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Top UN court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal
The United Nations’ top court has ruled that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “unlawful” – declaring that its presence should be ended “as rapidly as possible”.
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Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City again as fighting intensifies
The Israeli military is intensifying and expanding its assault in areas it has previously withdrawn from.
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Palestinians flee south as Israeli forces storm Gaza City neighbourhood
Israeli forces have stormed a neighbourhood of Gaza City – killing at least 8 people and wounding many more – with families having to desperately flee from air strikes.
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Gaza fighting intensifies as Palestinians mark Nakba anniversary
Fighting in Gaza has intensified again today, including in the southern city of Rafah, despite international calls for Israel to show restraint.
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US believes hostage deal and ceasefire ‘in best interests’ of Israel and Palestinians
President Biden spoke to Benjamin Netanyahu to reiterate US concerns about any Israeli invasion of Rafah, and the State Department has reiterated that a hostage deal and ceasefire is in the ‘best interests’ of Israel and the Palestinian people.
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Palestinian president expects Israel will go into Rafah ‘in coming days’
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he believes Israel will go into Rafah in the next few days. He told a conference in Saudi Arabia, an Israeli assault on Gaza’s southernmost city could force much of the population to flee the territory, and the only country that can stop it is the US.
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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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Netanyahu ‘survival’ depends on ‘expanding war’ says head of Palestinian National Initiative
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote on a Palestinian request for full UN membership on Friday. Israel’s ally, the US, is expected to block the move because it would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It comes as the UN appeals for more than £2.2 billion to help people in Gaza and the…
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‘No sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails’, says former Knesset member
Benny Gantz may be part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet but he has provoked criticism from within the Israeli government for his visit to Washington DC.
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Palestinian prisoners allege brutal treatment in Israel jails
Israel’s response to the October the 7th attack has involved a huge surge in the number of Palestinians being detained – seven-thousand in the West Bank alone, according to authorities there, with an unknown number of Gazans also in custody.
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Over 100 dead as Israel opens fire on Gazans scrambling for food, say Palestinians
In Gaza, health ministry numbers show the death toll has now passed thirty thousand. And growing desperation has led to even more tragedy near Gaza City. Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd waiting for food aid, killing 112 people and injuring 760 others. It happened at around 4am local time…
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Commons Gaza vote chaos ‘disgraceful and shameful’ says Palestinian Ambassador in the UK
We were joined by the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot.
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Palestinian artist paints Gaza’s loss
We hear so much about the heavy death toll and the destruction of homes and buildings in Gaza but alongside those horrors of war there’s a whole generation of young people who say they’ve lost any hope for the future. Many of their schools and universities have been destroyed – dreams now reduced to the…
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All states must ensure ICJ orders to Israel are carried out, says former Palestinian Authority spokesperson
We were joined by Nour Odeh, the former spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, who’s in the West Bank.
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Gaza-Israel: Fighting engulfs Khan Younis as Palestinian authorities say Israeli troops storm hospital
Fierce fighting has engulfed Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis today, with gun battles in the streets and an intensive bombing campaign from the sky.
