Taiwan has few official diplomatic ties worldwide due to pressure from China. Sources told Reuters that this month's visit to Israel by the senior deputy foreign minister occurred, with both countries declining to comment
By supporting despicable laws enshrining their exemption from army service, the political leaders of Israel's million-strong ultra-Orthodox community are betraying a core tenet of mutual responsibility. But the real reason for their indifference to the rest of the Jewish world isn't about theology at all
Trump-appointed political appointees at the State Department have largely driven the push for terrorism sanctions on the UN Palestinian aid agency, while many career officials, including lawyers drafting the designations, have pushed back, sources said
Meni Binyamin allegedly failed to tell competent officials that he had contacts with the mayor and had evidence handed over to a unit operating under his command. Binyamin's lawyer says communications with the mayor were professional and above-board
One possible reason for babies dying at birth is the mother's malnutrition during pregnancy. According to data collected by UNICEF, during the last months of the war the number of underweight neonates has also risen
If we stop rewarding the extremists' provocations in the press, they lose their power, and the public conversation can remain focused on substance over spectacle
There is no country in the world without online influence campaigns, and Israel is not doing enough to address domestic influence actors. With the government going full steam ahead with the judicial coup, there is little chance any 2026 electoral result will go uncontested
A significant majority of Arab citizens support their parties joining governing coalitions – despite the Netanyahu government's best efforts to marginalize Arab political participation and ignore the sector's homicide crisis
Iceland joins the Netherlands, Spain, Slovenia and Ireland in announcing they will not send representatives to the singing contest over Israel's war in Gaza. Only 35 countries are set to perform this year, marking the lowest number since 2004
From light weapons to aerial defense systems, the Thai army is equipped with many munitions made by Israel's defense industry, along with other advanced systems made in China and the West. This gives Thailand a strong advantage over Cambodia, on land in the air and at sea
If the court does not act on U.S. demands, including dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending a probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan, Washington may penalize ICC officials and sanction the court itself, an official said
Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism urged the Ivy League university to add expertise on Jewish and Israeli topics that do not come from an anti-Israel stance.
Moti Sender, an Israeli businessman who formerly mediated between Herzog and Netanyahu in their attempts to form a unity government, alleges that the two had understandings before Herzog was elected president