Hezbollahโs fatal miscalculations
Lebanon could well turn into a quagmire for Israel, and its belief that it can achieve โtotal victoryโ is premature. However, there can be no doubt that Iran and Hezbollah are on the back foot.
Israel-Hamas war
Macron faces backlash after demand for Israel arms embargo in Gaza
The French president was criticized by members of his own party, as well as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Gaza likely to get new governing structure in coming year, says Israelโs EU envoy
Haim Regev said his country would “prevail and win” militarily during an exclusive interview with POLITICO, but fretted about Israel’s “legitimacy war” on the global stage.
Israel hits Hamas, Hezbollah hard on Oct. 7 anniversary
And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feuds with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Inside the US intel dilemma on Gaza a year after Oct. 7
Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.
Thousands worldwide protest Mideast war ahead of 1-year mark
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were marching in cities across the globe to demand an end to the conflict.
Israel bombards northern Gaza and southern Beirut, stepping up attacks on Iran proxies
Escalated bombings come on eve of anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel last October.
Iran open to cease-fire efforts in Lebanon โ if Israel stops bombing Gaza
Iranโs Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visits Beirut as Israeli airstrikes continue to target top Hezbollah commanders.
Tomatoes lobbed at Swedenโs foreign minister during parliamentary debate
Garden-variety attack comes during a discussion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
The EUโs most pointless job
Josep Borrell loves to condemn things โ sometimes in the “strongest possible terms.” Does it ever have any impact?
Tony Blair: Bring in third party to end the war in Gaza
Former British leader supported Israel’s self-defense.
Israel bans UN chief Guterres from entering the country
“Undesirable” label marks major escalation in feud between Israel and United Nations secretary-general.
Iran risks setting the entire Middle East on fire, German leader warns
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron are set for talks Wednesday.
Israel vows โconsequencesโ for Iran after missile barrage
Israeli PM Netanyahu said Iran โmade a big mistakeโ in attacking Israel and โwill pay for it.”
Israel risks a long fight in Lebanon
The 1982 invasion โ that turned into a long occupation โ was also originally styled as a mission to push back militants.
White House: Iran preparing to launch ballistic missile attack against Israel
A spokesperson for Iranโs mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
โGo while you still canโ: EU countries urge citizens to flee Lebanon
While some governments organize charter flights, others advise taking commercial ones out of Beirut as Israel launches ground offensive.
Israel launches โlimitedโ ground operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon
The IDF said its troops are conducting “localized” raids near the border, in a significant escalation of its conflict with the Iran-backed group.
Target Iran: Israel seizes its moment to reshape the Middle East
Prime Minister Netanyahu warns Iran’s clerics their days are numbered and boasts there is “nowhere” Israel cannot target.
Netanyahu: Iran regime change will come a โlot sooner than people thinkโ
Israeli prime minister delivers not-so-subtle warning to leadership in Tehran.
US defense secretary orders forces to be ready to deploy as Middle East heats up
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will remain in the region after Israel kills Hezbollah leader.
Middle East braces for wider conflict as Israel and Iran trade threats
“There is nowhere in Iran or the Middle East beyond the reach of the long arm of Israel,” Prime Minister Netanyahu warned.
Israel continues strikes in Lebanon as fears grow of broader conflict
Israeli fighter jets struck “dozens” of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Israel on โhigh alertโ for possible retaliation after killing of Hezbollah chief
Hassan Nasrallah’s death is fanning fears of a wider war in the Middle East, which has seen increasing hostilities over the past week.
Why the UN isnโt capable of overseeing superheroes
Can the planet be saved from the main body charged with protecting it?
Hezbollahโs Nasrallah killed in Lebanon airstrikes, Israel says
The Lebanese cleric, who had headed the militant group since 1992, was targeted in Friday’s attack on an underground command center in Beirut.
Netanyahu trashes US and French plan for Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire
Not happening, said Israeli prime minister.
Israelโs message to Hezbollah is falling on deaf ears
What was meant to preempt escalation into a full-blown war is having quite the opposite effect, despite both sides knowing full well that another war would make the conflict of 2006 look like a skirmish.
UKโs Starmer hits back at Netanyahu over Israel arms embargo
Starmer rejects claim UK has undermined Israel’s fight against Hamas.
Inside the break between the US and Israel over how to handle Hezbollah
It marked the first time in almost a year that the U.S. and Israel so starkly disagreed on how to handle Hezbollah.
Turkeyโs Erdoฤan compares Israelโs Netanyahu to Hitler at UN assembly
Turkish leader invokes ‘alliance of humanity’ to stop carnage in Middle East.
Keir Starmer calls for release of Israeli โฆ sausages?
Gaffe comes amid pressure on UK prime minister over his party’s handling of the Gaza conflict.
Israel-Hezbollah conflict close to โfull-fledged war,โ says EU top diplomat
Josep Borrell said Israeli attacks were forcing civilians to pay an โunacceptable price.โ
Humanity has been a casualty in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Biden can leverage tools available to the U.S. government to encourage Israelis and Palestinians to hold those who peddle in hate and facilitate abuse to account.
Lebanon says Israeli strikes kill 274
Israeli forces carried out hundreds of strikes in a major escalation of tensions with Hezbollah.
Bidenโs foreign policy goals slip as clock ticks
Bidenโs top foreign policy priority right now is a Gaza cease-fire deal. Thatโs not looking likely.
Israel โintensifyingโ strikes in Lebanon, defense minister says
IDF hits 150 Hezbollah targets, the military said.
Hezbollah launches revenge rocket attack against Israeli airbase
The assault came in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike that killed a top Hezbollah commander.
Israel raids Al Jazeera station in West Bank
Israel accused the Qatar-owned network of โincitement to and support of terrorism.โ
US officials expect significant escalation between Israel and Hezbollah
Some U.S. officials say diplomacy may still work to de-escalate tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. Others arenโt so sure.
Senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike on Beirut
Ibrahim Aqil, a senior member of Hezbollah’s top military body, was one of several officials of the militant group targeted in Friday’s attack.
Lebanon: No more pagers, walkie-talkies on flights from Beirut
Ban follows deadly blasts that killed at least 26 people in an apparent Israeli attack on Hezbollah.
Israeli defense minister: A โnew phase of warโ has begun
Army chief says Israel has “many more goals” to accomplish in the ongoing conflict.
Commission โlooking intoโ whether it ever employed exploding-pager firm boss
EU spokesperson does not rule out CEO had been employed by the Commission via “external providers.”
Hungarian company built Hezbollahโs exploding pagers, Taiwanese firm says
Thousands were wounded in a simultaneous explosive strike across Lebanon on Tuesday.
Harris refuses to veer off script in her second high-profile interview
The vice presidentโs appearance at the NABJ event follows Donald Trumpโs combative sit-down interview with the association.
Thousands injured as Hezbollah pagers explode in Lebanon
Lebanese hospitals have reportedly been overwhelmed with patients.
Netanyahu vows โheavy priceโ for Houthis after missile hits central Israel
The strike was the first time a missile fired by the Houthi rebels had reached that far into the country.
Israeli airstrikes kill 14 people in Gaza
Funeral preparations were under way for Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was shot by the Israeli military on Sept. 6.
UN says Israel killed 6 staff in airstrikes on refugee camp
โThese dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now,” U.N. chief Antรณnio Guterres said.
Wars are breeding superbugs that will spread โeverywhereโ
Drug-resistant infections thrive in the chaos of war, spilling over to neighboring regions.
The world can now see Kamala Harris in its most powerful job
The Democratic presidential nominee navigated tough policy questions while fending off an aggressive Donald Trump.
US asked UK in August what it would take to reconsider Israeli weapons suspension
Lammy told Blinken that the U.K. was not considering any other weapons suspensions in the short-term.
Greta Thunberg carried away by police at pro-Palestine demonstration, again
The protest called for Stockholm University to sever its ties with Israeli institutions.
3 Israelis killed at Jordan-West Bankย crossing
The attack comes amid a tense military and political situation for Israel, with many people protesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to reach a cease-fire deal.
World order โunder threat,โ US and UK spy chiefs warn
MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said inย an op-ed in the Financial Timesย that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.
American activist shot dead in occupied West Bank
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was 26 years old, was protesting settlement expansion. The IDF said they are investigating reports.
From a hospital in Gaza: โPlease let me dieโ
We urge the international and medical community to demand an immediate and permanent cease-fire, and to allow access to the humanitarian aid so desperately needed.
UK arms-sale ban wonโt make any difference to war, says former Israeli PM
Ehud Olmert tells POLITICOโs Power Play podcast that Israel’s allies should instead focus on lack “of any political horizon or end game strategy” from Benjamin Netanyahu.
UK suspends some arms sales to Israel
British review finds real risk weapons could be used in violation of international humanitarian law โ but stops short of calling for blanket ban.
Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages, including a US citizen
The bodies were located in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip.
Talk of peace deals in the Levant, Ukraine is for the birds
Exhaustion and want โ the two key ingredients for successful peace talks โ are as absent in Kyiv as they are in the Middle East.
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire in major escalation of Mideast tensions
Israel says its military “acted after definitively identifying a large-scale planned attack” by the Hezbollah.
Itโs a New Race. Harrisโ Acceptance Speech Showed Why.
The vice president sought to dismantle Trumpโs caricature of her.
Kamala Harrisโ acceptance speech shows why itโs a whole new election race
The vice president sought to dismantle Trumpโs caricature of her.
The US divide on foreign policy
This gap between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy โ and Americaโs role in the world โ is one thatโs been steadily evolving over the past decade. And itโs a shift that reflects a fundamental change in the Republican Party.
Satire isnโt a defense for antisemitism and hate
If you speak up against racism, Islamophobia, homophobia or misogyny, don’t turn a blind eye now.
US officials say Gaza deal on edge of collapse
Negotiators are headed back to Cairo this week to see if they can convince Hamas to agree to the bridge proposal.
Blinken: โProbably the best, maybe the lastโ chance to save Gaza hostages
โIt is time for it to get done,” says top U.S. diplomat as he arrives in Israel.
19 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as Blinken looks to broker cease-fire deal
Washington has put forward a “bridging proposal” toward an accord, but Hamas is dismissive of the proposition.
Gaza records first polio case in 25 years
Analysis of sewage samples had first detected the presence of the virus in the region in June.
Israeli strike in southern Lebanon reportedly kills at least 10
The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah military facilities in the area.
Gaza cease-fire talks to resume next week
Washington presents โbridging proposalโ meant to resolve key gaps between Hamas and Israel.
Cease-fire talks resume as Gaza death toll tops 40,000
American, Egyptian and Qatari leaders emphasize the urgency of restarting cease-fire negotiations.
Fears grow of Iranian attack on Israel, as Tehran laughs off Westโs plea to keep cool
International leaders launch joint diplomatic push to calm tensions.
Russiaโs links with Iran are growing stronger
As evidenced by their ongoing symbiotic defense relationship, Moscow and Tehran see the wars against Israel and Ukraine as indelibly linked โ and the West would be foolish to compartmentalize them.
Iran โwill bear responsibilityโ for attacking Israel, warn UK, France and Germany
Israeli intelligence believes Tehran will strike within days, according to reports.
Will Biden be the last Zionist US president?
More attuned to the Democratic Partyโs progressive wing, Harrisโs position is, if anything, more reflective of a changing America.
Israeli strike on Gaza school reportedly kills at least 90 civilians
Israel’s military said it struck an โactiveโ Hamas command center in the attack, which came during dawn prayers at the school.
Nagasaki memorial ceremony becomes center stage of geopoliticsย
Japan’s G7 allies all boycott anniversary observance after Israel was not invited to Friday’s ceremony.
US, Egypt, Qatar intensify push for Israel and Hamas to resume cease-fire talks
Joint statement urges resumption of peace negotiations next week.
EU, US denounce alleged sexual abuse and torture of Palestinian prisoners by Israeli troops
EU “gravely concerned” by reports of torture and sexual abuse of prisoners from Palestine.
European Jewish Association accuses Belgian magazine of โincitement to murderโ Jews
The Belgian author said he wants to
‘shove a knife down the throat of every Jew’ he meets. ย
Turkey joins South Africaโs genocide case at ICJ against Israel
The NATO country has been increasingly vocal in its support for the Palestinians.
EUโs top diplomat condemns Gaza starvation that Israeli minister called โmoralโ
The death toll in Gaza has risen to close to 40,000.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators across Europe demand ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war
Protests and counter-protests are continuing across Europe as the Israel-Hamas war exceeds 300 days.
โLeave now,โ UK tells British nationals in Lebanon
U.S. embassy in Beirut encourages American citizens in the country “to book any ticket available.”
Turkey blocks access to Instagram
The Turkish communications watchdog BTK said it blocked access to the online platform Instagram on Friday in a short statement posted on its website. The authority didnโt provide specific reasons for its decision dated today but it came after the Turkish presidencyโs communications director Fahrettin Altun on Wednesday called out the Meta-owned social media for [โฆ]
Gaza war casts a shadow over the Olympics
After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.
Israel confirms death of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif
Deif was second in command of the militant group and described by Israelis the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attacks.
What the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh means for the war in Gaza
Here’s what the assassination of the Hamas chief means for a cease-fire, a broader war, and the United States’ role in the region.
Israel assassinated top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Iran says
Haniyeh’s death in Tehran came hours after the IDF claimed to have killed a senior Hezbollah commander in Beirut.
European capitals scramble to avoid Middle East escalation
France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. are reaching out to Middle Easternย counterparts to urge calm.
Israel urges NATO to expel Turkey over threats to โinvadeโ
Israel’s foreign ministry demanded Turkey’s โexpulsion from the regional alliance.โ
Turkey threatens to โenterโ Israel to protect Palestinians
Turkey โmust be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,” the president said.
Israel launches retaliatory strikes after Golan Heights rocket attack
Fears grow of an escalation as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office says “Hezbollah will pay a heavy price.”
At least 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on school, Gaza officials say
Israel says the attack targeted a “Hamas command and control center” in the shool.
UK drops objection to ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Labour U-turns on the previous government’s opposition to the warrant, arguing for judicial independence and everyone being subject to international law.
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.
Biden expected to take tougher tone with Netanyahu in high-stakes meeting
The Israeli prime minister is also set to sit down this week with Vice President Kamala Harris and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.