Occupation

Woman in occupied Ukraine jailed 14 years for buying Kyiv war bonds

The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia District Court said the woman had used a Ukrainian mobile app to purchase bonds worth 270,080 roubles ($3,600), and had been caught by the FSB security service.

FILE PHOTO: Activists of the pro-democracy youth movement Vesna (Spring in Russian),  stand in a defendants' box during their verdicts announcement at the Saint Petersburg city court in Saint Petersburg on April 8, 2026.
A PALESTINIAN man walks past Hebrew graffiti that reads, ‘Death to Arabs,’ on the wall of a home allegedly damaged house by Israeli settlers in the village of Deir al-Hatab in the West Bank, in March 2026.

Impunity by design: How the IDF, settlers repress Palestinians in the West Bank - opinion

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.

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

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


Smotrich to send Israel to elections should Gaza plan remain unchanged, RZP source tells 'Post'

Finance Minister and RZP head Bezalel Smotrich, along with MK Zvi Sukkot, threatened elections in protest of Netanyahu's recent cabinet decision on the occupation of Gaza.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (R) and MK Zvi Sukkot (L) attending a conference in the Knesset regarding occupying parts of the Gaza Strip and re-establishing Jewish settlements in the enclave, July 22, 2025; illustrative.

Israel should expand territory 'when war is forced upon it,' Gaza hostage father says

Co-founder of the hawkish Tikva forum, Tzvika Mor's comments, come after the Israeli Security Cabinet voted to approve Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to occupy Gaza City.

Tzvika Mor, the father of Eitan Mor who held hostage in the Gaza Strip speaks during a lecture in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

IDF kills Al Jazeera journalist, Australia to recognize Palestinian state in the coming days

Netanyahu's post-war Gaza plan sparks right-wing outrage • RZP source: Smotrich to send Israel to elections over Gaza plan • Hostage families threaten economic shutdown

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.

Israelis demonstrate against widened Gaza op, Smotrich declares opposition to Netanyahu's Gaza plan

IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorist in Lebanon • Blast kills six Lebanese army troops in south • Witkoff reportedly to meet Qatari PM on Gaza • Haredim protest in Neveh Tzedek Prison 10.

Einav Zangauker at a demonstration for a hostage deal in Tel Aviv on August 9, 2025.

Strategic mess or strategic mask? Israel's government, military at odds over occupying Gaza

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Whether this is chaos by design or simply dysfunction on full display, talk over reoccupying Gaza have led to a critical inflection point.

COULD PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with his desire to militarily occupy all of Gaza, now be telegraphing his moves to the enemy, to the benefit of Hamas? Here, the PM speaks during an event at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem last month.

Israel at War day 672: What is going on in Israel, Gaza?

IDF strikes truck carrying heavy machine gun in south Syria • Nat'l Sc. Adv. Hanegbi against Gaza City op., report says • Egypt, Qatar mediators draft new hostage deal

People rally in front of the United Nations headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza Now" protest amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US, July 25, 2025.

Israeli Security Cabinet approves PM Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City

They adopted five principles for ending the war, namely disarming Hamas, returning hostages, demilitarizing Gaza and maintaining a security presence, and the formation of a civilian government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a map of Gaza (illustration).

IDF will 'express our position without fear,' Zamir says on Gaza occupation debate

"The culture of debate is...a vital component of the IDF," Zamir said at a situational assessment before a critical security cabinet meeting.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said at a situational assessment, “we are dealing with matters of life and death.'

The return of Sykes-Picot: Misunderstandings of historical Palestine plans - opinion

A recent NYT column on the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement revived an old argument on Israel-Palestine.

Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes (left) and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot (Illustrative).

'Five IDF Divisions, five months': Netanyahu's Gaza occupation plan to defeat Hamas

The plan will likely be approved on Thursday, cabinet ministers told the 'Post,' adding that "the real question is what version of the plan will ultimately be approved."

An IDF armored personnel carrier manuvering next to other military vehicles on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, July 16, 2025; illustrative.