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Netanyahu challenger leaps in polls after maiden speech

Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz's new party has surged in opinion polls since his maiden speech, positing him as the most significant political threat to incumbent premier Benjamin Netanyahu. But despite the leap in the number of seats his Israel Resilience party is expected to win in...

Egypt ex-VP slams rights situation under al-Sisi regime

Mohamed ElBaradei, who briefly served as vice-president following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, has decried the country’s human rights situation under President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's rule.  In a Thursday tweet, ElBaradei, who served as director-general of the International Atomic...

Lawmakers launch new push to end US-supported Yemen war

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both chambers of Congress reintroduced legislation Wednesday that could halt U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. The war powers resolution already passed the Senate in December but failed to gain traction in the then-Republican-controlled House,...

Israeli minister threatens to ban Amnesty International

An Israeli minister on Wednesday threatened to ban human rights group Amnesty International from the country for its criticism of some tourism companies. Gilad Erdan, the minister of public security, accused the rights group of promoting a boycott against Israelis. “I have instructed...