Occupation

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.
Egyptian Ashraf Mahrous, 44 years old, pulled 20 private cars for a distance of 10 meters on August 1, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.

Guinness World Records no longer accepting submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories

A person walks past a campaign poster of Turkish Cypriot leader and candidate Ersin Tatar, in the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus, October 18, 2025

Turkish Cypriots vote for a leader as peace talks hang in balance

A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Spain launches investigation into 158 companies tied to 'Israeli-occupied territories'


14 Days: Netanyahu chosen

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Likud head MK Benjamin Netanyahu is seen receiving the mandate to form Israel's next government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

PA legitimacy decline puts Palestinian society on collision course - opinion

The internal deterioration of the Palestinian Authority with its decreasing legitimacy in the eyes of the Palestinian people is appearing more like a car with no steering wheel and failing breaks.

 PA PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas is received by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on the sidelines of the World Cup in Doha, earlier this week. The Palestinian Authority, with its decreasing legitimacy in the eyes of Palestinians, appears increasingly like a car with no steering wheel and faili

Why didn’t human rights groups give Israel’s center-left a break? - analysis

What worries human rights groups and critics in the West the most is an Israeli center-left government that is inclusive of Arabs and which might actually come to an agreement with the Palestinians.

Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament on the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, 15 November 2022.

Shtayyeh urges US to scrap Jerusalem embassy plan

Palestinians have said in the past that the land was owned by Palestinian families and leased temporarily to British Mandate authorities before 1948.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh  in Ramallah. August 25, 2020

UK Palestinian activists squirt 'fake blood' on Lord Balfour statue

The activists belonged to the organization Palestine Action and protested the UK's role in the alleged Israeli occupation of the Palestinians.

Lord Arthur James Balfour and the text of the Balfour Declaration

Lapid calls to exact price from Palestinians for UN ‘occupation’ vote

The Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to Israel over Ukraine voting against Israel despite asking Israel for aid.

 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is seen at the memorial service for former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, on November 6, 2022.

Will the ICJ declare Israel's 'occupation' of the West Bank illegal? - analysis

Every time a major international body like the ICJ or ICC rules against Jerusalem, it eats away at the Jewish state’s legitimacy and raises support for prosecuting Israelis or boycotting Israel.

Members of the International Court of Justice attend a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the U.S., at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018.

Palestinians push for ICJ to rule ‘Israel occupation’ is annexation

Palestinian representatives to the UN pushed a resolution that argues the continuing nature of the “Israeli occupation” is de facto annexation.

SCALES OF JUSTICE decorate the International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2019.

An Israeli Netanyahu-Ben-Gvir gov't will fan fumes of hatred - opinion

A new right-wing government filled with extremists will not make Israel stronger and will certainly not provide any of us with more security.

 THE SCENE of a Palestinian car-ramming incident against Israelis near Jericho, this week. The writer argues that when Palestinian resisters or combatants attack Israeli soldiers or armed settlers, they are not terrorists.

UN pushes to declare 'Israeli occupation' illegal, may seek ICJ opinion

A request for such an opinion has already been submitted to the UN's Third Committee by the Commission of Inquiry.

Members of the International Court of Justice attend a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the U.S., at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018.