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 US and a growing list of other nations are pausing funding to the main UN agency in Gaza over allegations members of its staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. The agency — UNRWA — has fired several employees over the claims. Israel will seek to ensure UNRWA does not operate in Gaza after the war,…
Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza, says ICJ
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered its ruling on the emergency measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel over its war on the Gaza Strip. ICJ has ordered Israel to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire. At least 183 people have been killed and…
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 The UN says it has been told by Israel that everyone in north Gaza should relocate to the south in the next 24 hours The area includes densely populated Gaza City and will affect about 1.1 million people – around half of the Gaza Strip’s population The UN says it is “impossible for such…
