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'Legitimazes Jihad': Foreign Affairs Ministry slams UN report accusing Israel of genocide

The report focused on Palestinian casualties in the West Bank due to Israeli military action and settler violence, as well as analysis of elected MKs and senior military officials.

Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay (R) speaks next to member of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territor
FILE PHOTO: An elderly Sudanese refugee woman attends a community session on maternal health led by International Rescue Committee (IRC) staff at the Iridimi refugee camp, northwest of Iriba in Wadi Fira province, eastern Chad, November 27, 2025.

They sought temporary shelter from war. Twenty years later, Sudan’s refugees still can’t go home

(L/R) US President Donald Trump greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on November 7, 2025.

'MAGA conservatives' dream candidate': Trump administration eyes Orban as next UN chief - report

UAE Political Affairs Assistant Minister Lana Nusseibeh attends a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States (GCC) and the US Secretary of State, in Manama on June 25, 2026.

UAE’s Lana Nusseibeh receives more support in bid to become next UN secretary-general


The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion

Decades of conflict, failed negotiations, and the October 7 massacre raise a central question: Is the Palestinian national movement willing to accept Israel?

Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

UNRWA teacher tells ‘Post’ she was threatened for challenging pro-Hamas rhetoric in Gaza schools

T. said she decided it was her responsibility to speak out after repeatedly witnessing a colleague attempt to blur the “boundaries between education and political and religious indoctrination."

Palestinian students attend a class at Nuseirat Preparatory Boys School on September 19, 2026 in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza. UNRWA-run schools in camps across Gaza provide education for children displaced from their homes amid the ongoing war.

Francesca Albanese calls for Indonesia to reconsider involvement with Board of Peace

Trump unveiled the "Board of Peace," of which Indonesia is a key troop-contributing member, in January to address global conflicts ​typically handled by the United Nations.

The  inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, US, February 19, 2026.

UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh to succeed Guterres as UN secretary-general

The upcoming selection will determine who will replace the incumbent, Antonio Guterres, as the 10th UN secretary-general. Guterres will complete his second five-year term on December 31.

UAE Political Affairs Assistant Minister Lana Nusseibeh attends a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States (GCC) and the US Secretary of State, in Manama on June 25, 2026.

Europe's growing rebellion against the ICC could change the game for Israel - opinion

US sanctions, allegations of misconduct, and growing criticism in Europe have plunged the ICC into a crisis of credibility, raising questions about the future of international justice.

People stand outside the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.

Veteran UNRWA teacher exposes alleged Hamas radicalization, hatred of Jews in Gaza schools

A UNRWA teacher of 15 years alleged that Gaza schools taught hatred of Jews and glorified Hamas. After speaking out, she was threatened: “If you don't stop arguing, we will cut out your tongue.”

UNRWA has operated schools for generations of Palestinian children in Gaza, but its education system has faced mounting scrutiny over the curriculum and materials used in its classrooms.

Israel’s leaders talk about security, but what happened to peace? - opinion

Peace has all but disappeared from Israeli political discourse since October 7. Israel must look beyond military victories toward a political future.

Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023

Settler violence threatens Israel’s rule of law, international standing, legal expert tells ‘Post'

Shany’s remarks came days after extremist settlers attacked a European delegation and an American photojournalist in two separate incidents.

Israeli settlers next to a fire amid clashes with Palestinians during olive harvest in Abu Falah near Ramallah in the West Bank, October 16, 2026.

World Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortages

The WFP said it was reducing the number of recipients of its monthly assistance to 1.1 million people from 1.6 million.

Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), visits a soup kitchen funded by the WFP, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip October 18, 2026.

Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish frontrunner to lead the UN - and what is her Israel stance?

Rebeca Grynspan, 70, a former vice president of Costa Rica, was born in central America to Jewish parents who fled Poland in 1936.

Rebeca Grynspan, Costa Rican economist, current Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and candidate for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations position, poses during a photo session in Paris on April 29, 2026.