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Syros ranked among this year’s top islands

A new ranking reveals which emerging islands worldwide are enjoying popularity. The list includes an island where protests against Israeli tourists took place this week.

Ranked first in 2026. The Caribbean island of St. Lucia
Police car at night

Beit Shemesh protesters block roads, damage property, as police seek to reestablish order

Participants clash during the 79th anniversary of the Liberation Day that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, in Milan, Italy, April 25, 2024.

A 'general aversion to anything Jewish' reported in Italy after Milan clash and Rome shooting

The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) members pose for the camera as they celebrate Nowruz at the Jezhnikan Village around Baharka, Iraq, on March 18, 2025.

Kurdish parties in Iran call for regime change as protests continue


Israelis protests for Gaza hostages across country as ceasefire enters effect

Many demonstrators were seen marking the second birthday of the youngest hostage, Kfir Bibas, who has now spent both of his birthdays in Hamas captivity.

Orange balloons are brought to the hostage demonstration to mark the second birthday of Kfir Bibas, the youngest hostage, and to urge the government not to abandon the hostage deal on January 18, 2025.

'This is a gov't that abandons': Protests across Israel call for a hostage deal

Hamas released what is likely a hostage video preview on its Telegram channel titled "Soon, Time Is Running Out" as hostage families prepare for the rally.

 Hostage families call for deal now, January 11, 2025.

Syrian police impose curfew in Homs after unrest

State media said the curfew was being imposed for one night, from 6pm local time until 8am on Thursday morning.

A rebel led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands in the back of a vehicle in al-Rashideen, Aleppo province, Syria November 29, 2024.

'Seize the opportunity': Families of hostages rally across Israel to call for hostage deal

Thousands of protesters gathered across Israel, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Karkur Junction.

 Demonstrators call for the return of the Gaza hostages in a hostage deal, December 14, 2024.

How Germany’s left amplifies terror propaganda against the west

Samidoun, Masar Badil, and other organizations do not always reveal their true goals, but one truth remains: they do not stand for peace.


Pro-Israel veteran arrested in Massachusetts after shooting pro-Palestine assailant

The man wearing the pin stood across the street from ten pro-Israel protesters calling them "sick" and saying they were "defending genocide."

 Screenshot of video showing pro-Palestine individual tackling pro-Israel veteran, shots are fired.

'Bring Them Home': Israelis call for hostage deal at protests around the country

The momentum from this has yet to die down, and following a week of protests, hostage families and organizations have pushed for the public to continue to take to the streets to call for a deal.

Israelis demonstrate to demand the government accept to complete the hostage deal on September 7, 2024.

Hostage Square Chicago delivers artistic and urgent message

Staged in an empty lot for a single day just one mile down the street from the DNC, the artistic display spotlighted the eight American hostages captured or killed by Hamas on October 7.

 Andrea Weinstein standing beside a large milk carton bearing pictures of her sister and brother-in-law, Judith Weinstein and Gadi Haggai.  They were out for an early morning walk near their home at Kibbutz Nir Oz when they were ambushed by terrorists on motorcycles, Weinstein said.

The responsibility of new Police Commissioner Daniel Levi: Protect the public first - editorial

Time will tell what he will do and which direction he will choose to take the police in, but there is no doubt that this is one of the most critical public security bodies this country has.

Newly appointed Police Commissioner Daniel Levi at a ceremony of new appointments and ranks of the Israeli police, at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on July 4, 2023.

WATCH: haredim protest draft at northern recruitment base, 12 arrested

The IDF reported that Border Police successfully kept the protesters away from the base's fences, though the police had to disperse a large number of demonstrators using tear gas.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police forces outside the IDF Michve Alon base in northern Israel, August 14, 2024