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Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, delivers a speech at the Pichincha Battalion after being sworn in, in Cali, Colombia, on Aug. 7, 2026.

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Bogota’s move marked a foreign policy shift under new right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella, reversing Petro-era policies that strained ties with Israel.

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A house is seen at the unauthorised Jewish settler outpost of Havat Gilad, south of the West Bank city of Nablus March 17, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama is due to make his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week, looking to improve ties after sometimes rocky relations with both sides during his first term in office. Israeli settlement expansion lies at the heart of much of the rancour between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama, who has said the U.S. does

Memo to John Kerry: 'Two-State Solution' Bankrupt

Kilometers of fine roads testify to the fact that illegal outposts in the West Bank flourish under the auspices of the Israeli government.

Israel's new Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 14, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2A8AD

Report Blasts Women's Exclusion From Israel's Public Sphere

Though Israel prides itself as being enlightened, the Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has recommended criminalizing the exclusion of women from the public sphere.

Israeli soldiers from the Nahal infantry brigade take part in a drill in the Golan Heights, near Israel's border with Syria March 5, 2013. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognised internationally. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (MILITARY) - RTR3ELLJ

Syrian Minister Defends 'Legitimate Right' to Fire on Israel

An exchange of fire between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights raises the question of whether Damascus has adopted a new policy toward Israel and the possibility of an active Golan front.

A newborn baby girl lies next to her mother in the maternity ward of Al-Hilal hospital in the West bank city of Ramallah October 30, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on Oct. 31, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: HEALTH) - RTR2TFEF

Gaza Prisoner's Wife Impregnated Via Sperm Smuggled From Jail

With many married Palestinian prisoners unable to have children because they are separated from their wives, some are resorting to in-vitro fertilization after smuggling their sperm samples from prison.

A protester waving a Palestinian flag shouts at an Orthodox Jewish man in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem May 17, 2013, during a weekly demonstration against Jewish settlements and the possible eviction of a Palestinian family from their home. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZQQB

Jerusalem Eviction Postponed, Offering a Glimmer of Hope

The Shamasneh family, residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in east Jerusalem, are facing eviction under Israeli laws that allow Jewish residents to take back property owned prior to 1948.

Palestinian boys carrying Hamas and Palestinian flags in the Gaza Strip October 6, 2000 as they walk past graffiti showing the death last Saturday of 12-year old Mohammad al-Durra, who was shot dead during Israeli-Palestinian clashes. Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers on Friday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip where Islamic militants had declared a "Day of Rage". Five Palestinians were shot dead on Friday, brionging the feath toll in nine days of violence to at least 74. - RTXK21I

Durrah's Father: My Son Is Dead

At the site of Muhammad al-Durrah's grave, his father Jamal recounts his son's final moments, rebuking Israeli claims that he was not killed by Israeli gunfire.

A labourer works on a construction site in a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem known to Israelis as Har Homa and to Palestinians as Jabal Abu Ghneim May 7, 2013. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has quietly curbed new building projects in Jewish settlements, an Israeli watchdog group and media reports said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTXZDI4

New Palestinian Movement Calls for One-State Solution

Frustrated at the lack of progress, Palestinians of various backgrounds have joined to create a movement that explicitly calls for a single democratic state in historic Palestine.

Lapid Alienates Israel's Center

Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid reveals himself not just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's economic twin, but also as his political clone.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attend a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem December 28, 2011. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2VOT2

Netanyahu Sees Liberman As Key to Likud's Future

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to strengthen his alliance and unification with Avigdor Liberman’s party.

An Israeli soldier prays atop a tank close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights May 6, 2013. Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that its recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTXZC70

Israel’s Triple Challenge On the Syrian Front

Israel faces tactical, operative and strategic challenges on its Syrian front, trying to combine efficient deterrence without sinking into the Syria quagmire.

Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid (There's a Future) party, speaks to members of the media outside his home in Tel Aviv January 23, 2013. Lapid, a former television news anchor whose new centrist party stormed to second place in Israel's election, may well be the kingmaker holding the keys to the next coalition government. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3CUU2

Knesset (Res.) Colonel: 'We Can Withstand' the Syrian Threat

Israel is threatened more by diplomatic deadlock than by Syrian jihadists, says Knesset member Col. (res.) Omer Bar-Lev of the Labor Party.

Israel Was Right to Publish Al-Durrah Report

A response to Shlomi Eldar’s article about the irrelevance of the Israeli Commission of Inquiry investigating the circumstances of Muhammad al-Durrah’s death.