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Tilda Swinton offers bedtime story at Cinema for Gaza auction

British TV and film stars offer up rare treats to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Gaza

Top UN court orders Israel to allow more aid into Gaza

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry called the case “a vital step in the global effort to hold Israel accountable for perpetrating genocide.”

Israel

Euroviews. View from Israel: 'Guterres wants Israel to lose, but he will fail'

Hamas understands that it can not win on the battlefield, so it tries to win in the court of global public opinion. Guterres, unfortunately, appears to be the poster boy for these efforts, Middle East Forum Israel’s Nave Dromi writes.

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'Just miserable': War's toll on Palestinian children stuns doctors

Gut-wrenching child casualties from Israeli strikes were described to reporters by medics.

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Gaza

Israel-Hamas war: IDF confirms the killing of senior Hamas leader

All the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.

Culture news

Steven Spielberg denounces growing antisemitism in stirring speech

The three-time Academy award winner and ‘Schindler’s List’ director has made his first comments on Gaza and denounces growing antisemitism.

Gaza

US and Israel tensions rise over Gaza

Netanyahu has cancelled a high-level visit to the US to protest a UN Security Council decision calling for an immediate ceasefire which Washington allowed to pass.

Israel

Israel attacks Gaza's main hospital as protests grip Tel Aviv

All the latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

World News

EU funding drone technology used by Israel in Gaza war - monitors

European financing of Israeli military companies has been denounced by MEPs in the past.

Cyprus

Gaza sea aid route a 'model': Cyprus president

Some 200 tonnes of food were recently transported from Cyprus to the embattled Palestinian enclave.

Israel

Washington urges Israel not to invade Rafah. Netanyahu persists

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned a ground invasion into Gaza's southern border city could isolate Israel.

Gaza

Russia and China veto US proposal for Gaza ceasefire at the UN

Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

Europe News

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia & Malta 'ready' to recognise Palestine

The leaders of Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Malta have announced they stand ready to recognise the State of Palestine as the “only way to achieve peace and security” in the war-ridden region.

World News

UN to vote on US-sponsored bill calling for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

The United Nations Security Council is today expected to vote on a bill spearheaded by the United States calling for an "immediate and sustained ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war. The war as it stands has claimed the lives of more than 30,000 people.

Europe News

In breakthrough, EU leaders call for Gaza ceasefire for the first time

EU leaders have unanimously called for “an immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza, after Hungary subscribed to the statement for the first time since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

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Netanyahu set on Rafah assault despite Biden warning against it

Despite escalating tensions between Israel and the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains resolute in his planned ground offensive in Rafah.

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Trump's son-in-law praises 'very valuable' potential of Gaza property

Jared Kushner, Trump's former White House adviser, suggested Israel should remove civilians while it "cleans up" the area.

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Have Jewish creatives willingly misunderstood Glazer's Oscar speech?

Is this open letter just another sign that words, like films, wilfully taken out of context and willingly misunderstood, only serves to destroy free speech and quash calls for greater compassion?

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'Death knell': Famine imminent in north Gaza

"Children are famine’s first victims and are already dying in Gaza because of malnutrition," warned one NGO. "Every minute counts."

Europe News

EU reaches 'political agreement' to sanction Israeli settlers: Borrell

After weeks of disagreements, the European Union has reached a "political agreement" to sanction extremist Israeli settlers, says Josep Borrell.

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