Netanyahu says portfolios sought by far-right politician must stay with Likud; Ben Gvir says premier planning a coalition with Eisenkot: 'The cat's out of the bag'

'Very short and very sharp' call came shortly after Israel bombed government targets with stated aim of protecting Syrian Druze, PM tells Druze supporters

The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.

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Joint List chief decries 'racist campaign' after PM's party and Religious Zionism cite unsubstantiated fraud claims; Eisenkot vows to end Hamas rule in Gaza in 18 months if elected

While the 2026 election largely ignores gender equality, structural changes in centrist parties and a grassroots ultra-Orthodox movement might be quietly shifting the political map

Endless illegal immigration, unaffordable energy, draconian speech policing – we're being conditioned to accept outrageous things as normal, says Nick Rendell. Now add to that economic crashes.

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A recent ISEAS Fulcrum commentary by Hoang Thi Ha and Pham Thi Phuong Thao offers a useful mapping of how Chinese culture and economic opportunity are drawing in young Vietnamese. The authors are right that this bottom-up attraction is unfolding alongside renewed official promotion of people-to-people ties, and that long-standing sensitivities about China have not […]

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Burnham slams 'antisemitic' measure advocating Israel's elimination by calling for 'a single democratic Palestinian state across all of historic Palestine'

Community with estimated 30,000 voters reportedly angry over failure to pass draft exemptions; PM and his partners turn up heat on People of Israel, Haredi Public parties over fear they'll waste votes