Middle East

Israel’s pivot to the right brings unprecedented crackdown on freedom of speech

Mahmoud Muna looked on in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old bookstore in occupied…

By Ekaterina Ivanova

In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain

Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at…

Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement’

Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to “incitement” and…

Israel intercepts missile launched by Houthi rebels as US airstrikes hit Yemen

Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse…

Israel strikes southern Gaza hospital as it targets Hamas operative in escalation of renewed offensive

An Israeli airstrike hit a hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night, leaving a part of the hospital in flames…