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Israel privately pressures Biden admin to fast-track more weapons during Netanyahu visit

Israel privately pressures Biden admin to fast-track more weapons during Netanyahu visit

The delegation traveling with the prime minister is circulating a list that lays out weapons systems they want greenlit.

July 25, 2024 8:28 pm CET
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July 24, 2024 9:10 pm CET
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Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen in response to Tel Aviv attack

The Israeli attack appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.

July 21, 2024 8:05 am CET

The Olympics have always been political

Efforts to keep politics out of sports will never be successful.

July 18, 2024 9:43 am CET

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox headache

The Haredim now find themselves the target of anger, not only from a broad swathe of the public but even from their traditional allies in the religious-right coalition.

July 17, 2024 4:00 am CET

Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts

Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.

July 16, 2024 4:01 am CET

Israeli strike targeting Hamas military chief kills at least 90

The strike took place in an area Israel’s military had designated as safe for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

July 14, 2024 10:26 am CET

Israel, Turkey trade blows in row over NATO involvement in Gaza

President Erdoğan has vowed to prevent military support for Israel until a cease-fire agreement is reached.

July 13, 2024 11:24 am CET

Jews ‘more frightened than ever before’ with antisemitism on the rise in Europe

Antisemitism was already on the rise in Europe last year before surging following the Oct. 7 terror attack.

July 11, 2024 3:55 pm CET

Jeremy Corbyn leads left-wing Gaza revolt against Labour

Independent MPs set to be thorn in PM Keir Starmer’s side over the Middle East.

July 5, 2024 1:02 pm CET

Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain

Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.

July 3, 2024 4:01 am CET

Rivals unite against Le Pen’s far right for French election

Hundreds of candidates from Macron’s camp and the left-wing alliance withdraw in an effort to keep the National Rally out.

July 2, 2024 7:31 pm CET

500 medical workers killed during Israel’s military assault on Gaza, UN says

“This equates to an average of two health care workers killed every day,” British charity warns.

June 26, 2024 6:16 pm CET

Germany records sharp rise in antisemitic incidents

Most recorded antisemitic incidents in Germany last year came after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to a monitoring group.

June 25, 2024 5:02 pm CET
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Famine will loom over Gaza as long as conflict rages, report warns

Latest data shows that more than half of the population often doesn’t have any food to eat, nearly nine months into Israel’s bombardment and siege of the enclave.

June 25, 2024 4:03 pm CET

Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 50 people

The attacks coincided with a major anti-government protest in Tel Aviv, in which thousands demanded new Israeli elections.

June 23, 2024 12:26 pm CET

White House fears mount about Bibi’s Washington visit

The Israeli prime minister’s video this week, accusing the U.S. of withholding military aid, has raised the stakes (and the concerns) about his July 24 speech.

June 22, 2024 2:23 pm CET

Israel rejects EU call for ad-hoc summit

The country wants to hold a regular summit once Hungary assumes the presidency of the Council of the EU.

June 21, 2024 3:49 pm CET
Unpacked

Are Israel and Hezbollah about to square up?

Despite strenuous efforts and stern warnings, the risk of an expanding conflict in the Middle East is rising by the hour.

June 21, 2024 4:01 am CET

French PM lashes out at leftist leader Mélenchon after antisemitic assault

Key figures in the French president’s camp criticized three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s stance on antisemitism and the Israel-Gaza war as having contributed to an environment of insecurity for French Jews.

June 20, 2024 1:00 pm CET

Paris court overturns France’s arms show ban on Israeli firms

The ban soured relations with Israel.

June 18, 2024 4:15 pm CET

Espionage and cyberattack threat reaches new dimension in Germany, interior minister warns

Russia adjusted its intelligence strategy following the expulsion of its diplomats in 2023, Nancy Faeser said.

June 18, 2024 1:24 pm CET

Whatever happened to the climate kids? 

After Greens suffered bruising losses in the European Parliament election, some say tired and divided climate activists have lost their way.

June 18, 2024 6:00 am CET
From Across the Pond

Turning Cyprus from a problem into a solution

Despite its division, Cyprus is an island of stability in an increasingly turbulent part of the world, and it offers a platform for political, economic, humanitarian and military reach at Europe’s intersection with the Middle East.

June 17, 2024 4:00 am CET

Israeli army to pause some Gaza fighting during the day for humanitarian aid

Military to suspend fighting along a road in southern Gaza during certain hours to allow aid deliveries to reach Palestinians.

June 16, 2024 2:20 pm CET

Time for Europe to deliver

Europe’s destiny must be to remain a beacon of peace, a thriving democracy where the rule of law is observed.

June 14, 2024 4:00 am CET
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