Occupation

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.
Egyptian Ashraf Mahrous, 44 years old, pulled 20 private cars for a distance of 10 meters on August 1, 2025 in Cairo, Egypt.

Guinness World Records no longer accepting submissions from Israel, Palestinian territories

A person walks past a campaign poster of Turkish Cypriot leader and candidate Ersin Tatar, in the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus, October 18, 2025

Turkish Cypriots vote for a leader as peace talks hang in balance

A drone view of Al-Arroub refugee camp alongside a new road, part of the expansion of Israeli bypass roads connecting Israeli settlers in the West Bank with Jerusalem, in the West Bank, September 29, 2025.

Spain launches investigation into 158 companies tied to 'Israeli-occupied territories'


Ukraine launches 'special operation' in Russian-occupied Crimea

Brief and dark video footage posted alongside the statement showed a small motorboat moving through water at night near a coastline.

 Russian national flag flies with backdrop of the Kerch bridge after an explosion destroyed part of it, in the Kerch Strait, Crimea, October 8, 2022

Letters to the Editor August 16, 2023: An errant child

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Australia's government has taken an anti-Israel stance - opinion

The new announcement is just the latest in a number of steps the Australian government has taken to distance itself from Israel since its election in May last year. 

  PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull hold a news conference in Jerusalem, in 2017. No previous Australian government has made a habit of using the term ‘occupied Palestinian territories,’ says the writer.

Letters to the Editor August 14, 2023: Concrete jungle

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

Should Israel refer to Australia as occupied Aboriginal territory? - opinion

Australia’s Labor Party government ought to take a look in the mirror before hurling false and insulting accusations at Israel.

 AUSTRALIAN PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a NATO summit in Vilnius, last month.

Israel is responsible for Palestinians killing Israelis - opinion

The placing of the blame on incitement is a clear strategy of successive Israeli governments to remove legitimate Palestinian claims from the public sphere.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hamas and Islamic Jihad take part in a rally last year in the southern Gaza Strip to celebrate a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv.

Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘occupied Palestinian territories'

Australia stopped referring to the West Bank as occupied in 2014, now they plan to revert to this terminology.

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Palestinians must fight to stop Israel-Saudi normalization - opinion

Israeli-Saudi peace is a good thing, but only when it also includes ending the occupation and reaching Israeli-Palestinian peace.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in separate photographs.

80% of Palestinians say PA President Abbas should step down

The results of the second quarter of 2023 indicate a decline in the popularity of Fatah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a photograph during his address to the 77th United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2022.

Israel files written submission to ICJ against its ‘occupation’ hearing

Israel’s government argued that its hold on the West Bank cannot be considered an occupation, because the territory historically belonged to ancient Israel.

Members of the International Court of Justice attend a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the U.S., at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018.