The Irish parliament approved a bill on Tuesday banning the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as Dublin moves towards adopting one of the toughest trade measures in Europe on the issue. The legislation bans the import of goods from “certain Israeli settlements” located outside Israel’s internationally recognised borders, covering…
Why Energy Security Must be NATO’s Next Priority Although the recent oil crises brought the concept of energy security onto the international agenda, in the past, they did not directly shape NATO’s energy policies. For a long while, NATO continued to view energy security not as a pillar of collective defense but as part of…
Hapag-Lloyd’s US$4.2 billion ZIM acquisition faces Israel opposition, raising uncertainty for container shipping, logistics, and global supply chains. Israel’s government has raised new obstacles to Hapag-Lloyd’s proposed acquisition of ZIM Integrated Shipping Services, introducing political and national security concerns that could complicate one of the largest container shipping transactions announced this year. On Feb. 16,…
News Desk Last Updated: 08 July 2026, 09:37 PM IST India has urged restraint and a return to diplomacy as fresh West Asia tensions, attacks on commercial shipping and US-Iran hostilities drive global oil prices higher. Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab…
(July 8, 2026 / Israel InSight) With the Jewish community looking for allies in the face of surging antisemitism and anti-Israel activism, a group of Black pastors with long track records in Israel advocacy and Black-Jewish relations has joined forces to establish the Black Christian Leaders Council on Israel Relations. A major part of the…
The United States and Iran have exchanged attacks after the US military said Iran struck ships in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening a fragile ceasefire between Tehran and Washington. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its strikes on Iran began on Tuesday and were conducted “in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that…
On the bus ride from Yerucham, Miami’s partnership city deep in Israel’s Negev, to Tel Aviv on our final day in Israel, I looked around and realized something remarkable happened. Just eight days earlier, the 17 of us, with me as the Birthright Volunteer trip leader, arrived in Israel as colleagues. We represented nearly every…
29 US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: The US-Iran war in the Middle East has escalated after US President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire with Iran is effectively ‘over’ following the attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump accused Tehran of violating the…
Ireland’s parliament has voted in legislation banning imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. This makes Ireland the first EU member state to implement such a ban; however, Spain notably started applying restrictions on imports from Israeli settlements in October 2025. The Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of…
Agencies The United States-Israel war on Iran has inflicted the greatest disruption to merchant shipping since the back-to-back shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since the start of the war in late February, shipping lines have faced attacks on their vessels, lengthy delays and steep rises in operating costs. Yet even…
