Annette Young is pleased to welcome Alain Greilsammer, Professor of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv. In the wake of the October 7 attacks, regional tensions with Iran, and deepening domestic divisions, Greilsammer argues that the election will…
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Ibrahim Abu Ahmad, Author, Palestinian Israeli political and peace activist and Head of Social Media for Israel’s left-wing Democrats. “Currently, the sentiment in Israel is built around fear and trauma,” explains Ahmad. His most…
A list of academics, engineers, artists and activists chosen by Serbia’s student assemblies defeated long-ruling president Aleksandar Vucic’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party Sunday. The shock victory comes after nearly two years of student-led anti-corruption protests – and may serve as…
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Ron Gerlitz, CEO of aChord Center at Hebrew University, an Israeli organization specialising in the social psychology of intergroup relations. “The main issue in this election is the fight for Israeli democracy,” explains Gerlitz.…
Critics have said that a proposed French law that would make rioters liable to pay thousands of euros for any damage they cause is anti-democratic, as it could undermine the legitimate right to protest. The government put forward the law…
French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Pengo Bossio Wangi. The victim of a racist attack died in a shooting last week, while at least five other people were wounded, including a 12-years-old girl. FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin reports…
Israelis were voting Tuesday (October 27) in a tense national election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership since the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the wars that have since shaken the Middle…
Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. FRANCE24’s Kethevane…
Brazil’s former presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the US, sources said Tuesday, despite his passports being cancelled after he failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand them over as part of a money laundering probe. Bolsonaro’s whereabouts had…
An Iraqi court has sentenced seven French nationals to prison for belonging to the Islamic State armed group, handing down the first verdicts in proceedings involving French detainees transferred from Syria last year.