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Nicaragua vs. Deutschland: Anhörung zu Genozid-UnterstĂŒtzung beginnt im September am IGH
Vom 7. bis 10. September richten sich die Augen der Weltöffentlichkeit auf den Internationalen Gerichtshof, der im Fall âNicaragua vs. Deutschlandâ verhandelt â eine juristische Auseinandersetzung, die Deutschlands Waffenlieferungen und UnterstĂŒtzung fĂŒr Israel sowie die Aussetzung der UNRWA-Finanzierung in den Fokus der internationalen Verantwortung rĂŒckt. âNicaragua gegen Deutschlandâ könnte den Beginn markieren, um auch andere Staaten, die Israel wĂ€hrend des Genozids in Gaza unterstĂŒtzt haben, zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.
Netanyahu says Israel to expand settlements in West Bank despite global backlash
âWe cannot ignore the numbers: 104 communities that we established and legalised together, and 160 farms, with more to come,â Netanyahu said.
Israel has faced growing international outrage over its settlement expansion, as violence by settlers against Palestinians soars.
Gaza death toll rises to 73,431 since October 2023
GAZA, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) â Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that the death toll from Israelâs ongoing aggression on the Strip has risen to 73,431 Palestinians killed and 174,437 injured since October 7, 2023.
They said Gaza hospitals received nine fatalities over the past 24 hours.
UNIFIL says âentire neighborhoodsâ wiped out in southern Lebanon
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Monday night that peacekeepers continue to report âextensive destructionâ of civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon, warning that entire neighborhoods have been wiped out and some destruction appears âsystematic rather than selective.â
UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told UN Radio that peacekeepers had documented widespread damage and destruction from Kafr Kila to Khiam and Naqoura.
The Leaders of the Joint List Met with European Union Ambassadors to Israel
(August 21, 2026)
The leadership of the Joint Lis, including the allianceâs chairman, Prof. Yousef Jabareen, MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi, and former MK Sami Abu Shehadeh, alongside Hadash MK Ofer Cassif and Joint List candidate Jafar Farah (Hadash), met in Tel-Aviv on Thursday, August 20, with more than twenty European Union ambassadors to Israel. This marks the Joint Listâs first diplomatic meeting since the announcement of its formation.
@ListJoint The Joint List held its first diplomatic meeting with ambassadors from European Union Member States.
(August 21, 2026)
We highlighted the grave threats facing the integrity and fairness of elections in Israel, specifically the political persecution of parties and parliamentarians representing Arab citizens, alongside racist attempts to undermine their legitimacy.
We also addressed the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and the escalation of state terror against Palestinians, carried out by settler milicias with military cooperation and protection and in blunt violation of international law.
We have commenced the meeting by emphasizing the vital role of the European Union and its Member States in combating racism, advancing democratic norms and human rights, and promoting an immediate end to the occupation to achieve a just peace.
Occupation Soldiers Block Hadash MK from Besieged Palestinian Home in Qusra
Cassif eventually reached the families and expressed his support.
Louai Ridi, a Palestinian American, has been effectively trapped on his property since settlers first arrived in the area on Aug. 9. The settlers pitched a tent surrounding Ridiâs home before cutting water pipes and electricity lines and blocking roads leading to his property, making it extremely difficult for the Ridi family and other residents to go about the area.
Videos posted by Cassif, Zo Haderekh and the Palestinian families have brought international attention to the standoff, creating an unusual degree of pressure on the Israeli government and its military.
WATCH: Israeli soldiers block Knesset member from besieged Palestinian home
Israeli soldiers blocked Knesset member Ofer Cassif from reaching a Palestinian family home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, where settlers have maintained a 17-day siege.
Cassif eventually reached the families and expressed his support.
Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations
(October 15, 2024)
Over the past year, Israel has launched attacks on multiple countries and occupied territories: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran.
Yet countries and territories aside, Israel has also targeted one specific organization with a series of unprecedented rhetorical and violent attacks.
Yes, the United Nations. We have all witnessed Israel, in effect, declare war on the UN.
UNRWA says Israeli forcesâ raid into Kalandia centre unacceptable, deeply concerning
JERUSALEM, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) â The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a press statement today that Israeli forces forcibly raided its Kalandia Training Centre (KTC) in occupied East Jerusalem at around 10:00 a.m., with at least four armored vehicles and more than 50 Israeli security personnel, while approximately 20 UNRWA staff members were on site.
According to the statement, Israeli officials subsequently made public statements indicating that the premises had been seized by the Israeli authorities.
UNRWA unequivocally condemned this unauthorized and deeply concerning incursion into the Kalandia Training Centre.
Israeli forces raid Qalandiya, Kafr Aqab and move to evict UNRWA facility
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took part in the raid and said Israeli authorities had begun what he described as an âoperation to evacuate the building,â claiming that âthere is no place for the agency in Jerusalem and Israel.â
The sources added that Israeli forces detained 40 employees and others present at the Qalandiya Training Institute and subjected them to questioning,
The occupation forces also distributed notices to several homes and facilities near the apartheid wall in the Kafr Aqab area, coinciding with the tightening of military measures in the region.
In Kafr Aqab, Israeli forces evacuated the Qalandiya Vocational Training Center, run by UNRWA, and began demolishing its facilities.
Israel intensifies raids on UNRWA facilities in occupied West Bank
(8 hours ago)
The Israeli army raided UNRWAâs vocational facilities in Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab, which provide services for about 16,000 Palestinian refugees from across the occupied West Bank, says journalist Sarah Abu Alrob from Ramallah.
âThis comes within a larger campaign where the Israeli government has been calling to dismantle the UNRWA organisation that provides educational, medical and social services to Palestinian refugees who are still in the occupied West Bank,â she told Al Jazeera.
A UN spokesperson said that three UN warehouses were damaged in an Israeli air strike on Sunday, with one significantly affected.
(August 24, 2026)
Iran Threatens to Attack US Bases in European Countries
âThere is no justification for any country to fear Iran unless that country opens its territory to the United States for aggression against Iran,â Iranâs Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday. âIt is Iranâs right to target the source and origin of any aggressive action against the Islamic Republic.â
Israel accused of using kites as pretext to justify escalating Gaza attacks
A four-year-old child was among three Palestinians killed in Israeli air attacks in central Gaza on Sunday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate attacks over the alleged launching of paper kites from the war-torn enclave.
World is amazed by Iranâs âresistance, solidarity and cohesionâ: Pezeshkian
Iranâs president says Washington falsely predicted before the war that the country would fall amid US aggression and become like Venezuela.
âThe enemy had assessed that if Iran falls, it will become Venezuela,â he said in a televised speech.
âNot only did it not happen, but it became a power that amazed the world with its resistance, solidarity and cohesion.â
Pezeshkian said Iranâs enemies hope to âcreate division and rift in society through problemsâ.
âWe will try with all our might to avoid division, rift, conflicts and egos,â he concluded.
Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon
In 2024, images and footage shared by Human Rights Watch showed the munitions hitting residential buildings in the southern Lebanese border villages of Kafr Kila, Mays al-Jabal, Boustane, Markaba, and Aita al-Chaab.
Inhalation of white phosphorus fumes can cause respiratory injuries and asphyxiation, and inflict second- and third-degree burns to the skin.
In 2023, HRW revealed that Israeli forces had used the weapon on the densely populated Gaza Strip and on two rural areas along the Israel-Lebanon border.
Turkey seeks Interpol arrest warrant for Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla detention
Turkey said Friday it is seeking an international arrest warrant from Interpol for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a domestic criminal case over Israel‘s interception and detention of dozens of activists attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip in May.
Haftbefehl gegen Netanjahu wegen Ăberfall auf Gaza-Flottille
Ankara. Im Rahmen von Ermittlungen zu Gewalt gegen Aktivisten einer Gaza-Hilfsflotte hat die TĂŒrkei einen internationalen Haftbefehl gegen den israelischen Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu erlassen. Justizminister Akın GĂŒrlek teilte am Freitag im Onlinedienst X mit, Netanjahu und ein weiterer israelischer StaatsbĂŒrger wĂŒrden der »Verbrechen gegen die Menschheit, des Völkermords, der schweren Freiheitsberaubung« sowie weiterer Vergehen beschuldigt, darunter Folter.
Hadash, Taâal and Balad Re-establish the Joint List Ahead of Israelâs Election
The three parties last ran together in 2021, along with the Islamist Raâam party headed by Mansour Abbas. But Raâam decided to break off months before the election and run independently. Raâam won four seats and joined the Naftali Bennett-Yair Lapid coalition.
âIn the coming weeks,â Jabareen wrote in a post to X/Twitter on Wednesday evening, âwe will work with all our strength to increase voter turnout among the entire public and ensure that the Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, Smotrich government does not return to power.â âThis is not only our mission, but also the mission of everyone who seeks to change the difficult reality in which we live.â According to a Maariv poll published last Friday the Joint List would win eight seats.
âOrganized People Wonâ: Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Race
Wahab, who ran on slashing prescription drug costs and ending forever wars, will represent Californiaâs 14th Congressional District until at least January. In November, Wahab will face Bay Area Rapid Transit board member Melissa Hernandez again in a race for a full two-year term in the US House. Tuesdayâs special election was significantly closer than earlier primary contests, signaling a highly competitive race later this year.
Our Revolution, a progressive advocacy organization that backed Wahab, called her win âa national model for how progressives can defeat big-money outside groups and build a Democratic Party rooted in working people.â The United Democracy Project, AIPACâs super PAC, spent $2.5 million on the contest in an effort to boost Hernandez.
Red lines not red carpets: Why Italy & Germany must support suspending EU-Israel Agreement
(May 11, 2026)
Millions of people around the world are demanding that their leaders act to stop Israelâs violations. Humanity must win.
Deutschland muss Aussetzung des EU-Israel-Abkommens zustimmen
(May 8, 2026)
„Die Aussetzung des EU-Israel Assoziierungsabkommens, gegen dessen Menschenrechtsklausel die israelische Regierung permanent verstöĂt, ist eine juristische und moralische Verpflichtung. AuĂenminister Wadephul hat die Wahl, Menschenrechte zum Eckpfeiler europĂ€ischer Israel-Politik zu machen â oder mit Doppelstandards weiter die EU zu spalten und internationales Recht auszuhöhlen,“ sagt Julia Duchrow, GeneralsekretĂ€rin von Amnesty International in Deutschland.
„Deutschland sollte nicht lĂ€nger dazu beitragen, dass Israels GrĂ€ueltaten folgenlos bleiben. Stattdessen sollte sich AuĂenminister Wadephul der Mehrheit der EU-Staaten anschlieĂen und die ĂŒberfĂ€lligen Schritte mittragen: die Aussetzung des Abkommens, ein Verbot des Handels mit illegalen Siedlungen sowie ein Ende sĂ€mtlicher Waffenlieferungen nach Israel“, sagt Philipp Frisch, Direktor von Human Rights Watch Deutschland.
âWe are starvingâ: Palestinians besieged by settlers in West Bank homes run out of food
Palestinians trapped in their homes by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra are running out of food as the siege enters its 12th day.
Gaza death toll exceeds 73,400 as Israel kills 10 more Palestinians in past 24 hours
Another 10 Palestinians were killed and 25 others wounded over the past 24 hours in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll from Israel‘s genocide in the blockaded enclave since October 2023 to 73,417, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
USA erwÀgen nuklearen Schlag gegen den Iran
Laut Wilkerson sitzt der eigentliche Treiber dieses Krieges sitzt nicht in Washington, sondern in Jerusalem. Benjamin Netanjahu, so Wilkerson, sei der Einzige, der den Krieg ârichtig interpretiertâ habe â nĂ€mlich als seine letzte Chance, den Iran endgĂŒltig zu erledigen.
Trump, so die Analyse, sei in eine Falle getappt â âkomplett fehlinterpretiertâ habe er den Konflikt. Und jetzt sei er gefangen: Netanjahu werde ihn nicht gehen lassen, egal wie sehr Trump einen RĂŒckzug brauche. Schon im MĂ€rz hatte Wilkerson gegenĂŒber Democracy Now gewarnt, Netanjahu sei bereit, eine Atomwaffe einzusetzen, âsollte es so schlimm werden, wie es gerade aussiehtâ.
Die europÀische Dimension: Gekaufte Vasallen
The Guardian view on Israelâs death penalty: capital punishment is always wrong. This new law is doubly so
(March 31, 2026)
Execution will be the default for Palestinians found guilty of lethal attacks deemed as terrorist acts in the West Bankâs military courts â which have a conviction rate of around 96%. Amnesty International says that the system routinely relies on evidence extracted through torture and abuse. The death sentence will be imposed even if prosecutors do not seek it. Convictions need no longer be unanimous. There is no possibility of pardon. Executions must take place within 90 days. Within Israeli civilian courts, the new law imposes the death penalty for deliberately killing a person with the intention of ânegating the existence of the State of Israelâ. Life imprisonment can only substitute in unspecified âspecialâ circumstances.
There could hardly be a more shocking contrast with the near-total impunity of Israelis killing Palestinians in the West Bank, amid increasing â and increasingly systematic â state-backed settler violence.
Israelâs Ben Gvir boasts of planned execution facility for Palestinian prisoners
âIn this place, the terrorists will be executed,â Ben Gvir said in a video posted on Instagram, where he has around 150,000 followers.
In the video, Ben Gvir points towards what appears to be an active construction site and says the complex will include âviewing chambers where crime victims will be able to come and watchâ Palestinians being hanged.
„We are fulfilling what we promised,“ the minister added.