The Latest Breaking News from Israel

Lapid: Israel Will Become Major Gas Supplier to Europe

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the US-mediated agreement demarcating a disputed maritime border with Lebanon will be signed on Thursday and make Israel “a major gas supplier to Europe.” He described the agreement as “historic” because not only it was signed with Lebanon but also because the calm it…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 26, 2022

A Lavender Farm Turns The Golan Purple

Lavender is not only the 2023 color of the year, it’s also a flowering crop perfectly suited to the Israeli climate and palate.

Zenger · Oct 26, 2022

Arab Voters Key to Breaking Deadlock in Israeli Election

The voices of Israel’s Palestinian citizens are often drowned out or delegitimized in the country's noisy politics. Yet in the upcoming parliament election, they could hold the key to breaking an entrenched political deadlock. Israelis vote Tuesday for the fifth time in under four years. The country remains divided over…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 26, 2022

Gaza's food system has been stretched to breaking point by Israel

“Control oil, and you control nations; control food and you control people.” This aphorism, often attributed to Henry Kissinger, recently came to mind when I saw first hand how both strategies have been effectively deployed in Israel’s occupation and blockade of Gaza.

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2022

Report: Israeli Restrictions Caused Death of 7 Patients in Gaza this Year

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report that underlined that the Israeli authorities’ restrictions on travel of Gaza Strip patients have caused the death of seven patients and obstructed the travel of 5,000 to receive treatment. The report underscores that from 2008 to 2021, the Israeli…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen?

The fact that the Republican Party has a vacuum for its policy platform isn't necessarily a problem for the U.S., even if the GOP does manage to take control of one or both chambers of Congress.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 25, 2022

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Hezbollah Airport, Battalion in Syria

Israel carried out an airstrike on military posts in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday despite it usually carrying out attacks at night.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022

Israeli troops raid gunmen's hideout; 5 Palestinians killed

The military says Israeli forces have raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second largest city, blowing up an explosives lab and engaging in a firefight

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022

Zelensky Says Russia Ordered 2,000 Drones from Iran

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday Russia had ordered around 2,000 drones from Iran, the same kind that Kyiv says Moscow has been using in its recent attacks against Ukraine. According to our intelligence, Russia ordered about 2,000 ‘Shaheds’ from Iran,” AFP quoted Zelensky as saying. The Ukrainian President said Tehran…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022

Amnesty Urges ICC Probe of Possible Gaza War Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into possible war crimes committed in August by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants during deadly fighting in Gaza. Thirty-one civilians were among the 49 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip during the three-day conflict, the global…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 25, 2022