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The United States is considering asking Israel to redirect part of roughly $5 billion in Palestinian tax revenue it is withholding to help fund President Donald Trump's postwar plan for Gaza, a move that could deepen tensions with the Palestinian Authority as Washington struggles to finance a reconstruction effort estimated at $70 billion.

Nothing captures the bizarre contradictions of 2026 quite like Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, performing in the former Soviet republic of Georgia while being backed by Live Nation Israel, a partnership almost impossible to imagine just a year ago.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moved one step closer to a possible early election after coalition leaders submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel's parliament, amid growing fractures inside his right-wing government.

The United Arab Emirates publicly denied reports that Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war, directly contradicting a statement released hours earlier by the Israeli prime minister's office.

The Israeli Prime Minister also signaled that military operations against Iran could resume if Israel determines Tehran continues advancing its nuclear program

Israel launched an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday, marking the first attack on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last month, in a major escalation that threatens to unravel the fragile truce between the two sides.

Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of attacking a nun near Jerusalem's Old City, an assault captured on video that has intensified concern among Christian leaders over violence and harassment targeting clergy, worshippers, and religious symbols in Israel and areas under Israeli military control.

Residents in a central Gaza city voted this weekend in the first local elections held in the territory in more than two decades, a largely symbolic process that gave some Palestinians a rare opportunity to express political will under Hamas rule.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed Friday that he underwent treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, revealing a private medical battle he said he kept from the public for two months because Israel was at war with Iran.

A court in Jerusalem has agreed to cancel testimony by Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial this week, marking the latest delay in a case that has stretched on for years amid regional instability.

Israel's military said Sunday that a widely circulated photograph showing one of its soldiers damaging a Christian symbol in southern Lebanon was authentic, a confirmation that landed with particular force with Christian communities.

Jewish Democratic politician and Rahm Emanuel said on his Friday night appearance on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' the former Chicago mayor and former Barack Obama's chief of staff argued that U.S. policy toward Israel should look a lot less exceptional.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a potentially major diplomatic breakthrough in a war that has widened the fallout from the broader regional conflict with Iran and pushed the two longtime enemies into their most direct political engagement in decades.

Tucker Carlson's answer to Donald Trump's insults on Truth Social came Friday morning in Morning Note, a newsletter that turned the president's attack on Carlson and other conservative commentators into something darker and much more explosive: an argument that Trump may be under extraordinary pressure from Israel as he tries to end the war with Iran.

A new Pew Research Center survey shows a striking turn in American public opinion toward Israel, with 60% of U.S. adults now saying they have an unfavorable view of the country, up from 53% last year and 42% in 2022. The numbers suggest that negative sentiment is no longer limited to one political bloc or one age group, though the sharpest deterioration continues to come from younger Americans and Democrats.

A multinational flotilla carrying humanitarian aid is preparing to sail toward Gaza this month, with organizers aiming to challenge Israel's blockade as conditions in the territory continue to deteriorate and access to medical care becomes more restricted.

President Donald Trump presented the new U.S.-Iran ceasefire as a breakthrough, a two-week pause that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calm oil markets, and pull the region back from a wider war. Within hours, that message was already colliding with reality as Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, exposing a critical weakness in the deal Trump had just celebrated.

They pointed to reported strikes on civilian infrastructure, including a primary school in Minab where at least 175 people were killed, as evidence

TikTok removed the account of Israeli ultranationalist influencer Roi Star after determining that his content violated the platform's policies on hate speech, harassment, and violent behavior, according to reports confirmed by the company.

According to estimates cited in recent reporting, at least 1,900 people have been killed and 20,000 injured in Iran since the war began

Rumors about the IRGC recruiting children and young adults were confirmed by a BBC World investigation and by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official, who said the organization enrolls "volunteers" aged 12 and older.

Former White House advisor Steve Bannon called for the deportation of Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and for him to be sent to the war in Iran.

Iran's demands to end the war with the U.S. and Israel reportedly include collecting fees from ships going through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the lifting of all sanctions on the country, according to a new report.

A group that claimed responsibility for different antisemitic attacks in Europe said it has chosen more targets around the world, according to a new report.

The Iranian regime is charging ship operators $2 million to allow them to go through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which about 20% of the world's energy goes through, citing the cost of the war with the U.S. and Israel, according to a new report.

Iranian officials are unlikely to agree to any of President Donald Trump's demands to end the war despite his remarks about negotiations between the two sides, according to a new report.

The U.S. Embassy in Israel is now organizing departures from the country via Jordan as the war in Iran continues.

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is isolated and not responding to messages as the war with Israel and the U.S. rages on, according to a new report.

The U.S. and Israel have intelligence suggesting that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive as questions about his state continue to mount considering he has not been seen or heard since the beginning of the war.

Last week, the DOE announced a plan to release 172 million barrels of oil as part of a broader planned release of 400 million barrels from various member governments of the International Energy Agency.