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"Existential": Israel Quadruples Foreign-Influence Budget To Massive $730M With the ranks of its foreign sympathizers plummeting all around the world and all across the political spectrum, the State of Israel is quadrupling its budget for so-called "public diplomacy," bringing its 2026 spending on foreign influence campaigns to a massive $730 million. With the country's growing unpopularity threatening US financial, military and diplomatic support, Israel's foreign minister has said an intensified effort to mold global opinion is an "existential issue." Both inside and outside of Israel, the country's public diplomacy effort is also referred to by its Hebrew name: hasbara. Even before the 2026 ramp-up in spending, Israel's spending on hasbara was already striking.  Recent disclosures about 2025 hasbara spending shed some light on how Israel goes about shaping public opinion. Per the Jerusalem Post, that year's outlays included a $50 million social media ad...

Palestinian detainees and rights groups share disturbing accounts of rape, sexual violence and physical abuse....

In letter to CENTCOM commander, 12 Democrats raise questions about possible US role in Israel's 'mass evacuation zones'....

30 House Dems Demand US Confirmation That Israel Has Nuclear Arsenal In the latest indication that Israel's position in American politics is growing increasingly shaky, a group of 30 House Democrats have co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, demanding that the US government finally acknowledge the existence of Israel's nuclear arsenal. It's a milestone event: For decades, both parties have diligently co-conspired in avoiding such a confirmation, typically claiming ignorance on the rare occasions when journalists or citizens asked them about it. MUST SEE: For many years, journalist @samhusseini has tracked down high-level politicos in Washington, D.C. and asked them variations of the same question: “Do you know that Israel has nuclear weapons?” Watch as he presses John Negroponte, Mike Pence, John Kerry, the Biden and… pic.twitter.com/kDtFyZhA4i — Decensored News (@decensorednews) April 7, 2026 Now we have dozens of House representatives asking the question. "Thi...

A Palestinian boy mourns his father, one of three people killed in an Israeli strike on a security post in Gaza....

Netanyahu's rivals unite ahead of elections, but is this alliance strong enough to actually unseat him?...

Analysts say Israel aiming to exploit Lebanon's divisions to force concessions amid military and political pressures....

TEL AVIV/GAZA (dpa-AFX) - Trotz Waffenruhe hat es bei einem israelischen Luftangriff im Gazastreifen palästinensischen Angaben zufolge am Nachmittag erneut Tote gegeben. Israels Armee sprach von bewaffneten Mitgliedern der Hamas. Aus medizinischen Kreisen ......

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Ende kommender Woche soll in Washington nach US-Angaben eine weitere Gesprächsrunde zwischen Vertretern der verfeindeten Länder Israel und Libanon stattfinden. Diese sei für kommenden Donnerstag und Freitag angesetzt, teilte ein ......

Israel arrived in Panama championing open waterways, just 67 days after co-initiating the strikes that closed Hormuz. Behind the diplomacy: five strategic objectives, one canal, and a Latin American alliance in construction....

Israel has carried out its first airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs since the April 16 US-brokered ceasefire....

Talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations to be held in Washington, DC, next week, the official tells Al Jazeera....

Despite global condemnation over Israel's regional wars, the shekel is at a 32-year high, giving the government something to brag about, but fueling anxiety in the vital tech industry....

An Israel-based firm has amassed a sizable stake in the corporate bonds of Florida's Brightline rail project and is gearing up for workout talks, as the cash-strapped venture struggles under its debt pile....

TEL AVIV/GAZA (dpa-AFX) - Trotz Waffenruhe hat es bei einem israelischen Luftangriff im Gazastreifen palästinensischen Angaben zufolge am Nachmittag erneut Tote gegeben. Drei Palästinenser seien dabei in der Stadt Gaza ums Leben gekommen und weitere teils ......

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Middle East war devastates tourism in Petra, leaving sites empty and Jordanians facing severe loss of income....

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of April 2026 rose to a record $235.745 billion, an increase of $6.326 billion from their level at the end of March 2026, the Bank of Israel reports....

Doctors Without Borders said it identified its first cases of child malnutrition in January 2024, three months into war....

Irish campaign group accuses Israel of engaging ⁠in 'genocide' in war on Gaza ahead of UEFA Nations League game....