
Netanyahu tells settlers: '104 communities... and 160 farms, with more to come'
Netanyahu told a settlers' event Israel had 'established and legalised' 104 communities and 160 farms in the West Bank, promising more to come before October elections.
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Netanyahu told a settlers' event Israel had 'established and legalised' 104 communities and 160 farms in the West Bank, promising more to come before October elections.

Haaretz investigation finds Israel arms and trains at least five Gaza militias that loot homes, burn houses and expel Palestinians, with soldiers describing themselves as the gangs' protectors.

A new book by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick uses FEC records to trace how Citizens United let AIPAC's super-PAC spend $104 million since 2025.
VideoIsraeli forces raided the UN-run Qalandia Training Center in East Jerusalem and raised an Israeli flag; Ben-Gvir celebrated as UN called entry unlawful.

Israel has approved 11 new settlements and revived four evacuated ones around Jenin, using rare Area A land seizures to link them and building a permanent army base in the city.

Israeli forces raided UNRWA's Qalandiya facility under a 2024 ban law, lowering the UN flag as analysts tie the seizure to a wider annexation push.

Israel expelled Dutch representatives from a Gaza coordination hub, a move Foreign Minister Gideon Saar linked to the Netherlands' new settlement import ban.

Trump submitted a Saudi civil nuclear agreement to Congress while conditioning its approval on Saudi normalization with Israel, an administration official told Reuters.
FARA filings show Israel paid a U.S. ad firm to run an AI-written 'think tank' seeding chatbot answers on Gaza, occupation, and Palestinian land loss.

Footage shows Religious Zionist lawmaker Zvi Sukkot swinging a sledgehammer at a Palestinian martyrs' memorial in Madama, south of Nablus, under military presence.

Israeli detonations and white phosphorus shelling have reduced southern Lebanese villages to 'moonscapes,' researchers say, with $25 billion in estimated environmental damage.

A poll of Democrats in six early 2028 primary states finds majority support for an arms embargo on Israel and genocide framing, per IMEU data reported by The Lever.