Recognition of Palestine: 'For this act to be truly positive, it must be accompanied by sanctions against Israel'

Monique Chemillier-Gendreau, professor emeritus at Paris Cité University and a specialist in international law and state theory, is an advisor to international courts. She is the author of Rendre impossible un Etat palestinien, l'objectif d'Israël …

As Israel and Syria negotiate security deal, Sharaa balks at potential normalization

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, visiting New York for the UN General Assembly, voiced hope Monday for a security deal that eases tensions with Israel but he played down the prospect of recognition. Sharaa, formerly the head of a jihadi group affiliated …

Brushing off UK and France, Israel moves to ensure Palestinian state ‘will not happen’

The plan for the huge settlement in what is technically termed E1, just east of Jerusalem, has been pushed for years by Israeli ultranationalists and settler leaders, including Smotrich, but had been on hold for decades because of fierce international …

US may soon sanction entire International Criminal Court over Israel war crimes probe

The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court’s day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of alleged Israeli war crimes. Washington has …

World leaders rally behind Palestinian statehood at UN, defying US and Israel

UNITED NATIONS: Dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Monday (Sep 22) to embrace a Palestinian state, a landmark diplomatic shift nearly two years into the Gaza war that faces fierce resistance from Israel and its close ally the United …

Trump Wants $6.4 Billion More in Weapons for Israel

A Bell AH-1 attack helicopter flies during a military parade to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File photo The potential sale to Israel includes 30 attack helicopters and …

‘Our first in Israel’: The immigrants celebrating their first Rosh Hashanah as Israelis

More experts are calling Israel's actions in Gaza genocide. But others note that's a court's call

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Oscar-winning French director pulls film from Cinema South Festival as Israel boycotts mount

French director Michel Gondry has canceled the screening of his animated film, “Maya, Give Me a Title,” at the upcoming Cinema South Festival in Sderot, alongside other international films that have been withdrawn from the program, organizers said Sunday …

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel won’t withdraw from Syria buffer zone, calls idea a ‘joke’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed reports that Jerusalem was willing to give up the country’s buffer zone in Syria as part of a potential deal with the new government in Damascus. The idea is a “joke,” the premier said in a …