A retired Israeli general and former Mossad spy accused his country’s government of “total apartheid” as he appeared to compare the occupied West Bank to Nazi Germany. Amiram Levin, who served as commander of the Israeli army’s northern forces and deputy director of Mossad, made the remarks during an interview with the Israeli broadcaster Kan. “There hasn’t been a democracy there in 57 years. There is total apartheid,” Mr Levin said, referring to the ongoing Israeli military occupation of the...

Israel’s latest raids on Jenin seems to be drawing to a close, but it could mark the beginning of a new and extremely bloody era in the decades long conflict with the Palestinians. While the death toll remains fairly low compared to Israeli bombing campaigns in the Gaza Strip, where dozens can be killed in mere hours, it is the weaponry involved which is causing such deep concern. For the first time in 20 years, the Israeli military has launched a wave of airstrikes on targets in the densely...

Israel launched ten drone strikes on militants in the Jenin refugee camp followed by a ground force including military bulldozers in one of the largest and most violent raids in years. The assault, which followed militant attacks on Israeli settlements amid rising tensions with an increasingly Right-wing government, left at least seven people dead. Israeli military officials said a “brigade-size” force was operating in Jenin, a phrase that suggests as many as two thousand soldiers have been...

When Ammar Mufleh travelled to the West Bank town of Huwara, his relatives said that all the young Palestinian had on his mind was collecting a prescription. But by that afternoon, Mufleh was lying on the pavement, dying after being shot four times by an Israeli police officer in an incident some have described as a roadside execution. At the spot where he died, which sits on a highway frequently used by settlers, an unusual memorial has been erected: flowers and candles placed on a car tire...

Denmark’s new government has said it will scrap a bank holiday to generate more defence funding, as European states resort to increasingly unusual methods of facing off against Russia. After forming an unusual centre-left and centre-right coalition, Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister, has said he will remove one of the 11 bank holidays in Denmark to boost the economy and productivity. It is hoped that the move will bring Denmark much closer to meeting its Nato target of spending two per...