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| Gaza aid boat activists to be shown 7 October attacks footage, says Israeli defence minister – live |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:04:01 -0300 Passengers including Greta Thunberg to see ‘atrocities committed against women, the elderly and children’ says Israel Katz The team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Madleen, say they have lost contact with her. They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... |
| Gaza aid boat activists to be shown October 7 attacks footage, says Israeli defence minister – live |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 12:24:04 -0300 Passengers including Greta Thunberg to see ‘atrocities committed against women, the elderly and children’ says Israel Katz The team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Madleen, say they have lost contact with her. They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... |
| Macron must lead the EU push to end Israel’s war on Gaza | Jo-Ann Mort |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:00:21 -0300 The Israeli government is assailing the French president – but visible economic and political action is the only hope for peace Emmanuel Macron has become enemy No 1 for the Netanyahu government. That’s because the French president aims to create momentum for a Palestinian state beside Israel encompassing the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and the Gaza Strip, reviving what is fast becoming an out-of-reach possibility – a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. That’s why Macron has earned the fury of an increasingly unhinged Israeli prime minister. France is expected to co-chair an organizing conference at the United Nations in New York in mid-June, taking advantage of heads of state already in North America for the Canadian-based G7 summit a few days earlier. He hopes this conference will include the all-important Saudi Arabia and other Arab states. Continue reading... |
| Israel accused of ‘forcibly intercepting’ Gaza aid boat as activists detained – live |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:20:43 -0300 Israeli foreign ministry confirms ship carrying activists including Greta Thunberg is under its troops’ control and heading towards Israel The team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Madleen, say they have lost contact with her. They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... |
| Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid yacht carrying Greta Thunberg – video |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 06:50:48 -0300 Israeli forces have taken command of a vessel that tried to circumvent its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, sending the boat and its crew of 12 – including the activist Greta Thunberg – to a port in Israel, according to officials. The UK-flagged Madleen, operated by the pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), was trying to deliver a symbolic amount of aid to Gaza on Monday to raise international awareness to the humanitarian crisis there. However, the boat was boarded by Israeli forces before it could reach the shore, the FFC said. The foreign ministry confirmed that the vessel was under Israeli control Continue reading... |
| Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:36:05 -0300 British-flagged yacht operated by pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition was making symbolic attempt to deliver aid Israel’s military took control of a boat trying to deliver food to Palestinians in Gaza in the early hours of Monday morning, and brought its crew of activists including Greta Thunberg to an Israeli port. The Madleen was making a symbolic attempt to break to the blockade of Gaza and raise awareness of a looming “starvation crisis”. Continue reading... |
| Israeli navy intercepts Gaza aid boat and detains Greta Thunberg |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 03:51:14 -0300 Commandos board the vessel in international waters |
| Gaza aid ship activists accuse Israel of ‘forcibly intercepting’ vessel as activists detained – live |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 03:00:18 -0300 Israeli foreign ministry confirms ship under its troops’ control and heading towards Israel The team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Madleen, say they have lost contact with her. They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... |
| Gaza aid ship activists accuse Israel of ‘forcibly intercepting’ vessel as Israeli foreign ministry says ship heading to Israel – live |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:38:10 -0300 Freedom Flotilla Coalition says ship’s communications were jammed after Israeli defence minister threatened to ‘take all necessary measures’ to prevent the humanitarian ship from reaching Gaza The team working for French MEP, Rima Hassan, who is on board the Madleen, say they have lost contact with her. They claim she was “arrested in international waters by the Israeli army.” Continue reading... |
| Who comes after MBS in Saudi Arabia? |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 01:00:53 -0300 Prince Mohammed is all but assured to become monarch, but his rapid ascent has upended the kingdom’s royal hierarchy |
| Surviving Syria’s Prisons — former prisoner returns to detention sites in hard-hitting documentary |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 01:00:53 -0300 Dissident Shadi Haroun visits the cells where detainees were kept and speaks to prison workers in pursuit of answers |
| Syria to reconnect to global economy after 14 years as pariah state |
| Mon, 09 Jun 2025 01:00:53 -0300 Country to be relinked to Swift payment system after more than a decade of sanctions, central bank chief says |
| Israel Katz threatens to use ‘all necessary measures’ to stop Gaza bound aid ship |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:40:09 -0300 Israel’s defence minister says he’d instructed IDF to block humanitarian flotilla carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg The Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza. The ‘Madleen’, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading... |
| Israeli defence minister threatens to use ‘all necessary measures’ to stop Gaza-bound aid ship |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:40:09 -0300 Israel Katz says he’d instructed IDF to block humanitarian flotilla carrying climate activist Greta Thunberg The Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza. The Madleen, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading... |
| IDF ordered to stop Gaza-bound aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:40:09 -0300 Israeli defence minister tells military to ‘take all necessary measures’ to block humanitarian flotilla The Israeli defence minister has threatened to “take all necessary measures” to prevent a humanitarian ship carrying climate campaigner Greta Thunberg from reaching Gaza. The Madleen, a boat operated by the activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), says it is attempting to reach the shores of the territory to bring in a symbolic amount of aid and raise international awareness of the continuing humanitarian crisis. Continue reading... |
| Five dead in latest Israeli shootings of Gazans seeking aid, say local officials |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:53:46 -0300 Killings follow string of deadly incidents since contentious US- and Israeli-backed distribution system began operations |
| At least four killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point, officials say |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:23:05 -0300 Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation At least four people have been killed and others injured by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said, the latest casualties of a new system to provide supplies that critics say is unethical, chaotic and dangerous. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces had opened fire on Sunday morning as people went to receive supplies from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed group. Continue reading... |
| At least five killed by Israeli fire near Gaza food point, officials say |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:24:50 -0300 Shooting happened about a kilometre from distribution site in Rafah run by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation At least five people have been killed and others wounded by Israeli fire about a kilometre from a food distribution point in Gaza, Palestinian health officials and witnesses said. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire as people went to receive supplies on Sunday morning from a site in Rafah run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli- and US-backed group. Continue reading... |
| Dubai takes control of linchpin of emirate’s consumer economy |
| Sun, 08 Jun 2025 01:00:01 -0300 Government steps in to overhaul governance and resolve troubled succession at Majid Al Futtaim’s parent company |
| Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister |
| Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:16:27 -0300 Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli military The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023, according to defence minister, Israel Katz. . Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades, and was retrieved from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified. Continue reading... |
| ‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza |
| Sat, 07 Jun 2025 02:00:57 -0300 A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter Reem Zeidan was terrified of being separated from her children. As they trudged for hours through the ruins of Gaza towards a food distribution centre, she rehearsed over and over again with her 20-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son what they should do and where they should wait if an Israeli attack turned the column of hungry people into a chaotic, panicking mass and the family were torn apart. It was the last conversation she had with them. She was dead before dawn broke on Tuesday, killed by a single bullet through her forehead. Her daughter and son spent nearly three hours beside her body, pinned down by gunfire. Continue reading... |
| Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say |
| Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:00:55 -0300 UK, France and other western states will not recognise Palestine at Saudi Arabia meeting, instead focusing on agreeing steps towards it A planned conference in Saudi Arabia this month that supporters of Palestine had hoped would push western governments to recognise a Palestinian state has weakened its ambition and will instead hope to agree on steps towards recognition, diplomats have said. The change to the aims of the conference, due to be held between 17 and 20 June, marks a retreat from an earlier vision that it would mark a joint declaration of recognition of Palestine as a state by a large group of countries, including permanent UN security council members France and the UK. Continue reading... |
| How Gaza’s food queues turned into kill zones |
| Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:00:07 -0300 Dozens of Palestinians have been shot dead trying to reach a US- and Israeli-backed aid distribution scheme |
| The Beirut blast tore through an Artemisia Gentileschi masterpiece — now it’s back from the ruins |
| Sat, 07 Jun 2025 01:00:07 -0300 An exhibition at the Getty in Los Angeles showcases the conservation methods that have rescued a priceless 17th-century artwork |
| The longest division: can Palestinian and Israeli students compete at the International Maths Olympiad? |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:00:44 -0300 The IMO faces calls to suspend Israel, while escaping Gaza and the West Bank to attend this year’s event in Australia seems a distant dream for Palestinian hopefuls For six Palestinian teenagers, it could be a “life-changing opportunity”. The youngsters have been selected for the International Mathematics Olympiad, to be held on Australia’s Sunshine Coast in July, but it is unclear whether they will be able to leave Gaza and the West Bank to take part. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu defends arming Palestinian clans accused of ties with jihadist groups |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:36:59 -0300 PM says it ‘saves lives of Israeli soldiers’, after accusations government is giving weapons to ‘criminals and felons’ The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has admitted arming clans in Gaza that he says are opposed to Hamas, after allegations that members of these criminal gangs looted humanitarian aid and have ties to jihadist groups. The admission came after Israeli media reports quoted defence sources as saying Netanyahu had authorised giving weapons to a clan reportedly led by a man known as Yasser Abu Shabab, a Rafah resident from a Bedouin family, known locally for his involvement in criminal activity. Israel allegedly provided Abu Shabab’s group, which calls itself the “Anti-Terror Service”, with Kalashnikov assault rifles, including weapons seized from Hamas. Continue reading... |
| In 1973, I reported freely on Israel at war. Now its censorship has made that impossible | Martin Bell |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:00:38 -0300 Today foreign journalists stand on the ‘hill of shame’ overlooking Gaza, reliant on Palestinians for news Watching the TV coverage of the conflict in Gaza with increasing dismay this week, my mind went back to the banks of the Suez canal in October 1973. I was filming the surrender of the entire Egyptian third army with a team from the BBC, without significant censorship or hindrance. The Israeli commander, Gen Avraham Adan, paused in whatever he was doing to give us an update. Crossing the canal on the Israeli pontoon bridge in a bright yellow Hertz car (not a wise choice of colour) we were even helped when we had to repair a tyre that had been punctured by the shrapnel that littered the battlefield. Continue reading... |
| US sidelines Europe and turns to Gulf to drive Iran nuclear talks |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:00:53 -0300 Saudi Arabia and UAE have become crucial intermediaries in effort to resolve stand-off after opposing landmark 2015 deal |
| Israel strikes Beirut in escalation against Hizbollah |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 05:38:17 -0300 IDF attacks on alleged drone production sites came on eve of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday |
| Israel is destroying the foundations of a Palestinian state |
| Fri, 06 Jun 2025 01:00:53 -0300 The Netanyahu government must be held to account over Gaza and the West Bank |
| BCG fires two partners over work on Gaza aid overhaul |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 21:08:12 -0300 Consulting group says work by employees on contentious US-backed effort was ‘unauthorised’ |
| Explosions heard in Beirut as Israel carries out airstrikes – video |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:07:23 -0300 At least three Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, after the military said it would target what it described as underground Hezbollah drone factories Continue reading... |
| Israel hits south Beirut after targeting ‘underground Hezbollah drone sites’ |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:57:54 -0300 Lebanese leaders condemn IDF airstrikes on Hezbollah stronghold in breach of ceasefire on eve of Eid al-Adha Lebanon’s leaders accused Israel of a “flagrant” ceasefire violation by launching strikes against Hezbollah militants in southern Beirut on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. At least three Israeli airstrikes have hit Beirut’s southern suburbs, after the military said it would target what it described as underground Hezbollah drone factories. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu confirms Israel arming Gaza clans to undermine Hamas |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:26:55 -0300 Prime minister’s comments come after opposition leader claims the country is sending weapons to ‘criminals and felons’ |
| Germany defends arming Israel despite criticism of Gaza war |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:32:13 -0300 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has faced a growing international backlash over military campaign |
| IDF recovers bodies of two Israeli-American hostages from 7 October attack |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:26:52 -0300 Remains of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai returned to Israel after overnight operation in southern Gaza Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages who were killed and abducted in Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the remains of Judih Weinstein, 70, and Gad Haggai, 72, both of whom had Israeli and US citizenship, were returned to Israel by the army and the Shin Bet internal security agency after an overnight operation in southern Gaza. Their deaths had been announced in December 2023. “My beautiful parents have been freed. We have certainty,” their daughter, Iris Haggai Liniado, wrote in a Facebook post. She thanked the Israeli military, the FBI and the Israeli and US governments and called for the release of all the remaining hostages. Continue reading... |
| How to end the US-Iran nuclear impasse |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:00:51 -0300 Without a deal on enrichment, Washington and Tehran could lose control of an escalating crisis |
| Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to reopen two distribution centres intended to supply aid – as it happened |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:31:25 -0300 US-backed Israeli logistics group to reopen facilities today after closures following IDF warnings. This live blog is closed Russian president Vladimir Putin is ready to “help resolve” the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday. “We have a close partnership with Tehran. And President Putin said that he was ready to use this partnership to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... |
| Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to reopen two distribution centres intended to supply aid – Israel-Gaza war live |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:23:28 -0300 US-backed Israeli logistics group to reopen facilities today after closures following IDF warnings Russian president Vladimir Putin is ready to “help resolve” the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday. “We have a close partnership with Tehran. And President Putin said that he was ready to use this partnership to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... |
| More territory won’t bring Israel security |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:51:12 -0300 Regional integration and Palestinian statehood, not reoccupation of Gaza, is the only path towards peace |
| Caryl Churchill pulls out of Donmar Warehouse project over Barclays’ Israel links |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:18:25 -0300 Playwright urges theatre to cut ties with bank, which has been criticised for providing financial services to defence firms supplying Israel The playwright Caryl Churchill has pulled out of a project at the Donmar Warehouse, citing the organisation’s sponsorship by Barclays and the bank’s links to Israel. In a statement, Churchill, a longtime supporter of Palestinian rights, said that the London theatre should drop its association with the bank, which has been criticised for providing financial services to defence companies supplying Israel. Continue reading... |
| Bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in 7 October attack recovered, Netanyahu says – Israel-Gaza war live |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:47:18 -0300 Israeli PM says bodies of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai returned to Israel after special operation Russian president Vladimir Putin is ready to “help resolve” the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday. “We have a close partnership with Tehran. And President Putin said that he was ready to use this partnership to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... |
| US-backed group extends closure of Gaza aid sites |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:19:00 -0300 Delays to reopening come after Gazan officials accuse Israeli soldiers of killing Palestinians on their way to get supplies |
| Bodies of two hostages taken in Hamas’s 7 October attack recovered, Benjamin Netanyahu says – Israel-Gaza war live |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:56:19 -0300 Israeli PM says bodies of Judih Weinstein and Gad Haggai returned to Israel after special operation A US- and Israeli-backed group operating aid sites in Gaza pushed back the reopening of its facilites set for Thursday, as the Israeli army warned that roads leading to distribution centres were “considered combat zones”, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) closed its aid distribution centres after a string of deadly incidents near sites it operates that drew sharp condemnation from the United Nations. Continue reading... |
| A Covid lockdown in Tangier helped a tech founder turn his idea into reality |
| Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:00:41 -0300 Abdelilah Hlallouch launched Tingis Web in Morocco when pandemic restrictions prevented his return to the Netherlands |
| US vetoes resolution for unconditional Gaza ceasefire at UN security council |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:21:54 -0300 Russian, China, France and the UK all voted in favour of ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ The United States has vetoed a United Nations security council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in Gaza while the 14 remaining countries on the council voted in favour. The vetoed resolution also called the situation in Gaza “catastrophic”, and demanded the “immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and its safe and unhindered distribution at scale, including by the UN and humanitarian partners”. Continue reading... |
| Gaza food hub suspends operations as Israel declares access routes ‘combat zones’ |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:26:51 -0300 US-backed group demands better civilian protection after 27 people killed by Israeli troops near distribution site A US-backed group operating food distribution sites in Gaza has announced that its operations would be suspended for a second day on Thursday, due to “maintenance and repair work”, as the Israeli army warned that roads leading to distribution centres were considered “combat zones”. After Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians, killing at least 27 and injuring hundreds, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) pressed Israel to improve civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites. Continue reading... |
| Gaza food hub stops operations for second day as access routes remain ‘combat zones’ |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:26:51 -0300 Extended closure said to be for maintenance and follows deaths of at least 27 people killed by Israeli troops near distribution site A US-backed group operating food distribution sites in Gaza has announced that its operations would be suspended for a second day on Thursday, due to “maintenance and repair work”, as the Israeli army warned that roads leading to distribution centres were considered “combat zones”. After Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians, killing at least 27 and injuring hundreds, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) pressed Israel to improve civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites. Continue reading... |
| Iran’s supreme leader hits back at US nuclear proposal |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:36:51 -0300 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s first comments on proposed US deal draw a Trump response who says decision ‘must be made quickly’ |
| Keir Starmer calls Israel’s recent actions in Gaza ‘appalling and intolerable’ |
| Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:36:08 -0300 PM tells MPs he is considering imposing sanctions on Israeli government members but is resisting ban on arms sales Keir Starmer has called Israel’s recent actions in Gaza “appalling, counterproductive and intolerable”, as the UK government comes under mounting pressure to take stronger action after the killings of dozens of civilians at food points in recent days. The prime minister told MPs on Wednesday the UK was considering imposing sanctions on members of the Israeli government, but is so far resisting growing calls for a complete ban on arms sales and immediate recognition of Palestine. Continue reading... |
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