Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued directives to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to develop comprehensive plans for a potential ground offensive in Rafah, the last remaining refuge for displaced residents of the Gaza Strip. The IDF is tasked with creating a well-coordinated strategy that ensures both the security of the region and the safety of the civilian population, which has... 

Israel’s Ministry of Health has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical giant Moderna to triple the number of vaccines it will purchase from the company in 2021 from 2 million to 6 million doses, according to a joint statement by the ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office: Six million doses will be sufficient to inoculate 3 million citizens, according to the statement. Israel had previously... 

Is this where we’re all headed? Will the “Israeli model” soon be the reality across the West amid the coronavirus pandemic? After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last Saturday that authorities will tap the country’s ‘counter-terror’ technology and systems to combat the “invisible enemy” of Covid-19, Israeli media is now reporting the government is actually considering the... 

In a groundbreaking move, an Israeli company has secured preliminary approval from the government to sell the world’s first steaks created from cultivated beef cells, as announced by the country’s Health Ministry this week. The approval is part of a pilot program for alternative protein conducted by the Department of Food Risk Management, reflecting a response to the increasing global... 

Satellite imagery analysis reveals a staggering reality in Gaza, where more than 70 percent of residential buildings lie in ruins or bear the scars of bombings, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. The devastation extends beyond homes; the World Bank notes that nearly 80 percent of Gaza’s health facilities have suffered destruction or damage, leaving most of the 36 hospitals in dire straits. Israeli... 

The war in the Middle East that began in 2023 is going to go to an entirely new level in 2024. As you will see below, fighting along Israel’s northern border has escalated significantly in recent days, and this is causing a great deal of concern. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly stated that he plans to finish the conflict in the south before dealing with Hezbollah, but he may... 

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has exhorted President Joe Biden to withdraw his support for an additional $10 billion meant for Israel. The senator for the Green Mountain State issued this call in a Dec. 12 letter addressed to the chief executive. “The U.S. government has urged Israel to change its tactics, but we have done little but ask nicely while continuing to enable that campaign,” he... 

Leaders of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have jointly condemned Israel’s “blatant aggression” against the Palestinian people. They also warned that the Israeli regime’s war on the Gaza Strip will have “dire consequences” for the entire region and the international community as well. The leaders of the six nations of the GCC —Saudi... 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday announced for the first time that not only are its air strikes extending to the south of the Gaza Strip, where the bulk of civilians from the north have fled, but it is expanding its ground operations to the whole of Gaza. Following the collapse of the week-long truce on Friday, spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a press briefing, “The IDF is resuming and expanding... 

In a fervent display of discontent, throngs of Israelis converged outside Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, voicing their grievances against the Prime Minister’s handling of the conflict with Hamas. Draped in Israeli flags and brandishing banners denouncing Netanyahu, protesters filled the streets, demanding his immediate resignation. The catalyst for the protests was the traumatic... 

In a bold and significant move on Monday, the South African government escalated its stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced this call, setting a mid-December deadline and asserting that the failure to issue such a warrant... 

An Israeli minister now wants to do as in the Old Testament and cut off the foreskins of enemy people and take them as trophies. Shlomo Karhi, Israel’s communications minister, expresses his desire in a high-profile post on social media. In the post, the minister recalls that, according to the Book of Samuel, David killed 200 Philistines – the Jews’ then mortal enemies in the area... 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that Turkey will seek international inspectors to determine whether Israel possesses nuclear weapons. Erdogan highlighted that Israel is not a party to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and Turkey intends to ask the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate Israel’s nuclear capabilities. Erdogan emphasized... 

On Friday, Nissim Vaturi, deputy speaker of the Knesset in Israel, urged the military to “burn” Gaza and block all fuel and water supplies to the Palestinian enclave until hostages held by Hamas are released. This statement adds to a series of provocative remarks by Israeli politicians amid the ongoing conflict with Hamas. Vaturi, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud... 

Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Israel and broke off contact with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing the “humanitarian tragedy” in Gaza and “Israel’s refusal of calls for ceasefire.” “In view of the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in Gaza caused by the continuing attacks by Israel against civilians, and Israel’s refusal of calls for ceasefire and continuous and unhindered...