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Disrupted Strait of Hormuz oil exports have strained Iraq’s finances, prompting a dinar devaluation, higher import costs and trading uncertainty. Iraq is pursuing alternative routes, including expanded exports through the Iraq–Turkey Pipeline.
Oil revenues account for more than 90 percent of Iraq’s federal budget.
Israel’s Supreme Court overturned the Central Elections Committee’s bans on Ra’am and the Joint List, and reinstated Ofer Cassif by a 7-2 vote. Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew after justices indicated they favored disqualifying him.
On 30 September, the co-pilot allegedly attacked the pilot and tried to seize control of a Tel Aviv-bound flight with 182 people aboard. Passengers and a reserve pilot regained control and landed in Saudi Arabia; investigators now include New Zealand authorities.
People aboard the flydubai flight
UAE prosecutors say Hamam al-Hammami admitted acting alone in a planned suicide attack to crash FZ1073 at Ben Gurion Airport. After the incident, Israel reportedly barred crew with nationalities from 31 countries from flights into or over Israel; Air France said it would comply.
The plane lost about 16,000 feet of altitude during the reported fight.
The US Senate voted 47-53 against a Democratic resolution requiring an unclassified State Department report on nine Americans killed in the occupied West Bank, Israeli detention of US citizens and Palestinian children, and broader human rights conditions.
The resolution received 47 votes in favor.
At the Labour conference, Ed Miliband said critics were right that the party’s former Palestine policy was insufficient. He defended sanctions on Israeli settlements, called for action over Gaza and the West Bank, and said Labour had reset its approach under Andy Burnham.
Countries announcing sanctions on Israeli settlements
AllegedThe Moroccan Committee for Supporting the Nation's Causes said it organised 76 events.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission recorded checkpoints, closure points and obstacles across the West Bank.