http://feed.informer.com/digests/YSYO20ZZSN/feeder Israel News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:14:34 -0400 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/we-need-a-public-inquiry-on-britains-role-in-war-on-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1aaabbf3-5e57-9466-c4cc-027f49fcd7c8 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:33:08 -0300 <p>An independent inquiry must establish the truth about officials’ involvement in Israel’s military assault, write a group of MPs, including <strong>Jeremy Corbyn, Brian Leishman, Carla Denyer </strong>and<strong> Richard Burgon</strong></p><p>In the aftermath of the Iraq war, several attempts were made to establish an inquiry surrounding the conduct of British military operations. Published in 2016, the Chilcot inquiry found serious failings in the British government, which ignored the warnings of millions of ordinary people over its disastrous decision to go to war.</p><p>History is repeating itself. Today, the death toll in Gaza has reportedly <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/3/gaza-death-toll-rises-close-to-62000-as-missing-added">exceeded 61,000</a>. Two Israeli officials are wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Britain has played a highly influential role in Israel’s military operations, including the sale of weapons, the supply of intelligence and the use of Royal Air Force bases in Cyprus.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/we-need-a-public-inquiry-on-britains-role-in-war-on-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Politics Jeremy Corbyn Carla Denyer Diane Abbott Labour Scottish National party (SNP) Green party Gaza Israel Arms trade International criminal court UK news Palestinian territories International criminal justice Foreign policy Iraq war inquiry Guardian Staff Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/purim-is-not-a-celebration-of-slaughter-but-of-survival-against-attempted-genocide World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b03f34bd-a2f0-2895-c7e0-1680b54363b0 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:31:27 -0300 <p><strong>Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis</strong> responds to an article that said the festival could be seen as an example of Jewish zealotry</p><p>Peter Beinart’s claims that the festival of Purim somehow demonstrates a Jewish embrace of zealotry and is an example of “the evil that Jews commit”, (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/jews-gaza-palestine-israel-purim">11 March</a>) is an insidious attempt to cast Jewish history and identity as heartless and vengeful.</p><p>Purim is not a celebration of retribution or slaughter, but of survival against attempted genocide. The Book of Esther repeatedly emphasises that even when the Jews of Persia were finally granted the right to take up arms against those across the empire of its day who sought their destruction, they took no spoils, precisely because they were motivated not by a desire for revenge or the thrill of conquest, but by self-defence.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/purim-is-not-a-celebration-of-slaughter-but-of-survival-against-attempted-genocide">Continue reading...</a> Judaism Religion World news Gaza Palestinian territories Israel Guardian Staff Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/israeli-attacks-on-womens-healthcare-in-gaza-amount-to-genocidal-acts-un-says World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8198bffa-82e4-6645-03ac-a5b4957b7783 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:27:33 -0300 <p>Report details attacks and abuses that ‘destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of Palestinians in Gaza as a group’</p><p>Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual violence as a weapon of war to “dominate and destroy the Palestinian people”, a UN report states.</p><p>The 49-page <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session58/a-hrc-58-crp-6.pdf">report</a> on sexual and gender-based violence was drawn up by the UN’s independent international commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and presented to the UN human rights council.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/israeli-attacks-on-womens-healthcare-in-gaza-amount-to-genocidal-acts-un-says">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Gender Violence against women and girls Sexual violence Global development Society United Nations Emma Graham-Harrison Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/israeli-attacks-on-womens-healthcare-in-gaza-amount-to-genocidal-acts-un-says World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:9b9a2184-c821-4ac0-1ffb-b8610408fda9 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 13:27:33 -0300 <p>Israeli forces have used sexual violence as weapon of war to ‘dominate and destroy’ Palestinian people, report also says</p><p>Israel’s systemic attacks on women’s healthcare in Gaza amount to “genocidal acts”, and Israeli security forces have used sexual violence as a weapon of war to “dominate and destroy the Palestinian people”, a UN report states.</p><p>The 49-page <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session58/a-hrc-58-crp-6.pdf">report</a> on sexual and gender-based violence was drawn up by the UN’s independent international commission of inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and presented to the UN human rights council.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/13/israeli-attacks-on-womens-healthcare-in-gaza-amount-to-genocidal-acts-un-says">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Gender Violence against women and girls Sexual violence Global development Society United Nations Emma Graham-Harrison Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/8da936d0-15a1-4384-8894-ecead6f96920 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:233b390f-57ba-e7b3-ccf0-cbe1ac8c067d Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:29:05 -0300 Military claim to have struck a Palestinian Islamic Jihad headquarters in Damascus is denied by the militant group https://www.ft.com/content/8da936d0-15a1-4384-8894-ecead6f96920 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:180c7866-9d5b-4d05-b580-14787a097265 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:29:05 -0300 Strike targeting Palestinian group is first since interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa established control https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/anti-defamation-league-heritage-foundation World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:223fcf1a-234e-0144-e846-c2b52df643c6 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:04:01 -0300 <p>Tax-exempt special interest groups like lobbyists and non-profits are exercising power with little democratic oversight</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/university-protests-arrests-ucla-dartmouth">repression</a> that began under the Biden administration has accelerated under Trump. Mahmoud Khalil’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/palestinian-activist-columbia-arrest-ice">detention</a> by federal agents – reportedly Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – despite his legal, permanent resident status will probably have its intended effect. People will speak up less; their fear of the irreversible harm meted out by a vengeful state is justified. Now we are all left to contend with the wreckage of the first amendment to the US constitution, which used to guarantee the right to speech in this country.</p><p>Responsibility for the erosion of our rights is attributable – in part – to the bipartisan embrace of the non-governmental, non-profit sector. That’s because from the 1940s onward, the federal government has ceded much state authority to philanthropies and non-profits. Those groups, in turn, have acted to craft policy – everything from how to develop equitable housing or the benefits of inoculating children to ensuring that speech targeting Israel is punishable by law.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/anti-defamation-league-heritage-foundation">Continue reading...</a> US news Antisemitism US universities Trump administration Israel Gaza US politics Republicans Democrats Palestinian territories US campus protests Ahmed Moor Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/abf5fbfc-7b9c-4e5d-b2d6-e6cccc78539a FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:140fb6c7-2f8e-3ab2-86da-a7b3d469020b Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:00:37 -0300 Iraq and Iran have banned mega production focused on seventh century schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/israel-to-occupy-syrian-southern-territory-for-unlimited-time-says-minister World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cb5d0e30-8b10-1051-3337-452e598b882f Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:50:22 -0300 <p>Israel Katz reaffirms IDF will continue holding Mount Hermon area beyond contested Israeli northern borders</p><p>Israel’s defence minister has reaffirmed the country’s intention to occupy a swath of Syria territory beyond Israel’s contested northern borders for an “unlimited amount of time” during a visit to the strategic Mount Hermon.</p><p>“The IDF is prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time. We will hold the security area in Hermon and make sure that all the security zone in southern Syria is demilitarised and clear of weapons and threats,” Israel Katz said on a visit to the peak on Wednesday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/israel-to-occupy-syrian-southern-territory-for-unlimited-time-says-minister">Continue reading...</a> Syria Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1f99b50d-d295-4e17-0970-e8ff4f827802 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:31:29 -0300 <p>Move is in response to similar Russian measures earlier this week </p><p>Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.</p><p>PMQs is about to start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives House of Commons Welfare Disability Benefits TUC Farming Nicola Sturgeon Donald Trump Trump administration Liberal Democrats Quangos Trade policy Israel Gaza Law Sentencing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Scotland Scottish politics Russia Planning policy Angela Rayner Local government Andrew Sparrow (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:aca763d6-6d94-164f-29a5-f2a603e60974 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:31:29 -0300 <p>Move is in response to similar Russian measures earlier this week </p><p>Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.</p><p>PMQs is about to start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives House of Commons Welfare Disability Benefits TUC Farming Nicola Sturgeon Donald Trump Trump administration Liberal Democrats Quangos Trade policy Israel Gaza Law Sentencing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Scotland Scottish politics Russia Planning policy Angela Rayner Local government Andrew Sparrow (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/761bf407-2ef1-4aad-97e4-76d0916de057 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:a6e10b2e-a01a-1820-778b-b2b49754be56 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:54:13 -0300 US-based Niantic is selling its games business as part of a pivot to artificial intelligence https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:dbe8b461-8559-9315-2701-4e6dcbd0c360 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:50:18 -0300 <p>Move is in response to similar Russian measures earlier this week </p><p>Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.</p><p>PMQs is about to start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives House of Commons Welfare Disability Benefits TUC Farming Nicola Sturgeon Donald Trump Trump administration Liberal Democrats Quangos Trade policy Israel Gaza Law Sentencing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Scotland Scottish politics Andrew Sparrow (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier) Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:fb2d8978-2582-d43f-4faa-b4495bde66b5 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:32:52 -0300 <p>Lady Falkner, chair of the EHRC, says moves run the risk of positive discrimination</p><p>Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.</p><p>PMQs is about to start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives House of Commons Welfare Disability Benefits TUC Farming Nicola Sturgeon Donald Trump Trump administration Liberal Democrats Quangos Trade policy Israel Gaza Law Sentencing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Scotland Scottish politics Tom Ambrose (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier) Photograph: Peter Hogan/Alamy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/absolute-fear-israeli-hostage-describes-abuse-during-505-day-hamas-captivity-omer-wenkert World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8df36953-777d-6825-1353-f875d2da2ffa Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:04:43 -0300 <p>Omer Wenkert says he was held mostly in darkness – and his mistreatment was often sparked by events in war</p><p>An Israeli hostage <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/hamas-releases-six-hostages-exchange-israel-gaza-ceasefire-deal">freed by Hamas</a> last month has described the distressing conditions and abuse he says he endured during 505 days held in Gaza.</p><p>In an interview on Israeli television, Omer Wenkert, 23, said he had hidden in a bomb shelter with a close friend when it became clear the Nova music festival was under attack by Hamas and other militants from Gaza on 7 October 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/absolute-fear-israeli-hostage-describes-abuse-during-505-day-hamas-captivity-omer-wenkert">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Israel World news Hamas Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/215106d6-56d5-4cdf-b825-da2afbc43191 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:ff3ae5f3-35b9-0709-eac9-cc769d334c23 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:56:03 -0300 Saudi Arabia’s plan to increase religious tourism must include ways to manage the growing crowds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/who-is-mahmoud-khalil-arrest-palestinian-activist-columbia World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:77c6b998-8577-f13d-3070-b890888f7175 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:45:03 -0300 <p>Key figure in pro-Palestinian campus protests arrested by Ice known for kindness and skill for de-escalation</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/columbia-mahmoud-khalil-wife-statement">Mahmoud Khalil</a>, the recent Columbia University graduate who was detained by Ice on Saturday night, was linked by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a>, without evidence, to “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity”. But for those who know him, Khalil was a student, a steady negotiator and a leader whose activism placed him at the center of a national movement for Palestinian solidarity.</p><p>Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder who is currently in immigration detention in Louisiana, was a lead negotiator for Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), a role that thrust him into the spotlight during the pro-Palestinian encampment protests last spring – long before his high-profile arrest. He gained a reputation among fellow protesters as a principled and strategic organizer, earning praise for his ability to de-escalate tense situations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/who-is-mahmoud-khalil-arrest-palestinian-activist-columbia">Continue reading...</a> New York US immigration US news US campus protests Palestinian territories Israel Protest Donald Trump Anvee Bhutani in New York Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:77168a11-508c-ad23-5acf-4b2542f68029 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:39:45 -0300 <p>Starmer says he is disappointed to see global tariffs in relation to steel but will take pragmatic approach</p><p>Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.</p><p>PMQs is about to start.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-welfare-cuts-benefits-disability-pip-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives House of Commons Welfare Disability Benefits TUC Farming Nicola Sturgeon Donald Trump Trump administration Liberal Democrats Quangos Trade policy Israel Gaza Law Sentencing Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Andrew Sparrow Photograph: Parliament Live https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/mar/12/refusing-to-fight-israelis-against-the-war-in-gaza-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:2806401b-d0a5-0cfa-6479-9ad3820d43ae Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:06:42 -0300 <p>For many Israelis, military service is a rite of passage that lasts two to three years. Being such a formative part of the social contract in Israel, it is unusual for eligible young people to refuse their draft orders. Every year some ask for exemptions, but only a handful openly declare themselves as conscientious objectors, commonly known as refuseniks. However, since 7 October and the war in Gaza, refusenik organisations say the number of people refusing the draft has risen, even though during wartime punishments are harsher. The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent, Bethan McKernan, spent time with Itamar Greenberg, an 18-year-old who has been in and out of military prison for almost a year as a result of his refusal to serve</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/mar/12/refusing-to-fight-israelis-against-the-war-in-gaza-video">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Israel Middle East and north Africa Gaza Palestinian territories Bethan McKernan Kyri Evangelou Yotam Ronen Temujin Doran Photograph: The Guardian https://www.ft.com/content/2c851d35-8875-4f38-953e-048fd7eed3b5 Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com urn:uuid:e35a1fee-6bf3-9e8e-ee5f-1f3f8af70561 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:00:01 -0300 Price rises of 147 per cent in five years, soaring skylines and a rush of new residents are an inspiration to some, a cautionary tale to others https://www.ft.com/content/2c851d35-8875-4f38-953e-048fd7eed3b5 Gulf News - latest Gulf news headlines - FT.com urn:uuid:f5829538-2305-366f-163e-78a90f6bae36 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:00:01 -0300 Price rises of 147 per cent in five years, soaring skylines and a rush of new residents are an inspiration to some, a cautionary tale to others https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/11/israeli-police-raid-palestinian-bookshop-east-jerusalem-twice-in-a-month World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cbbf34d0-209f-61fd-0f12-4f23d9f35894 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:56:35 -0300 <p>Books about Banksy and by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé were removed, and one of the owners detained</p><p>Israeli police have raided the leading Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem for the second time in a month, detaining one of its owners for several hours and seizing some of its stock.</p><p>The deputy state attorney’s office had warned police that they overstepped their authority with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/10/israeli-police-raid-jerusalem-bookshops-and-arrest-palestinian-owners">the first raid on the shop in February</a>. Officers again arrived at the Educational Bookshop without a warrant on Tuesday morning, staff said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/11/israeli-police-raid-palestinian-bookshop-east-jerusalem-twice-in-a-month">Continue reading...</a> Palestinian territories Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/a057331d-f5b5-48ba-91b7-c553e7510c03 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:6e9fa698-2f29-bb0c-5377-8fff187b0b18 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:38:03 -0300 The Trump administration should press Netanyahu to allow aid to flow https://www.ft.com/content/9202c658-64eb-4297-abb1-04d1c2c53f32 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:17317477-2437-aae6-651f-936f9a08109c Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:41:06 -0300 Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launch attacks on each other’s territory https://www.ft.com/content/9202c658-64eb-4297-abb1-04d1c2c53f32 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:855c0e10-49cd-0c3a-e8a6-70d833135e5b Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:41:06 -0300 Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launch attacks on each other’s territory https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/mahmoud-khalil-arrest-ice-columbia World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:bfeff039-b777-afbd-a112-c3c308b57f2e Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:30:50 -0300 <p>The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due process</p><p>Forced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment, take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened under the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>’s first arrest for thought crimes, something that should never happen in a democracy.</p><p>But it has. To Mahmoud Khalil, a recently graduated master’s student from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs. And for each minute that Khalil is held in detention, every one of us should feel like our own individual rights in this country are being shredded. The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is a barefaced attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free thinking while murdering due process and free speech along the way. This is an ominous development.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/mahmoud-khalil-arrest-ice-columbia">Continue reading...</a> US universities US news Palestinian territories Israel Israel-Gaza war US campus protests US immigration Trump administration Donald Trump US politics Middle East and north Africa World news Moustafa Bayoumi Photograph: Sarah Yenesel/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/9202c658-64eb-4297-abb1-04d1c2c53f32 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e685548a-7192-c49e-6269-7052dc2c6b96 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:32:26 -0300 Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launched attacks on each other’s territory https://www.ft.com/content/9202c658-64eb-4297-abb1-04d1c2c53f32 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:a697369c-cec4-63a1-41af-700f17373c87 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:32:26 -0300 Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launched attacks on each other’s territory https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/jews-gaza-palestine-israel-purim World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:d8587f23-4624-1aa0-7576-b0365abf5208 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:00:37 -0300 <p>Our refusal to reckon with the dark side of Purim reflects a refusal to reckon with the dark side of ourselves</p><p>Later this month, on the holiday of Purim, Jewish people will dress in silly costumes, eat triangular pastries, and listen to an ancient story about attempted genocide. What we notice, and don’t notice, about that story says a lot about what we notice, and don’t notice, in Israel and Palestine.</p><p>The tale comes from the <a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Esther?tab=contents">book of Esther</a>. It begins with a dissolute Persian king. He hosts a banquet, gets drunk, orders his queen to “display her beauty” to the revelers, and, when she refuses, banishes her from the throne. As her replacement he chooses Esther, a beautiful young maiden who, unbeknownst to him, is a Jew. Then he makes a calamitous personnel decision: he selects Haman, a pathological Jew-hater, to be his right-hand man. The stage is now set for an epic clash.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/jews-gaza-palestine-israel-purim">Continue reading...</a> Israel Judaism Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Peter Beinart Photograph: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/4c62db8c-cd78-472f-999c-de691dfedb5b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:c62fb58f-a093-98ee-0de8-9c54cd899506 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 02:00:27 -0300 A relentlessly entertaining exploration of Iranian-American immigrant life, longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction https://www.ft.com/content/a0de90e2-b91f-4c62-9c67-bd2f4cb0d708 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:27ba8ade-d498-7752-c0b3-1e6c55baab66 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:00:31 -0300 Agreement will bring a bigger swath of fractured nation under the control of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s administration https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:039ad658-b91c-1ebc-f4d6-2579b2421da2 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:11:08 -0300 <p>Contest in Runcorn and Helsby will be a challenge for Labour</p><p>Around 80 Labour MPs could refuse to back government plans to cut billions from the welfare budget, <strong>Amy Gibbons </strong>and <strong>Tony Diver</strong> claim in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/starmer-faces-80-mp-rebellion-over-welfare-cuts/">a story </a>for the Daily Telegraph. They report:</p><p>The Telegraph understands that around 80 Labour MPs – roughly a fifth of the parliamentary party – “won’t tolerate” <a href="https://archive.is/o/yHjUf/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/liz-kendall-bring-back-routine-benefit-check-ups/">billions of pounds of welfare cuts</a> set to be announced by the Chancellor later this month.</p><p>The anger is said to have spread beyond the “usual suspects”, with MPs who would not typically criticise Sir Keir threatening to “give the government a slap” over the proposals.</p><p>Our Labour values are built on a simple but powerful idea: that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, should have the support they need to make the most of their lives. Everyone who is capable of working deserves the security, dignity and agency that employment offers. Of course, there are some people who are not able to work and they must be treated with compassion and respect. But for those that can, we must restore the pathways to opportunity which are currently so sparse for millions of people. It is exactly what a Labour government exists to do …</p><p>As MPs, we understand that delivering this new social contract requires hard choices to be made. We welcome the work that has begun to rebuild our welfare system, and we are fully supportive of it. We believe reforming our broken system is not only necessary, but also a truly progressive endeavour. And so we have established the Get Britain Working Group to make that argument, insistently.</p><p>The radical package of reforms will see:</p><p>-£5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability</p><p>This government is determined that instead of facing a life on benefits … we stretch every sinew and pull every lever to ensure that we can get those people into work, because that is the best way for them to have a successful and happy life into the future.</p><p>So I think it’s quite right to look at a benefit system which is clearly broken.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats Donald Trump Trump administration Mark Carney Canada Energy bills Planning policy Reform UK Nigel Farage Rupert Lowe Welfare Benefits Disability Ukraine Gaza Israel David Willetts Science Charities Michael Gove James Dyson Covid inquiry Law Shabana Mahmood Sentencing Byelections Andrew Sparrow Photograph: Ian Cooper/PA https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:43a6ea36-c38d-7adb-f92e-f8af13ed0224 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:11:08 -0300 <p>Contest in Runcorn and Helsby will be a challenge for Labour</p><p>Around 80 Labour MPs could refuse to back government plans to cut billions from the welfare budget, <strong>Amy Gibbons </strong>and <strong>Tony Diver</strong> claim in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/starmer-faces-80-mp-rebellion-over-welfare-cuts/">a story </a>for the Daily Telegraph. They report:</p><p>The Telegraph understands that around 80 Labour MPs – roughly a fifth of the parliamentary party – “won’t tolerate” <a href="https://archive.is/o/yHjUf/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/liz-kendall-bring-back-routine-benefit-check-ups/">billions of pounds of welfare cuts</a> set to be announced by the Chancellor later this month.</p><p>The anger is said to have spread beyond the “usual suspects”, with MPs who would not typically criticise Sir Keir threatening to “give the government a slap” over the proposals.</p><p>Our Labour values are built on a simple but powerful idea: that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, should have the support they need to make the most of their lives. Everyone who is capable of working deserves the security, dignity and agency that employment offers. Of course, there are some people who are not able to work and they must be treated with compassion and respect. But for those that can, we must restore the pathways to opportunity which are currently so sparse for millions of people. It is exactly what a Labour government exists to do …</p><p>As MPs, we understand that delivering this new social contract requires hard choices to be made. We welcome the work that has begun to rebuild our welfare system, and we are fully supportive of it. We believe reforming our broken system is not only necessary, but also a truly progressive endeavour. And so we have established the Get Britain Working Group to make that argument, insistently.</p><p>The radical package of reforms will see:</p><p>-£5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability</p><p>This government is determined that instead of facing a life on benefits … we stretch every sinew and pull every lever to ensure that we can get those people into work, because that is the best way for them to have a successful and happy life into the future.</p><p>So I think it’s quite right to look at a benefit system which is clearly broken.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats Donald Trump Trump administration Mark Carney Canada Energy bills Planning policy Reform UK Nigel Farage Rupert Lowe Welfare Benefits Disability Ukraine Gaza Israel David Willetts Science Charities Michael Gove James Dyson Covid inquiry Law Shabana Mahmood Sentencing Byelections Andrew Sparrow Photograph: Ian Cooper/PA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/us-envoy-secret-talks-hamas-anger-netanyahu-administration World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e43a5ca3-c3fc-0128-a54b-83fcd679ae48 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:06:13 -0300 <p>Adam Boehler says Hamas proposed a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in negotiations that did not involve Israel</p><p>A US envoy has said <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/hamas">Hamas</a> proposed a five-to-10-year ceasefire and a full prisoner exchange during backroom talks that have provoked angry responses from the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu and his conservative backers in Israel and the US.</p><p>Adam Boehler, the US special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, told Kan News, an Israeli public broadcaster, that he “does believe” Hamas would eventually lay down its weapons and leave power in Gaza. While he said the series of interviews was meant to explain the US position, he also defended the talks by saying that Washington is “not an agent of Israel”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/us-envoy-secret-talks-hamas-anger-netanyahu-administration">Continue reading...</a> Hamas US news Israel Israel-Gaza war Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Andrew Roth in Washington and Jason Burke in Jerusalem Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:eb549cc8-8a50-728d-6589-16027e081c73 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:40:10 -0300 <p>Prime minister speaks to US president with Ukrainian talks due to start in Saudi Arabia</p><p>Around 80 Labour MPs could refuse to back government plans to cut billions from the welfare budget, <strong>Amy Gibbons </strong>and <strong>Tony Diver</strong> claim in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/starmer-faces-80-mp-rebellion-over-welfare-cuts/">a story </a>for the Daily Telegraph. They report:</p><p>The Telegraph understands that around 80 Labour MPs – roughly a fifth of the parliamentary party – “won’t tolerate” <a href="https://archive.is/o/yHjUf/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/liz-kendall-bring-back-routine-benefit-check-ups/">billions of pounds of welfare cuts</a> set to be announced by the Chancellor later this month.</p><p>The anger is said to have spread beyond the “usual suspects”, with MPs who would not typically criticise Sir Keir threatening to “give the government a slap” over the proposals.</p><p>Our Labour values are built on a simple but powerful idea: that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, should have the support they need to make the most of their lives. Everyone who is capable of working deserves the security, dignity and agency that employment offers. Of course, there are some people who are not able to work and they must be treated with compassion and respect. But for those that can, we must restore the pathways to opportunity which are currently so sparse for millions of people. It is exactly what a Labour government exists to do …</p><p>As MPs, we understand that delivering this new social contract requires hard choices to be made. We welcome the work that has begun to rebuild our welfare system, and we are fully supportive of it. We believe reforming our broken system is not only necessary, but also a truly progressive endeavour. And so we have established the Get Britain Working Group to make that argument, insistently.</p><p>The radical package of reforms will see:</p><p>-£5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability</p><p>This government is determined that instead of facing a life on benefits … we stretch every sinew and pull every lever to ensure that we can get those people into work, because that is the best way for them to have a successful and happy life into the future.</p><p>So I think it’s quite right to look at a benefit system which is clearly broken.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats Donald Trump Trump administration Mark Carney Canada Energy bills Planning policy Reform UK Nigel Farage Rupert Lowe Welfare Benefits Disability Ukraine Gaza Israel David Willetts Science Charities Michael Gove James Dyson Covid inquiry Andrew Sparrow Photograph: Carl Court/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:df32f596-6185-2a1c-c746-07f4b3a9b361 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:21:44 -0300 <p>Party’s MP, who is facing misconduct claims, says ‘you have to stand up to bullies’ after he questioned Farage</p><p>Around 80 Labour MPs could refuse to back government plans to cut billions from the welfare budget, <strong>Amy Gibbons </strong>and <strong>Tony Diver</strong> claim in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/starmer-faces-80-mp-rebellion-over-welfare-cuts/">a story </a>for the Daily Telegraph. They report:</p><p>The Telegraph understands that around 80 Labour MPs – roughly a fifth of the parliamentary party – “won’t tolerate” <a href="https://archive.is/o/yHjUf/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/03/09/liz-kendall-bring-back-routine-benefit-check-ups/">billions of pounds of welfare cuts</a> set to be announced by the Chancellor later this month.</p><p>The anger is said to have spread beyond the “usual suspects”, with MPs who would not typically criticise Sir Keir threatening to “give the government a slap” over the proposals.</p><p>Our Labour values are built on a simple but powerful idea: that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, should have the support they need to make the most of their lives. Everyone who is capable of working deserves the security, dignity and agency that employment offers. Of course, there are some people who are not able to work and they must be treated with compassion and respect. But for those that can, we must restore the pathways to opportunity which are currently so sparse for millions of people. It is exactly what a Labour government exists to do …</p><p>As MPs, we understand that delivering this new social contract requires hard choices to be made. We welcome the work that has begun to rebuild our welfare system, and we are fully supportive of it. We believe reforming our broken system is not only necessary, but also a truly progressive endeavour. And so we have established the Get Britain Working Group to make that argument, insistently.</p><p>The radical package of reforms will see:</p><p>-£5bn in savings by making it harder to qualify for Personal Independence Payments - a benefit not linked to work that is meant to help people with the additional costs of their disability</p><p>This government is determined that instead of facing a life on benefits … we stretch every sinew and pull every lever to ensure that we can get those people into work, because that is the best way for them to have a successful and happy life into the future.</p><p>So I think it’s quite right to look at a benefit system which is clearly broken.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2025/mar/10/lib-dems-keir-starmer-ed-davey-canada-mark-carney-trump-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news">Continue reading...</a> Politics UK news Labour Conservatives Liberal Democrats Donald Trump Trump administration Mark Carney Canada Energy bills Planning policy Reform UK Nigel Farage Rupert Lowe Welfare Benefits Disability Ukraine Gaza Israel David Willetts Science Charities Michael Gove James Dyson Covid inquiry Andrew Sparrow Photograph: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/child-deaths-surge-amid-gazafication-of-west-bank-report-says World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ceef8ddf-d3fd-69f1-7b72-cd6c5b5edfd9 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:53:53 -0300 <p>Palestinians facing mass displacements, airstrikes and rise in attacks on children and other civilians, rights group says</p><p>Israel has brought the military tactics of its war in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians face mass forced displacements, a surge in airstrikes and a sharp rise in attacks on children and other civilians, a Palestinian-Israeli rights group has said.</p><p>B’tselem has detailed the impact of Israel’s most intense operations in the area for at least two decades in a <a href="https://www.btselem.org/gaza_doctrine_west_bank_under_fire">report</a> that describes what it calls<strong> </strong>the “Gazafication” of Israel’s occupation there.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/10/child-deaths-surge-amid-gazafication-of-west-bank-report-says">Continue reading...</a> West Bank Gaza Palestinian territories Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Tammun Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian https://www.ft.com/content/fbb2a5b5-15f1-4c86-87e9-deefddd2129f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e5d8d70a-492d-70e6-654a-ed93f8311286 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:10:59 -0300 Brutal retaliation by supporters of new government undermine legitimacy of Ahmed al-Sharaa at home and overseas https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:df95a7c4-aec1-508f-6996-7045ac4038a2 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:09:52 -0300 <p>Syria’s defence ministry spokesperson warns of further retribution against forces loyal to Assad</p><p><strong>Syria</strong>’s defence ministry has announced it has completed military operations to fight remnants of former ousted president <strong>Bashar al-Assad</strong>’s forces.</p><p><strong>China</strong> on Monday called for all warring parties in <strong>Syria</strong> to “immediately stop” violence. AFP reports foreign ministry spokesperson <strong>Mao Ning</strong> said “China follows closely the situation in Syria and is concerned about the large number of casualties caused by these armed clashes.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news">Continue reading...</a> World news Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Syria Guardian Staff Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6636d81c-e2b0-bf11-75af-99027cc5ad1c Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:09:52 -0300 <p>Syria’s defence ministry spokesperson warns of further retribution against forces loyal to Assad. This live blog is closed</p><p><strong>Syria</strong>’s defence ministry has announced it has completed military operations to fight remnants of former ousted president <strong>Bashar al-Assad</strong>’s forces.</p><p><strong>China</strong> on Monday called for all warring parties in <strong>Syria</strong> to “immediately stop” violence. AFP reports foreign ministry spokesperson <strong>Mao Ning</strong> said “China follows closely the situation in Syria and is concerned about the large number of casualties caused by these armed clashes.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news">Continue reading...</a> World news Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Syria Martin Belam Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7d9e3a1c-5647-9470-6548-9f0b8143fefb Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:33:01 -0300 <p>Hamas says it is up to Israel to agree move to second stage of negotiations; Israel says it will cut off electricity supplies to Gaza</p><p><strong>Syria</strong>’s defence ministry has announced it has completed military operations to fight remnants of former ousted president <strong>Bashar al-Assad</strong>’s forces.</p><p><strong>China</strong> on Monday called for all warring parties in <strong>Syria</strong> to “immediately stop” violence. AFP reports foreign ministry spokesperson <strong>Mao Ning</strong> said “China follows closely the situation in Syria and is concerned about the large number of casualties caused by these armed clashes.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news">Continue reading...</a> World news Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Syria Guardian Staff Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/842692b9-ffa3-422d-9343-0d7cd0b2392d FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:0c13fb9d-5eec-8d59-ea04-3619c0d329e4 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:26:42 -0300 Zelenskyy in effort to persuade Trump he wants an end to war with Russia after freeze on military and intelligence aid https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:bb3be351-bc30-4ed7-bab4-50955dbddbb9 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:09:02 -0300 <p>Israel says it will cut off remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in apparent attempt to increase pressure on Hamas</p><p><strong>China</strong> on Monday called for all warring parties in <strong>Syria</strong> to “immediately stop” violence. AFP reports foreign ministry spokesperson <strong>Mao Ning</strong> said “China follows closely the situation in Syria and is concerned about the large number of casualties caused by these armed clashes.”</p><p>Mao said China called on “relevant parties to immediately stop armed clashes and hostile actions, earnestly protect the safety of civilians, respect and adhere to the principle of inclusiveness”.</p><p>We have softened our demands at the request of the mediators and Trump’s envoy, and we await the results of the negotiations. Israel’s duty is to agree to move to the second stage.</p><p>The talks are based on ending the war, withdrawing, and rebuilding the Gaza Strip. We agree to the Egyptian proposal to establish a committee responsible for managing the Gaza Strip and its reconstruction.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/10/israel-gaza-palestine-syria-middle-east-latest-live-news">Continue reading...</a> World news Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Syria Guardian Staff Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/ceasefire-palestinians-gaza-israel-west-bank World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7fcdbe20-cc77-ea20-e257-dbaed5efa54c Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:00:16 -0300 <p>A winding down of operations in Gaza has allowed Israel to turn its attention to the West Bank, with devastating effects</p><p>It has been just over six weeks since a ceasefire came into effect in Gaza, and it’s clear that it would more accurately be called a “reduce” fire, rather than a cessation. Scores of people are still being killed; enough, in any other scenario, to be deemed both alarming and newsworthy. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/1/17/more-than-100-people-killed-in-gaza-since-truce-deal">More than 100 people</a> have died since 19 January, Gaza’s civil defence service spokesperson says. Those killings constitute, alongside other breaches, a grim record of <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/27/how-is-israel-violating-the-gaza-ceasefire-deal">hundreds of reported ceasefire violations</a> by the Israeli government.</p><p>The latest among them is Israeli authorities’ decision to <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jpw5p5e6go">halt humanitarian aid</a> into Gaza, in order to put pressure on Hamas to accept new ceasefire terms: mere hours after the first phase of the ceasefire expired, Israel <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-aid-explainer-ecc0e70d5ff1120a04bf36626dfd96f4">cut off all supplies</a>. In doing so, Israel is using food and civilian relief as a political tool to achieve its objectives, a move that the Qatari foreign ministry, the midwife of hostage releases and ceasefire agreements over the past few months, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jpw5p5e6go">called “a clear violation”</a> of the terms of the truce and of international humanitarian law.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/10/ceasefire-palestinians-gaza-israel-west-bank">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Palestinian territories Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Nesrine Malik Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/60072ea8-d4b7-4f90-8070-cac6094c655a FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d4474fc7-8be3-a2b4-3934-e0ae94a1d8f6 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:00:32 -0300 Reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian’s hopes for détente with west in tatters as rival factions tighten grip on power https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/ice-arrests-palestinian-activist-columbia-protests World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:a3553421-2e24-c485-4def-d1152f3bd8ac Sun, 09 Mar 2025 16:45:23 -0300 <p>Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war</p><p>A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.</p><p>Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment, blocks from the private Ivy League university’s main campus in New York when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told the Associated Press.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/ice-arrests-palestinian-activist-columbia-protests">Continue reading...</a> Trump administration US universities Protest US news US politics Israel-Gaza war Israel Gaza Donald Trump Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Guardian staff and agency Photograph: Ted Shaffrey/AP https://www.ft.com/content/e702c71d-a56a-4eda-baad-3800c6ac2a76 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:08765d25-6875-6a28-995f-8770ce508b84 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:33:04 -0300 President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for calm after attempted pro-Assad uprising triggers revenge killings by pro-government forces https://www.ft.com/content/e702c71d-a56a-4eda-baad-3800c6ac2a76 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:1f85919c-d287-48a3-da8d-a4e5db71fe26 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:33:04 -0300 President Ahmed al-Sharaa calls for calm after attempted pro-Assad uprising triggers revenge killings by pro-government forces https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/10/labor-australia-government-israel-gaza-social-cohesion-ntwnfb World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7e7d3e73-9c45-c32b-6fc4-10dcb9caa2da Sun, 09 Mar 2025 11:00:09 -0300 <p>Exclusive: Department told minister in November 2023 Palestinian and Muslim communities were ‘extremely angry, hurt and betrayed’</p><ul><li>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></li></ul><p>The home affairs department warned the government as early as November 2023 that its perceived one-sidedness in support of Israel during the Gaza conflict left Palestinian and Muslim Australians feeling “extremely angry” and “betrayed” , as well as concerned about social cohesion, documents reveal.</p><p>A November 2023 briefing document to the then immigration minister, Andrew Giles, was obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws. It discussed “social cohesion measures”, including <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/10/chunk-of-government-funding-for-palestinian-and-muslim-communities-in-australia-given-to-media-ntwnfb">a $25m package</a> announced in October 2023 to strengthen resilience and improve support to Australian Palestinian, Muslim and other communities in Australia after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent war waged by Israel in Gaza. A total of $52.8m had been approved for social cohesion measures relating to the conflict, according to the document.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/10/labor-australia-government-israel-gaza-social-cohesion-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a> Australian foreign policy Australia news Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories Israel Antisemitism Islamophobia Australian security and counter-terrorism Josh Taylor Photograph: Darren England/AAP https://www.ft.com/content/336c35d3-cb4c-428c-bdde-e75dcd7b4802 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d5385db1-7136-030d-cc2a-626190000d24 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 09:53:42 -0300 Mediated negotiations in Doha take place after blockade on Gaza reimposed