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WATCH: Hezbollah publishes drone attack footage
Hezbollah has published footage it says shows first-person-view drone attacks on Israeli positions and vehicles in southern Lebanon. See more below.
Why the Price of Gas Is the Most Important Number in US Politics
Gasoline accounts for a shrinking share of household budgets, but its political power can still make or break a presidency.
Israel‘s priority lies in destroying chances of peace between Iran, US: Ex-UN nuclear chief
Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, has strongly warned of the Israeli regime‘s full intention to destroy chances of peace between the United States and Iran.
„The most important thing Israel will work on by all means is eliminating any chances for peace between Iran and America,“ he wrote in a post on X on Wednesday.
Iran warns US must choose between ‘ceasefire or continued war via Israel’
Araghchi said the ceasefire agreement reached through Pakistani mediation explicitly included Lebanon.
“The world sees the massacres in Lebanon,” he wrote.
“The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.”
A political party with a vision for our future
(February 5, 2026)
Among other things, he told us that the Democrats already have 60,000 members registered in the party, and are shooting for 100,000 now, which will make us the second-largest political party in Israel in terms of numbers. In addition, he stressed the need to reach out to the Arab citizens of Israel, who make up 22 percent of our population:
There is no future for Israel without Jewish-Arab cooperation in Israeli politics.
This is a critical issue in the political discourse right now, since it is obvious that a new government will not be able to be formed if the so-called “centrist” political parties don’t agree to welcome Arab political parties into the next coalition. So far, only The Democrats have agreed to do so!
US congressional delegation visits Denmark amid backlash over Trump‘s push to acquire Greenland
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Murkowski, Tillis, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., were among those who traveled to Europe for meetings with Danish and Greenlandic officials. Some members of the delegation are expected to go to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week.
UN chief deeply concerned over ‘possible intensification of instability’ in Venezuela
In a statement delivered by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, António Guterres said the Council was meeting “at a grave time” following the 3 January US military action in Venezuela.
Israeli minister says Saudis can ‚keep riding camels‘ if normalisation requires Palestinian state
Speaking on Thursday at a conference organised by the Israeli daily Makor Rishon, Smotrich, who heads the far-right Religious Zionism party, said: „Sovereignty [over the occupied West Bank] is the real test. If Saudi Arabia tells us normalisation in exchange for a Palestinian state, then the answer, my friends, is no thank you – keep riding camels on the desert sands, and we will continue to develop economically and socially, and with all the great things we know how to do.“
„Israel would lose all US support if West Bank was annexed,“ says Trump
“That will not happen,” Trump insisted. “I gave my word to the Arab countries. We can’t do this now. We have received strong support from the Arab world. If Israel were to proceed, it would lose all American support.”
Trump’s comments come amid ongoing U.S. efforts to stabilize a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, which has held for the past two weeks, and to advance a broader regional peace initiative involving several Arab states aligned with Washington.
Vance says he was insulted by Israeli lawmakers‘ „very stupid political stunt“ on West Bank annexation
Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a vote by the Israeli parliament to advance a bill on the proposed annexation of the occupied West Bank, calling it „a very stupid political stunt.“
„I personally take some insult to it,“ Vance said at Israel‘s Ben Gurion airport as he departed the country after his visit. „The West Bank is not going to be annexed by Israel. The policy of the Trump administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel.
‚Threat To Peace‘: Rubio Warns Israel Against Pursuing West Bank Annexation In Rare U.S. Rebuke
Ahead of his visit to Israel, Rubio stated that the Knesset’s initial vote to extend Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria risks undermining President Trump’s regional stabilization plan. He warned that such a move could prove “counterproductive” to ongoing peace initiatives and noted that several non–Middle Eastern nations are prepared to deploy troops to help secure Gaza.
Government okays deal, with hostages to be freed 72 hours after IDF pullback in Gaza
The government approves the deal to free all of the hostages from captivity in Gaza, the Prime Minister’s Office says.
The IDF now will withdraw to new lines inside of the Gaza Strip, after which the 72-hour window for Hamas to release all the hostages will commence.
Netanyahu’s office publishes photos of Witkoff and Kushner at cabinet meeting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office publishes photos of the premier alongside US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as they participate in the full cabinet meeting where ministers are due to vote on the first phase of Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
US and UK ‚immensely let down‘ families of detained Gaza flotilla activists
The families of British and American Global Sumud Flotilla activists illegally detained by Israel have told Middle East Eye that the US and UK governments have failed to properly represent their citizens.
Clare Azzougarh, the daughter of Malcolm Ducker, a 72-year-old British air force veteran who captained a boat on the flotilla and is being held in Ketziot prison, said her family feels “immensely let down by the British government in so many ways”.
Laura Adler, the sister of David Adler, a Jewish-American member of the flotilla and co-general coordinator of the Progressive International, told MEE the response of the US government had made her realise that “not everyone is deemed to be equally American”.
“I didn’t realise how non-responsive and passive the US government would be,” Laura Adler said.
Chinesischer Außenminister trifft UN-Chef
China unterstütze die Vereinten Nationen beim Aufbau eines effektiveren Weltordnungssystems durch Reformen, um eine glänzende Zukunft des Friedens, der Sicherheit, des Wohlstands und des Fortschritts für die Welt zu schaffen, fügte der chinesische Außenminister hinzu.
Guterres sagte, die Länder des Globalen Südens, mit China als Vertreter, spielten eine immer wichtigere Rolle bei der Förderung des globalen Friedens und der Entwicklung. Er lobte Chinas Engagement für den Multilateralismus und seine starke Unterstützung für die Vereinten Nationen.
Xi Jinping trifft Präsident der Malediven
Am selben Tag traf Xi in Tianjin außerdem mit dem aserbaidschanischen Präsidenten Ilham Alijew, dem armenischen Premierminister Nikol Paschinjan, dem belarussischen Präsidenten Alexander Lukaschenko und dem kirgisischen Präsidenten Sadyr Dschaparow zusammen, die ebenfalls an den oben genannten Veranstaltungen in China teilnehmen werden.
250 IDF intel reservists sign letter calling to end war; PM: ‘noisy anarchists’
“The continuation of the war does not contribute to any of its stated goals, and will lead to the deaths of hostages, IDF soldiers, and innocents,” they wrote, adding lower down: “We see Hamas controlling the Strip and recruiting new operatives to its ranks, while the government has not presented a convincing plan to overthrow it.”
None of the letters published over the last few days have included calls for refusals to serve.
Hundreds of Israeli Air Force Reservists Call for Halt to Gaza War
(April 10, 2025)
The letter, which was signed by roughly a thousand people, including a former chief of staff and other former senior military leaders, laid bare a growing divide in the Israeli military over the handling of the war. The air force has been a key part of Israel’s effort in Gaza, carrying out strikes that have flattened much of the enclave and left thousands dead.
Nach dem Wahl-Coup: Neue rumänische NATO-Regierung steht
Beschwerden gegen die Parlamentswahl, bezüglich angeblicher „russischer Einmischung“ gab es keine. Bei dieser Wahl haben auch die „Richtigen“ gewonnen. Im Gegensatz zur Präsidentenwahl: In einem beispiellosen Schritt sagte der Oberste Gerichtshof die Stichwahl ab und annullierte die erste Wahlrunde – ohne Beweise für eine „russische Wahleinmischung“. Diese Woche gaben die EU/NATO-Kräfte nun die Bildung einer neuen Regierung bekannt. Auch sonst passiert viel. Ein Überblick.
Rumänen müssen nach Drohungen der USA nochmal wählen
7. 12. 2024 | Das Verfassungsgericht Rumäniens hat am Freitag (6.12.) die erste Runde der Präsidentschaftswahl annulliert und den zweiten Wahlgang am Sonntag abgesagt. Grund sei Einflussnahme auf die Wahl durch TikTok-Nutzer. Vorausgegangen war ein Bericht des nationalen Sicherheitsrats und öffentliche Drohungen der US-Regierung.
Wenn die US-Regierung eigens eine Erklärung zum Ausgang der ersten Runde der Präsidentschaftswahl in Rumänien veröffentlicht und diese beginnt mit:….
Everything You Need to Know About Today‘s Supreme Court vs. Netanyahu Government Drama – and What‘s at Stake for Israel
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Press statement by President von der Leyen on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia
(7 December 2022)
Second, we propose to introduce sanctions against three additional Russian banks, including a full transaction ban on the Russian Regional Development Bank to further paralyse Putin‘s cash machines.
The EU prevented the US UK plan to ban either Sberbank or Gazprombank from SWIFT, if the EU had agreed the invasion would have been over in March.
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How to understand Israel and Saudi Arabia’s secretive relationship
(July 11, 2022)
U.S. President Joe Biden understands the limitations facing his Saudi hosts later this month. No major breakthrough is likely during his visit to Jeddah. He will meet with nine Arab leaders: the six Gulf monarchs plus Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. The Saudis are going to take more control of Tiran Island in the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt, according to some accounts. It is home to an American military outpost that monitors the 1978 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
Images of the massacre of civilians in #Bucha and the Russian war crimes in Ukraine are truly heartbreaking. Along with 207 MEPs, the @FineGael Delegation is calling for an embargo on Russian energy imports, exclusion of ALL Russian banks from SWIFT + ban Russia from EU ports.
The EU boasted of #Russia‘s disconnection from SWIFT. But they shut down only 7 of 300 banks. The largest bank, Sberbank, evaded sanctions. And Gazprombank too.
This bank helped Russian Defense Ministry buy unmanned aerial vehicles & electronic reconnaissance equipment.