Edward Finkelstein

The United Nations Human Rights Council once again turned its session into a platform of anti-Israel propaganda on Tuesday, after High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned Israel for its September 9 strike on Hamas leaders in Doha.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has once again crossed the line of political decency. 

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar launched a scathing attack on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday evening, branding him and his government “a disgrace to Spain” after pro-Palestinian demonstrators forced the suspension of the Vuelta cycling race.

In Istanbul, prosecutors have ordered the arrest of ten executives of Can Holding and the seizure of its vast assets, including three television channels — Habertürk, Show TV, and Bloomberg HT — on charges of fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering, Turkish media reported Thursday.

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Qatar on Wednesday, UAE state news agency WAM reported, in a show of solidarity a day after Israel launched an airstrike targeting Hamas officials in Doha.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, using the occasion to issue sweeping condemnations of Israel’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza. 

Erdogan’s ruling party couldn’t beat them at the polls, so now it’s using the courts. The purge of Istanbul’s CHP leadership shows how far Turkey’s president will go to weaken his opponents and cement his grip on power.

A broad majority of Greeks continue to back their country’s partnership with Israel, even as protests and political figures on the left demand a cooling of relations in light of the Gaza conflict.

Between 2020 and 2025, Morocco has significantly expanded its defense ties with Israel, making it Israel’s third-largest arms customer by 2023. 

Recognizing a Palestinian state is not merely symbolic but a concrete step toward peace and stability, Palestinian Deputy Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said on Monday after talks in Rome with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Israel's Foreign Ministry has publicly demanded the withdrawal of a recent famine report on Gaza, backed by the UN and issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). 

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reaffirmed their commitment to deepening ties between their two countries during a state visit by the Jordanian monarch on August 25–26, 2025.