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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suffered a political blow — one that could see him lose power, as Israel’s president has given opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form a coalition government. Israeli’s reacted to the President’s decision, voicing cautious optimism.

Polls have closed in Israel’s elections Tuesday. Some results are in, but the outcome is not yet clear. Nathaniel Dove looks at the issues with which voters are contending, and why the results may take a long time.

Heidi Levine, a journalist reporting for The Washington Post, was violently attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank Friday. Around 80 settlers dressed in black with their faces masked descended upon Abu Falah, burning olive trees and using slings to launch rocks at Palestinians.

Israeli flags were reportedly set on fire outside a place of worship in Toronto. As Victoria Femia reports, the act was done on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.

Israel is marking three years since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 others kidnapped. More than 74,000 Palestinians have also been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel’s retaliatory war on Hamas. Redmond Shannon looks at how Israelis are marking the somber anniversary, while Mike Armstrong...

Scenes of widespread destruction across Gaza City on Wednesday, three years after Israel launched its offensive in response to the Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel.

There is divide across the globe as Canada and France – in solidarity with the United Kingdom – have announced a trade ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

One day after the Government of Canada announced — in solidarity with the United Kingdom and France — that it had implemented a trade ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is applauding the feds.

Canada has joined the U.K., France and nine other nations in announcing plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Redmond Shannon explains why these countries are now taking action, and how Israel is retaliating.

A controversial motion calling on the City of Montreal to suspend institutional ties with the Israeli government is back before city council Monday, two months after it was originally supposed to be debated. The opposition at city hall says it wants the city to recognize and denounce what it describes as an “apartheid regime” imposed...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu has ordered a full lockdown of the West Bank as well as the demolition of Palestinian homes after a deadly attack on an Israeli checkpoint. Two Israeli soldiers and two alleged gunman were killed in the ensuing gunfight. As Redmond Shannon reports, the attack comes just days before Israelis go...

The United Nations is condemning what it calls “collective punishment” of Palestinians in the West Bank after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a lockdown of the region. The move follows a deadly attack on Friday in which two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli checkpoint. As Jillian Piper reports, the Israeli army is...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinian city of Hebron will be put under lockdown after Israel thwarted what it’s calling a “terrorist attack” in the occupied West Bank. This comes days before Israeli voters will decide on Tuesday whether or not to grant Netanyahu yet another term as prime minister.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Saturday night that he was giving opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a governing coalition following elections on Oct. 27. Eisenkot, a former military chief, ran as the main challenger to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leading a bloc of parties seeking to oust Israel’s longest-serving premier.

A group of senior ex-military officials from Israel travelled to the Occupied West Bank this week to condemn Jewish settler violence against Palestinian farmers who are harvesting olives. The UN says the attacks are often with the participation — and under the protection — of Israeli forces. For one olive farmer in the West Bank,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to fight off a fierce challenge from a political bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot in an election initially ruled too close to call. Redmond Shannon looks at what could decide the balance of power, and why voters could be again going to the polls soon.

The federal government moves to expand eligibility for medical assistance in dying. Israelis go to the polls in their country’s first election since Hamas’ devastating Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. U.S. President Donald Trump increases his efforts to sow doubt about the legitimacy of the 2026 midterms. Plus, the finalists who will represent Canada in Eurovision.

A Palestinian American has returned from Ohio to his West Bank home, which is one of three that have been surrounded by Israeli settlers for more than a week. Redmond Shannon reports on the ensuing confrontation between a settler and Loui Ridi, and what Ridi is pleading for from the U.S. government.

There’s a pivotal election in British Columbia today that’s increasingly looking like it could result in a change of government. And it’s been one week since the deadly fire at CFB Wainwright that claimed the lives of four soldiers and injured dozens more – many of whom remain in hospital. Plus, the United Nations is...

Israeli settlers have besieged several homes in the occupied West Bank, and families trapped are beginning to run out of resources. Ruqaya Hassan, a Palestinian whose home was besieged says they “have been subjected to daily attacks… during the day and night,” adding that her “daughters were overcome with fear and panic due to the...