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Flotilla activists describe beatings, tasers, mistreatment by Israeli forces
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (660+ words) Christini Desi Louka, an activist from the Global Sumud Flotilla makes statements to the press upon her arrival at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece, Friday, May 22. AP-Yonhap Activists detained when their flotilla attempted to breach Israel's naval blockade…...
[ED] Lee's diplomatic overreach on Netanyahu
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (528+ words) President Lee Jae Myung gestures during a Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday at the presidential office in Seoul. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung reacted furiously to Israel's interception and detention of two Korean activists aboard separate ships on a humanitarian…...
President raises ICC arrest warrant for Israeli PM
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (505+ words) President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a weekly Cabinet meeting at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday Korea should consider complying with the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…...
UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during Iran war
1+ week, 2+ day ago (753+ words) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21. AP-Yonhap JERUSALEM " Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Israeli-US war with Iran, further strengthening ties…...
Israel approves deal to buy fighter jets from US
2+ week, 6+ day ago (461+ words) An F-35 fighter jet flies with weapon bay doors open during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase in southern Israel, June 29, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap JERUSALEM " Israel on Sunday approved a multi-billion-dollar deal to acquire two combat squadrons of…...
Young Palestinian artists in Gaza exhibit their impressions of war as fragile ceasefire holds
3+ week, 3+ day ago (644+ words) BUREIJ, Gaza Strip " Young Palestinian artists in Gaza staged an impromptu exhibit on Tuesday, seeking another way to show the world what has happened during the war and the fragile ceasefire. The row of paintings, like much of Gaza life…...
Israel awaiting US green light to 'return Iran to Stone Age"
4+ week, 1+ day ago (243+ words) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony commemorating Israel's Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom Ha Zikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Apr. 21. Reuters-Yonhap JERUSALEM " Defence minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that…...
What to know about Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (848+ words) Heavy machinery operates at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday. Reuters-Yonhap BEIRUT " In the hours after the U. S. and Iran announced a tentative ceasefire, Israel dramatically escalated its attacks…...
US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire but Israel says deal doesn't include fight against Hezbollah
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1373+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 6. AP-Yonhap TEL AVIV " Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel backed the U. S. ceasefire with Iran but that the deal doesn't cover…...
Netanyahu orders access to Jerusalem church after cardinal barred
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (367+ words) Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, following the cancellation of the traditional Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives, amid restrictions on gathering in large groups…...