The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street off Cape Town, South Africa in 2016. (CNN)Maritime tensions are escalating in the Middle East following the deadly attack on a tanker connected to an Israeli billionaire in the Arabian Sea. Two crewmembers, a
Israel-based i24News television channel has announced that it will open an office in Dubai PATRICK KOVARIK AFP/File Israel-based i24News television network said Monday it would open an office in Dubai, the first to do so since the normalisation of ties between
Smoke and flames are seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip, June 17, 2021. © REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Israeli jets launched air strikes on Gaza overnight Thursday to Friday after militants in the Palestinian territory again set off
The Israeli air force launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after militants in the Palestinian territory sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, security sources and witnesses said. The airstrikes and balloons marked the first major flare-up between Israel and Gaza since
Naftali Bennett, who was sworn in Sunday as Israel’s new prime minister, embodies many of the contradictions that define the 73-year-old nation. He’s a religious Jew who made millions in the mostly secular hi-tech sector; a champion of the settlement
Protesters take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on potentially the last day of his premiership, Jerusalem June 12, 2021. © Ammar Awad, Reuters Israeli lawmakers are to vote Sunday on a “change” coalition government of bitter
Far-right party leader Naftali Bennett threw his crucial support on Sunday behind a “government of change” in Israel to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what would be the end of a political era. Bennett‘s decision, which he announced in a televised address,
Israeli forces shot dead a knife attacker in Jerusalem Monday, police said, as Washington’s top diplomat departed for a Middle East trip aimed at consolidating the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is due to arrive
Life returns to a semblance of normalcy in Tel Aviv. © France 24 A semblance of normal life has returned to Israel’s largest city, Tel Aviv, four days into a ceasefire with Hamas that is raising few hopes of lasting peace.
People take to the streets to celebrate a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and the ruling Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City early on May 21, 2021. © Mohammed Abed, AFP An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel