Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Why do evangelical Christians support Israel? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Palestinian human rights activist Jonathan Kuttab explains how Christian Zionism affects US policy in the Middle East. In the evangelical Christian worldview, the 1948 creation of Israel was a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy and the Palestinians are either “non-existent” or “the enemies of God, because they are the enemies of…

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Guided missile destroyers to ‘maintain deterrent presence’ after Israel-linked vessel hit off Indian coast. The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas…

Japan announces sanctions against three senior Hamas figures | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Japan announces sanctions against three senior Hamas figures | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa says three individuals believed to have participated in October 7 attacks. Japan has announced sanctions against three senior members of the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Tokyo will freeze assets belonging to the three individuals and impose sanctions on payments and capital transactions, Chief Cabinet Secretary…

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘We cry for Palestine’: Indonesian homemakers mobilise support for ‘family’ | Israel-Palestine conflict

Medan, Indonesia – On a cloudy and dull Sunday morning in December, more than a thousand people gathered on the grounds of the Istana Maimoon, a 19th-century palace that is a local landmark in the city of Medan in North Sumatra. Outside the palace, a sea of people dressed predominantly…

Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp in ruins after deadly Israeli attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp in ruins after deadly Israeli attack | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Residents of Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp have returned to their neighbourhood to find only blocks of concrete lying where their homes had stood. “These houses are destroyed. Our house was bombed,” Abu Rami Abu al-Ais said on Monday, standing in the debris. “There’s no safe place in the Gaza Strip.”…

What message do Palestinian Christians send by cancelling Christmas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

What message do Palestinian Christians send by cancelling Christmas? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Celebrations are muted in the occupied territories as Israel’s war on Gaza rages. Usually bustling with visitors from around the world this time of year, Bethlehem is empty this Christmas. Festivities are muted in the occupied West Bank as Israel shows no sign of ending its onslaught in Gaza. Israeli…

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, killing 250 Palestinians in 24 hours | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel intensifies Gaza strikes, killing 250 Palestinians in 24 hours | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 100 people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Maghazi refugee camp with families still trapped in rubble. Israel has intensified its assault on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 100 people at the Maghazi refugee camp, with Palestinian authorities reporting that 250 people have been…

Israel’s Netanyahu heckled inside parliament by families of Hamas captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s Netanyahu heckled inside parliament by families of Hamas captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Prime minister booed when he promises to bring the captives home but adds that ‘more time’ needed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been heckled and booed by the families of captives held by Hamas in Gaza during an address to parliament. “Now! Now!” the families chanted from the gallery…

Israel denies visas to UN staff as it hits back against Gaza war criticism | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel denies visas to UN staff as it hits back against Gaza war criticism | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel will not renew the visa of a United Nations staff member in the country and will also deny the visa request of another UN employee as the country yet again expresses its displeasure of the global body, which has criticised Israel’s targeting of civilians and hospitals during the Gaza…

‘Massacre’ as Israel steps up Gaza bombardment for Christmas | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Massacre’ as Israel steps up Gaza bombardment for Christmas | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The attack is one of the deadliest of the nearly three-month-long war. More than 100 people have been killed in Israeli air raids overnight in central Gaza. At least 70 people were killed in strikes in central Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said late on Sunday….