Antisemitism in the Middle East

The IDF has advised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that now is the appropriate time to implement a ceasefire in Lebanon, Channel 12 reported on Monday, citing a close associate of the Israeli Prime Minister.

Twelve people were killed, and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on two areas of Tyre in southern Lebanon today, Monday (25/11), according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.

The Israeli ambassador to Washington on Monday said that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached "within days."

Almost 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the outbreak of war in Gaza, most since the escalation of hostilities between the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah in September this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers, including Greek-Americans Gus Bilirakis and Nicole Malliotakis, plan to send a letter on Thursday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, requesting a classified briefing on Turkey's alleged support for Hamas.

On Monday the US warned Turkey against hosting Hamas leadership after reports emerged that some Hamas leaders had moved to Turkey from Qatar, with State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller saying Washington will make it clear to Ankara that there can be no more business as usual with Hamas.

Hezbollah's leader delivered a defiant speech on Wednesday, saying Israel cannot impose conditions for a truce in Lebanon, as visiting U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein headed to Israel to try to negotiate an end to the war.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in a near-simultaneous statement, said any ceasefire deal must ensure Israel still has the "freedom to act" against Hezbollah.

In a bipartisan letter set to be sent tomorrow, Thursday, to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, a group of American lawmakers will request a classified briefing regarding the alleged presence of Hamas Political Bureau members in Turkey.

At the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, world leaders issued a joint statement calling for "comprehensive" ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as a "just and durable peace" for the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war. This declaration follows Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which reached its 1000th day.

A rocket attack by Hezbollah from Lebanon targeted central Israel on Monday night (November 18), resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to several others. Sirens were heard across Tel Aviv and other central Israeli cities as the assault unfolded.