World Aug 21 Suspected Palestinian gunman’s West Bank attack latest example of escalating regional violence The combustible mix of armed Palestinians carrying out shooting attacks against Israelis across the West Bank and within Israel as well as near-nightly aids by the Israeli army to arrest militants has fueled the worst fighting in the West Bank…
World Aug 04 An American billionaire says he’ll stop funding the think tank behind Israel’s controversial judicial overhaul The decision on Friday by Arthur Dantchik, a 65-year-old libertarian multibillionaire, to cut funding to the Kohelet Policy Forum reflects the scope of the unrelenting protest movement against Netanyahu's plans to weaken the Supreme Court.
World Aug 03 Palestinian foreign minister says Biden’s inaction amid Middle East violence surges is ‘weak’ U.S. President Joe Biden had initially won plaudits from the Palestinians when he rejected the Trump administration's unabashedly pro-Israel stance.
World Jul 26 Israel’s Supreme Court to review controversial new judicial overhaul law Israeli civil society groups and others have filed petitions asking the Supreme Court to strike down the law enacted Monday — the first major piece of legislation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's broader program to overhaul Israel's judiciary.
World Jul 25 Israeli doctors and other major industries strike after first measures of judicial overhaul pass Protesters also fear that the overhaul is fueled by the personal grievances of Netanyahu, who is currently on trial on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
World Jul 24 Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s yearslong heart problem only after implanting pacemaker Netanyahu's current medical crisis reveals that he has suffered from an irregular heartbeat for years. It's news to Israelis that their longest-serving prime minister has been dealing with a chronic health problem.
World Jul 05 Jordan’s debt to China soars as troubled power plant sparks concerns about Beijing’s influence The power plant characterizes China’s wider model in poorer states and serves as a cautionary tale for the region.
World Jun 24 Palestinian gunman killed at military checkpoint as Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank village A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank on Saturday before being shot and killed, Israeli police said. Elsewhere in the occupied territory, settlers rampaged through Umm Safa, hurling stones, spraying bullets and setting…
World Jun 21 Israeli settlers attack Palestinian town, killing one, in response to fatal shooting Hundreds of Israeli settlers have stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by a pair of Palestinian gunmen the previous day.
World Jun 20 2 Palestinian gunmen kill at least 4 at a gas station near Israeli West Bank settlement Israeli settlers attempted to carry out revenge attacks across the northern West Bank, raising fears of a repeat of a rampage last February that resulted in damage to dozens of Palestinian homes and vehicles and the killing of a Palestinian man.