19 groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International press Blinken to use COP28 conference as leverage on UAE authorities over jailed Ahmed Mansoor

Editor David Horovitz on front-page ads in support of IDF chief Herzi Halevi and how ultra-Orthodox priorities may have shifted; environment reporter Sue Surkes on worst polluters

Contract signed by former ADL-Israel head Zev Furst and Abu Dhabi's Masdar proposes mobilizing ties to 'US Jewish Establishment' to improve optics in run-up to UN's COP28 summit

Scientists thought the chances of an A-bomb destroying Earth were 'near zero.' We know now that climate change could obliterate humanity, but we continue along our destructive path

Abu Dhabi says it will enable protesters to assemble 'peacefully and make their voices heard,' earning praise from Climate Action Network International

Zalul and Adam Teva V'Din cite government's climate failures, while student-led Green Course plans annual march for climate to coincide with opening day of international meet

Biggest official group so far will take part in 70 blue and white events aimed largely at leveraging climate tech for regional, international partnerships

Corals bleached by rising sea temperatures rise and sun glares flushing out algae that give them their color, are relocated once rehabilitated

Invite is not for an Israel-specific trip, but for PM to join other global leaders at COP28 climate confab in November. Herzog also invited

Invitation is latest move to rehabilitate Syrian president after years of being frozen out of regional politics due to his government's brutal crackdown and civil war