47+ min ago   (312+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – Israel will open its first embassy in Slovenia on Wednesday in a sign of warming relations after populist Janez Jansa formed a centre-right government following elections ​in March. The rapprochement comes as Israel faces growing ‌diplomatic isolation elsewhere…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago   (308+ words) THE HAGUE, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Nicaragua told the International Court of Justice on Tuesday that Germany’s arms exports to Israel violates the 1948 Genocide Convention and humanitarian law and urged the court to allow ​its case against Berlin to continue. Germany suspended…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (280+ words) LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Britain will announce a trade ban on goods made in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank later on Tuesday, confirmed ​a senior minister, as part of the UK’s ‌efforts to support a two-state solution. Six weeks…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (458+ words) VENICE, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon said on Sunday she was still losing work because of her outspoken support for Palestinians, despite what she described as a broader shift in public opinion against U.S. support for ​Israel. Speaking at…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (498+ words) TEL AVIV, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, amid pressure from the U.S. to crack down on settler…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (721+ words) JERUSALEM, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Two Israeli ministers floated proposals this week for the mass removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, resurfacing an idea voiced repeatedly by right-wing politicians over the past three years as they seek to rally supporters ahead…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (252+ words) Sept 2 (Reuters) – Two Palestinian teenagers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by Israeli settler militants and army troops on their village ​in the occupied West Bank, local officials ‌and the Palestinian health ministry said, amid an uptick in violence…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (722+ words) BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah fighters, three officials briefed on the…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (473+ words) VIENNA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog has resolved its outstanding questions from an investigation into secret nuclear activities in Syria under the Assad family’s rule but made no progress in Iran, it said on Tuesday in confidential reports seen…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (348+ words) TEL AVIV, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Iran had tried to kill one of his sons, but gave no details about when the alleged ​plot took place, which son was targeted or how close…...