic of Ireland football players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel in UEFA Nations League.

Israel's president declared that the 'antisemitic lie' deliberately endangers Jews and Israelis.

The UK’s left-wing Green Party on Sunday voted to define Zionism as racism at the party’s annual meeting, drawing sharp backlash from British Jewish groups and the Israeli government. Members of the Green Party, which has five MPs in Britain’s 650-seat parliament and which enjoyed a boost in recent local and special elections, backed the motion at the party’s conference, with 1,022 votes in favour and 813 against. According to the motion, Zionism would be “treated as any other form of racism”...

The fixation on Netanyahu’s failures allows Israel to avoid confronting what it has done in Gaza.

Connie Chan, endorsed by Nancy Pelosi to succeed her in California, says she will vote to 'end a genocide in Gaza'.

In exclusive Al Jazeera interview, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says Israel planning a naval base in Berbera.

Palestinian Israeli leader forced to withdraw candidature while far-right Israeli leaders allowed to run in polls.

Palestinians in Israel are asking whether they will have a fair say in the upcoming Israeli elections.

Palestinian participation in upcoming Knesset vote continues to shrink with withdrawal of Sami Abu Shehadeh.

Israel’s top court told Palestinian politician Sami Abu Shehadeh to withdraw from the election or face disqualification.