The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, in a coordinated move that underlined Israel’s growing isolation on the international stage. Announcing the sanctions in UK Parliament, British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband issued a strong condemnation of Israel’s actions in the West Bank, saying “settler terrorists” had committed “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians living there and describing the measures as reset in relations between the two countries. 0:00 Netanyahu faces multiple crises 7 weeks out from elections 2:21 What impact will new sanctions have on Israel? 6:13 Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked a home in the West…
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the ban applies to imports of all goods from the settlements, and it bars companies from providing services to those settlements, including financing, construction, infrastructure, real estate and marketing.
A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support. “Once a society behaves this way,” one said, “that society is doomed.”
Three Christian brothers slain in a August 5, 2026 ambush at Tarrai Jol Hamlet, Plateau State, where local leaders report systemic attacks by armed herdsmen have devastated the farming community. (Photo courtesy of Paul, local [...]
It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. The post Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Israel’s recent decision to formally recognize the World War I-era Armenian genocide deserves a skeptical eye. After decades of silence, the Netanyahu government’s vote to recognize the Ottoman Empire’s atrocities is less a belated act of moral clarity and more a calculated move to isolate Turkey by weaponizing a historical tragedy. (The resolution still needs to be ratified by the Knesset.) Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar framed the gesture in…Open
Residents of South Lebanon refuse Israeli evacuation orders, declaring that by remaining, they are resisting
In his latest on the ground report for The Grayzone, Wyatt Reed travelled to the ancient city of Tyre to document the aftermath of a brutal wave of Israeli strikes on residential buildings and local businesses. Despite Israel’s claims that their attacks target Hezbollah, he found no evidence of militant activity. Instead, he only encountered civilians attempting to rebuild their lives — and, in many cases, refusing to obey a forced evacuation notice imposed by Israeli forces seeking to ethnically cleanse southern Lebanon.Open
Argentina's Vice President Victoria Villarruel said Falkland Islanders who feel British are "not part of the discussion" about sovereignty over the territory their ancestors settled hundreds of years ago, and they should “go back to England.”
Argentina’s Vice President has called for all of the residents of the Falkland Islands to leave for Britain, as her country presses its claim to the territory. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Argentina’s Vice President Victoria Villarruel said Falkland Islanders who feel British are “not part of the discussion” about sovereignty over the territory their ancestors settled hundreds of years ago, and they should “go back to England.” Notably, this covers almost the entire population, with 99.8 percent of the population voting to remain British in a 2013 referendum with a turnout of 92 percent. DETAIL: Buenos Aires is pushing for renewed bilateral talks on Argentina’s sovereignty claims, with Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno calling…Open
American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The post The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The brutality—and frequency—of violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become so appalling that even U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently expressed “concern” over it. “That is a topic we follow very closely,” he said . “I think you’ll see the government there do something about it.” Not only Rubio appears to have been moved to say—if not actually do—“something…Open
