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Israel announced it would be severing ties with the United Nations' Secretary-General's Office following the UN's decision to blacklist the state over using sexual violence in the war against Palestinians. Following the announcement, in a lengthy tweet, Israel condemned...

World

Israeli authorities imposed sweeping restrictions on the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, during Eid al-Adha , in what Palestinian officials describe as a new violation of the longstanding status quo of the religious...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) During the Eid al‑Adha holiday, cemeteries in the Gaza Strip are no longer merely places of burial; they have become a central destination for thousands of families who have lost loved ones in the ongoing Israeli war since October...

News, Eid al-Adha, Gaza martyrs

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned the closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday and until further notice, describing it as “a new crime” and a “blatant assault on one of...

News, Hamas Movement, Ibrahimi Mosque

GAZA, (PIC) The effects of the Israeli war on the Strip were not limited only to shelling, widespread destruction, and human losses, but extended into the depths of economic and living conditions, to affect the sources of livelihood of the population,...

Reports, Gaza economy, Israeli genocide

More than 260 British artists are calling on five leading UK theatres to end partnerships with Bloomberg Philanthropies over its links with Israel, as Tel Aviv continues to wage wars in the Gaza Strip , Lebanon, and the...

World

NEW YORK, (PIC) In a step carrying unprecedented legal and political dimensions, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has included the Israeli army and security services in the list of parties accused of committing patterns of sexual violence associated with armed conflicts,...

Zionist Terrorism, Israeli sexual abuses, Palestinian prisoners

Tens of thousands of Palestinians were able to perform the Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem despite the Israeli security measures that restricted their access to the holy site. According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration, about 60,000 Muslim...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Entry restrictions

Doctors in Gaza have raised the alarm over a rise in cancer cases, in particular breast and uterine cancer, as Israel continues its genocidal war on the enclave, impacting treatment and diagnoses. Dr Samer Al-Dahdouh, an oncologist working in one...

MENA

Professional photo and video journalists working in Gaza are to receive an annual press freedom award on Monday for risking their lives to report on the war, an association of publishers has said. The 2026 Golden Pen of Freedom will be...

MENA

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed the Ibrahimi Mosque to Muslim worshipers on Friday until further notice. Acting director of the Ibrahimi Mosque Hammam Abu Markhiya said the IOF closed the Mosque in the morning, with guards, staff, and worshipers...

News, al-Khalil, Ibrahimi Mosque

It is unsurprising that generative AI is being used to churn out atrocity propaganda to manufacture consent for imperial war projects, because these new technologies lend themselves perfectly to the task of creating realistic-looking video footage of events which never...

Editor's Choice, Artificial Intelligence, Iran

With the possibility that the Hamas negotiating delegation will return to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after the Eid al-Adha holiday to continue ceasefire talks on Gaza, Israel has escalated its attacks on Khan Younis in the...

MENA

Irish football fans disrupted Ireland's friendly with World Cup participants Qatar in Dublin late Thursday by throwing tennis balls on the pitch in protest against upcoming games against Israel . An AFP journalist in the stadium...

World

At a time when the American public is expressing unprecedented levels of distrust in the Israeli government, Congress just proposed tying the U.S. to the Israeli military more than ever before. Buried in the House's version of the 2027 National...

Trump-administration, Donald-trump, Military-assistance

GAZA, (PIC) The markets of the Gaza Strip are witnessing an unprecedented state of stagnation and economic contraction, in light of the continuation of the repercussions of the Israeli war and strict closure policies and preventing the entry of goods and...

Reports, Gaza economy, Gaza markets

DOHA, (PIC) Member of Hamas’s political bureau Hussam Badran has affirmed that his Movement has participated in all rounds of negotiations on Gaza and has not boycotted any of them in recent months. Speaking to Al‑Araby al‑Jadeed news website on Thursday, Badran...

News, Board of Peace, Hamas Movement

As Gaza’s fragile ceasefire frays and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, a senior UN envoy warned the Security Council last week that delays in implementing the Council-backed transition plan for the enclave will only increase suffering and undermine recovery. Credit: UN News...

Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice

GAZA, (PIC) At least four Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were injured in intense Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip yesterday and at dawn Friday. According to media sources, an Israeli airstrike targeted a police post near...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - Both the White House and Tehran officials have said that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the ceasefire...

MENA

For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - Both the White House and Tehran officials have said that the United States and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the ceasefire...

MENA

TEL AVIV / PNN/Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israeli forces currently control about 60% of the Gaza Strip and have been instructed to expand that to 70%, according to remarks reported by Israeli media. Netanyahu indicated that the...

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BRUSSELS /PNN/ The European Union announced new restrictive measures targeting entities and individuals accused of supporting extremist settler activity in the occupied West Bank, citing serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians. The sanctions were adopted under the EU Global...

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In February, we led a week-long congressional delegation to visit Israel and the West Bank, the latest of several trips we have taken in recent years to better understand the region and the needs of the people who live there....

West-bank, Us-congress, Annexation

The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer...

Geopolitics, Article, Chris Hedges

Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza City gathered on Thursday for funeral prayers for 10 people killed in Israeli strikes the night before, including five children and an elderly person, as well as a Hamas chief . More than 20...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem affirmed that the continuous statements of the criminal Israeli leaders, most recently from the Army Minister Israel Katz about pursuing the plan to displace Gaza’s residents, prove that “the illusion of uprooting our people from...

News, displacement plan, Gaza Strip

The EU formally sanctioned seven Israeli settlers and organisations on Thursday over violence against Palestinians and illegal settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. On 11 May, European Union foreign ministers agreed on the sanctions which had been stalled...

MENA

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Eid al‑Adha holiday started on Wednesday while 360 Palestinian children and 84 female prisoners remain separated from their families in Israeli jails, suffering deprivation and “systematic extermination.” “The number of child prisoners in Israeli jails is about 360, including...

News, Child prisoners, Detained women

The Trump-led 'Board of Peace' is expected to hold talks with Hamas next week on transferring power to a new government for the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to advance the ceasefire agreement , Tony Blair has said. The...

MENA

Israel has launched a new electronic land registration system for the occupied West Bank ’s Area C, a move that Palestinians and rights groups warn will accelerate de facto annexation of occupied land. The system, known as the “Land...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The usual joy of celebrating Eid al-Adha is absent this year from the impoverished Gaza Strip, which has been destroyed by the Israeli war of genocide, as its residents are unable to buy new clothes for their children, or...

Reports, Eid al-Adha, Gaza Strip

This article was co-published with The Intercept . A company run by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, hired by the Israeli government to push pro-Israel views on a major conservative media network, has directed $13 million from Israel...

Israel, Brad-parscale, Donald-trump

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has denounced the Israeli strike that killed and injured at least 30 civilians last night, calling it “a new crime” committed by the Israeli occupation army and a “renewed violation of the ceasefire agreement.” In a statement...

News, Gaza Strip, Hamas Movement

The United Nations has placed Israel on its “blacklist” of entities suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict , placing the Israeli Prison Service and multiple other Israeli entities on the list. The UN's move follows...

MENA

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan took part in the Hajj pilgrimage while New York’s Zohran Mamdani participated in public celebrations this week marking Eid al-Adha , the most important festival in the Islamic calendar. Khan shared a photo...

World

When you benefit from an unjust system it can be difficult to recognize you’re living in one. It’s our job to continually point that out. By Joe LAURIA Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...

Editor's Choice, Colonialism, Donald Trump

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and on Thursday morning, raiding homes and kidnaping and assaulting Palestinian citizens. In al-Khalil, Israeli forces kidnaped six Palestinians and assaulted women and children during...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

GAZA, (PIC) Eid al-Adha has arrived for the third consecutive year for the children of the Gaza Strip amid ongoing Israeli aggression, and an almost complete absence of manifestations of joy and rituals that were associated with this occasion in previous...

Reports, Eid al-Adha, Gaza children

Former Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah died on Wednesday, 27 May, in London at the age of 74. Al-Attiyah was considered one of the leading figures behind the development...

MENA
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