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Eurovision lifts ban on Palestine flags despite anti-politicisation rules

The event’s broadcaster announced that flags would be allowed in the crowd as long as they were not linked to racism, violence or banned terrorist groups

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Eurovision has modified its crowd regulations, effectively lifting the ban on Palestine flags for attendees (Image: Getty)

A pro-Palestine protestor was followed by a crowd of Charedi men, some of whom chanted 'death to Arabs' as she was escorted by a police officer in New York City (Image: X)

NYPD launches investigation after Charedim clash with pro-Palestine protestors outside shul

A crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the building to protest an event involving Itamar Ben-Gvir but arguments between the two groups descended into violence

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Nechama Grossman, Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, has died aged 109. (Credit: Courtesy of the Grossman family)

Holocaust survivors

Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies aged 109

Nechama Grossman, who died on Yom Hashoah, built a new life in Israel after fleeing the Nazis

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The ICJ has opened five days of hearings into Israel's compliance with its humanitarian obligations in Gaza, including its ban on Unrwa (Image: Getty)

ICJ opens hearings into Israel’s aid duties in Gaza

The world’s highest court will assess whether the ban on Unrwa violates international law

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Noa Argamani wears yellow dress in touching hostage tribute for Time 100 red carpet

The former Hamas captive, whose abduction is one of the enduring images of the October 7, 2023 attacks, used the occasion to reiterate her calls to bring all the remaining hostages home

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Iranian port that went up in smoke was ‘critical to survival of regime’

Israel has denied any role in the huge rocket fuel blast, which left at least 28 dead

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Israel accused of ‘boycotting’ Pope’s funeral

Israeli government’s response to death of Pope Francis continues to be marred in controversy

By Jane Prinsley

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Swiss team turns back on Israeli gold medallists at fencing championship

Israeli fencers celebrate victory at European championship, as Swiss rivals stage apparent protest during medal ceremony

By Jane Prinsley

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Swiss fencing team turns back on Israeli team at U23 championships (Photo: Team Bizzi)

Israel denies downplaying Pope’s death amid claims of funeral snub

An internal row erupted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff and neither the president or prime minister will attend his funeral

By Canaan Lidor

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An Israeli official has denied that Israel's response to Pope Francis' death has been muted after the Foreign Ministry deleted its condolence post for the late pontiff (Image: Getty)

US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

The decision could see the UN agency, which has been accused of employing Hamas operatives, hit with significant claims from the relatives of terror victims

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The US has removed Unrwa's legal immunity, allowing Americans to sue the agency in federal court (Pictured: Unrwa Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini; Image: Getty)

International Criminal Court

Appeals court freezes ICC case against Israel

The decision could see the arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant thrown out

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The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court has frozen its case against Israel while a review of its jurisdiction is heard (Image: Getty)

Syria ‘willing’ to join Abraham Accords, claims Trump ally

Representative Cory Mills recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Damascus and expressed his ‘optimism’ regarding the country’s new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa

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Syria's leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa has expressed willingness for his country to join the Abraham Accords, according to a US Representative newly returned from talks in Damascus (Image: Getty)

In pictures: Hostages and Holocaust survivors march through Auschwitz to mark Yom Hashoah

The crowds, including Israeli President Isaac Herzog, silently walked through the former death camp to commemorate the 80th anniversary of its liberation

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The presidents of Israel and Poland, as well as ten former Hamas hostages including Eli Sharabi (centre), were among the crowds (Image: Getty)

Latvia drops investigation into Nazi collaborator’s Holocaust participation because it was ‘not genocide'

Prosecutors claimed that Herberts Cukurs’ actions ‘do not constitute’ genocide under the country’s criminal code

By Canaan Lidor

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Herberts Cukurs was a Nazi collaborator in Latvia who has been accused of participating in the mass murder of the country's Jews (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after ‘sabotage plot’ uncovered

The Brotherhood represents the largest opposition force in the country but has long been criticised over its alleged ties to terror groups

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The Muslim Brotherhood has been banned in Jordan (Image: Getty)

Syria arrests two Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders in unprecedented crackdown

The country has increasingly moved away from its former alliance with Iran following the overthrow of the Assad regime

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Syria's new president Ahmed Al-Sharaa has been pivoting the country away from its prior alliance with Iran (Image: Getty)

Columbia Journalism Review sacks editor following dispute over Palestine protest coverage

Sewell Chan claimed he was dismissed after raising a ‘significant ethical problem’ with a pro-Gaza reporter

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Former CJR editor Sewell Chan (right) alleged that he was fired after a confrontation with a pro-Palestine reporter (Image: Alamy)

Holocaust survivors

Half of Holocaust survivors will be lost by 2035, Claims Conference predicts

The organisation also predicted that there would be almost nobody left with first hand experience of the Shoah by 2040

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Fewer than half of all Holocaust survivors worldwide are predicted to remain in 2035, according to a new report from the Claims Conference (Image: Getty)

Pope Francis, a friend to Jews with conflicted views on Israel dead aged 88

The first South American pope was seen as a reformer from the liberal wing of the church

By Daniel Ben-David

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Pope Francis visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2014 (Credit: Avi Ohayon - GPO /Getty Images)

Football superstar Erling Haaland holds video call with freed hostage

Sport-mad Omer Shem Tov endured 505 day of captivity but a virtual meeting with his hero offered so much-needed strength in his recovery

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Norway and Manchester City star Erling Haaland held a video call with former hostage Omer Shem Tov this week (Image: Getty)

Hundreds of Hezbollah commanders reportedly ordered to flee Lebanon

Saudi media indicates that the terror group has instructed its field operatives to relocate to South America

By Shachar Kleiman

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Hezbollah has reportedly ordered hundreds of its commanders to flee Lebanon for South America (Image: Getty)

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that Paris could also recognise a Palestinian state in June as he looks to bridge gaping divides between the two sides

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French President Macron is reportedly looking to broker a new Gaza ceasefire, which is set to include normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)

Former hostage Noa Argamani included in Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2025

Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris, wrote the entry and said the image of Argamani’s capture is ‘seared’ into his soul

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Noa Argamani has made TIME's 100 most influential people in the world 2025

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