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Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window

Playing the “home” game in Riga is obviously not ideal for Israel, but the squad has faced this challenge since the outbreak of the war in October 2023.

YAIR KRAVITS (right) and Team Israel were badly outplayed by both and Germany and Croatia in their opening two matches to 2027 World Cup qualifying.
A mass rally of Berliners took place in the Sportpalast, where Nazi Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda and Gauleiter of Berlin, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, with ruthless frankness, described the danger facing Europe, 1943.

Europe once expelled Jewish musicians, now it hunts the only Jewish state - comment

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Femicide in the Netherlands: Syrian brothers stand trial for allegedly honor killing sister

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US asks Lebanon to return undetonated GBU-39 bomb, fearing it could reach Russia, China - report


Israel's national curling team delivers best-ever Deaflympics showing in Tokyo

Israel's curling team is fighting for a historic playoff spot at the European Championships. Despite losses, they feel they're "moving in the right direction" toward their goal.

THE ISRAELI delegation celebrated a historic performance at the 2025 Deaflympics in Tokyo, highlighted by the country’s first-ever silver medal.

Netherlands lowers Israel travel advisory to 'yellow' risk level after Gaza ceasefire

The Dutch Foreign Ministry lowered the threat level for most of Israel to "yellow," advising caution due to potential risks. Areas near Gaza, Lebanon, and Egypt's remain under "red" alerts.

Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 23, 2025.

Israel’s curling team aims for historic playoff spot at European Championships

The privilege of representing Israel on the international stage, especially during such a challenging period, is a great responsibility and a source of pride. We are fighting for our country.

Israel national curling team  is participating this week at the European Curling Championships in Finland.

UK police used false claims to ban Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from soccer match - report

Dutch police challenge the claims used by the British West Midlands police force to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from its Soccer match against Aston Villa.

Police officer and security staff look on as protesters display banners before Maccabi Tel Aviv faces Aston Villa, in Birmingham, UK, November 6, 2025

Eindhoven airport closed after drone sightings, defense minister says

The Dutch military on Friday evening had used weapons against drones sighted above the air force base in Volkel, some 25 miles northeast of Eindhoven.

Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans listens prior to a working session at the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Forum Copenhagen, Denmark, August 30, 2025.

Israel rallies to shock Netherlands three to one, reviving Euro 2027 campaign

Guy Luzon’s side showed remarkable character in Budapest, climbing temporarily into second place in Group G and injecting new life into its campaign.

 ISRAEL UNDER-21 players celebrate with forward Ran Binyamin (center) after he scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal in first-half stoppage time of the blue-and-white’s 3-1 upset victory over the Netherlands in Euro 2027 qualifying.

Despite uproar, IDF cantor to perform at Amsterdam Hanukkah concert

After threatening legal action on the grounds of “restriction of religious freedom,” the Chanukah Concert Foundation has successfully reinstated Shai Abramson's performance with tweaks to the schedul

A view of the Concertgebouw building in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Aug. 26, 2024.

Indonesia grants national hero status to late strongman President Suharto

"A prominent figure from Central Java province, a hero of the struggle for independence, General Suharto stood out since the independence era," said an announcer during the award ceremony.

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto gives a plaque to Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, daughter of the former Indonesian president Suharto, as he receives the title of a national hero during National Heroes' Day at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 10, 2025.

Dutch court dismisses appeal by human rights org. for further sanctions, boycott on Israel

Al-Haq, a Ramallah-based Palestinian human rights organization, and nine other advocacy groups urged the Dutch government to cease exporting goods and weapons to Israel.

A protester draped in a Palestinian flag holds up a sign at a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024.

Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old Egyptian statue seized in Maastricht

Prime minister Rutte told president el-Sisi that the artifact, looted amid the 2011 Arab Spring, will be handed to the Egyptian ambassador in the Netherlands before year’s end.

The Grand Egyptian Museum.

Netherlands to return 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt

The sculpture depicting Pharaoh Thutmose III appeared at a Dutch art fair in 2022 and is to be returned to the Egyptian ambassador by the end of the year.

A statue of Thutmose III, the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years,i inCairo, Egypt Dec 29, 2022: