Israel

Google owner Alphabet wants to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm for over $30 bln

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for more than $30 billion, marking its largest potential purchase to date.

Israel seen as likely to attack Iran by midyear: reports

Such an attack would escalate tension in the region and risking a wider conflict

Israeli military says it is expanding West Bank operation

The military, police and intelligence services launched a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin

Israel says Gazans can return home as more hostage releases agreed

Israel had been preventing vast crowds of Palestinians from using a coastal road to return to northern Gaza

Trump suggests US releasing 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

Biden's administration last year halted shipments of 2,000-pound bombs when it appeared Israel was poised to launch a major ground operation in heavily populated areas of Gaza

Israel army chief resigns over October 7 'failure'

Finkelman headed Israel's southern military command, which is responsible for Gaza

Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector

Indians have been employed in Israel for decades, thousands as caregivers looking after elderly Israelis, while others work as diamond traders and IT professionals.

War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall

Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led rebel alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing to an end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.

Iran's Khamenei calls for death sentence for Israeli leaders

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was commenting on a decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defence chief and a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri.

November 19, 2024
November 19, 2024

US hits Israeli settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence

The sanctions also target a subsidiary of Amana called Binyanei Bar Amana, described by the Treasury as a company that builds and sell homes in Israeli settlements and settler outposts.

November 17, 2024
November 17, 2024

Israel pummels south Beirut as Hezbollah targets Haifa area

A military statement shortly before midnight said Hezbollah had fired around 80 projectiles at the country Saturday.

November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024

At UN, US warns Israel against forcible displacement, starvation in Gaza

"Most of Gaza is now a wasteland of rubble," acting UN aid chief Joyce Msuya told the council.

November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024

Israel strikes Lebanon after discussing 'Iranian threat' with Trump

The Israeli premier was one of the first world leaders to congratulate Trump, calling the re-election "history's greatest comeback".

October 31, 2024
October 31, 2024

Before I answer, what exactly is the 'Palestine question'?

In this Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, money is Supreme Court-sanctioned free speech, but criticism of Israel isn’t.

October 21, 2024
October 21, 2024

Israel gives the US its demands for ending war in Lebanon, Axios reports

A US official told Axios it was highly unlikely that Lebanon and the international community would agree to Israel's conditions.

October 16, 2024
October 16, 2024

Israel's demining near Golan signals wider front against Hezbollah, sources say

The move suggests Israel may seek to strike Hezbollah for the first time from further east along Lebanon's border, at the same time creating a secure area from which it can freely reconnoitre the armed group and prevent infiltration, the sources said.

October 15, 2024
October 15, 2024

Israel kills at least 40 in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north

The operation has raised concerns among Palestinians and U.N. agencies that Israel wants to clear residents from the north of the crowded enclave, a charge it has denied.

October 15, 2024
October 15, 2024

Israel strikes Lebanon after Netanyahu vows no mercy for Hezbollah

Hezbollah said its "fighters clashed with" Israeli troops Tuesday who were trying to infiltrate on the outskirts of Rab Tlatin village.

October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024

Nothing new on the Middle Eastern front

The tragedy is that Israel, which resulted from Europe’s guilt over the Holocaust, is becoming a symbol of European oppression and colonisation.