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Hundreds Arrested Defying Ban on Pro-Palestinian Group

London has multiple demonstrations this weekend

(Newser) - London police arrested 365 people on Saturday after supporters of the recently banned group Palestine Action gathered in Parliament Square to protest the new law prohibiting public support for the organization. The demonstration drew more than 500 people, some displaying signs backing Palestine Action, which Parliament outlawed last month...

Germany Shifts Gears on Israel Amid Bibi's New Plans

Chancellor Friedrich Merz: We'll halt military gear exports to Israel due to plan to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice," Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security...

Bibi's Gaza Plan Meets With a Chorus of Nos

Israeli opposition chief, world leaders, hostage families react to plot to take over Gaza City

(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for Israel to take over Gaza City amid international calls for a ceasefire in the nation's fight with Hamas aren't going over well with many. The New York Times reports that the prime minister is being "broadly criticized"—by resident politicians, global...

Israel: Military Will 'Take Control of Gaza City'

Announcement marks another escalation of the war

(Newser) - Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas, the AP reports. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite mounting international calls to end the war and protests by many in Israel who...

Netanyahu: Israel Plans to Take Over All of Gaza

Prime minister says it will later be handed to 'Arab forces that will govern it properly'

(Newser) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that to destroy Hamas, Israel intends to take full control of the Gaza Strip and eventually transfer its administration to friendly Arab forces.
  • Asked in an interview with Fox News ahead of a Security Cabinet meeting if Israel would "take control of all
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Report: Palestinians' Calls Secretly Held in Microsoft Cloud

Israel's Unit 8200 allegedly holds millions of such calls on Azure servers

(Newser) - Microsoft's cloud technology is helping to facilitate an unprecedented Israeli surveillance system, according to a joint investigation by the Guardian , +972 Magazine, and Local Call. They report that in late 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met with the head of Israel's Unit 8200, the country's elite...

Netanyahu Reportedly Plans Full Military Occupation of Gaza

Move comes amid rising casualties, hostage crisis, and global pressure

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly preparing to announce a plan for the full occupation of the Gaza Strip, according to multiple Israeli media outlets cited by Al Jazeera . The move would mean an expanded military assault across the entire territory, even in areas where hostages are believed...

600 Former Israeli Officials Issue a Plea to Trump

Hundreds of ex-security leaders ask president to help end the war in Gaza

(Newser) - In a rare public appeal, hundreds of former Israeli security officials have asked President Trump to use his sway with Benjamin Netanyahu to help end the war in Gaza.
  • "Your credibility with the vast majority of Israelis augments your ability to steer prime minister Netanyahu and his government
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Israeli Troops Open Fire Near Food Sites, Killing at Least 10

In Tel Aviv, Trump's envoy meets with hostages' families

(Newser) - Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday. It followed a visit by US officials to a GHF site and the US ambassador...

Trump: I'm Working on Plan to 'Get People Fed' in Gaza

'It is something that should have happened a long time ago,' he says

(Newser) - Earlier this week, President Trump said "there is real starvation in Gaza," contradicting remarks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, Trump told Axios that he's planning to do more about it. "We want to help people. We want to help them live. We want...

In a First, Arab Nations Want Hamas to Disarm

It could accelerate the push for Palestinian statehood, though the US remains opposed

(Newser) - For the first time, all 22 Arab League nations have united to call on Hamas to disarm and relinquish control of Gaza, which the New York Times describes as an unprecedented move that could reshape the path toward a Palestinian state. The move, announced at a United Nations conference...

Trump Threatens Canada Trade Deal Over Palestine Statehood

With tariffs set to go into effect Friday, president says Carney's support of statehood is problematic

(Newser) - President Trump is tossing cold water on hopes for a new US-Canada trade deal, just as a deadline looms for higher American tariffs. At issue, per the Washington Post : Canada's decision to back Palestinian statehood at the United Nations this September, provided the Palestinian Authority meets certain conditions,...

Washington Post Publishes Wrenching List of Gaza Names

'Consider that for a moment. A whole classroom of children killed, every day for nearly 2 years'

(Newser) - Since the Israel-Hamas war began, Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed at a rate of more than one every hour, the Washington Post reports. The Post has published a list of the names and ages of around 18,500 children killed in the war. Some 953 of them died...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Gaza Crisis 'Genocide'

She's the first Republican lawmaker to use the term for humanitarian crisis

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken ranks with fellow Republicans and called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a genocide. "It's the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis,...

Starmer to Israel: Ceasefire or We'll Recognize Palestine

UK wants Israel to take 'substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza'

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September—unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes steps toward long-term peace. Starmer called ministers together for a rare summertime Cabinet meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza, reports the AP...

Experts: 'Worst-Case' Famine Scenario Happening Now in Gaza

They against 'widespread death' without immediate action to get aid in the hands of Gazans

(Newser) - The "worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip," the leading international authority on food crises said in a new alert on Tuesday, predicting "widespread death" without immediate action. The alert, still short of a formal famine declaration, follows an outcry over images...

Trump Differs With Netanyahu, Sees 'Real Starvation' in Gaza

'You can't fake that,' says president

(Newser) - Asked Monday about reports of starvation in Gaza , Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu could not have been clearer. "There is no policy of starvation in Gaza and there is no starvation in Gaza," he said, reports the Independent . The problem is that Netanyahu's biggest international ally appears to...

Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows
Israel Wins Wars, Often
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Israel Wins Wars, Often Loses What Follows

In the New Yorker , David Remnick sounds a note of caution about a supposed 'golden age'

(Newser) - We may have all recently witnessed a key piece of history play out in the Middle East. "There is a very good chance that you won't be able to understand the 21st century without understanding the Twelve-Day War," former Israeli lawmaker Michael Oren tells David Remnick of...

Israel Begins 'Tactical Pause' to Allow Delivery of Food

UN worries it's not enough amid widespread hunger

(Newser) - With concerns mounting over starvation-level hunger in Gaza , the Israeli military on Sunday began what it called a "tactical pause" in fighting in certain areas to allow the delivery of aid.
  • The military said it would enact the pause in Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, and Muwasi, three areas of
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Witkoff Says US Has Cut Gaza Talks Short

Trump envoy says Hamas 'shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire'

(Newser) - President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday the US is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing home its negotiating team from Qatar for consultations after the latest response from Hamas "shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza."
  • "While the mediators
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