Police in London on Saturday arrested 522 people who were protesting against the United Kingdom’s recent decision to ban the group Palestine Action, a tally thought to include the highest-ever recorded at a single protest in the British…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Will Lebanon succeed in disarming Hezbollah? | Israel attacks Lebanon News
Lebanon’s government has announced a timeline for Hezbollah’s disarmament, saying the military would set out a plan to bring all weapons under state authority before the end of 2025.
This comes after months of pressure from the United States…
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IAEA official to visit Iran, no nuclear sites inspection planned, media say
(Reuters) -An official from the International Atomic Energy Agency will fly to Iran for talks on Monday but no visit to nuclear sites is planned, state media quoted Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi as saying on Sunday.
(Reporting by Ahmed…
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Israel’s gambit: Massacre the Palestinians, subjugate the region? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Has Israel created a predicament it can’t escape with its zero-sum path for the Palestinians and regional overreach?
By offering nothing except continual massacre for the Palestinians, and attempting to subjugate the surrounding areas to its…
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Israel PM says new plan for Gaza ‘best way to end the war’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his new plan to expand the war and take control of Gaza City was “the best way to end the war”, defying growing calls to stop the fighting.
Defending his plan in a press conference in…
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Israel’s Gaza plan risks ‘another calamity,’ UN official warns
A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel’s plans to control Gaza City risked “another calamity” with far-reaching consequences, as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his goal was not to occupy the territory.
The United Nations…
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Israel’s Gaza plan risks ‘another calamity’: UN official
A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel’s plans to control Gaza City risked “another calamity” with far-reaching consequences as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his goal was not to occupy the territory.
The United Nations…
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Jordan to host meeting with Syria, US on Syrian reconstruction | News
President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government is trying to attract foreign investment as Syria’s economy lies in ruins.
Jordan will host a Jordanian-Syrian-American meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to support the rebuilding of Syria, its…
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Survey says most Germans back recognition of Palestine – Middle East Monitor
Unlike their government, most Germans support the recognition of a Palestinian state, said an opinion poll published by the Berlin-based foreign policy Internationale Politik on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
Some 54 % of…
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Fans and family honour ‘Palestinian Pele’ killed in Gaza
GAZA CITY (Reuters) -The “Pele” of Palestinian soccer hoped to keep scoring goals until he was 50. An Israeli tank shell dashed that dream a decade early, his family said, killing Suleiman al-Obeid as he queued in southern Gaza this week to…
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