Perhaps three will be the lucky number. After at least two previous failed attempts, a peace deal between Israel and Hamas might be reached by 20 January or in the early days of Donald Trump’s second term. Or… It’s a matter of perhaps, with a big P. Optimism is a rare commodity in a region with the longest-running conflict and …

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed after airstrikes in Beirut, according to Israeli Army. “Hassan Nasrallah will no longer be able to terrorise the world,” the Israeli military said in a statement, claiming to have killed the Hezbollah leader in strikes that shook the Lebanese capital. Recent weeks have seen Israel unleash a barrage of strikes against Lebanon after …

After futile attempts by others to get the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations of genocide against the parties in the war in Gaza, South Africa raised the stakes by filing a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Unlike the ICC, the ICJ is an organ of the United Nations for civil …

As we were saying, Abram, father of the Jewish faith of Judaism, the Christian faith of Christianity and the Muslim faith of Islam, came from Ur in Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq. Christianity’s Old Testament bible and the Jewish Tanakh bible, which are significantly the same, has this to say in Genesis 12: 1 -6: “Now the Lord had said unto …

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Friday said at least 13 hostages captured by Hamas were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in the past 24 hours. In a statement, it said “Foreigners and Israelis were killed during the intense Israeli attacks in northern Gaza and inside Gaza City during the past 24 hours’’. Six were killed in …

This is the moment the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu always feared with great anxiety. Yet when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Southern Israeli border towns in the early hours of 7th October, Bibi and Israel’s elite security forces were unprepared. In a bizarre fabrication intended to complete Bibi’s humiliation a few days into the war, social media …

The European Commission on Monday said it has suspended all development payments for Palestinians following Hamas’ attack on Israel, European Commissioner, Olivér Várhelyi posted on X. Várhelyi said aid projects worth 691 million euros (728.6 million dollars) were under review. “The scale of terror and brutality against Israel and its people is a turning point. There can be no business …