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Lebanese former minister: Israel has destroyed villages since ceasefire
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (98+ words) Middle East Eye Lebanese former minister: Israel has destroyed villages since ceasefire Ali Hassan Khalil, a top aide to Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, said on Monday that Israel had destroyed the whole or parts of 39 villages in southern Lebanon…...
Netanyahu claims that Israel is fighting a "battle of civilisation" against Iran
20+ hour, 23+ min ago (130+ words) Middle East Eye Netanyahu claims that Israel is fighting a "battle of civilisation" against Iran Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has framed the confrontation with Iran as a wider ideological struggle, saying Israel and the United States are engaged in…...
Hamas rebuffs "trap" disarmament plan as Israeli violations stall ceasefire process
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (714+ words) Hamas has rebuffed a proposal by the US-backed "Board of Peace" to disarm the group, citing ongoing Israeli violations of the first phase of the ceasefire. Palestinian sources with direct knowledge of the talks told Middle East Eye that Hamas…...
Turkey says Muslim countries concerned by Israel-Greece-Cyprus alliance
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (545+ words) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Muslim countries in the region are concerned by a growing military alliance between Israel, Greece and Cyprus. Fidan said Greece had joined this grouping despite being a member of the North…...
Caught unawares: France put to the test by the US-Israeli war in the Middle East
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1714+ words) The open ire, tinged with threats, denounced Paris's refusal to allow American aircraft carrying military aid to Israel to fly over French territory. Paris" decision, until then confidential, had actually been in effect since the beginning of the Israeli-US war…...
Israeli jailers assaulted Marwan Barghouti three times in a month, lawyer says
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (487+ words) Israeli prison guards have violently assaulted Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti'three times'over the past month, according to his lawyer. A campaign calling for Barghouti's release on Tuesday described the incidents as "brutal attacks. It said they took place while he…...
'Pipe dream': Turkey's plan to redraw Middle East energy routes after Iran
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1538+ words) Iran's hold on the Strait of Hormuz has shunted energy markets onto a roller coaster since the'US and Israel'war'began almost a month ago.' Several measures have already been deployed to address soaring oil and gas prices. Saudi Arabia has been…...
Israeli envoy to Italy calls magazine antisemitic over settler violence coverage
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (439+ words) Israel's ambassador to Italy has lashed out at a magazine cover highlighting violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, describing it is antisemitic. Ambassador Jonathan Peled'condemned the cover, calling it "manipulative" and accusing the publication of distorting the reality…...
Netanyahu: Israel wants "true peace pact" with Lebanon, campaign in Iran 'not over"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (102+ words) Netanyahu: Israel wants "true peace pact" with Lebanon, campaign in Iran 'not over'Middle East Eye Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Saturday that he wants a peace deal with Lebanon "that will last for generations. He…...
Map of Israel used by Netanyahu in speech suggests annexation of West Bank completed
1+ week, 1+ day ago (156+ words) Middle East Eye Map of Israel used by Netanyahu in speech suggests annexation of West Bank completed In a televised address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the map behind him showed the occupied West Bank included within the state…...