Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel pulls Mossad negotiators from Qatar after ‘impasse’ over captives | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel has pulled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, which along with Egypt and the United States is mediating talks to secure a renewed pause in the Israel-Hamas war. “Following the impasse in the negotiations and at the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, David Barnea, head of the Mossad, ordered…

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Hell on Earth’ in Gaza: Israel strikes hit Deir el-Balah | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s attacks on Gaza have stretched into a second day after a seven-day truce with Hamas ended as Qatar and Egypt mediate talks to renew a pause in hostilities. The United Nations said on Saturday that the fighting would worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. “Hell on Earth has…

Israel, Palestine and Canada’s ‘schizophrenic foreign policy’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel, Palestine and Canada’s ‘schizophrenic foreign policy’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Montreal, Canada – More than a month into its bombardment of Gaza, the Israeli military issued a warning: Ground troops had surrounded the largest hospital in the Palestinian enclave, al-Shifa. A raid would be launched “in minutes”. The impending siege of the Gaza City health complex sparked panic among the…

Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Oil companies pledge to lower methane emissions at COP28 | Climate Crisis News

Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, but environmental groups have called it a “smokescreen”. Sultan al-Jaber, the president of the United Nations climate summit (COP28) held in Dubai this year, made…

Israel deserves every bit of the global public criticism it is receiving | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel deserves every bit of the global public criticism it is receiving | Israel-Palestine conflict

The ongoing explosion in public activism in the United States and the world for a ceasefire in Gaza and equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians is a battleground as important as the military face-off over Gaza in this century-old conflict. It reveals the eroding efficacy of traditional pro-Israel propaganda in the face of…

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

First aid trucks enter Gaza since end of truce, renewed Israeli strikes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Aid organisations say they face difficulties operating as Israel resumes its bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza. A limited number of aid trucks has managed to enter the besieged Gaza Strip through Egypt after being forced into a holding pattern since a weeklong truce ended and Israel started bombing the enclave…

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Is Israel criminalising Palestinian thoughts too, amid Gaza war? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Following the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has been clamping down on pro-Palestinian sentiment within its borders, including passing an amendment to its counterterrorism law that has been criticised for violating civil and human rights. Much has changed for Jews and Palestinians living inside Israel since the Hamas attack, which…

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

US sends ‘bunker buster’ bombs to Israel for war on Gaza, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells. The United States has given so-called ‘bunker buster’ bombs and an array of other munitions to Israel for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Washington has…

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

Security Council agrees to terminate UN mission in Sudan | United Nations News

The United Nations political mission in Sudan, UNITAMS, will end on Sunday. A United Nations political mission in war-racked Sudan will end on Sunday after the UN Security Council voted to shut it down following a request from Sudanese authorities last month. Fourteen of the council’s 15 members adopted Friday’s…

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Inexplicable. That is how advocates are describing the actions of some Democratic officials who seem to be not only alienating but actively antagonising members of their own party over differing views on the war in Gaza. Many prominent Democrats, including United States President Joe Biden, have voiced “unwavering”…