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AI is helping Kurds defeat Turkey’s century-long campaign of assimilation - opinion

After a century of Turkish suppression, AI is helping Kurds reclaim their language, rediscover their history, and revive their identity.

A boy waves a flag of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region as he celebrates Newroz in Sulaimaniyah of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on March 20, 2026.
Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro (L) faces President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva (R) in runoff elections in Brazil.

Lula’s reelection in Brazil puts the brakes on Latin America’s pro-Israel shift

 A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

October 7 should have changed Israeli politics, yet we are voting for the same leaders - opinion

A group of activists from “Omdim Beyachad” (“Standing Together”) in Nazareth.

Arab Israeli voters are essential to Israel’s democratic future - opinion


What the hell is going on with Netanyahu? - opinion

Our ship is speeding toward an iceberg, but we still have time to change course, take the helm, and return to safe waters.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the graduation ceremony of an IDF officers’ course in southern Israel, October 21, 2026.

After Netanyahu meets police chief, Israel's elections head warns against vote interference

Netanyahu to Sohlberg: Discussion was on security threats, rather than election integrity • Police chief Levy: 'police will do everything in their power to safeguard Israeli democracy'

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv as part of the Likud party’s election campaign ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 22, 2026.

Dimona's former Netanyahu loyalists turn to Eisenkot as battle for final undecided voters heats up

In places like Dimona, Eisenkot could chip away at Likud's base, said Amotz Asa-El, a columnist for The Jerusalem Post and a political scientist at the Hartman Institute.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Negev Conference in the southern city of Dimona, southern Israel, July 17, 2026.

Eisenkot leads Netanyahu but deadlock looms, election polls show two days before Israelis vote

The average gap between the two major blocs stands at 4.5 seats, with neither reaching the 61-seat majority needed to form a government.

(L-R): Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

'Bibicoin will destroy Israel': Eisenkot slams Netanyahu's crypto plan for alternative funding

Eisenkot's campaign video claimed that the alternative system would generate "an economy like North Korea and Iran," and result in "the end of high-tech, the end of healthcare, the end of security."

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, days before Israel’s general elections, October 22, 2026.

Grapevine: A sad 'arrivaderci'

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Two American lone soldiers dish-up food during a Friday buffet at Piccolino restaurant in Jerusalem.

Netanyahu warns Israel could face banking sanctions, prepares alternative financial system

Netanyahu says Israel is preparing alternatives to banking sanctions, including blockchain, and warns that US military aid cannot be taken for granted.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials on the day of the funeral service for late US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC,July 28, 2026.

'A duty of national honor': Ben-Gurion’s historic 1949 radio address resurfaces ahead of elections

The former leader also addressed IDF soldiers serving at the time in Israel's War of Independence, saying that they should vote as free citizens.

Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion casts his vote in the first election to the Knesset in 1949.

Dear Heidi Levine, your attack should shame Israel into action - opinion

This October 27, let’s remind the world how safe, functional, and inspirational our remarkably successful experiment in the world’s only Jewish democracy continues to be.

Democrats MK Gilad Kariv (L) and party leader Yair Golan (R) meet with Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine in the hospital on October 18, 2026

Italian truck drivers' fuel, cost-of-living protest puts country's pasta production at risk

The protest, which began last week with the blocking of roads, motorways, and ports in Sicily and southern Italy, is causing wider disruption, including supermarket shortages and gas station lines.

Tractors drive past a petrol station during a farmers' protest against high fuel and production costs, in Gela, Sicily, Italy, October 3, 2026.