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Human Rights Watch staff resign after Palestinian refugee report blocked
Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees, who constituted the entirety of the organisation’s Israel and Palestine team, resigned after senior members blocked a report that stated Israel’s actions to deny Palestinian refugees’…
- Middle East
A look at violence flaring in Gaza months into ceasefire
Jerusalem: As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, February 4, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah border reopens in ceasefire breakthrough
Cairo: Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday, February 2, for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead, according to Egyptian and Israeli security officials. An…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah crossing prepares for limited travel to resume on Monday
Cairo: Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the…
- Middle East
US envoys to Israel barred early Gaza ‘apocalyptic wasteland’ warnings
Washington: About three months after the October 7, 2023, attack, which intensified Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip, employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had warned officials in…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza in deadliest day since ceasefire
Deir Al-Balah: Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians Saturday, January 31, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. A day…
- World
US approves $6.67 billion arms sale to Israel
Washington: The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totalling USD 6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons as well as…
- Middle East
For the first time, IDF admits over 71,000 Palestinians killed in war
After over two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officials concurred that over 71,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, the first time they admitted…
- Middle East
‘Soldiers-only’ Israel rentals put Airbnb back in boycott spotlight
Holiday homes rental platform Airbnb has come under scrutiny yet again, after two of its hotel listings in Tel Aviv in Israel said were labeled “only for soldiers,” even as there’s widespread…
- Middle East
Netanyahu rejects Gaza rebuild as 2,700 families completely wiped out
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has led to 2,700 families being completely wiped out and at least 6,000 families have been reduced to a single member since October 2023, while air strikes and…
- India
Hamas links in Pakistan, Bangladesh should concern all nations: Israel Envoy to India
New Delhi: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Wednesday, January 28, expressed serious concern over Hamas leaders’ interactions in Pakistan and Bangladesh, saying such engagements should worry all nations. “We think…
- World
Israeli woman shocked to see herself shown as ‘killed protester’ in Iran
An Israeli woman, to her utter shock, saw herself on national television broadcast as one of the victims killed in the Iranian protests. The woman, identified as Noya Zion, posted an Instagram…
- India
India more than good friend, a trusted strategic partner: Israeli min
Tel Aviv: At a function marking India’s 77th Republic Day, Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar said his country attaches utmost importance to its ties with New Delhi, describing India as…
- Middle East
Gaza: Israeli troops scour cemetery for remains of final hostage
Israeli teams were combing through a Gaza cemetery Monday for the remains of the final hostage in Gaza, the military said, after Hamas claimed it had done all required of it under…
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Little scope for Gen Z-led revolution in Iran, at least for now
When widespread protest and violence, especially by the youths, led to the overthrow of the parties in power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal in the post-pandemic years, Iran – though single-handedly…