Gaza Biden administration plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel The sale includes medium-range air-to-air missiles to help Israel defend against airborne threats, 155 mm projectile artillery shells for long-range targeting, Hellfire AGM-114 missiles, 500-pound bombs and other weaponry. 05/01/2025
World News Israel says it will send delegation to Qatar ceasefire talks Benjamin Netanyahu's office said representatives of the Mossad intelligence agency and military would attend the talks but gave no further details. There has been no immediate comment from Hamas. 03/01/2025
Gaza Israeli strikes in Gaza kill twelve as war grinds on into the new year Strikes hit northern and central Gaza as the war between Israel and Hamas nears its 15 month mark with no end in sight. 01/01/2025
World News Fourth infant in weeks dies from hypothermia in Gaza Israel's Health Ministry has released a report detailing what it calls widespread physical, psychological and sexual abuse, based on findings of doctors who treated some of hostages released from Gaza last year. 30/12/2024
Israel Israeli protesters demand hostage release deal with Hamas During Hamas' surprise incursion into southern Israel in October last year, the militants killed at least 1,200 people and took around 250 others hostage and brought them to Gaza. 29/12/2024
World News IDF troops remove staff, patients from northern Gaza hospital The IDF denied any of its troops had entered the facility or set fire to it and accused the militant group Hamas of using the facility for cover. 28/12/2024
Europe News Ireland says Israel's decision to close Dublin embassy 'regrettable' Israel announced on Sunday it would shut its mission in the Irish capital because of what Israel's Foreign Minister called 'extreme anti-Israel policies.' 16/12/2024
Gaza More than 30 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Nuseirat camp The strike came just hours after US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser raised hopes about a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and that would end more than a year of war in the Strip. 13/12/2024
Culture news Mystery surrounds removal of keffiyeh-cradled Jesus in Vatican display A Vatican Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh-draped baby Jesus, symbolising Palestinian identity, was removed without explanation, sparking debate ahead of Pope Francis’s meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 12/12/2024
Culture news Kneecap share '10 Rules To Live By’- reaffirm solidarity for Palestine “Be outspoken, leave your mark and stand up for your people. Stand up for Palestine, and stand up for oppressed people around the world.” 03/12/2024
Culture news Roger Waters insults Thom Yorke over stance on Israel-Palestine Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has called Radiohead’s Thom Yorke a "prick" over Palestine stance, adding that he is "very damaged and deeply insecure." 02/12/2024
Culture news Over 900 artists urge Tate to cut ties with donors linked to Israel Their open letter calls upon leaders at Tate to take a stand “against the artwashing of genocide and apartheid”, with signees including a current Turner Prize nominee and past winners. 26/11/2024
Spain Sanchez meets with Palestinian Prime Minister amid Gaza war The Spanish Prime Minister received Mohammad Mustafa at the Moncloa Palace along with several of his ministers. They signed agreements on labour, education, youth and agriculture. 21/11/2024
Culture news German architecture prize rescinded for British pro-Palestinian artist The Schelling Architecture Foundation has refused to award the winner of its top prize because they signed a letter pledging to boycott Israeli institutions. 19/11/2024
Radio Schuman How can deported Ukrainian children be helped? In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Ukraine's Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets talked about the almost 20,000 Ukrainian children who have been deported to Russia by force since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 18/11/2024
Europe News Italy sends 15 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza The aid, which was collected from donors by the charity Confederazione Nazionale delle Misericordie d'Italia, took off aboard a C-130J military aircraft from an airfield in the central city of Pisa. 17/11/2024
Europe News Police investigated for violence against protesters in Amsterdam The city's mayor said that videos of police using violence against pro-Palestinian protesters "looked serious". 14/11/2024
No Comment No comment: Tense scenes as police break up illegal pro-Palestinian protest in Dutch capital Police in Amsterdam arrested some pro-Palestinian protesters and forcibly moved more than 260 to another location as they broke up an illegal demonstration in the Dutch capital's central Dam Square. 14/11/2024
Europe News New riots break out in Amsterdam as tensions remain high Police said the fire was quickly extinguished, and riot officers cleared the square, though it was not clear who started the unrest or whether it was related to last week's violence. 11/11/2024
World News UN warns famine is 'imminent' in northern Gaza With virtually no food allowed into northern Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. 09/11/2024