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These images taken in India

What life without toilets looks like

Open defecation is a reality for many people around the world. Here’s what it translates to.

Maga and Israeli rhetoric thrive on distorting the past with selective tradition and nostalgia, whether it is the myth of a “Great America”, that never existed for many, or the claim to land by Israel, without acknowledging the historical complexity of the colonial history in Palestine. (File image)

Israel woos Oscar glitterati with luxury trip

Pro-Israeli groups spend large sums on efforts to promote the country’s image

Netanyahu under fire for Hitler claim

Israeli PM accused of aiding Holocaust deniers by saying grand mufti gave Hitler idea to kill Jews.

Give peace a chance: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has written from prison about the Israel/Palestine violence.

World must deal with root causes of Palestinian/Israeli conflict

Jailed Palestinian leader calls on international community to tackle root cause of violence between Palestinians and Israelis.

Jerusalem on the brink of civil war

Both Jews and Arabs have been seized by fear, and a call to arms has heightened tensions.

Palestinian and Israeli violence is seeing civilians stabbing one another in Jerusalem’s Old City

This unrest evokes a third intifada

Violence is escalating in Israel and Palestine but no one is sure whether this is another uprising.

Hopeless: An aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp

War zone is better than Jordan camps

As aid dwindles, more refugees are risking the trip to Europe – or taking their chances back in Syria.

Row over messianic red heifer divides Jewish activists

Agriculture researchers, US exporters and Jewish activists clash over plans to breed a holy cow.

The BDS committee was formed in 2005 and has the support of more than 170 organisations in Palestine. (AFP)

Israel turns up heat on activist group

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is ‘anti-Semitic’ and a ‘first-rate strategic threat’.

Fifa President Sepp Blatter.

Israel’s ‘apartheid’ bus plan stops

A three-month pilot scheme would have imposed strict new controls on thousands of Palestinians with permits to work in Israel,

The targeting of large buildings appears to be part of a new military tactic by Israel.

Hamas here to stay, says head of Israeli’s southern command

Despite his unusually pragmatic outlook, Turgeman predicted that periodic conflict with Hamas in Gaza appeared inevitable.

The British government holds the Kremlin ultimately responsible for the cyber campaign. (Reuters)

Putin authorises delivery of missile system to Iran

Vladimir Putin has opened the way for the controversial delivery of a sophisticated missile system to Iran – embargoed for the past five years.

Netanyahu: “Thank you, President Trump, for this historic move. The sanctions are indeed coming”. (Reuters)

Netanyahu backtracks on rejecting two states, but damage is already done

Binyamin Netanyahu’s contradictory statements on whether or not he supports a two-state solution are so at odds that they are hard to reconcile.

Israel’s elections: Tight race between Likud, Zionist Union

Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday after a snap election called by the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, at the beginning of December.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins the Israeli elections.

Netanyahu’s fate hangs in balance

Polls suggest that the embattled Israeli leader could lose power in next week’s election.

Sara Netanyahu

Phone transcript reveals Sara Netanyahu rant at political rival’s wife

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, has been thrust to the centre of his election campaign after the release of the transcript.

Protocols that bend at ethnicity

Palestinian teen Malak al-Khatib confessed to throwing stones but it seems she was intimidated.

Israeli finance minister condemns settlement plans in East Jerusalem

The Israeli government’s plan to build housing units in parts of Jerusalem that Palestinians are demanding for their own is the first of a series.

US bigwigs blast Netanyahu as ‘chickenshit’

Stinging remarks by US President Barack Obama’s officials have added fuel to the United States’s row with Israel.

The poll was initially published in a free newspaper owned by one of Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s biggest backers.

Israelis choke on reality of two states

The latest poll reflects what appears to be an ever-diminishing appetite for a two-state solution on both sides of politics.