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When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, daily clashes involving Palestinians, Israeli settlers and Israeli forces led to spiraling violence and death. In response, the…

Local media reported demonstrations taking place in 50 locations across the country amid anger at Netanyahu’s government.Thousands of Israeli antigovernment protesters have gathered in Tel Aviv, among other parts of the country, to call…

CAIRO (AP) — Two basic mistakes, according to the Israeli military. First, officers overlooked a message detailing the vehicles in the convoy. Second, a spotter saw someone boarding one car, carrying something –…

United Nations chief says Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has brought ‘relentless death and destruction’.Here’s how things stand on Friday, April 6, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israel said it will “temporarily” reopen the…

Marking six months of war since the “abhorrent” Hamas-led terror attacks of 7 October, António Guterres told journalists at UN Headquarters in New York that nothing could justify the horror unleashed by Palestinian militants that day. “I…

In a resolution adopted by 28 votes in favour, six against and 13 abstentions, the 47-member Human Rights Council backed a call "to cease the sale, transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Israel, the…

More than a dozen Palestinians have been killed related to airdrops by multiple nations who are trying to deliver desperately needed aid in the face of Israel’s slow walking food shipments at border crossings into Gaza, according to news…

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. As reports of antisemitism on college campuses — and lawsuits about it — have…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he has approved a military operational plan for the southern Gaza city of Rafah, an area that has drawn international concern as half of Gaza’s population shelters there from the…

Protesters say Jerusalem rally is the biggest anti-government protest since Israel launched its war on Gaza in October.Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside the Israeli parliament building in Jerusalem in the largest…

Jersusalem —  Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October. They urged the government to reach a…

On February 21, it was announced that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby refused to meet with Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Lutheran pastor, after Isaac had appeared at a pro-Palestine rally with former UK Labour leader Jeremy…

Beirut —  As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel is dragging them into a conflict they did not choose. Like many…

The United States has greenlighted the transfer of a new $2.5bn weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. Despite expressing concern about civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House…

A three-ship convoy has left Cyprus’s Larnaca Port headed for the Gaza Strip with nearly 400 tonnes of food and other supplies as people continue to die from hunger in the enclave amid Israel’s ongoing war. The aid that departed on…

Truce talks between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian media reported, days after the United Nations Security Council issued its first demand for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza. The resumption of…

JERUSALEM —  Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinians and wounded a third on Gaza’s beach, the military acknowledged Saturday, responding to a video that showed one man falling to the ground after walking in an open area and then a…

Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians including 15 people at a sport centre where war-displaced people were sheltering.Here’s how things stand on Saturday, March 30, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Dozens of Palestinians…

Brazil’s embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested the return of his passport in order to visit Israel, fuelling speculation that he could be seeking respite abroad from his domestic legal troubles. Defence lawyer and…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Thursday ordered Israel to take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza, including opening more land crossings to allow food, water, fuel…

The world court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South Africa, which submitted a case in December accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, based on its continuing offensive following Hamas-led attacks in southern…

Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — one of Israel’s longest-standing champions in either chamber of Congress — delivered a speech described as “heartfelt” and “anguished” on the Israel-Hamas war. He strongly…

Sustainability, Vol. 16, Pages 2791: The Waste Landfill Policy in Israel: Economic and Political Perspectives Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su16072791 Authors: Cohen The consistent and continuous growth in the…

Israeli military say its forces are continuing their siege of al-Shifa Hospital where they have claimed to have killed a number of fighters.Here’s how things stand on Wednesday, March 27, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israel is…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to push forward with his campaign to eliminate the Hamas militant group, while also criticizing a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to push forward with his campaign to eliminate the Hamas militant group, while also criticizing a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.…

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Former President Donald Trump said he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to “finish up” its offensive in Gaza and “get this over with,” warning…

South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, said the country’s citizens fighting for the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza faced prosecution upon their return. This statement followed tension between South Africa and Israel amid the…

“As of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a social media post on X.He called the decision…

We, a diverse group of employees at the Max Planck Society (MPS), Germany’s top research institution, are writing this letter to express our disapproval of the position our employer has taken on Israel-Palestine and call for a serious…

Alex Cosh is an editor with the status-quo-allergic independent Canadian news upstart, The Maple. Cosh is a young reporter with an old-style muckraker’s temperament. His bunkum antennae are tuned to detect and expose the…

The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to the…

Authorities in Gaza said 23 people were also injured while waiting for bags of flour and aid near Kuwait Roundabout.At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack targeting civilians who were waiting for aid southeast of…

RAFAH CROSSING, Egypt (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres stood near a long line of waiting trucks Saturday and declared it was time to “truly flood Gaza with life-saving aid,” calling the starvation inside the enclave a…

Washington, DC – Describing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as a genocide, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called on the United States to suspend weapons transfers to Israel. In an impassioned speech on the…

UNITED NATIONS —  The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a United States-sponsored resolution declaring that "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is "imperative" to protect civilians and…

The Biden administration has faced relentless criticism for its failure to halt Israel's retaliatory campaign in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden and his aides are reportedly alarmed by the mounting death toll (now exceeding 30,000 people)…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week for talks that he said will focus on pushing for a cease-fire in Gaza, the release of hostages held by Palestinian militants, and planning for a…

By JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish…

Washington, DC – The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the…

Israel asks the UN court to reject South Africa’s request for more emergency orders in the Gaza genocide case.Israel has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) not to issue emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian aid to…

Israel is using bureaucracy to “deliberately” hinder aid supplies headed into Gaza, Oxfam has claimed. The NGO’s assertion was made in a report titled: Inflicting Unprecedented Suffering and Destruction, which was released on Monday. It…

Israel’s military said Monday it was conducting an operation at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, an area where it came under international criticism for a November raid. Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in…

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) comments regarding Israel should cause an “earthquake” in that country. Schumer last week called out the Israeli government for blocking humanitarian…

Israel says it will send a delegation to Qatar for more talks with mediators after Hamas presented a new truce proposal.The main United Nations aid agency operating in Gaza has said that acute malnutrition was accelerating in the north…

Casualties 31,533+ killed* and at least 73,546 wounded in the Gaza Strip. 427+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem** Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to…

CAIRO —  Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to resume in earnest in Qatar as soon as Sunday, according to Egyptian officials. The talks would mark the first time Israeli…

Washington —  With increasingly frequent and vocal expressions of frustration, U.S. President Joe Biden appears to be distancing himself from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has vowed that international pressure will not…