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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters’ relationship hits new low
The ongoing feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters, two prominent members of the famous British rock band Pink Floyd, dates back to many years.
Trump says Israel should 'hit' Iran nuclear facilities
Biden was asked on Wednesday whether he would support strikes against Iranian nuclear sites and the US president told reporters: "The answer is no."
Biden warns Israel against Iran oil strikes as war fears mount
Biden added that the Israelis "have not concluded how they're, what they're going to do" in retaliation for a huge ballistic missile attack by Iran on Israel on Tuesday.
US discusses possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil sites as Israel presses Lebanon campaign
As Israel weighs its options after its arch-foe Iran launched its largest ever assault on Tuesday, Biden was asked whether he would support Israel striking Iran's oil facilities.
Palestinian activist wins prize for peaceful resistance
The 44-year-old founded the Youth Against Settlements group, which campaigns against the proliferation of Jewish settlements in the territory -- communities widely regarded as illegal under international law.
US urgently tries to shape Israel's response to Iran
All sides are aware that any retaliatory strike against Iran's nuclear or oil installations would send the Middle East spiralling even more towards chaos, but Israel seems not to have made a decision yet.
Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider conflict
"Our action is concluded unless the Israeli regime decides to invite further retaliation," Iranian foreign minister said in a post on X early on Wednesday.
Hamas says its leader in Lebanon killed in air strike
The official National News Agency reported an air strike on Al-Bass near the city of Tyre, saying it was the "first time" the camp had been targeted.
105 killed in Israeli strikes on Sunday, says Lebanon health ministry
Israel has turned its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in recent days, carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets that killed the Iran-backed group's leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday.
Israeli PM's wife abused household staff, court finds
Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sara rages at and insults household staff, creating an abusive working environment at the Israeli Prime Minister's official residence, a labour court rules.
Cabinet nods for widening scope of dual citizenship
Cabinet gives final nod to the draft of a law expanding the existing scope of getting dual citizenship.
For whom the bell tolls
Empathy, like all virtues, must have some application to the future. If we do not deeply feel the deaths we are apparently powerless to prevent, how would we be alert to the deaths we might put an end to?
UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory resigns
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono, resigns as Israel never granted him access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory throughout his mandate.
Tel Aviv shooting: Two dead, Israeli police say
Two people die and seven others are injured after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.
Sex claim: Israel deputy PM resigns
Israel's Interior Minister Silvan Shalom has resigned after a series of sexual harassment allegations.
Mockery of human rights
Tension is continuing to mount in Israel over a string of recent stabbings by Palestinians and an intense crackdown by the Israeli government.
Israel and Jordan strike deal on Jerusalem holy site
Israel and Jordan have agreed on moves aimed at reducing tensions surrounding a prominent holy site in Jerusalem.
Germany tells Netanyahu: We are responsible for the Holocaust
Germany has insisted it was responsible for the Holocaust, after Israel's prime minister claimed a Palestinian leader told the Nazis to kill Europe's Jews.
Gunman kills Israeli soldier as diplomats seek calm
In the latest unrest, an Israeli soldier is killed in a shooting at a bus station in the southern city of Beersheba, the first such attack after a day in which violence seemed to somewhat ebb.