JERUSALEM—Israel’s weakened coalition government decided Monday to dissolve parliament and call a new election, the country’s fifth in three years. The vote, expected later this year, could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another prolonged period of political gridlock. In a nationally televised news…
Israel to Dissolve Parliament, Call New Election
JERUSALEM—Israel’s weakened coalition government decided Monday to dissolve parliament and call a new election, the country’s fifth in three years. The vote, expected later this year, could bring about the return of a nationalist religious government led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or another prolonged period of political gridlock. In a nationally televised news…
Israel-Europe Gas Deal Will Transform European Geopolitics and Energy Security
Commentary This week, Israel officially positioned itself as a natural supplier to Europe, one of the largest markets on earth. The announcement of an agreement signed by Israel, Egypt, and the European Union on June 15 at the East Mediterranean Gas Forum will be a huge deal for both Europe and Israel. The Europeans’ drive…
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Woman in West Bank, Say She Attempted Stabbing
HEBRON, West Bank—A knife-wielding Palestinian woman threatened an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank and was shot dead on Wednesday, the army said, an account that was disputed by Palestinian officials. Violence in territories where Palestinians seek statehood has simmered since U.S.-sponsored peace talks stalled in 2014. Recent weeks have seen an escalation, including…
Beijing Gives Ultimatum to Israeli Media Company
The Chinese embassy has reportedly demanded an Israel-based news outlet remove its interview with Taiwan’s foreign minister, and failure to do so may result in Beijing downgrading its ties with Israel. The Jerusalem Post published an interview with Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu on Monday, in which Wu cautioned the Israeli government to “be very…
Turkey, Israel Take Tentative Steps Toward Rapprochement
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visited Israel last week, becoming the first Turkish foreign minister to do so in 15 years. The trip is a sign of budding rapprochement between the two countries whose diplomatic relations have remained in limbo since 2018. Experts attribute the move to Turkey’s desire to repair frayed relations with influential…
Why Did Putin Apologize to Israel?
Commentary Vladimir Putin apologized to Israel last week for claims by his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, that Adolf Hitler may have had Jewish heritage. But why? Lavrov was defending one of Putin’s central rationales for Russia’s invasion—the denazification of Ukraine—by pushing back against the mainstream narrative that Ukraine couldn’t be Nazi-friendly because Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr…
3 People Killed in Suspected Palestinian Attack in Israel
JERUSALEM—Israeli security forces launched a massive manhunt on Friday for two Palestinians suspected of killing three people in an attack in a central Israeli city, police said. The attack on Thursday night, Israel’s Independence Day, is the latest in a recent upsurge of Israeli-Palestinian violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider…
Facts Matter (May 2): New COVID Bill Fines Parents For Unvaxxed Kids And Doubles Income Taxes, Introduced in R.I.
According to a new study that just came out of Israel, researchers found a correlation between the number of emergency heart-related issues in young people with the rollout of the mass vaccination program. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, a state senator has just introduced a new piece of legislation that says that residents of the state…
Study Links Increase in Emergency Heart Events With COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
A new study found a correlation between an increase in emergency cardiovascular events among people under 40 years of age during the launch of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine program. Published in the Nature journal, researchers utilized data from the Israel National Emergency Medical Services between 2019 and 2021 that evaluated emergency, or EMS, calls among 16- to…
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