Archiv: Israel

20.02.2025 - 20:15 [ CodePink ]

Flood the Israeli Embassy with Letters Demanding Dr. Abu Safiya’s Release! – CODEPINK – Women for Peace

On February 11, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer confirmed that he is being held in Ofer Prison near Ramallah, where he has been tortured, electrocuted, and denied medical care. The only reason we even have this update is because of international public pressure. Now that we have their attention, we have to keep pushing. Flood the Israeli embassy with letters demanding Dr. Abu Safiya’s release to make it clear that, despite U.S. government support, the American people reject Israel’s genocide and occupation. The facade of Israeli victimhood has crumbled, and we will keep protesting U.S. complicity until Dr. Abu Safiya and every Palestinian in Israeli detention is free.

Send a letter to the DC Israeli Embassy Demanding Dr. Abu Safiya’s Release!

20.02.2025 - 20:07 [ Skwawkbox.org ]

Video: first footage of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya since arrest amid reports of impending release

The first sighting of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the Kamal Adwan hospital director arrested 54 days ago after weeks of refusing to abandon his staff and patients despite Israeli attacks on the hospital – the occupation army subsequently destroyed the hospital after burning to death seriously ill patients and the staff caring for them – has emerged from Israel’s Ofer ‘torture camp’ prison:

20.02.2025 - 19:26 [ Middle East Eye ]

Hamas hands over bodies of four Israeli captives

Shiri Bibas and her two children, Kfir and Ariel, were reportedly killed in an air strike in November 2023, according to Hamas. Yarden Bibas, Shiri‘s husband, was released last month during phase one of the ceasefire deal.

The body of Oded Lifshitz was also released. Lifshitz was 83 when he was abducted from the Nir Oz settlement he established with his wife, Yocheved.

16.02.2025 - 07:44 [ Times of Israel ]

In video address to hostage rallies, freed captive pleads for protests to continue

In his pre-recorded address at Hostages Square, Ben Ami thanked the protesters who have come out week after week to draw attention to the plight of the hostages and ensure that they remain in the public eye.

What keeps you going is that suddenly you see a nation fighting for you,” he said. “You have no idea, no idea how much power that gives to those left behind.”

16.02.2025 - 06:43 [ Consortium News ]

WATCH — Craig Murray: UN Peacekeepers Watch Civilians Massacred

(February 13, 2025)

On Jan. 26, at least 22 unarmed civilians in southern Lebanon were shot dead by Israel and 147 wounded in a massacre observed by heavily armed U.N. Peacekeepers who did not intervene. I asked the U.N. the very hard questions which nobody else is asking them.

The civilians were simply attempting to return to their homes in accordance with both U.N. Security Resolution 1701 and the current ceasefire agreement, and indeed UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, has a specific mandate under 1701 to assist displaced people to return….

15.02.2025 - 19:41 [ Anadolu ]

‘Civilization has failed’: Malaysian statesman Mahathir slams US, EU over Gaza genocide

Veteran Malaysian statesman Mahathir Mohamad on Friday criticized the support extended to Israel by the US and EU, saying it is „disgusting.“

“The America which wants to be great again, aid and abet the genocide by the Israelis,” said the 99-year-old former prime minister of the Southeast Asian nation.

“So do its European allies. This is the behavior of savages, not civilized people,” he said about support provided to Tel Aviv in its genocidal military campaign in the Gaza Strip.

15.02.2025 - 15:44 [ Morning Star (UK) ]

The US war against the Palestinians, and the struggle to oppose it

WHAT is your view on Trump’s pronouncements on Gaza? How do these reflect on the US’s relationship with Israel and its role in the Middle East?

These declarations by Trump show a barbaric mentality; bringing to the Gaza issue a “cowboy” attitude from the American experience: removing the native people because the white man has decided it.

We need to be clear that this has not really been a war against Hamas for reasons of security but a strategic war, planned in advance, with the goal of displacing and erasing the Palestinian population.

15.02.2025 - 15:43 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

The US War Against the Palestinians, and the Struggle to Oppose It

A leading member of the Communist Party of Israel, former member of the Knesset and currently president of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), talks to the Morning Star, British Socialist newspaper. The interview was published Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

15.02.2025 - 14:43 [ Freundeskreis Videoclips / Youtube ]

LIVE: Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel – Töten beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!

Berlin-Mitte, vor dem Bundeskanzleramt , 15.02.2024

15.02.2025 - 13:44 [ CNN ]

Three Israeli hostages freed after dispute threatened Gaza ceasefire

American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn were released in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, around 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET) in the sixth such exchange under the truce.

15.02.2025 - 13:38 [ Palestinian News and Information Agency – WAFA.ps ]

Gaza death toll reaches 48,264: Health ministry

Over the past 48 hours, hospitals in Gaza have received the bodies or remains of 25 victims after being pulled out from the rubble, the sources confirmed.

According to the same sources, the number of injuries has also climbed to 111,688. Meantime, many victims remain trapped under the rubble, with emergency and civil defense teams unable to reach them.

14.02.2025 - 19:01 [ Palestinian News and Information Agency – WAFA.ps ]

Colonists attack Palestinian-owned lands in the northern Jordan Valley

Head of the Al-Maleh Village Council, Mahdi Daraghmeh, reported that the colonists fenced off several dunums of Palestinian land in the Wadi Al-Faw area and planted olive trees, in an apparent prelude to taking over the land.

Colonists’ attacks against Palestinians and their properties in the northern Jordan Valley have intensified in recent weeks. The attacks included physical assaults, home raids forced displacement of Palestinian herders and attempts to steal livestock and destroy property.

14.02.2025 - 02:24 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Occupied East Jerusalem Bookstore Owners Released

On Wednesday morning a delegation of Hadash activists visited the Educational Bookstore together with MKs Odeh, Aida Touma-Sliman and Ofer Cassif. “The occupation government and its arms on the ground persecute every critical voice and anyone or anything that might encourage independent thought. Persecution will not triumph! The struggle against it will!” said Cassif.

“I left the wonderful bookstore of Ahmad and Mahmoud Muna, which was raided by the police earlier this week. During the raid, these two incredible men were arrested on charges of “disturbing public order” – selling books. They were held for two days, released to house arrest, and banned from their own bookstore for 20 days. I am proud of Mahmoud and Ahmad for standing firm in their right to peacefully resist the occupation through books and literature.

13.02.2025 - 22:24 [ Gerechter-Frieden.org ]

Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel: Das Töten endlich beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!

Die Berliner Kundgebung wird veranstaltet von:

Amnesty International Deutschland • Ärzte der Welt • CARE Deutschland • Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft • Humanistische Union • IPPNW Deutschland • Israelis für Frieden • medico international • 4neukoellnplusberlin • Oxfam Deutschland • pax christi, Deutsche Sektion • Sea-Watch • Terre des Hommes Deutschland • Weltfriedensdienst

Außerdem rufen dazu auf:

Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft • Arbeitskreis Internationalismus IG Metall Berlin • Arbeitskreis Palästina Brühl-Battir • Arbeitskreis Palästina der Lokalen Agenda 21 in Stadt und Kreis Neuwied • Berliner Krankenhausbewegung • Bundesweite Arbeitsgruppe Globalisierung und Krieg • Bündnis für Gerechtigkeit zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern (BIP) • ChanceMaker Foundation • Church and Peace • Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen • Ende Gelände Berlin • EYE4PALESTINE • Föderation Demokratischer Arbeitervereine Berlin • Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung • Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst • Frauen wagen Frieden • Freunde von Sabeel Deutschland • Friends of Standing Together Berlin • Gaza Komitee Berlin • IALANA Deutschland – Vereinigung für Friedensrecht • Informationsbüro Nicaragua • Initiative zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Nablus und Nürnberg (INNA) • Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner*innen (IDK) • Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit (WILPF Germany) • Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte • Internationaler Versöhnungsbund, Deutscher Zweig • interventionistische Linke Berlin • Israelisches Komitee gegen Hauszerstörungen (ICAHD) • Kairos Palästina Solidaritätsnetz Deutschland • Kölner Friedensforum • Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie • Kooperation für den Frieden • Kulturkosmos Müritz (Fusion-Festival) • KURVE Wustrow – Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte • Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie • Netzwerk Friedenskooperative • Netzwerk Ökumenisches Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel in Deutschland • Nürnberger Evangelisches Forum für den Frieden (NEFF) • Ohne Rüstung Leben • Palästina Initiative Region Hannover • Partnerschaftsverein Bonn-Ramallah • Reiter und Reiterinnen für den Frieden (Friedensritt) • Solidarität International • Städtepartnerschaftsverein Köln-Bethlehem • VVN-VdA (ehemals Westberlin) • Wuppertaler Friedensforum

12.02.2025 - 13:42 [ Palestinian News and Information Agency – WAFA.ps ]

Ministry of Health demands immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safia

The ministry added, „According to Dr. Abu Safiya‘s statement to the center‘s lawyer, he lost about 15 kilograms, suffers from an enlarged heart muscle, and was not presented to a specialist doctor or provided with treatment, despite his repeated requests to the prison administration to do so.

At the beginning of Dr. Abu Safiya‘s detention and during his transfer from the Gaza Strip, he was forced to take off his clothes, his hands were tied, and he sat on sharp pebbles for about 5 hours.

He was subjected to electric shocks and chest beatings. He also stayed in the occupation‘s cells for 25 days in Ofer Prison, including 10 days during which he was subjected to almost continuous interrogation, and fainted in the cell due to feeling suffocated, stressing that he is a doctor who only provides treatment to patients and the wounded, in addition to his position as director of Kamal Adwan Hospital.

12.02.2025 - 13:39 [ Middle East Eye ]

Palestinian health ministry calls for release of doctor tortured in Israeli prison

The Palestinian Ministry of Health called for the immediate release of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, a paediatrician and director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, along with all medical staff detained by Israel, the Wafa news agency reported.

The ministry‘s call came after the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that Abu Safia met his lawyer for the first time on Tuesday evening at Ofer Prison, 47 days after being „abducted“ by Israeli forces.

11.02.2025 - 22:32 [ United Nations ]

Gaza: Return to war must be avoided at all costs, insists UN chief

“We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to an immense tragedy,” said the UN chief, in a statement relayed to journalists by UN Geneva spokesperson Rolando Gomez.

“I appeal to Hamas to proceed with the planned liberation of hostages next Saturday. Both sides must fully abide by their commitments in the ceasefire agreement and resume serious negotiations in Doha for the second phase.”

The development comes amid reports that Hamas suspended the scheduled release of hostages from Gaza on Saturday, on the grounds that Palestinians continue to be killed in the war-torn enclave and that too little aid is entering the Strip.

11.02.2025 - 18:19 [ Gerechter-Frieden.org ]

Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel: Das Töten endlich beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!

Die Berliner Kundgebung wird veranstaltet von:

Außerdem rufen dazu auf:

Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft • Arbeitskreis Internationalismus IG Metall Berlin • Arbeitskreis Palästina Brühl-Battir • Arbeitskreis Palästina der Lokalen Agenda 21 in Stadt und Kreis Neuwied • Berliner Krankenhausbewegung • Bundesweite Arbeitsgruppe Globalisierung und Krieg • Bündnis für Gerechtigkeit zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern (BIP) • ChanceMaker Foundation • Church and Peace • Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen • Ende Gelände Berlin • EYE4PALESTINE • Föderation Demokratischer Arbeitervereine Berlin • Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung • Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst • Frauen wagen Frieden • Freunde von Sabeel Deutschland • Friends of Standing Together Berlin • Gaza Komitee Berlin • IALANA Deutschland – Vereinigung für Friedensrecht • Informationsbüro Nicaragua • Initiative zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Nablus und Nürnberg (INNA) • Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner*innen • Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit (WILPF Germany) • Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte • Internationaler Versöhnungsbund, Deutscher Zweig • interventionistische Linke Berlin • Israelisches Komitee gegen Hauszerstörungen (ICAHD) • Kairos Palästina Solidaritätsnetz Deutschland • Kölner Friedensforum • Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie • Kooperation für den Frieden • Kulturkosmos Müritz (Fusion-Festival) • KURVE Wustrow – Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte • Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie • Netzwerk Friedenskooperative • Netzwerk Ökumenisches Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel in Deutschland • Nürnberger Evangelisches Forum für den Frieden (NEFF) • Ohne Rüstung Leben • Palästina Initiative Region Hannover • Partnerschaftsverein Bonn-Ramallah • Reiter und Reiterinnen für den Frieden (Friedensritt) • Solidarität International • Städtepartnerschaftsverein Köln-Bethlehem • VVN-VdA (ehemals Westberlin) • Wuppertaler Friedensforum

11.02.2025 - 18:14 [ Sevim Dagdelen, Mitglied des Bundestages ]

Kundgebung „Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel“ mit MdB Sevim Dagdelen

Ein breites Bündnis aus mehr als 50 Organisationen ruft am 15. Februar 2025 erneut in Berlin, Köln und Nürnberg zu Kundgebungen „Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel“ auf.

11.02.2025 - 17:52 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

‘Netanyahu, You Need a Revolt’: An Interview with Tamar Gozansky

Recently Haaretz’s weekend edition published a long interview, seven pages in the Hebrew version, with the veteran Communist Party of Israel leading member Tamar Gozansky, a former Hadash MK. She entered the Knesset in July 1990 as a replacement for veteran Hadash MK Tawfik Toubi and retained her seat in the 1992 elections, after which she chaired the Knesset’s joint committee on early childhood. She was reelected in 1996 and again chaired the joint committee on early childhood. Following a third re-election in 1999 she became chairwoman of the committee on the rights of the child and the special committee for school dropout rates.

11.02.2025 - 17:41 [ StoptheWall.org ]

Stop the Wall: About Us

We strongly believe that the wall can be torn down, and with it, the racist ambitions of Israeli apartheid. We know that our struggle will not be won tomorrow, and we are not in a hurry. Our road ahead is long, and so we must build a strong foundation of resistance by staying honest and true to our principles. Generation after generation, we have to provide the youth with the lessons, guidance and trust they need and deserve so that they can continue to lead our struggle until one day we will be free and able to return to our homes.

The Palestinian struggle is, at its core, a basic human instinct and drive for self-determination. We share this yearning for freedom, justice and liberation with people across the world and the unity of our diverse struggles will eventually give us the power to overcome

11.02.2025 - 17:22 [ Middle East Eye ]

UN says 40,000 displaced in West Bank as Israel accused of readying annexation

Jamal Juma‘a, head of the Stop the Wall campaign, an organisation that fights against apartheid, told Middle East Eye that the Israeli offensive is „clearly aiming to prepare the infrastructure for the annexation of land“ in the West Bank.

Annexation of occupied territory is illegal under international law. The Israeli government prefers to term it as „applying sovereignty“, though that makes little difference legally. Legality hasn‘t stopped Israel from annexation before, however.

11.02.2025 - 16:59 [ Bertram von Moltke / Jordan Times ]

We are with Jordan — an expulsion of Palestinians is unacceptable

My country continues to support the ceasefire deal, continues to call for an end to settlers’ violence, continues to work towards a viable Palestinian state and continues to stand with Jordan and His Majesty’s vision for a peaceful Middle East with two states living side by side in prosperity and security.

11.02.2025 - 10:59 [ Times of Israel ]

Families of captives Matan Zangauker, Nimrod Cohen sue for full text of hostage deal

(February 9, 2025)

The families of hostages Matan Zangauker and Nimrod Cohen on Sunday petitioned the High Court demanding it order the government to publish the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal agreed with Hamas in its entirety.

The agreement has been published only in part.

11.02.2025 - 10:49 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Families demand answers as Israel stalls on next hostage release phase

(February 9, 2025)

Government delays Security Cabinet talks on Phase II of hostage deal despite public outrage; families urge swift action after freed hostages appeared gaunt and frail, underscoring dire state of 76 captives still held in Gaza

08.02.2025 - 14:45 [ Middle East Eye ]

Three Israeli captives released in exchange for 183 Palestinians

The freed Israelis – Eli Sharabi, 52, Or Levy, 34, and Ohad Ben Ami, 56 – were the latest to be released under the first stage of the ceasefire agreement.

They were handed over to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) after being photographed on a stage in front of large crowds in central Gaza‘s Deir al-Balah.

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Meanwhile, video footage showed a bus carrying Palestinian detainees from Israel‘s Ofer Prison arriving in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday afternoon.

08.02.2025 - 10:20 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

MK Cassif: Occupied West Bank Refugee Camps in Serious Threat of Total Destruction

MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash), warned Al Jazeera in an interview that the Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied West Bank are “in serious threat of total destruction.” “We saw in the last few days that both the refugee camp in Jenin and the refugee camp in Tulkarem are under a serious threat of total destruction and yet again another expulsion of Palestinian people from there,” he told Al Jazeera, saying this has nothing with security.

“I’m also afraid that this has been done in purpose by the Israeli government in order to foil the ceasefire in Gaza — that’s the reason I’m so worried,” Cassif added, appealing to countries in the region to not “leave behind your brothers and sisters in Palestine.” “Don’t leave the Palestinians who’ve been butchered for more than one year by the Israeli government, that should have been stopped months ago,” he said.

08.02.2025 - 10:14 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

An Entire Palestinian Neighborhood in East Jerusalem Stands to Be Erased

Twenty-three homes were demolished last year in the community of Al-Bustan, Silwan and almost every house in the neighborhood—home to about 1,500 residents —faces the risk of demolition. In their place, the state and municipality are planning to establish a settler touristic park, as part of a broader process of taking control of Silwan and transforming it into a Jewish Israeli space—to the extent that an innocent passerby would not notice that this is part of occupied East Jerusalem and that Palestinian residents were displaced for this project to be built.

08.02.2025 - 09:29 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel accused of torturing Palestinian workers to death

The Israel Prison Service gave the Palestinian union a vague response confirming the deaths of 34 workers who died inside detention centres under „mysterious circumstances or from heart attacks“.

Badarneh explained that until 7 October 2023, 18,000 Palestinians from Gaza were in Israel with work permits.

08.02.2025 - 08:44 [ CNN ]

State Department announces $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing review process

The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review process, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The announcement, which includes thousands of Hellfire missiles and bombs, comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Donald Trump and other top administration officials in Washington, DC.

08.02.2025 - 08:17 [ Middle East Eye ]

Egypt‘s Sisi scrambling to respond to Trump‘s Gaza seizure plan

Diplomatic and intelligence sources tell Middle East Eye that Cairo has no plans for preventing the US president‘s idea to take over Gaza and forcibly displace its population

06.02.2025 - 21:14 [ Reuters ]

Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting, no US troops needed

„The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,“ he said. Palestinians „would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region.“ He added: „No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed!“

06.02.2025 - 00:23 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel Slams Trump’s Calls to Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

According to Hadash MK Aida Touma-Sliman, “Trump’s Imperialist plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza and take it under American occupation is a declaration of another criminal war on the Palestinian people of Gaza. The people of Gaza will stay on their land, and they will rebuild it.” According to Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, “Facing the notion of Arab deportation and exile — ‘transfer’ — we must stand up and say sharply and simply: It will be impossible because we will not allow it. Even if we must lie down under the wheels of trucks. Even if we must blow up the bridges. There will be no mass deportation by force, because we will not allow it to happen, internationally known author Amoz Oz wrote this statement in his 1990 Manifesto ‘On Democracy and Obedience’.” “Now is the time to follow his wisdom and humanity and unite under one calling: No transfer, no ethnic cleansing, yes to peace and a Palestinian State!”, he added.

05.02.2025 - 23:38 [ Caitlin Johnstone ]

Only 3% Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral

Three percent. If that isn’t a sign of a morally diseased society, I don’t know what would be.

05.02.2025 - 23:09 [ Antiwar.com ]

Report: Jared Kushner Behind Trump’s Call for the US To ‘Take Over’ Gaza

Citing Puck, The Times of Israel reported that Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, helped prepare the shock remarks the president made on Tuesday night during his press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Kushner, who has a long history of friendship with Netanyahu, served as an advisor to President Trump during his first term in office and was involved in negotiating the Abraham Accords, the deals that sought Israel’s regional integration without settling the issue of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

05.02.2025 - 22:48 [ Common Dreams ]

Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is a Brutal Form of Colonial Capitalism

The colonial creation of private property from stolen land is the American way, from the theft of Indigenous people’s lands to the urban renewal clearance projects that built the modern New York City in which Donald Trump was able to thrive and build wealth. There can be no shock that the developer president’s first public words on Gaza would celebrate the old method of generating “demolition sites” (terra nullius, or empty land). In a way, Trump actually is daring those of us who support Palestinian sovereignty to understand the interdependence of capitalism and genocidal colonialism. There must be a people, and there must be a land. One without the other presents a windfall to the developers.

05.02.2025 - 22:34 [ ConsortiumNews ]

Trump Wants US to Take Over & Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

Asked by an Israeli reporter if he supported “Israeli sovereignty” over “Samaria, which many believe is the Biblical homeland of the Jewish,” otherwise known as the West Bank, Trump said, “Well, we are discussing that with many of your representatives … who do like that idea, but we haven’t take a position on it yet. We will be making an announcement on that specific topic over the next four weeks.”

05.02.2025 - 20:24 [ PassBlue.com ]

A Movement to Suspend Israel From the UN Needs a Country to Take the Lead

(August 28, 2024)

Saleh Hijazi, a BNC adviser on apartheid-free policy, said he expected calls for Israel’s suspension to intensify next month with the opening of the 79th session of the General Assembly. UNGA, as it is known, begins on Sept. 10.

05.02.2025 - 18:54 [ CNN ]

Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ plan is the most outlandish idea in the history of US Middle East peacemaking

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu couldn’t keep the smirk off his face.

And no wonder.

04.02.2025 - 23:40 [ Washington Post ]

Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans as he welcomes Netanyahu to White House

President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed moving Gazans to a “good, fresh, beautiful piece of land” in another country, offering a vision of mass displacement that would likely inflame sentiments in the Arab world as he prepared to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.

04.02.2025 - 16:08 [ Al Jazeera ]

Satellite images show Israel building military bases in Syria buffer zone

(February 3, 2025)

Israel is building military bases in the demilitarised buffer zone with Syria, according to satellite images seen by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit.

The images were taken between December 19, 2024, just 11 days after Syria’s deposed President Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow, and February 1, 2025. They show six sites constructed in that time inside the buffer zone. Another is being constructed outside the buffer zone and inside Syrian territory.

04.02.2025 - 16:05 [ Washington Post ]

Israel is building outposts in Syria, raising local fears of occupation

(February 2, 2025)

As the Israeli military swept into a string of Syrian villages nearly two months ago, the soldiers assured locals that the presence would be temporary — the aim limited to seizing weapons and securing the area after the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

But the earthmoving vehicles that followed suggest a more permanent presence.

03.02.2025 - 20:45 [ Middle East Eye ]

ICJ president ‚plagiarised 32 percent of pro-Israel dissenting opinion‘

In July, a 15-judge panel found that Israel‘s decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories was „unlawful“ and that its „near-complete separation“ of people in the occupied West Bank breached international laws concerning „racial segregation“ and „apartheid“.

While most judges agreed with the advisory opinion, Sebutinde rejected the findings.

When contacted by MEE for a response, Sebutinde declined to comment on the plagiarism allegations.

03.02.2025 - 20:36 [ Middle East Eye ]

Palestinian prisoners endure ‚systematic torture‘ before their release, monitor says

Torture was recorded in civilian and military detention facilities across Israel, resulting in the deaths of at least 60 Palestinians in Israeli custody in less than 10 months.

The systematic nature

Meanwhile, an investigation by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that a quarter of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons have been infected with scabies in recent months.

The findings contained in the report, which cited prison officials, were the result of a petition filed by human rights organisations. of the abuse across all facilities left “no room to doubt an organised, declared policy of the Israeli prison authorities”.

03.02.2025 - 03:42 [ CNN ]

Arab nations reject Trump’s call to relocate Gazans to neighboring countries

The foreign ministers of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt issued a wide-ranging statement Saturday, saying they hoped to work with Trump on a two-state solution in the Middle East.

But they pushed back on Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza. Without specifically referencing the president’s proposal, the ministers reiterated a commitment to rebuilding the enclave while ensuring “the continued presence of Palestinians in their homeland.”

03.02.2025 - 03:27 [ Hindustan Times ]

Israel kills 50 Palestinian ‘terrorists’ in West Bank

According to the IDF, it has detained 100 Palestinian terrorists and over 40 weapons have been confiscated.

03.02.2025 - 03:02 [ New York Times ]

Netanyahu Arrives in Washington at Critical Juncture for Mideast

Mr. Netanyahu is expected to be the first foreign leader to meet with Mr. Trump since his inauguration last month. The Israeli leader is expected to hold formative discussions with the Trump administration about several crucial regional issues.

01.02.2025 - 12:29 [ Middle East Eye ]

Three Israeli captives released in Gaza

Three Israeli captives – Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas – have been released in two separate locations in Gaza City and Khan Younis.

01.02.2025 - 01:45 [ United Nations ]

Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ insists UNRWA

Briefing journalists in New York on Friday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said UN aid coordination office, OCHA, remained “deeply alarmed” by the worsening conditions for residents in norther areas of the occupied West Bank, as Israeli counter-terrorism operations continued for an 11th day.

“Nearly all of the Jenin refugee camp’s 20,000 residents have been displaced over the past two month in the context of operations by both the Palestinian Authority and Israeli security forces.

A further Israeli operation is occurring in Tulkarm where aid partners report that over 110 families have been displaced from the refugee camp there.

01.02.2025 - 00:03 [ Ynet ]

Israel proposes south Lebanon buffer zone as border violence erupts

(January 28, 2025)

Critics argue that such a measure would exacerbate tensions rather than bring stability. Harb dismissed the idea. “This isn’t new. Israel had a buffer zone in Lebanon from 1978 to 2000, and it failed to provide the security it sought. Why would this strategy work now? It’s destruction for the sake of control, but it won’t bring peace or stability to anyone,“ Harb said.

31.01.2025 - 23:55 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Ceasefire violations: Israeli strikes on Lebanon seen as pressure tactic ahead of February 18 deadline

(today)

Lebanese sources believe that Israel‘s ongoing airstrikes on various areas in Lebanon are part of an effort to justify its continued occupation of certain southern regions beyond the February 18 withdrawal deadline.

31.01.2025 - 15:12 [ Jordan Times ]

Jordan faces the plan to displace Palestinians: Challenges and diplomatic moves

The challenges facing Jordan in this context are multiple, most notably the political pressures that may be exerted by the United States and some Western powers to show some flexibility towards this file. In addition, any new wave of displacement may lead to internal tensions, given the sensitivity of the demographic balance in the Kingdom.

The economic impacts cannot be ignored, as Jordan suffers from increasing financial challenges, and any increase in the number of refugees will exacerbate the pressure on resources and infrastructure. In addition, the security aspect constitutes a major concern, as the influx of large numbers of displaced persons could lead to complex security repercussions, especially in light of the tense conditions in the region.

31.01.2025 - 14:57 [ Ahram.org.eg ]

Historic! ‚No to Displacing Palestinian People!‘ Massive Egyptian protest at Rafah on border with Gaza to reject any displacement of Palestinians – VIDEO/Live

Thousands of Egyptians, led by public figures and political delegations, are protesting in the Egyptian Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip to reject all proposals to displace the Palestinian people from their land and any attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.

31.01.2025 - 14:49 [ Egypt Today ]

Egyptians gather at Rafah border crossing to protest against US plans of displacing Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan

The delegations, representing various Egyptian political forces, parties, unions, and civil society groups, are united in their opposition to statements made by US President Donald Trump, which suggest forcibly relocating Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.

30.01.2025 - 21:22 [ Mint Press ]

Jerusalem Post Targets MintPress After Exposé on Israeli Spies in US Media

In December, The Jerusalem Post published an investigation from Nicholas Potter, a “counter-extremism expert,” who falsely accused MintPress News of being part of a network of far-left, foreign government-funded outlets that push conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic extremism. The claims are untrue and are particularly ironic, considering the calls for the extermination and expulsion of Palestinians and Arab peoples the newspaper has published and because Potter is a German national whose job at the Post is directly funded by the German government.

The Jerusalem Post article attacked a series of MintPress investigations published late last year exploring the deep connections between U.S. media, the pro-Israel lobby, and the Israeli intelligence services. In this series, MintPress revealed that hundreds of former Israel lobbyists now work in top jobs in American corporate media, including for MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, and The New York Times. We also showed how former employees of an Israeli spying agency, Unit 8200, are trusted to write America’s news, including about Israel/Palestine – an enormous conflict of interest.

30.01.2025 - 20:02 [ Haaretz ]

Netanyahu Seeks to Cancel Next Week‘s Corruption Trial Hearing for White House Meeting With Trump

(January 29, 2025)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested on Wednesday to cancel all hearings in his trial scheduled for next week after announcing his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, slated for the same time.

30.01.2025 - 19:59 [ Jerusalem Post ]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu corruption trial testimony canceled due to judge illness

(January 28, 2025)

The Tuesday and Wednesday hearings for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s corruption trial testimony were canceled due to one of the three judges presiding over the cases falling ill, the Jerusalem District Court ruled on Tuesday morning.

A few hours before the Tuesday hearing was set to begin, the testimony was canceled, soon followed by the Wednesday session, because Judge Moshe Bar-Am fell ill with the flu.

30.01.2025 - 19:00 [ Washington Post ]

Israeli ban on UNRWA takes effect, imperiling aid to Palestinians

An Israeli law banning the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israeli territory took effect Thursday, ushering in a new and uncertain era for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who rely on the organization for basic services in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

30.01.2025 - 18:18 [ Al Jazeera ]

Hamas announces killing of top military commander Mohammed Deif

Hamas confirmed Deif’s killing in a statement.

Israel had claimed that it had killed Deif in an air attack in July, but the Palestinian group had not confirmed his death.

30.01.2025 - 17:45 [ Associated Press ]

Hamas frees 8 more hostages. Israel begins releasing Palestinian prisoners after delay

Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but the chaotic handover of some of the captives, who were shuttled through a rowdy crowd of thousands by masked militants, drew an angry protest from Israel.

Israel later began releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners after the swap was initially put on hold by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who demanded that mediators assure the safe exit for hostages going forward. He said later that he had received that commitment

29.01.2025 - 22:31 [ AlMayadeen.net ]

Death toll of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons rises to 58

The Palestinian Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs‘ Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners‘ Club accused Israeli authorities of not only killing detainees but also deliberately withholding information about the circumstances of their death and fabricating reports. Rights groups have extensively documented widespread abuses, including severe beatings, torture, food and medical deprivation, and sexual violence inside Israeli prisons.

29.01.2025 - 22:18 [ Reuters ]

Trump‘s envoy meets Netanyahu, visits Gaza

The U.S. official visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Netanyahu has long eyed ties with Riyadh and is due to meet Trump in Washington on Feb. 4, when talks for the next phase of the three-stage Gaza ceasefire are meant to formally start.

29.01.2025 - 22:13 [ Middle East Eye ]

US envoy Steve Witkoff meets Netanyahu after visiting Gaza

According to Hebrew media reports, Witkoff reportedly visited the Netzarim Corridor inside the Gaza Strip with Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.

29.01.2025 - 16:13 [ United Nations ]

With Israeli Laws Set to Take Effect in 48 Hours, UN Palestine Refugee Agency Chief Warns Security Council of Risks to Gaza Ceasefire, Recovery Efforts

The implementation of Israel’s legislation on 30 January — curtailing the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) — will undermine the ceasefire and sabotage Gaza’s recovery and political transition, a senior UN official told the Security Council today.

29.01.2025 - 15:31 [ BreakingtheNews.net ]

West Bank death toll rises to 884 as Israeli actions intensify

Israeli military operations in the West Bank have claimed 884 lives since October 7, 2023, as reported by the Al Jazeera team on the ground on Wednesday.

29.01.2025 - 15:26 [ Middle East Eye ]

Death toll in Gaza climbs to 47,417 as more Palestinian bodies found under the rubble

The Gaza Health Ministry announced that hospitals received 63 bodies in the past 24 hours, with 59 recovered from the rubble and eight people wounded.

Since Israel’s offensive began on 7 October 2023, the death toll has soared to 47,417, with at least 111,571 wounded.

29.01.2025 - 14:15 [ Middle East Eye ]

Unrwa chief says Israel‘s banning of operations will undermine Gaza ceasefire

Lazzarini told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the ban would „heighten instability and deepen despair in the occupied Palestinian territory at a critical moment“.

“The relentless assault on UNRWA is harming the lives and future of Palestinians across the occupied Palestinian territory,“ he said.

“It is eroding their trust in the international community, jeopardising any prospect for peace and security.”

28.01.2025 - 19:43 [ Axios ]

Scoop: White House envoy met senior Palestinian official in Saudi Arabia

Why it matters: This was the first meeting between a Trump administration official and a Palestinian official since November‘s election.

– The meeting between Witkoff and Hussein al-Sheikh took place amid efforts by the Trump administration to end the war in Gaza and push for a Saudi-Israeli peace deal that includes a path toward a Palestinian state.

28.01.2025 - 19:29 [ Middle East Monitot ]

Saudi envoy to UK: No normalisation with Israel without Palestinian state

He added that Palestine has been fought over for 6,000 years, and that “it is not an easy thing to find, whether it’s during the Crusades […] I can’t think of anywhere that’s had that much done to it.”

However, he stressed that “good things are never easy. And anyone who is objecting to what almost the whole world sees as the solution cannot be right. So, you know, again, that’s why I’m not optimistic, because we have a lot of problems along the way.”

Al Saud asserted that “there’s no other solution” other than a two-state solution.

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