After several discussions and delays stemming from governmental strife over coalition finances, the Finance Committee gave its approval to the revised state budget for 2023 on Tuesday. The budget is now set for a second and third reading in the Knesset, with deliberations commencing tomorrow and final approval votes scheduled for Thursday. In response … Read more
I am not a climate scientist. I am a 16-year-old who is dealing with a crisis far beyond my mental capacity. I have to wrap my still-developing brain around the idea that I was born into a world that is being hurtled at extreme speed toward atrocities that are no longer vague theories but … Read more
Iranian-backed proxies continued to attack US forces in Iraq and Syria this week, including overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, according to media reports. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency boasted of one such attack on Thursday. It said there had been “explosions” at the US outpost near Conico in eastern Syria. This area is near the … Read more
The Biden administration is building an international coalition to halt the threat the Iranian-backed Houthis pose to international shipping routes in the Red Sea, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Israel on Friday. “We will continue to take every step we deem necessary and appropriate to deal with the threat the … Read more
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians in its war with Hamas on Sunday, as Israeli tanks fought their way into the main city of the southern Gaza Strip. Two days after the United States vetoed a proposed United Nations demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, … Read more
Members of the Likud party and Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, are at the center of controversy surrounding the issuance of diplomatic passports. In response, MK Naama Lazimi (Labor Party) has sent a letter to Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, urging her to intervene and investigate the matter. Foreign Minister Eli Cohen recently came under … Read more
In her early 40s, Anat Mufkadi has a full plate: married to a rabbi who is also a tour guide, with four children and a master’s degree in political science from Tel Aviv University, she is CEO of ANU. ANU, an apolitical nonprofit established in 2013, promotes a more inclusive and equitable society; identifying … Read more
Baluch militants attacked a police station in southeastern Iran early on Friday, killing 11 security personnel and wounding several, state television said. State media added that several members of the militant Jaish al-Adl group were also killed in ensuing clashes in the town of Rask in the impoverished province of Sistan-Baluchestan. People shop at … Read more
Israel must do more to protect the lives of Palestinian civilians in Gaza as it proceeds with its military campaign to oust Hamas from the enclave, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday. “I want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives, not stop going after Hamas, but to be more … Read more
France, Germany, and Italy called for the European Union to set up a special sanctions scheme to target Hamas as EU foreign ministers met on Monday to consider possible next steps in response to the Middle East crisis. Among the possible measures up for discussion at the meeting are a crackdown on Hamas’s finances … Read more
