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European Union explores possible support for new Gaza administration committee

"The EU is engaging with the newly established transitional governance structures for Gaza," the European External Action Service wrote in a document circulated to member states.

Hamas police officers stand guard, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, October 11, 2025; illustrative.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaking at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 26, 2026.

'Correct a historical injustice': Yair Lapid to table Knesset bill branding Qatar as 'enemy state'

Activists hold banners, calling for a free Iran, supporting Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (R) and comparing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler (L) in New York, January 18, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

 International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends a press conference with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in the Cabinet at the New Administrative Capital (NAC) in the east of Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2024.

Egypt finalizes $6 billion in state asset sales across 11 sectors


From legalizing neighborhood councils in Israeli cities to supporting Kurdish statehood


Jewish Florida State representative switches to Republican Party, citing Israel support

Rep. Hillary Cassel pointed to the Democratic Party's lack of a unified position on Israel as part of her reasoning for switching her affiliation.

Jewish Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel.

Turning drivers into ATMs for the state

Gideon Sa'ar initiated it, Yariv Levin completed it: The transportation reform will harm those who rely on a driver's license for their livelihood or struggle to challenge tickets digitally.

 Most traffic cases will be handled by a registrar over Zoom. Access to legal justice will suffer under the pretext of court overload.

Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin, dies at 88

Kohl was known for his soft-spoken, unobtrusive approach as a philanthropist, a retail mogul and a senator, an outlook he said he learned from his Jewish immigrant parents.

 Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the administration's fiscal 2005 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill, Feb. 10, 2004.

How do cities, countries get their nicknames? - explainer

Let’s take a little geographical galavant and see how certain cities came by their metropolitan monikers. 

 Lights along the Champs-Elysees with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.

Florida public official recorded saying he will 'Jew down' store owner

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Sam Parker told a store owner that he was “going to have to Jew you down.”

Santa Rosa County Courthouse

Israel turns 75: The country's identity as a Jewish state - opinion

A central feature of Israeli society is its Jewish-affiliated majority alongside other religious minorities.

 SOLDIERS GATHER in front of the seven-branched candelabrum outside the Knesset, a remembrance of the Temple in Jerusalem. Israel’s Jewish character is reflected in key symbols of the state, says the writer.

Israel is a Jewish and democratic state - opinion

Many people understand there to be an inherent contradiction between a Jewish state and a democratic state.

 HAVING ALL citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish, vote in its elections is consistent with Israel’s Zionist principles, says the writer.

Taiwan shooting down drone near China was 'appropriate' - premier

"They repeatedly ignored our warnings to leave and we had no choice but to exercise self-defense and shoot," said Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang.

 A Taiwan Coast Guard ship travels past the coast of China, in the waters off Nangan island of Matsu archipelago in Taiwan August 16, 2022.

Tuvalu looks for legal ways to be a state if submerged by climate change

Tuvalu is an island with a population of around 11,000 people and its highest point is just 4.5m (15 ft) above sea level.

Tuvalu's Minister for Justice, Communication & Foreign Affairs Simon Kofe gives a COP26 statement while standing in the ocean in Funafuti, Tuvalu November 5, 2021.