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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026. (photo credit: Ramil Sitdikov / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Palestinian Authority President  Mahmoud Abbas  cast his vote on Saturday in the Fatah movement’s elections, which will determine the composition of the “Central Committee and Revolutionary Council.” The vote was held at the Ahmad Shuqairi Hall in the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Palestinian Authority official media claimed that Abbas “emphasized the importance of ensuring the success of the democratic process in a way that reflects the unity of the movement and its commitment to renewing its leadership institutions.”  Fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the Central Committee, while 456 members competed for 80 seats on the Revolutionary Council, which serves as the movement's parliament. Fifty-nine candidates competed for 18 seats on the Central Committee,...

Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement. (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) Hamas  is looking to exploit the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, in order to collect financial donations under a humanitarian or religious guise, Israeli public broadcaster KAN News reported on Thursday, citing  Palestinian  sources familiar with the details. This year, Hajj begins on the evening of May 24 until Friday, May 29. Hajj is the perfect time of year for Hamas to attempt such an operation, as the season is defined by large-scale movement that is difficult to monitor, allowing for the transfer of funds or gold assets with minimal suspicion.  Egypt, the sources explained, the smuggled finances will be laundered or “redirected” using various methods before being transferred to Gaza. Go to the full article > >

China’s President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump pose for a photo at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) During a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping is committed to withholding military equipment to Iran and expressed a desire to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open. The announcement came after Trump’s summit in Beijing where the two leaders discussed issues such as the Iranian conflict, trade, technology, and Taiwan. “He said he’s not going to give military equipment. That’s a big statement. He said that today. He said that strongly, but at the same time he said you know they buy a lot of their oil there and they’d like to keep doing that. He’d like to see Hormuz strait opened,” said Trump in an interview with  Fox News’  Sean Hannity. China has consistently denied supplying Iran with weapons, despite a repor...

Fallen soldier Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24 (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Saturday. Recanati was a Platoon Commander in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion and was posthumously promoted from lieutenant to captain. Go to the full article > >

M ap of Strait of Hormuz published by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Navy of the area controlled by the Iranian Armed Forces, May 4, 2026. (photo credit: Screenshot/X/@IranIntl_En) Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route that will be unveiled soon, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee Ebrahim Azizi said on Saturday. Azizi added that only commercial vessels and parties cooperating with Iran would benefit from the arrangement. He said fees would be collected for specialized services provided under the mechanism. Go to the full article > >

Prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, a Kurdish Sunni, and Yaghoub Karimpour, an Azerbaijani Turkic Yarsan citizen. (photo credit: Courtesy) The Islamic regime tortured and mistreated prisoners ahead of their execution on Saturday, according to letters and recorded phone calls shared with  The Jerusalem Post  by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) on Wednesday. Yaghoub Karimpour, 43, and Nasser Bakerzadeh, 26, were hanged on Saturday, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, 28, was executed on Sunday in Orumiyeh Central Prison. All three men were able to speak with the KHRN before their executions. None of the men’s loved ones were informed of the execution, despite Iranian law guaranteeing families a final visit, the organization noted, and the men had not known about their execution when KHRN Rebin Rahmani spoke with them the Saturday before they were killed. Go to the full article > >

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir waves the Israeli flag as he tours the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, May 14, 2026 (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90) National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday ahead of the planned Jerusalem Day flag march. Ben-Gvir declared the Temple Mount to be "in our hands" amid rising tensions ahead of the flag march, stressing he had "restored sovereignty on the Temple Mount thanks to determination and deterrence." Go to the full article > >