What is Al-Quds Day?
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ruholla Khomeini started Quds Day 45 years ago to show solidarity with Palestinian resistance.
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Iran juggling a multitude of bad choices
Israel’s own April Fool’s Day prank was to eliminate one of Iran’s top commanders in Syria, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, by striking a building near Tehran’s embassy in Damascus, almost flouting international law protecting the inviolability of diplomatic missions.
Wednesday Briefing: U.S.-Israel Divisions Grow
Relations between the U.S. and Israel appear to have sunk to a new low after the U.S. abstained from a U.N. vote that allowed a Gaza cease-fire resolution to pass — and domestic politics in both countries are adding to the division.
The 'special relationship' under pressure: Are Biden and Netanyahu on a collision course over Gaza?
Visible tensions are appearing in the historically close relationship between the White House and Israel, as the war in Gaza becomes a worsening humanitarian disaster and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resists the Biden administration's push for a change in course.
Israel's GDP contracts nearly 20% in fourth quarter amid Gaza war
Israel's gross domestic product shrank nearly 20% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official figures.
Gaza after the war: lessons of experience
There is much talk about “de-radicalization” in Gaza, de-militarization and not allowing Hamas, the Palestinian Authority (PA) or UNRWA to be in charge.