6 h. ago Italy PM says she was reported to International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide

Thousands of people have protested in Italy to protest against the mass killings in Gaza, with many also taking aim at Meloni

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33 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s Gaza plan: the bloodshed must end, but this proposal betrays Palestinians | Editorial

An end to the annihilation, and the release of Israeli hostages, is urgently needed. But lasting peace cannot be built on the denial of basic rightsTwo years after the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023, in which militants killed about 1,200 Israelis, and amid the genocide in Gaza, in which Israel has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, the need for peace has never been more urgent. Palestinians are desperate for an end to starvation and airstrikes. Israelis want the war to end for the sake of remaining hostages and soldiers. Violence has reverberated across the region. Momentum has been growing around Donald Trump’s proposal, with both Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas grudgingly indicating acceptance under US threat.With indirect talks between Israel and Hamas beginning in Egypt on Monday afternoon, there are frail hopes of progress at last. Yet both parties have made it clear that they reject major parts of the 20-point US plan, which begins with an immediat...

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39 h. ago Greta Thunberg among 171 Gaza flotilla activists deported by Israel; ceasefire negotiations due to begin in Egypt – Middle East crisis live

Activists deported to Greece and Slovakia; negotiators from the US, Israel and Hamas are set to begin talksIran signalled its support for Trump’s Gaza plan, with the country’s foreign ministry saying it supports any initiative that brings an end to the genocide of Palestinian people.Iran’s foreign ministry wrote in a post on X:Taking into account the dangerous dimensions and aspects of this proposal, and while reiterating its warning about the repeated breaches and obstructionism by the Zionist regime in fulfilling its promises, especially in light of its expansionist and racist plans, the Islamic Republic of Iran considers any decision in this regard to be within the authority of the Palestinian people and resistance.It welcomes any decision by them that guarantees halting the genocide of Palestinians, the withdrawal of the occupying Zionist army from Gaza, respect for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, the entry of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaz...

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42 h. ago Gaza ceasefire talks live: Israeli airstrikes continue with negotiations due to begin in Egypt

Negotiators from the US, Israel and Hamas are set to begin talks, as the US president said the first phase should be completed this weekIsrael continues Gaza bombardment as Trump plan negotiators arrive in CairoEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has praised Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, saying it could mark the start of a path towards stability in the region.In an address to mark the 1973 war between Israel and Egypt that led to the end of Israel’s occupation of the Sinai peninsula, Sisi said on Monday:I can only extend my praise and appreciation for US President Donald Trump for his initiative that seeks a ceasefire in Gaza after two years of war, genocide, killing and destruction.A ceasefire, the return of prisoners and detainees, the reconstruction of Gaza and the launch of a peaceful political process that leads to the establishment and recognition of the Palestinian state means we are on the right path to lasting peace and stability. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says ‘we need to dial down the rhetoric’ after synagogue attack

The Tory leader criticised those who say Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and use contentious pro-Palestinian slogans.

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8 d. ago Labour demands recognition and prevention of Gaza ‘genocide’ at conference

The Unison trade union tabled an emergency motion on Monday.

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8 d. ago Starmer faces Labour revolt on Gaza with conference motion condemning Israel 'genocide' and demanding full arms embargo and fresh sanctions

Activists want the party conference to accept the findings of a UN commission of inquiry that determined that Israel had committed 'genocide' and back a full arms embargo and further sanctions.

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1 week ago Steve Coogan, Paloma Faith and Maxine Peake head list of luvvies demanding Keir Starmer say Israel have committed genocide in Gaza

In a video released by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) ahead of the Labour Party conference, Steve Coogan, 59, said: 'Keir Starmer says it's not genocide, it is genocide.'

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1 week ago Steve Coogan joins celebrities urging Keir Starmer to label Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

The comedian has appeared in a video which also features well-known figures saying genocide is being committed in Gaza.

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1 week ago Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all lifeA landless people and a peopleless land: these, it appears, are the aims of the Israeli government in Gaza. There are two means by which they are achieved. The first is the mass killing and expulsion of the Palestinians. The second is rendering the land uninhabitable. Alongside the crime of genocide, another great horror unfolds: ecocide.While the destruction of buildings and infrastructure in Gaza is visible in every video we see, less visible is the parallel destruction of ecosystems and means of subsistence. Before the 7 October atrocity that triggered the current assault on Gaza, about 40% of its land was farmed. Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultura...

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1 week ago More than 80% of Britons oppose Israel taking part in Eurovision amid Gaza 'genocide'

The survey found that most want the UK to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel participates

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1 week 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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1 week ago US marketing companies are helping to rebrand the genocide in Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi

Reports say PR teams are working busy rewriting history in real time – not that the American media needs the helpIf a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?You’ve heard that one before, but here’s a new version of the thought experiment: if a genocide takes place but you prevent foreign journalists from observing it, kill the key witnesses and spend hundreds of millions of dollars on propaganda, then will anyone care? Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kneecap rapper terrorism case thrown out over 'technical error'

Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill welcomed the move, saying: "These charges were part of a calculated attempt to silence those who stand up and speak out against the Israeli genocide in Gaza."

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1 week ago UEFA and FIFA on collision course over Israel decision after Donald Trump call

A panel of United Nations advisers has called on UEFA to suspend Israel, after a UN Commission of Inquiry decided the nation is committing genocide in Gaza

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1 week ago Recognising statehood is the minimum – now the EU must protect Palestine with money

As Europe’s socialist leaders, we call for a trade deal and aid package for Palestine – along with sanctions on Israel to halt the genocideApplause rang out through the UN general assembly this month after it endorsed the so-called New York declaration on the revival of the two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. Adopted by a large majority, 142 countries, this initiative from France and Saudi Arabia offers a rare glimmer of hope in one of the most devastating crises of our time.Separately, the conclusions of the UN commission of inquiry have echoed what human rights organisations and genocide experts have been warning for months: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. As the ground invasion of Gaza City intensifies, the international community has a legal and moral obligation to act. This includes the immediate imposition of sanctions on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to halt war crimes.Pedro Sánchez is the president of the Socialist International, secretary general of PS...

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1 week 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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2 w. ago CAIR Calls Fearmongering About Sharia in London a ‘Baseless Claim’ Meant to Distract from Gaza Genocide

CAIR Calls Fearmongering About Sharia in London a ‘Baseless Claim’ Meant to Distract from Gaza Genocide  CAIR

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2 w. ago The consensus is clear: it’s genocide. Now will international law die in Gaza too? | Raji Sourani

There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it?Raji Sourani is the coordinator of the Palestinian legal team at the international criminal court (ICC)Israel has committed and continues to commit genocide in Gaza. That is the conclusion of a UN commission report. Since the release of the report last week, Palestine has finally been recognised as an independent state by the UK and a number of other countries. In his announcement at the weekend, Keir Starmer called the death and destruction in Gaza “utterly intolerable”. This recognition comes too late and is still conditional, but has the UK government indeed now stopped tolerating Israel’s devastation of Gaza? Has anything changed for the people there who are being starved and bombed? Far from it.Even as the UN publishes the findings of its independent commission, and a flag is raised outside the Palestinian mission in ...

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2 w. ago Welsh council orders review of huge pension fund investments

A Monmouthshire County Council meeting discussed its own investments in light of a UN inquiry which concluded Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

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