Former UK UN envoy claims Blair pushed PA to remove 'Palestine' from textbooks
A spokesperson for Blair told The Jerusalem Post that Greenstock's claim "is not true and a complete fabrication."
Middle East
UN chief Guterres slammed for ignoring Iranian regime executions in talk with President Pezeshkian
IRGC targeting bases to push US out of region before renewed Israel war, expert tells 'Post'
Senior Israeli official: Settler violence harming Israel, Syria security deal attempt failed
UN adopts post-Assad Syria resolution recognizing women searching for missing family
Syria’s representative to the UN, told the General Assembly ahead of the resolution’s adoption that Syrian women faced what he described as “the worst missing persons crisis in modern history."
Iranian attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan aim to transform Iraq into buffer zone, spread war - analysis
Iran’s attacks seek to strike an area of Iraq that the regime assumes is not well protected, in a push to move fighting outside Iran and avoid insurrections inside.
Iraqi militias raise new conditions for disarmament, Iraq takes 'wait-and-see' approach - analysis
If the groups refuse to disarm, Iraq will take a wait-and-see approach, with many saying that they already gave up weapons to the PMF, while also being part of these forces.
Saudi Arabia names women diplomat Manal Radwan as special envoy for peace efforts
Radwan is a veteran Saudi diplomat with 25 years of experience in foreign policy, multilateral diplomacy, and relations with the United States, the United Nations, and the Arab League.
Sweida’s schoolchildren become pawns in Syrian political struggle over exams
Muhannad Sharrouf, a political activist from Sweida, said: “They are not merely depriving them of an exam; they are threatening their future and pushing another generation toward further loss."
World Food Programme halves food assistance to West Bank due to funding shortages
Despite now reducing the service, the WFP shared that food needs have doubled since 2023 and an estimated 900,000 people are experiencing food insecurity in the Palestinian territory.
Two sailors killed in Iranian attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Foreign Ministry says
Also on Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that two oil tankers hit sea mines and were disabled while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Car hits pro-government gathering in Mashhad, Iran, killing at least four, injuring at least 10
"The driver of the car is a man of about 35 years old and has a conditional license, with medical restrictions," said an unnamed traffic official in a Mizan report.
IDF killed two Hamas terrorists in Gaza strikes, military confirms
Talal Mustafa Saleh Badawi, a commander from the Military Security Department of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, was killed on Monday along with Momo Saeed Mohammed.
Bus accident killed 21, left several wounded in Egypt's South Sinai, health ministry says
According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, the accident happened on Egypt's Dahab-Nuweibaa road in South Sinai.
