Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Israeli Settler Population in West Bank Surpasses 500K

Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people, a pro-settler group said Thursday, crossing a major threshold. Settler leaders predicted even faster population growth under Israel’s new ultranationalist government. The report, by WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com and based on official figures, showed the settler population grew to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thursday briefing: Israel and Palestine are on the verge of a new escalation in violence – this is how we got here

In today’s newsletter: Attacks on Palestinians and Israelis have risen in recent months, and heightened political tensions – will the crisis escalate yet further?

The Guardian - UK

Iran Blames Israel for Isfahan Drone Attack, Vows Revenge

Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Thursday, vowing revenge for what appeared to be the latest episode in a long-running covert war. The attack came amid tension between Iran and the West…

Asharq Al-Awsat

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Israeli settler population in West Bank surpasses 500k

A new report says that Israel’s West Bank settler population now makes up more than half a million people

The Independent UK

Israel's pioneering drones use free-falling bombs, can carry a tonne

Israeli armed drones use gravity bombs that produce no noise or smoke as they fall, making them hard for enemies to anticipate or evade, and the largest model of the aircraft can carry up to a tonne of munitions, its military says.

Reuters

AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

The Independent UK

Iran blames Israel for Isfahan drone attack, vows revenge: ISNA

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

French, Israeli leaders meet in Paris as violence spikes in Gaza, West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected in Paris on Thursday for what will be his first visit to France since returning to power a month ago. The meeting comes against a background of escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians that has triggered an international outcry.

Radio France Internationale

Israeli Air Strikes Hit Gaza Strip

Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Thursday, which Palestinian fighters reacted to by firing rockets in the latest bout of unrest in the region. The overnight attacks -- which Israel's army confirmed in a statement at 02:41 am (0041 GMT) -- come hours after the army intercepted…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Republicans push to remove Ilhan Omar from foreign affairs panel

A vote is set for Thursday on resolution aimed at the Muslim-American progressive lawmaker over her criticism of Israel.

Al Jazeera

What international law says about Israel's planned destruction of Palestinian assailants' homes

After a deadly attack that killed seven people outside an East Jerusalem synagogue, the Israeli government responded by sealing off the home of the Palestinian suspect in preparation for its destruction. The family home of a 13-year-old accused in a separate East Jerusalem shooting has likewise been earmarked for destruction.

The Conversation

Blinken pressed Abbas to accept U.S. security plan for Jenin and Nablus

The Palestinians had many reservations about the plan, the U.S. and Israeli officials said.

Axios

Palestinians fire rockets, Israel hits Gaza days after U.S. call for calm

Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Thursday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, days after the United States called for calm, but there was no immediate sign of a wider escalation in violence following days of tension.

Reuters

Leading artists criticise Barbican’s collaboration with Israeli embassy for concert

Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s performance ‘cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity’, claims letter by over 50 artists

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Says It Intercepted Rocket Fired from Gaza Strip

Sirens sounded in southern Israel and a rocket was intercepted from Gaza on Wednesday, the Israeli army said, as tensions soared between Palestinians and the country's new ultranationalist government. The army said in a statement that sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the area surrounding the Gaza…

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP apologises to Commons after calling Israeli government fascist

Kim Johnson summoned by party’s chief whip amid condemnation of comments during PMQs

Daily Record

Couple leave baby at Ryanair check-in desk and try to board flight

Shocked airport staff at the Israel airport alerted police when the parents then attempted to board a Ryanair flight to Brussels in Belgium without the baby, instead of trying to buy an extra ticket.

The Independent UK

African state Chad to open embassy in Israel

Israel's prime minister's office says Chad will open an embassy in Israel, four years after the countries restored diplomatic relations

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Labour MP apologises for describing Israeli government as ‘fascist’

Kim Johnson also said she recognised the use of the term, ‘apartheid state’, was ‘insensitive’.

Al Jazeera

Chad to open embassy in Israel on Thursday: Israeli PM Netanyahu

Israel and Chad resumed ties in 2018 following a visit to Jerusalem by then-President Idriss Deby to PM Netanyahu.

Liverpool Echo

Kim Johnson MP apologises in House of Commons for Israel comments

Liverpool Riverside Labour MP labelled the Israeli government "fascist" but later withdrew her remarks

Daily Mirror

Labour MP forced to apologise for branding Israeli government 'fascist' in Parliament

Kim Johnson's remark was branded "completely unacceptable" by Keir Starmer's official spokesman, and she is expected to be spoken to by the party's chief whip

The Independent UK

Why does Ilhan Omar attract so much Republican ire?

Republicans accuse her of antisemitism, but Democrats see something far more sinister at hand, Eric Garcia reports

Daily Mirror

Couple boarding Ryanair flight leave baby at check-in after refusing to pay for ticket

Instead of buying a ticket for the baby after they realised they did not have one, the parents strolled to passport control and left their baby in the car seat in Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer condemns Labour MP for calling Israeli government ‘fascist’

Kim Johnson apologies after being called into the Labour whips’ office over controversial remarks

1 … 1720 1721 1722 1723

People

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Alexandria OcasioCortez

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

1,113 stories

Amnesty

543 stories

Palestinian Authority

Foreign Affairs Committee

85 stories

ISNA

54 stories

House Foreign Affairs Committee

43 stories

House Intelligence Committee

39 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.