Yearly Archives: 2026


26.08.2026 - 20:44 [ International Court of Justice ]

Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany)

THE HAGUE, 31 July 2026. The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by Germany in the case concerning Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 September 2026.

It is recalled that, on 1 March 2024, Nicaragua filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany for alleged violations by Germany of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948 (the “Genocide Convention”) and the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, as well as “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law and other peremptory norms of general international law” in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in particular the Gaza Strip.

26.08.2026 - 20:37 [ Nachdenkseiten ]

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 „Nicaragua vs. Deutschland“ verhandelt – eine juristische Auseinandersetzung, die Deutschlands Waffenlieferungen und UnterstĂŒtzung fĂŒr Israel sowie die Aussetzung der UNRWA-Finanzierung in den Fokus der internationalen Verantwortung rĂŒckt. „Nicaragua gegen Deutschland“ könnte den Beginn markieren, um auch andere Staaten, die Israel wĂ€hrend des Genozids in Gaza unterstĂŒtzt haben, zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.

26.08.2026 - 20:15 [ Al Jazeera ]

Netanyahu says Israel to expand settlements in West Bank despite global backlash

“We cannot ignore the numbers: 104 communities that we established and legalised together, and 160 farms, with more to come,” Netanyahu said.

Israel has faced growing international outrage over its settlement expansion, as violence by settlers against Palestinians soars.

26.08.2026 - 20:03 [ WAFA.ps ]

Gaza death toll rises to 73,431 since October 2023

GAZA, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) — Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that the death toll from Israel’s 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.

26.08.2026 - 19:59 [ Anadolu ]

UNIFIL says ‘entire neighborhoods’ wiped out in southern Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Monday night that peacekeepers continue to report “extensive destruction” of civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon, warning that entire neighborhoods have been wiped out and some destruction appears “systematic rather than selective.”

UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told UN Radio that peacekeepers had documented widespread damage and destruction from Kafr Kila to Khiam and Naqoura.

26.08.2026 - 19:24 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

The Leaders of the Joint List Met with European Union Ambassadors to Israel

(August 21, 2026)

The leadership of the Joint Lis, including the alliance’s 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 List’s first diplomatic meeting since the announcement of its formation.

26.08.2026 - 19:18 [ Ofer Cassif ŚąŚ•Ś€Śš Ś›ŚĄŚ™ŚŁ ŰčÙˆÙŰ± ÙƒŰłÙŠÙ / X ]

@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.

26.08.2026 - 19:01 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

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 Ridi’s 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.

26.08.2026 - 18:47 [ Al Jazeera ]

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.

26.08.2026 - 18:20 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iran threatens ‘hostile media’ as ‘potential military targets’

“Media outlets like BBC, Iran International, and Radio Farda are directly connected to [and supported by] Mossad, the CIA, and enemy intelligence organisations,” Shekarchi said.

He said individuals employed by these organisations “can even be included in the list of potential military targets because, in our view, these are not media outlets”.

“These pseudo-media outlets are the source of promoting, advertising, and spreading violence in the world, and they have disrupted the mental wellbeing of humanity,” he said.

25.08.2026 - 23:20 [ Nachrichtenagentur Radio Utopie ]

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25.08.2026 - 22:37 [ theGuardian.com ]

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.

25.08.2026 - 22:27 [ United Nations ]

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the unauthorized entry into and interference with the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre

Today’s actions are the fifth instance of unauthorized entry by the Israeli authorities into the Centre since May this year and follow other unacceptable breaches of the inviolability of and interference with UNRWA premises in occupied East Jerusalem, including the seizure and demolition of the Sheikh Jarrah compound, as well as the cutting off the supply of water and electricity services to multiple UNRWA facilities. These actions take place in the context of domestic legislation which significantly impedes UNRWA from fulfilling the mandate in the Occupied Palestine Territory entrusted to it by the General Assembly, most recently in resolution 80/78. I reiterate my call for the repeal of the legislation.

25.08.2026 - 22:22 [ Wafa.ps ]

UNRWA says Israeli forces’ raid into Kalandia centre unacceptable, deeply concerning

JERUSALEM, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) – 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.

25.08.2026 - 22:15 [ Wafa.ps ]

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 “operation to evacuate the building,” claiming that “there is no place for the agency in Jerusalem and Israel.”

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.

25.08.2026 - 21:56 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israel intensifies raids on UNRWA facilities in occupied West Bank

(8 hours ago)

The Israeli army raided UNRWA’s 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.

“This 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,” she told Al Jazeera.

25.08.2026 - 21:46 [ Middle East Eye / X ]

A UN spokesperson said that three UN warehouses were damaged in an Israeli air strike on Sunday, with one significantly affected.

(August 24, 2026)

25.08.2026 - 21:37 [ Anadolu ]

US removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list

The US State Department on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, fulfilling President Donald Trump‘s commitment to provide sanctions relief to the post-Assad government.

Syria is no longer subject to prohibitions under the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, according to the Treasury Department‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Washington revoked the designation of the al-Nusrah Front, also known as Hay‘at Tahrir al-Sham, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.

25.08.2026 - 21:23 [ France24.com ]

Syrian Kurdish leader announces SDF dissolution after integration into army

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the group in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Damascus. The dissolution followed the integration of SDF fighters into the Syrian military, said Abdi, and represented a major victory for Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

25.08.2026 - 20:52 [ TKP.at ]

CIA-Direktor in Moskau

Ratcliffe hatte im MĂ€rz 2026 bereits ein TelefongesprĂ€ch mit dem Chef des russischen Auslandsnachrichtendienstes SWR, Sergei Naryschkin, gefĂŒhrt. Das war der erste Kontakt auf diesem Level seit ĂŒber zwei Jahren.

Ob es um die Ukraine, den Iran, Geheimdienstfragen oder einen möglichen Gefangenenaustausch geht, bleibt offen. Weder die CIA noch die Regierungen in Washington und Moskau kommentierten den Zweck.

25.08.2026 - 20:44 [ Euronews.com ]

Greece moves Patriot system to Crete over reported Iran threats to US bases

The battery was moved from the eastern island of Karpathos to Crete, where there is a major US base at Souda, the reports said.

The aim is to bolster air defence around Souda‘s strategically important naval and air facilities, which serve both the Greek Armed Forces and the United States and NATO.

The Souda base plays a pivotal role in supporting allied operations across the wider region, making its protection particularly critical under the current security conditions.

25.08.2026 - 20:41 [ JordanNews.jo ]

Iran Warns of Strikes on US Bases in Europe

Baghaei said Iran would strike U.S. bases in European countries if those states became involved in what he called aggression against Iran. He added that Tehran had no reason to consider any country a threat unless it allowed the United States to use its territory or airspace to launch attacks on Iran.

25.08.2026 - 00:51 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Der Iran wird zu einem Verlierer des Westasienkrieges

(July 19, 2026)

FĂŒr den einigermaßen wachen Beobachter erscheint es, als ob Mossad, CIA, MI6 und BND in Teheran an der Macht wĂ€ren und sich einen ihren ĂŒblichen grausamen Scherze erlauben.

25.08.2026 - 00:42 [ Antiwar.com ]

Iran Threatens to Attack US Bases in European Countries

“There is no justification for any country to fear Iran unless that country opens its territory to the United States for aggression against Iran,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday. “It is Iran’s right to target the source and origin of any aggressive action against the Islamic Republic.”

24.08.2026 - 23:42 [ Reuters ]

Oman foreign minister to visit Tehran on Tuesday, Iranian foreign ministry says

Oman‘s Foreign Minister ​Sayyid Badr Albusaidi ‌will visit Tehran on Tuesday ​to continue ​talks between Iran and ⁠Oman on ​the Strait of ​Hormuz, Iran‘s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei ​said on ​Monday.

24.08.2026 - 23:32 [ theNationalNews.com ]

US-Oman ties face strain as Muscat walks tightrope between Washington and Tehran

(August 21, 2026)

Mr Trump himself agreed in a signed document that Oman would “conduct dialogue” with Iran to define the future administration and maritime services in the strait.

“Oman’s negotiations with Iran over a mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz appear to have been a bilateral Iran-Oman effort, though it’s true that the memorandum of understanding from June endorsed a 60-day Iranian-Omani mechanism,” Marc Sievers, former US ambassador to Oman, told The National. “It is also true that the US and Iran understood this point differently, which led to the collapse of the MoU.”

24.08.2026 - 23:26 [ Al Jazeera ]

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.