48 h. ago Trump signs order promising measures, including military, to defend Qatar

Text appears meant to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leadersDonald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including US military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar – though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry.The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but dated Monday, appears to be another measure by Trump to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leaders as they weighed accepting a ceasefire with Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Israeli troops press on in Gaza despite looming ceasefire deal

Donald Trump offered Hamas an ambitious, if not potentially unacceptable, deal to end the war in Gaza and gave Israel his full backing should the proposal be met with rejection

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4 d. ago John Oliver on Netanyahu: ‘Personally responsible for keeping this war going’

The Last Week Tonight host took aim at the controversial Israeli prime minister, his history of corruption and his role in the deaths of 65,000 PalestiniansJohn Oliver targeted Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in a fiery episode of his HBO show Last Week Tonight.The host joked that Netanyahu was the “original source material for Mr Potato Head” as well as being the leader of the country on and off since 1996, making him their longest serving prime minister. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jennifer Lawrence on Gaza: ‘What’s happening is no less than a genocide’

Oscar-winning actor says she’s ‘terrified’ over Israel’s deadly war and spoke about fears over erosion of free speech in USJennifer Lawrence has spoken up about Israel’s war in Gaza and censorship in the US.Speaking at a press conference for her new film Die, My Love at the San Sebastián film festival, Lawrence responded to several journalists’ questions about fraught political topics, despite a festival moderator attempting to shut them down, according to Deadline. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Delegates storm out moments before Netanyahu begins UN assembly address, with the Israeli PM declaring western recognition of Palestine shows 'murdering Jews pays off'

Several delegates stormed out before the Israeli PM began a passionate defence of Israel's war in Gaza - declaring western recognition of Palestine shows 'murdering Jews pays off'.

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7 d. ago Delegates storm out of UN assembly as Netanyahu begins speech defending Israel's war in Gaza

As he spoke, unintelligible shouts echoed around the hall. The US delegation, which has backed Netanyahu in his campaign against Hamas, stayed put.

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7 d. ago Eurovision to decide whether Israel can take part in 2026 contest as calls mount for its exclusion

Eurovision Song Contest organizers say member countries will vote in November about whether Israel can participate in the musical extravaganza next year, as calls have mounted for the country to be excluded over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

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7 d. ago Tony Blair ‘offers to lead GAZA’ after war ends with Israel in rebuilding plan cooked up with Donald Trump

SIR Tony Blair is reportedly planning to run Gaza after a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, it has emerged. The former British PM, through his think tank the Toni Blair Institute (TBI), is forging plans to establish an interim government once the war ends in the besieged strip. Sir Tony has been proposed to chair...

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8 d. ago Tony Blair 'wants to run interim Gaza government when war between Israel and Hamas ends'

The former prime minister wants to temporarily run the besieged territory before handing it over to the Palestinian Authority, who previously controlled it until 2006.

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8 d. ago European soccer body UEFA moves toward vote to suspend Israel

European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday

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8 d. ago Donald Trump steps in to stop Israel being banned from next year's US World Cup

The United Nations this week urged organizations to suspend Israeli sporting teams over the war in Gaza after a UN commission said Israel is committing genocide.

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8 d. ago AP, Reuters demand answers from Israeli government on airstrike that killed journalists last month

Two major news agencies are demanding that Israel clarify what happened during strikes last month that killed five journalists as part of the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza

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1 week ago France recognises Palestinian statehood and calls for end to Israeli war in Gaza

President Emmanuel Macron says ‘nothing justifies’ further conflict in enclave

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1 week ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Why the hell is the Prime Minister showboating about a war which has nothing to do with us while the country is going to hell in a handcart

Monday morning, sparrow's wossname. Farouk from Maidstone calls Nick Ferrari on LBC Radio to rant about Israel's war of self-defence in Gaza.

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1 week ago Voices: It is right to recognise Palestine, but it will not change reality

Editorial: The UK recognising a Palestinian state is a welcome rally to hope and a cry of condemnation, but it is unlikely to change Israel’s policy or to speed up bringing such a state into being

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1 week ago It is right to recognise Palestine, but it will not change reality

Editorial: The UK recognising a Palestinian state is a welcome rally to hope and a cry of condemnation, but it is unlikely to change Israel’s policy or to speed up bringing such a state into being

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil blasts ‘fascist tactics’ after immigration judge orders Columbia graduate deported to Algeria or Syria

Prominent activist against Israel’s war in Gaza continues to challenge Trump administration’s attempts to deport him after he secured his release from ICE detention

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2 w. ago Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw

The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plotThe conclusion of a UN commission of inquiry that Israel has committed genocide in the war in Gaza, and that its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders are responsible for inciting that genocide, changes little in legal terms. The international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague has yet to issue its final ruling in the genocide case that South Africa brought against Israel last year.Politically, however, this latest report (officially a “conference room paper”, intended to aid discussion of the themes) may prove to be one of the final nails in the coffin of the shameless but still-continuing narrative from Netanyahu and his allies that any talk of Israeli crimes is part of an antisemitic plot – or, to use Netanyahu’s favourite phrase, “a blood libel”.Steve Crawshaw is the author of Prosecut...

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2 w. ago Now, more proof that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw

The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plotThe conclusion of a UN commission of inquiry that Israel has committed genocide in the war in Gaza, and that its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders are responsible for inciting that genocide, changes little in legal terms. The international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague has yet to issue its final ruling in the genocide case that South Africa brought against Israel last year.Politically, however, this latest report (officially a “conference room paper”, intended to aid discussion of the themes) may prove to be one of the final nails in the coffin of the shameless but still-continuing narrative from Netanyahu and his allies that any talk of Israeli crimes is part of an antisemitic plot – or, to use Netanyahu’s favourite phrase, “a blood libel”.Steve Crawshaw is the author of Prosecut...

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the UN’s genocide finding: Britain – and the world – can no longer look away | Editorial

A UN commission has found Israel’s war in Gaza ranks among history’s greatest crimes. The UK government must stop hiding behind legal fictions and recognise the realityA United Nations commission of inquiry has now said what Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations, as well as many genocide scholars, have already argued: that Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide. The commission finds that mass killings, attacks on vital infrastructure, starvation, displacement and denial of medical care meet the legal definition of history’s gravest crime. It finds genocidal intent “the only reasonable inference” from both the statements of Israel’s leaders and the conduct of its forces in Gaza.Against this, Israel’s repeated assertions that it is acting in lawful self-defence ring hollow in the face of overwhelming evidence and a deliberate pattern of destruction. The UN’s conclusion imposes moral clarity. It also demands political action, especially from those, includi...

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