Iraq’s parliament reinstates ban on Israeli flag
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament voted unanimously to activate a lapsed law that criminalizes displaying the Israeli flag in public, an unexpected step that comes in…
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The Guardian view on Israel and Palestine: escape the past
When Arthur Balfour, then Britain’s foreign secretary, promised a hundred years ago to help establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, his…
The terror and tunnel crowd
Tuesday’s terror attack in downtown Manhattan is the unsurprising focus of the front pages on Israel’s major Hebrew-language dailies Wednesday morning. Given the hour of…
Israel-UAE no handshake incident at judo tournament leads to apology
United Arab Emirates (UAE) sporting officials have apologized to their Israeli counterparts after a UAE team member declined to shake the hand of a Jewish…
Gaza vows to respond to Israeli air strikes
Palestinian armed groups have vowed to respond to Israel’s attack on a tunnel in a southern town of the Gaza Strip late on Monday that left at least seven…
Israel Must Recognize An Independent State of Kurdistan
It’s very ironic that all the noise about the Kurdish independence referendum; the battles between Kurdish and Iraqi forces; Turkish, Syrian, and Iranian opposition to…
Is Israel Preparing to Strike Hezbollah?
Likely as a response to the effective Israeli interdiction of convoys delivering high-quality arms from Iran to Hezbollah, Tehran and Hezbollah have decided to build…
‘Red line into illegality crossed’: UN expert mulls sanctions on Israel over Palestine occupation
A UN human rights expert has accused Israel of violating a number of international laws and resolutions while suggesting legal action, including travel bans, against…
What the latest Iran vote tells us
The Republican-led House overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation Thursday that would slap new sanctions on Iran for its pursuit of long-range ballistic missiles without derailing the…
Iran Is Building Air Defenses Against Stealth Aircraft
How did the Iranians manage to develop a host of entirely new radar designs and several new surface-to-air missile systems and even produce a match…