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'


Nobel Prize laureate: Israel must reoccupy Gaza Strip

At the Table: Prof. Yisrael (Robert) Aumann, who won the Nobel Prize for work on conflict, cooperation through game-theory, said Israel should establish military presence in Gaza.

 Prof. Yisrael Aumann in his Baka home in Jerusalem.

Turkey tells World Court occupation is root cause of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

"The unfolding situation after October 7 proves once again that, without addressing the root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there can be no peace in the region," he said.

 International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds a hearing to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's 'occupation' of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 19, 2024.

Ukrainian wounds from Russian occupation and attacks slow to heal after 2 years

Sunday was the first time in a while that a night hadn’t been interrupted by air raid sirens, locals said. but sirens rang out across Ukraine on Tuesday night.

 A ruined building in Trostyanets, which was seized by the Kremlin for over a month before being liberated in March 2022.

Israel must start talking about Gaza's postwar future - opinion

The underlying principle guiding Gaza’s reintegration lies in its disassociation from terrorism and the establishment of durable national infrastructure.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Israel-Hamas war: Did Oct. 7 change Israeli left-wing views on peace?

36% of Israelis have gone farther Right, as opposed to only 6% who reported going farther Left, following Hamas's October 7 massacre.

 UPDATED PRIORITIES: The papered-over bulletin board outside the Knesset reflects the shift in focus.

The real 'conceptzia' is endless occupation - opinion

The most profound and fundamental cause of the failures we are reckoning with today is the “concept” of maintaining the occupation as if we can contain its harmful implications.

Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Israel does not intend to 'reoccupy' Gaza or control it for long, official says

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told ABC News earlier this week that Israel would seek to have security responsibility for Gaza "for an indefinite period."

 An Israeli APC and a military vehicle drive along a road, near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, November 8, 2023

Gaza should be occupied by the US, UK, France, Germany - opinion

The US, UK, France, and Germany should be the bodies that shall bear the responsibility of governing the Gaza Strip and stabilizing it so there can be elections after a decade.

 A satellite image shows northern Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, October 28, 2023

Israeli teens to refuse IDF service due to 'occupation,' judicial reform

The group expects to send a formal letter to the IDF and has already posted publicly about the move on its X (formerly Twitter) account.

Young Israelis line up as they arrive to an Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on July 26, 2018

Qatar: We don’t have a war with Israel, the issue is the 'occupation'

Qatar's prime minister said the country backed the Arab Peace Initiative in respect to Israel and pushed for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Kyiv, on July 28, 2023.