13 h. ago Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hoursBenjamin Netanyahu said again Saturday that Israel had “no choice” but to continue fighting in Gaza and will not end the war before destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages.The Israeli prime minister also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago I have no choice but to keep up war in Gaza, says Netanyahu as Israel continues to pummel territory with air strikes after breaking ceasefire deal

The Israeli Prime Minister is under growing pressure at home not only from families of hostages and their supporters but also from Israeli soldiers who question the continuation of the war.

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48 h. ago Microsoft faces growing unrest over role in Israel’s war on Gaza: ‘Close to a tipping point’

Turmoil spreads at company over Israel’s extensive use of its AI and cloud computing services in Gaza warFor the second time in the last month, Microsoft employees disrupted high-level executives speaking at an event celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary on 4 April, in protest against the company’s role in Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza.AI executive Mustafa Suleyman was interrupted by employees Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal. The two were fired within days. The Microsoft president Brad Smith and the former CEO Steve Ballmer were shouted down at Seattle’s Great Hall on 20 March by a current and former employee. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

Findings likely to increase pressure on Israel to give a full account of incident amid accusations of war crimeThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timelineThe doctor who carried out the autopsies of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly killed by gunshots to the head and torso, as well as injuries caused by explosives.There was international outcry last month after it emerged that Israeli troops had launched a deadly attack on a group of paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent, civil defence and United Nations workers, as they carried out a rescue operation in southern Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Over 10% of members of UK’s main Jewish umbrella group sign letter urging end to Gaza war

Over 10% of members of UK’s main Jewish umbrella group sign letter urging end to Gaza war  The Times of Israel

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4 d. ago Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson is the NBA’s most dangerous owner | Lee Escobedo

She helped bankroll Trump, backs Israel’s war in Gaza and traded away Luka Dončić. Dallas fans are furious – and they’re not aloneIn the NBA, villainy rarely looks like chaos. It often arrives in the form of billionaires who believe their power serves a greater good. The NBA’s old guard of terrible owners – Donald Sterling, Glen Taylor and Robert Sarver – have mostly exited the stage, having offloaded their controlling stakes in recent years. Even James Dolan, long regarded as the autocratic overlord of the New York Knicks, has begun to loosen his grip on basketball operations. Yet as the league evolves, the absence of these figures creates a vacuum – one in which a new archetype of villainous owner can emerge. And from where I stand, Miriam Adelson is the No 1 example.Adelson, the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, is worth around $27bn, making her one of the world’s richest women. Her fortune primarily stems from gambling her majority ownership in the Las Vegas Sands casino ...

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4 d. ago One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack on Tuesday occurred two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Hundreds of former Mossad operatives criticise Israel’s return to war in Gaza

Over 250 former intelligence agency figures back letter urging prioritising return of hostages held in GazaHundreds of former operatives from Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency have criticised the return to war in Gaza amid growing frustration over the failure to bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas.A group of more than 250 former Mossad figures – including three ex-chiefs – gave their backing to a letter first signed by air force veterans and reservists that urged the Israeli government to prioritise bringing back the hostages over fighting Hamas in Gaza. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump backs author who confronted Joe Rogan on his own podcast

Donald Trump backed conservative intellectual Douglas Murray after his tense debate with Joe Rogan on platforming misinformation and Israel's war against Hamas.

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7 d. ago Airstrike destroys parts of Gaza City hospital as Israel intensifies offensive

Civil defence agency says al-Ahli hospital hit as IDF operations cut off access to southern city of RafahSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageAn Israeli airstrike destroyed parts of a hospital in Gaza City early on Sunday as Israel continued its military offensive in the war-battered Palestinian territory and cut off access to the southern city of Rafah.The Palestinian civil defence agency said Israel’s air force fired missiles at al-Ahli hospital, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital. It is the only hospital still functioning in Gaza City after the destruction of medical facilities in the northern area of the strip. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Thousands of Islamists rally in Pakistan against Israel’s bombing in Gaza

Thousands of supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party have rallied in Lahore against the United States and Israel over the war in Gaza

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9 d. ago Mahmoud Khalil can be expelled for his beliefs alone, US government argues

Marco Rubio provides two-page memo to judge who asked government for evidence against Columbia student activistUS politics live – latest updatesFacing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo, signed by the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country damages US foreign policy interests.The two-page memo, which was obtained by the Associated Press, does not allege any criminal conduct by Khalil, a legal permanent US resident and graduate student who served as spokesperson for campus activists last year during large demonstrations against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and the war in Gaza. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump was ‘the candidate of peace’. Now he’s fanning the flames of war | Mohamad Bazzi

The US is bombing Houthi rebels and supporting Netanyahu’s campaigns as it sleepwalks into new conflictsThroughout the last presidential campaign, Donald Trump portrayed himself as the candidate who would bring peace to an unstable world. He promised to use his deal-making experience to negotiate an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war on Gaza, among other global conflicts.“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace,” Trump told a rally in Michigan on 1 November, as he urged Arab and Muslim American voters to choose him over the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ten Brits are accused of committing war crimes 'by targeting and killing civilians and aid workers' in Gaza while fighting for Israel

The alleged war crimes include 'running a bulldozer over a dead body' and a vehicle demolishing part of a hospital.

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1 week ago Met to assess war crimes claims about British nationals in Israeli military

One witness at a medical facility claimed they saw corpses in a mass grave.

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1 week ago Ten Britons accused of war crimes in Gaza in dossier submitted to Met Police

A team led by top human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield KC says they have evidence of British citizen’s involvement in targeted killings of civilians and attacks on hospitals

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1 week ago Ten Brits are accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza

Lawyers will today hand in a 240-page dossier to the Metropolitan Police 's war crimes unit alleging the British nationals were involved in the targeted killing of civilians and aid workers.

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1 week ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli attack on tents housing journalists in Gaza kills at least two, say Palestinian medics

Airstrikes hit media tent outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, say medics, injuring nine othersAs we mentioned in the opening summary, ten Britons have been accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza. Here is some more of the story, written by the Guardian’s legal affairs correspondent Haroon Siddique:Michael Mansfield KC is one of a group of lawyers who will on Monday hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.The report, which has been prepared by a team of UK lawyers and researchers in The Hague, also accuses suspects of coordinated attacks on protected sites including historic monuments and religious sites, and forced transfer and displacement of civilians. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Israel’s military admits it made ‘mistake’ over killing of Gaza medics

The UN and Palestinian Red Crescent have demanded an independent inquiry into the killing of the paramedics and emergency workers

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