Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas don’t agree on much. But there are two ways in which they do: first, they both reject a two-state solution; and second, when it comes to a deal to bring back the 100-plus hostages Hamas abducted on October 7, both sides want to have their cake and eat it. Hamas…
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UK considering recognising Palestine state, Lord Cameron says
Lord Cameron said Palestinians had to be given a political horizon to encourage peace in the Middle East. He is beginning his fourth visit to the region since being appointed foreign secretary in November. The UK has a responsibility to set out what a Palestinian state would look like, he told a Westminster reception. The Palestinian…
Key UN Gaza aid agency UNRWA runs into diplomatic storm
In Gaza, a strip of land fast becoming a wasteland, few international aid bodies can still operate. The United Nations is one of them. Its Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA, was founded in 1949, working in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, caring for the 700,000 Palestinians who were…
UK and Us rejects funding to UN agency in Gaza
The United Kingdom and Finland on Saturday announced they are temporarily pausing funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after allegations that 12 staff members were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas in Israel. The United States, Australia, Canada and Italy have already announced they are suspending funding. In a…
Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza, says ICJ
Hamas welcomes World Court ruling The Palestinian group also called on the international community to require Israel to implement the court’s decisions and stop what they called the continuing “genocide” against Palestinians. Israel -Netanyahu reacted on ICJ As countries and international bodies across the world issue their approval of the International Court of Justice’s order…
Senior Iran Revolutionary Guard officials killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard blamed Israel for the attack, which it said killed four military advisers as well as a number of Syrian forces. Israel has not commented. For years it has carried out strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria. Such strikes have intensified since the Israel-Gaza war began following Hamas’s 7 October attacks on…
Israel Gaza: Father loses 11 family members in one blast
There is no mistaking what he sees as he climbs across the rubble. The fabric lies bright against the grey rubble. Khalil Khader picks up the dusty and tattered child’s pyjamas and is instantly overtaken by memories. The toddler in her pyjamas. Rosa, his daughter, 18 months old, the baby of the family. Khalil shows…
Israel wants 1.1 million Gazans to move in next 24 hours, says UN
Summary Posted at 7:497:49 Where is Wadi Gaza? As we’ve reported, the Israeli military has told the UN that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate in the next 24 hours – the UN says this amounts to about 1.1 million people. The Wadi Gaza is a river valley located around the centre of…
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