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For many Israelis, the shedding of support since 7 October attack has revived a belief that they cannot rely on others

The Israeli prime minister is this Thursday holding the latest in a series of top-level security consultations, as Binyamin Netanyahu decides how and when to respond to the Iranian missile barrage. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Abbas Milani, Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University and founding co-director of…

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that his security team found listening equipment in his personal bathroom after it was used by Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election.

A BUGGING device was found in Boris Johnson’s bathroom after a visit by Benjamin Netanyahu when he was foreign secretary, the former prime…

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As we near the first anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel, the conflict in the Middle East has escalated significantly. Iran just launched nearly 200 missiles on Israel, and Israel has continued its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza.

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When the Israel Defense Forces assassinated Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an underground bunker in Beirut on September 27, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defiantly claimed reponsibility for the killing. “Nasrallah was not a terrorist,” he boasted. “He was the terrorist.”