Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Dr. Shira Efron, RAND’s Distinguished Israel Policy Chair. “Many of us, myself included, underestimated the extent of the fracture in Israeli society.” It reflects a political system in which ideological polarisation, the rightward shift of the Jewish electorate and the contested legitimacy of Arab political participation have sharply narrowed…
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hawkish, reserved and unpolished, Israel’s former military chief has a viable chance of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.His name is Gadi Eisenkot. And while the votes from Tuesday’s election are still being counted, his centrist party, Yashar, along with other opposition allies, have the clearest path to power if they can join…
BBC Verify has pieced together defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s journey through Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador to reach Miami.
The Bank of Canada is increasingly confident about the domestic economy and companies’ ability to navigate turbulent trade waters, adding to its conviction that it was time on Wednesday to raise interest rates.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to woo African leaders and government delegates on Wednesday as they gathered in Moscow for the third Russia-Africa Summit to discuss trade, security, arms deals and grain supplies as part of the Kremlin’s strategic efforts to expand its footprint in Africa.
Influential US labour union co-founder, feminist, and civil rights icon Dolores Huerta died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California, her family said. Credited with coining the enduring “Si, se puede!” rallying cry later adapted by former US president Barack Obama, Huerta continued her activism on race, poverty, LGBTQ and women’s rights issues until the last months…
Kyaw Moe Tun – Myanmar’s representative to the UN – makes an emotional appeal after saying the international community had failed the country’s people.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the southern Gaza Strip, where Israeli airstrikes are still a regular occurrence despite a ceasefire, residents of the city of Khan Younis were following the results of Israel’s election closely, hoping that anyone but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government.“All of their policies towards Gaza…
Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his immediate family landed in Miami, Florida on Wednesday after he refused to surrender his passports as ordered by his country’s Supreme Court in connection with a money-laundering probe. The US State Department on Tuesday announced it had granted entry visas to the senator and his family. France 24’s…
With 85% of ballots counted, Netanyahu’s Likud party and its allies are set to win 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.