Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has outlined a policy toward Lebanon that blends support for state sovereignty with deeper regional economic integration, insisting that Damascus has no intention of intervening militarily in its neighbor and warning that Lebanon’s crisis cannot be solved through security measures alone. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Sharaa said Syria was…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged Israel and Hamas to fully implement the Gaza agreement announced by US President Donald Trump. “The only good news in recent days is the announcement by the US president of an agreement for Hamas to relinquish their weapons and for Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza,” Guterres…
By JEAN MANGALUZ, GMA News Published August 1, 2026 6:34am Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Fuel prices have already reached record highs in the past few months since the United States and Israel’s attacks prompted Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz,…
Alex Bouaziz is not the first Israeli tech billionaire most people would think of if asked about the country’s biggest technology fortunes. Many would likely mention Assaf Rappaport, who at 33 had already sold Adallom to Microsoft, or Gil Shwed, who at that age had already taken Check Point public on Nasdaq. But Bouaziz, who…
Israel appears well positioned to benefit from the Gulf’s search for alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. It has access to the Red Sea through Eilat, a Mediterranean coastline, existing energy infrastructure linking the country’s south and west, and ports that could connect Middle Eastern trade with European markets. On a map, Israel looks like…
The Israeli Tax Authority (ITA) has issued an implementation circular which effectively shrinks the new exemption for olim (new immigrants) and returnees, regarding Israeli earned income (Circular 07/2026). This article discusses what the Knesset enacted, what the Israeli Tax Authority is now saying, and what you can do about it. Legislated olim tax benefits Starting…
Ukraine’s recent attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea has raised concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine and its conflict in the Middle East are becoming increasingly intertwined. Photo: Bankingnews. The fact that US President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington on the same…
In a report shared with Al Jazeera, the Britain-based rights group on Thursday documented how India has “forged a close and profitable partnership with the Israeli defense sector and has become a significant contributor to the supply chains that support Israel’s military operations”. “Amnesty International investigators analyzed 2,596 shipments of weapons, ammunition, parts and components…
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“I want to tell them that it is possible to establish 100 public diplomacy offices around the world at no cost to the State of Israel.” For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org It is the kind of promise that can sound implausibly large: a global network built without a state budget,…
