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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'


EU must sanction Israel, Shtayyeh tells foreign ministers in Brussels

Mohammad Shtayyeh: There is a need for serious intervention to protect the Palestinian people and preserve the two-state solution.

 French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna welcomes Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh before a meeting on the sidelines of a EU's Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium January 23, 2023.

Israel to open 'there is no occupation' campaign, new minister says

Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distal Atbaryan vows to clarify that Israel has stolen or occupied nothing, and that the Bible is the Jews' deed to the land.

 Palestinians and pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza amid days of conflict between the two sides, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., May 15, 2021

14 Days: New cabinet

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at a meeting of his new cabinet in Jerusalem.

The upside of the occupation's negative impact on Israel's foreign relations -opinion

It may be beneficial to expose the cost of the occupation to make it clear that we can't be part of the enlightened world as an occupying people.

 SUCCESSIVE ISRAELI governments, including the so-called government of change of 2021-2022 headed by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, succeeded in convincing the world that the occupation is temporary, says the writer.

Israel's democracy is under threat from messianic forces in gov't

Benjamin Netanyahu has empowered messianic forces for whom the democratic Israel envisaged by the Zionist forefathers is anathema.

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

Israel already annexed the West Bank a long time ago - opinion

International critics demonize Israel make a fundamental error in presenting it as evil. Hanlon’s razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

 ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks at a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East in August. Last week, the UN General Assembly referred the West Bank issue to the World Court.

Did Palestinians seek ICJ opinion to restart stalled int'l cases? -expert

Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak: There is “something strange about the Palestinians using a tool last used 20 years ago. It has a similar question, framing, even similar time of year.”

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks in front of the judges on the second day of hearings in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019

Israel's Netanyahu blames Bennett, Lapid for ICJ vote

The initiative to seek an advisory opinion was sparked by a report of the UNHRC’s Commission of Inquiry created in May 2021, when Netanyahu was in office

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.

What are possible legal ramifications of an ICJ advisory opinion on Israel?

While ICJ advisory opinions are non-legally binding, experts noted that the documents can have a broad impact.

 General view of the courtroom during a hearing in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 10, 2019

Palestinians entitled to fight Israel 'by all legitimate means,' ruling Fatah says

The latest call, made during a meeting of the ruling Fatah faction’s Revolutionary Council, came amid an upsurge in violence in the West Bank.

 Members of the Palestinian armed factions hold a press  conference over the tension in East Jerusalem, in in Gaza City, on October 14, 2022