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/us-news/live/2025/may/22/washington-dc-shooting-israel-embassy-staff-capital-jewish-museum-live-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:80db96ee-4d51-8c10-7239-a1a5fdb68609 Thu, 22 May 2025 03:03:02 -0300 <p>Homicides are under investigation, police say during press conference, after fatal shooting of man and woman </p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-shot-dead-near-washington-dc-jewish-museum-homeland-security-secretary">Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum – homeland security secretary</a></strong></li></ul><p>US Speaker Mike Johnson on the shooting:</p><p>I’ve been informed of the tragic shooting that occurred outside of the Capitol Jewish Museum tonight in Washington D.C. We are monitoring the situation as more details become known and lifting up the victim’s families in our prayers.</p><p>Yoni Kalin and Katie Kalisher were inside the museum when they heard gunshots and a man came inside looking distressed, they said. Kalin said people came to his aid and brought him water, thinking he needed help, without realizing he was the suspect. When police arrived, he pulled out a red keffiyeh and repeatedly yelled, “Free Palestine,’” Kalin said.<br><br> “This event was about humanitarian aid,” Kalin said. “How can we actually help both the people in Gaza and the people in Israel? How can we bring together Muslims and Jews and Christians to work together to actually help innocent people?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/22/washington-dc-shooting-israel-embassy-staff-capital-jewish-museum-live-updates">Continue reading...</a> US news Israel Helen Livingstone Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-members-killed-outside-jewish-museum-in-washington-dc-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:5877c9b9-dab4-add3-54ef-d60ca321181f Thu, 22 May 2025 02:52:32 -0300 <p>Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC were shot and killed near a Jewish museum. Metropolitan police chief Pamela Smith said a preliminary investigation showed both victims were exiting an event at the museum when the attack took place. The suspect is in custody. </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-shot-dead-near-washington-dc-jewish-museum-homeland-security-secretary">Two Israeli embassy staff shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-members-killed-outside-jewish-museum-in-washington-dc-video">Continue reading...</a> US news Israel Washington DC Pam Bondi Guardian Staff Photograph: Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/01b84b63-ecea-41b5-94e1-990e19ecc33a FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:5a3f0544-3180-2bc5-e452-d0175cf23c64 Thu, 22 May 2025 02:32:01 -0300 Suspect in attack outside Jewish museum chanted ‘free Palestine’, police say https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/may/22/labour-takes-action-over-gaza-what-took-them-so-long-politics-weekly-uk World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:db9816a0-b295-17b6-e432-98453d615ddb Thu, 22 May 2025 01:00:48 -0300 <p>The government has suspended trade talks with Israel and denounced its actions in Gaza. But why are we only now seeing this kind of action and moral outrage? John Harris speaks to Melanie Ward, a Labour MP and former chief executive at Medical Aid for Palestinians.</p><p>Plus, after Keir Starmer’s reset with the EU, how does the public feel about the politics of Brexit? Guardian columnist Rafael Behr and Sophie Stowers from More in Common join John to discuss</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/may/22/labour-takes-action-over-gaza-what-took-them-so-long-politics-weekly-uk">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Brexit European Union Politics Foreign policy UK news Presented by John Harris with Melanie Ward, Rafael Behr and Sophie Stowers, produced by Natalie Ktena , music by Axel Kacoutié; the executive producer is Zoe Hitch. Photograph: House of Commons HANDOUT/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-shot-dead-near-washington-dc-jewish-museum-homeland-security-secretary World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0ae4f181-fd32-f026-c06a-f23d81244424 Thu, 22 May 2025 00:46:19 -0300 <p>Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/22/washington-dc-shooting-israel-embassy-staff-capital-jewish-museum-live-updates">Washington DC shooting: follow live for latest updates</a></li></ul><p>A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday night.</p><p>The gunman, identified as a 30-year-old from Chicago, approached a group of four people leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum and opened fire, killing a man and woman.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/two-israeli-embassy-staff-shot-dead-near-washington-dc-jewish-museum-homeland-security-secretary">Continue reading...</a> US news Israel World news Washington DC Joseph Gedeon in Washington Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/b88745d2-d29b-4613-8632-fa763eb4f924 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:425ed57b-6eed-7d5d-4f70-ca90e7781949 Wed, 21 May 2025 19:49:19 -0300 Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh to appear in court in London next month over allegations of waving a Hizbollah flag at a concert https://www.ft.com/content/60fe2c70-fa40-4050-86da-8ccc1268a42e FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:797a648f-af53-f1c8-c28c-aca43b69958c Wed, 21 May 2025 18:36:27 -0300 Republican and Democratic lawmakers have voiced concerns about ethics and security around such a gift https://www.ft.com/content/3a231f5a-9377-4b3d-841d-cde3c3e5660f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:4dd02fe7-2d19-5b18-8ceb-3a50a237e1a5 Wed, 21 May 2025 17:23:40 -0300 Premier says propaganda pushed by Muslim minorities is driving European condemnation of latest offensive https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/talks-to-start-on-british-recognition-of-state-of-palestine World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:245aeb00-c4c0-597e-e5b1-214e5f614e67 Wed, 21 May 2025 16:03:19 -0300 <p>Meetings come after UK foreign secretary David Lammy suspends trade talks with Israel</p><p>Talks will start on Friday at an official level about the possibility of recognising the state of Palestine.</p><p>A senior Arab diplomat in London said:“If you asked me a fortnight ago if there will be wider recognition [of Palestine] by western states I would have said no, but now I am not so sure.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/talks-to-start-on-british-recognition-of-state-of-palestine">Continue reading...</a> David Lammy Politics UK news Israel World news Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:29b5e914-ecb1-b631-a969-72eb84b1085a Wed, 21 May 2025 16:00:44 -0300 <p>This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Israel-Gaza war, read our full report:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/israeli-troops-fire-warning-shots-25-diplomats-visiting-occupied-west-bank">Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank</a></li></ul><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Tom Ambrose, Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier) Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:06990302-3675-f5a2-2081-19f221d8d105 Wed, 21 May 2025 15:39:31 -0300 <p>PM gives news conference, saying Israel is prepared for an opportunity for a temporary ceasefire and hostage release deal</p><p></p><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Tom Ambrose, Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier) Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/israeli-troops-fire-warning-shots-25-diplomats-visiting-occupied-west-bank World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b15ae346-dac7-c0f5-cbf3-f0cacc7c60d6 Wed, 21 May 2025 15:36:42 -0300 <p>Shots force delegation representing 31 countries, including Italy, Canada, Egypt and UK, to run for cover</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Israeli troops have fired “warning shots” at a group of 25 diplomats who were visiting Jenin in the Israel-occupied West Bank on an official mission organised by the Palestinian Authority to observe the humanitarian situation there.</p><p>The Israeli military said the visit had been approved but the delegation “deviated from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots to distance them from the area.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/israeli-troops-fire-warning-shots-25-diplomats-visiting-occupied-west-bank">Continue reading...</a> West Bank Israel Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Gaza World news Middle East and north Africa Europe Jason Burke and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem Photograph: FAJER TV https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/lammys-rebuke-of-israel-marks-turning-point-after-weeks-of-growing-frustration World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cf1d5981-4567-6a9f-9bf2-ecfe4907d2b1 Wed, 21 May 2025 14:51:51 -0300 <p>Shift in rhetoric follows tense meeting with Israel’s foreign minister and growing global alarm over Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>The anger inside the Foreign Office over Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza had been slowly building until – like an exploding pressure cooker – the foreign secretary, David Lammy, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">let loose</a> his most damning criticism of Israeli since the Gaza conflict started in 2023.</p><p>Lammy’s innate ability to put the rhetorical burners on issues has had to be restrained as the UK’s leading diplomat, but once he entered the Commons chamber to condemn Israel’s blockade of aid, this was Lammy unleashed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/lammys-rebuke-of-israel-marks-turning-point-after-weeks-of-growing-frustration">Continue reading...</a> Foreign policy Israel Gaza United Nations David Lammy Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Politics UK news World news Patrick Wintour Photograph: House of Commons HANDOUT/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/may/21/ella-baron-israel-destruction-gaza-cartoon World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:03c91688-a04f-52aa-51c5-58ce04dc71b2 Wed, 21 May 2025 14:39:42 -0300 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/may/21/ella-baron-israel-destruction-gaza-cartoon">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Foreign policy Politics Ella Baron Illustration: Ella Baron/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:70796dd9-a51b-49da-7c44-41cb0ce37db0 Wed, 21 May 2025 14:26:20 -0300 <p>Turkey, France, Spain and Ireland condemn ‘unacceptable’ incident</p><p></p><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Tom Ambrose, Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/4eaecb90-23f5-47c5-91a2-212497104a06 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:ae0c60ef-9a88-2169-53c7-39b66b8ad9c7 Wed, 21 May 2025 14:10:04 -0300 Success rides on how leaders in the region decide to focus their spending https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/21/angela-rayner-leaked-memo-tax-rises-spring-statement-keir-starmer-pmqs-uk-politics-live World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0b40fc6b-86de-a954-9fe7-76a4b1baf48e Wed, 21 May 2025 14:03:27 -0300 <p>Downing Street unable to say how many more pensioners would receive winter fuel payments or when changes would come in. This blog is now closed, read our report <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/21/keir-starmer-confirms-u-turn-on-winter-fuel-payment-cuts">here</a></p><p><strong>YouGov</strong> has published <a href="https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/52221-britons-think-labour-is-going-after-reform-uk-voters-but-are-they-interested">more details</a> of its polling on the electorate’s relationship with Labour, as covered in the Sky News report mentioned earlier. (See<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/21/angela-rayner-leaked-memo-tax-rises-spring-statement-keir-starmer-pmqs-uk-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-682d94a08f08461eab947c6b#block-682d94a08f08461eab947c6b"> 10.06am</a>.)</p><p>It shows that Reform UK supporters are most likely to think that Labour is trying hard to appeal to them – but least likely to say they would respond positively. Only 4% of Reform UK supporters say they would consider voting Labour, the poll says.</p><p>I ask her if there will be any changes as demanded by MPs<br><br> She says while “we want to make sure we address all of people’s concerns, but stressed: “whatever the fiscal position that the government faces, I think the system as a whole needs to change.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/21/angela-rayner-leaked-memo-tax-rises-spring-statement-keir-starmer-pmqs-uk-politics-live">Continue reading...</a> Politics Tax and spending Angela Rayner Rachel Reeves PMQs Keir Starmer Kemi Badenoch Labour Conservatives UK news Tax House of Commons Opinion polls Disability Benefits Welfare Older people Ed Davey Unison Scottish National party (SNP) Scotland Scottish politics Anas Sarwar Institute for Fiscal Studies Trade unions Wales Welsh politics Eluned Morgan Thinktanks Israel Nigel Farage Reform UK Green party Andrew Sparrow Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:21020a80-7f06-9e89-210e-585c1f8fa5aa Wed, 21 May 2025 12:14:24 -0300 <p>Doctors Without Borders says deliveries are just ‘a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over’</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></strong></li></ul><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Tom Ambrose (now); Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2025/may/21/what-will-it-take-to-stop-israel-attacks-on-gaza-full-story-podcast World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:34cd399e-a2d5-d38a-67d8-137097cd5343 Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:34 -0300 <p>As Israel intensifies its attacks, and prepares to indefinitely occupy the whole of Gaza, there has been a shift among some foreign leaders. Australian human rights lawyer <strong>Chris Sidoti</strong> speaks to <strong>Nour Haydar</strong> about the growing global fury at Israel and why he thinks Australia needs to act now to help stop the killing</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2025/may/21/what-will-it-take-to-stop-israel-attacks-on-gaza-full-story-podcast">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Australian foreign policy Presented by Nour Haydar; produced by Nour Haydar, Karishma Luthria, Camilla Hannan and Allison Chan; sound design and mix by Camilla Hannan; executive producer is Hannah Parkes Composite: Amir Cohen/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/21/israeli-protesters-attempt-block-gaza-aid-trucks-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3bdc931f-e3d1-f8e2-c51f-24f1fbb32c79 Wed, 21 May 2025 11:09:58 -0300 <p>Israeli protesters have gathered near the Kerem Shalom border crossing in an attempt to block trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza as international experts warn of famine.</p><p>Israel's stepped-up military campaign in the strip has strained its relations with much of the world. European countries including France, Germany and Britain have said the situation is intolerable, and even the support of the US, Israel's closest ally, appears to be wavering. Israel denies Gaza is facing a hunger crisis and has said its blockade is aimed in part at preventing Hamas from diverting and seizing aid supplies. Hamas has denied doing so and accuses Israel of using starvation as a military tactic</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-682d95368f08a5e9325ec44b#top-of-blog"><strong>Israel-Gaza war – live updates</strong></a><strong> </strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/21/israeli-protesters-attempt-block-gaza-aid-trucks-video">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Hamas Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/international-opinion-israel-netanyahu-gaza-war World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7c717a8a-cadf-b9b3-cdb8-c07128ff5c7f Wed, 21 May 2025 10:20:03 -0300 <p>Condemnation alone won’t change Israel’s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is required</p><ul><li>Sanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programme</li></ul><p>Nineteen months on from the 7 October Hamas attacks and the war in Gaza, Israel is under a new wave of international pressure and increasingly isolated from its partners and allies. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government recently announced its intention to reoccupy Gaza yet again, and called up Israeli reservists. In tandem, the illegal expansion of settlements and violence in the West Bank continues unabated. And as part of a tactic to bring pressure to bear on Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza, Israel <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo">halted the delivery of humanitarian aid</a> into Gaza for two months, leading to widespread starvation and brutal conditions.</p><p>In reaction, the UK, France and Canada issued a joint statement expressing a strong rebuke of Israel’s war effort. The UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, also announced a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">freeze on trade discussions</a> with Israel, and the imposition of sanctions on settlers and organisations involved in West Bank violence. This reproach followed the Dutch foreign minister’s call to review the <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-israel-diplomatic-agreement-review-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-strip/">EU-Israel association agreement</a>. The move, supported by a large number of EU states, criticised Israel’s conduct of war and could lead to sanctions. Spain’s prime minister went even further, calling Israel a <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/spanish-pm-calls-israel-genocidal-state-sparking-anger-from-foreign-ministry/">genocidal state</a>. Strikingly, even the staunchly pro-Israeli Trump administration is also taking its distance from Netanyahu’s government, with Donald Trump avoiding a stop in Israel on his Middle East tour. The US vice-president, JD Vance, has also chosen to delay a visit to Israel, suggesting that the administration wants to dissociate itself from the optics of this unending war.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/21/international-opinion-israel-netanyahu-gaza-war">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Palestinian territories Benjamin Netanyahu David Lammy Middle East and north Africa World news Sanam Vakil Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b329b896-7efa-7d0c-d72f-a22e9ae0b4c7 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:12:03 -0300 <p>Aid group says deliveries are just ‘a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over’</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></strong></li></ul><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Fran Singh (now) Amy Sedghi, Tom Ambrose and Martin Belam (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/uk-mps-to-grill-ministers-over-arms-exports-to-israel World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1aee83a7-620b-5ea9-aa33-d85cd4618336 Wed, 21 May 2025 08:18:59 -0300 <p>Business committee orders three ministers to answer questions over fears arms being sent for use in Gaza</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/21/angela-rayner-leaked-memo-tax-rises-spring-statement-keir-starmer-pmqs-uk-politics-live">Politics live – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Three ministers responsible for arms exports to Israel have been summoned by parliament’s committee overseeing UK exports to explain possible loopholes in the rules.</p><p>Liam Byrne, the chair of the business select committee has ordered the trade minister, Douglas Alexander, and the relevant ministers from the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence and to offer urgent explanations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/uk-mps-to-grill-ministers-over-arms-exports-to-israel">Continue reading...</a> Arms trade Foreign policy Israel David Lammy UK news Politics Middle East and north Africa Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:152a0771-cf18-5102-6db7-dd23c0d4517d Wed, 21 May 2025 07:11:43 -0300 <p>Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert says Netanyahu’s government was a fighting ‘a war without a purpose’</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></strong></li></ul><p>Reuters has spoken to Mahmoud al-Haw at one of the soup kitchens in <strong>Gaza</strong>. The father-of-four says he has been regularly waiting in crowds for up to six hours to obtain food, and sometimes returns empty-handed.</p><p>“I have a sick daughter. I can’t provide her with anything. There is no bread, there is nothing,” the 39-year-old told the news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Martin Belam Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/f6a2e3ce-0dfa-4194-a1d7-0c6797e40216 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d1afdf0c-f504-fd22-a658-625cbeb6dc48 Wed, 21 May 2025 03:54:01 -0300 Discussions regard travel ban and asset freeze on finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:aa38035b-d399-efd3-96b2-359d03bb7d46 Wed, 21 May 2025 03:33:17 -0300 <p>The European Union said it would review its trade cooperation deal with Israel over the blockade of Gaza, while the UK suspended free-trade negotiations</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></strong></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/21/israel-gaza-blockade-aid-hamas-netanyahu-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Guardian Staff Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/penny-wong-condemns-netanyahu-government-members-gaza-comments-ntwnfb World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f449c5c3-d9d4-a370-025d-a40ad3f4cb78 Wed, 21 May 2025 03:24:52 -0300 <p>UK suspends trade negotiations over ‘monstrous’ rhetoric as Gaza starvation worsens</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/21/australia-news-live-sydney-train-delays-taree-nsw-floods-coalition-breakup-david-littleproud-sussan-ley-nationals-liberals-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/07/results-2025-federal-election-live">Full federal election results: live Australian Senate seat count</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/australian-election-2025">See our full coverage of the Australian election</a></li><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>Penny Wong has condemned “abhorrent and outrageous” comments made by Netanyahu government members in recent days and said the Israeli government “cannot allow the suffering” in Gaza to continue.</p><p>Wong spoke with her Israeli counterpart on Friday ahead of a Sunday announcement by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu that he would ease the 11-week siege on food, fuel and aid supplies that has left many of the two million people trapped in Gaza starving.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/21/penny-wong-condemns-netanyahu-government-members-gaza-comments-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a> Foreign policy Australian politics Gaza Israel Australia news Palestinian territories Penny Wong Sarah Basford Canales Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP https://www.ft.com/content/ae191ff4-916c-4cc3-8a93-631754bcba90 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:ff331640-dd3d-cccb-b09d-3d0a9c16daca Wed, 21 May 2025 01:00:00 -0300 US and Israel-backed plan to hand control to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has provoked fierce criticism https://www.ft.com/content/01997cf6-4516-4007-9918-e044ef293813 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:48a2e462-51b7-b954-4122-0ce34b0c668a Wed, 21 May 2025 01:00:00 -0300 Chinese battery maker’s listing is the biggest of 2025 https://www.ft.com/content/0dc7feeb-0136-4229-8154-442daeb973fe FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:21a38c1f-dafe-2606-2b0e-baea2d81726b Tue, 20 May 2025 16:41:33 -0300 International criticism of the military campaign in the Palestinian enclave increases https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b7da9c61-4948-2729-b6ad-82b500380266 Tue, 20 May 2025 15:53:23 -0300 <p>Kaja Kallas says ‘strong majority’ of EU foreign ministers backs move to pressure Israel after UK suspends trade talks</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">UK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellant’ extremism</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></li></ul><p><strong>Philippe Lazzarini</strong>, the commissioner-general of <strong>Unrwa</strong>, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/20/trump-can-use-influence-to-fully-lift-gaza-aid-blockade-unrwa-chief-tells-euronews">has been speaking to Euronews</a>.</p><p>He said US President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> has the unique power to force Israeli prime minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu</strong> to “change the situation” in Gaza.</p><p><em>I do believe that President Donald Trump has the necessary influence to change the situation in Gaza and make sure that the siege be lifted and that the population get access to the assistance it deserves.</em></p><p><em>It’s an outrage that we are confronted by a situation of starvation when it comes to Gaza. It’s a completely fabricated one. We are in a situation where hunger and food are being weaponised for political and military purposes…</em></p><p><em>What is needed in Gaza is a massive, unhindered, uninterrupted assistance of supply to make sure that we are reversing the trend of the spreading hunger.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Amy Sedghi and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:177aad76-494b-aa7b-605d-2a536f08c7a8 Tue, 20 May 2025 15:53:23 -0300 <p>This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest reports here:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">UK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellant’ extremism</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN</a></li></ul><p><strong>Philippe Lazzarini</strong>, the commissioner-general of <strong>Unrwa</strong>, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/20/trump-can-use-influence-to-fully-lift-gaza-aid-blockade-unrwa-chief-tells-euronews">has been speaking to Euronews</a>.</p><p>He said US President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> has the unique power to force Israeli prime minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu</strong> to “change the situation” in Gaza.</p><p><em>I do believe that President Donald Trump has the necessary influence to change the situation in Gaza and make sure that the siege be lifted and that the population get access to the assistance it deserves.</em></p><p><em>It’s an outrage that we are confronted by a situation of starvation when it comes to Gaza. It’s a completely fabricated one. We are in a situation where hunger and food are being weaponised for political and military purposes…</em></p><p><em>What is needed in Gaza is a massive, unhindered, uninterrupted assistance of supply to make sure that we are reversing the trend of the spreading hunger.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Amy Sedghi and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:43237fdb-16af-4e56-8a0b-6aef85c87ba0 Tue, 20 May 2025 15:53:09 -0300 <p>Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/19/gaza-israel-aid-war-latest-live-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of Gaza, Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving Palestinians, the UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.</p><p>Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment, Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) told a Geneva press briefing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un">Continue reading...</a> Israel Gaza Palestinian territories United Nations Benjamin Netanyahu World news Middle East and north Africa Emma Graham-Harrison and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem Photograph: Saher Alghorra/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/20/aid-trucks-trickle-into-gaza-while-airstrikes-continue-video-report World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0540cecc-fde1-8bcf-bc52-944aa102af73 Tue, 20 May 2025 15:33:29 -0300 <p>Footage from Gaza shows thousands of people scrambling to get food outside a soup kitchen while only five aid trucks have been allowed into Gaza after an 11-week blockade. The UN says 14,000 babies will die in the next 48 hours if the aid does not reach them in time. This comes after mounting international pressure. Israel has said it will allow a further 100 trucks into Gaza, but this is only a fifth of what was arriving into Gaza before the war</p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Middle East crisis live – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">UK suspends trade talks with Israel and attacks ‘repellant’ extremism</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/may/20/aid-trucks-trickle-into-gaza-while-airstrikes-continue-video-report">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel-Gaza war World news United Nations Israel Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cbfd3f2f-35ce-abea-92a2-d994ea0682f6 Tue, 20 May 2025 14:59:34 -0300 <p>Foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/19/gaza-israel-aid-war-latest-live-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>UK-Israeli relations have plunged to their worst state for decades after the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, suspended negotiations over a new free trade deal, saying Israel’s cabinet ministers’ calls to “purify Gaza” by expelling Palestinians were repellent, monstrous and extremist.</p><p>He also said wider talks about a future bilateral strategic roadmap with Israel were also being reviewed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war David Lammy Gaza Israel Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Foreign policy Trade policy Patrick Wintour and Emma Graham-Harrison Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/the-guardian-view-on-the-calls-to-save-gaza-palestinians-need-deeds-not-words World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:77e576d0-2012-890d-9e0b-90a0668a44db Tue, 20 May 2025 14:54:02 -0300 <p>Israel faces growing international condemnation. But more is required to restore aid and bring a ceasefire</p><p>The UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-682c339f8f08a9a7b485d6da#block-682c339f8f08a9a7b485d6da">fears that thousands of babies are at imminent risk of death</a> in Gaza unless aid reaches them. Benjamin Netanyahu fears that foreign politicians could see too many pictures of Palestinian children like these.</p><p>Two months after all supplies were cut off, the Israeli government denies the obvious truth: that Gaza is on the brink of famine. But on Monday night the prime minister announced that “minimal” aid deliveries would restart, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action">saying</a> his country’s “greatest friends in the world” had told him that they could not “accept images of … mass hunger”. His entirely cynical response saw a handful of trucks permitted to cross; reportedly, 100 a day will now be allowed – grotesquely inadequate given the vast scale of need. Reaching the most vulnerable will be perilous and difficult anyway amid Israel’s intensified offensive. Mr Netanyahu vowed that Israel would “take control” of all of Gaza.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/the-guardian-view-on-the-calls-to-save-gaza-palestinians-need-deeds-not-words">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Israel Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Foreign policy Politics Editorial Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/20/palestinian-paracyclist-who-lost-leg-in-2014-airstrike-killed-in-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8dbf4a10-e836-4665-2823-7263077f9a05 Tue, 20 May 2025 14:42:29 -0300 <p>Israeli strike on Khan Younis kills Ahmed al-Dali, 33, a father of four and member of Gaza Sunbirds cycling team</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/19/gaza-israel-aid-war-latest-live-news">Middle East crisis – live update</a></li></ul><p>A Palestinian cyclist who lost his leg in an Israeli airstrike more than a decade ago was killed by another missile attack this week, after spending his life trying to defy his disability.</p><p>Ahmed al-Dali, 33, was a member of <a href="https://gazasunbirds.org/">the Gaza Sunbirds</a>, a paracycling team formed in 2020. He was also a keen para-footballer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/20/palestinian-paracyclist-who-lost-leg-in-2014-airstrike-killed-in-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Global development Gaza World news Sport Israel Palestinian territories Israel-Gaza war Middle East and north Africa Disability and sport Kaamil Ahmed Photograph: Athletes For Palestine/Gaza Sunbirds https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:da0f5363-2e20-8730-7b5d-e7afab4df24c Tue, 20 May 2025 14:14:23 -0300 <p>Israel foreign ministry spokesperson accuses Britain of ‘anti-Israel obsession’ after UK pauses trade talks over blockade of Gaza</p><p><strong>Philippe Lazzarini</strong>, the commissioner-general of <strong>Unrwa</strong>, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/20/trump-can-use-influence-to-fully-lift-gaza-aid-blockade-unrwa-chief-tells-euronews">has been speaking to Euronews</a>.</p><p>He said US President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> has the unique power to force Israeli prime minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu</strong> to “change the situation” in Gaza.</p><p><em>I do believe that President Donald Trump has the necessary influence to change the situation in Gaza and make sure that the siege be lifted and that the population get access to the assistance it deserves.</em></p><p><em>It’s an outrage that we are confronted by a situation of starvation when it comes to Gaza. It’s a completely fabricated one. We are in a situation where hunger and food are being weaponised for political and military purposes…</em></p><p><em>What is needed in Gaza is a massive, unhindered, uninterrupted assistance of supply to make sure that we are reversing the trend of the spreading hunger.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Léonie Chao-Fong (now); Amy Sedghi and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/judgment-israel-gaza-benjamin-netanyahu-enablers World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e3273862-0d66-08aa-af19-ca7d9b723b5b Tue, 20 May 2025 14:10:06 -0300 <p>Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza has prompted international condemnation, but many of those critics will face their own reckoning </p><p>Suddenly, something is shifting. Last week, a stunning parliamentary intervention was delivered by the Tory backbencher Kit Malthouse. In a question to Hamish Falconer, Labour’s Middle East minister, he noted that “it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-05-14/debates/D0220F25-5BED-4AAF-9E15-0CDE142FCB47/GazaUKAssessment#:~:text=It%20is%20becoming%20increasingly%20difficult%20to%20keep%20up%20with%20the%20slaughter%20in%20Gaza">slaughter in Gaza</a>”, adding that “crimes come daily”. Given Britain was signatory to various conventions imposing a “positive obligation to act to prevent genocide” and other crimes, Malthouse asked what advice the government had taken as to the liability of the prime minister, the foreign secretary, Falconer himself and previous ministers “when the reckoning comes”.</p><p>The idea of a “reckoning” is clearly playing on the minds of western politicians. Perhaps it is even keeping them up at night. This week, Britain joined France and Canada in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action">denouncing the suffering</a> in Gaza as “intolerable”, threatening an unspecified “concrete” response if Israel’s current onslaught into the Gaza Strip continues. Speaking in the Commons today, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, announced the UK was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/20/uk-eu-deal-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-gulf-nations-politic-live-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-682c85998f08a5e9325ebad3#block-682c85998f08a5e9325ebad3">suspending trade talks</a> with Israel, summoning its ambassador to the UK and imposing sanctions on a few extremist settlers. “The world is judging. History will judge them,” he said, in reference to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.</p><p>Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/20/judgment-israel-gaza-benjamin-netanyahu-enablers">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Israel Israel-Gaza war Benjamin Netanyahu Politics UK news Arms trade Owen Jones Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b5ad6e5c-fa85-40c7-c147-bb077287c061 Tue, 20 May 2025 14:01:26 -0300 <p>Foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemns blocking of aid trucks and calls by Israeli ministers to ‘purify Gaza’</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/19/gaza-israel-aid-war-latest-live-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></li></ul><p>UK-Israeli relations have plunged to their worst state for decades after the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, suspended negotiations over a new free trade deal, saying Israel’s cabinet ministers’ calls to “purify Gaza” by expelling Palestinians were repellant, monstrous and extremist.</p><p>He also said wider talks about a future bilateral strategic roadmap with Israel were also being reviewed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/uk-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-repellant-extremism">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war David Lammy Gaza Israel Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Foreign policy Trade policy Patrick Wintour and Emma Graham-Harrison Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2025/may/20/david-lammy-challenges-priti-patel-to-condemn-israel-siege-of-gaza-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7c8e19e0-f932-372d-7b50-95daa4c593cd Tue, 20 May 2025 12:35:02 -0300 <p>The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, said the Tory frontbench was 'refusing to confront the appalling reality of what is happening in Gaza and what the Netanyahu government is doing', after the shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel, queried the government's decision to condemn Israel's siege and stop free trade talks</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2025/may/20/end-this-blockade-now-uk-calls-out-netanyahu-and-suspends-trade-talks-with-israel-video">'End this blockade now': UK calls out Netanyahu and suspends trade talks with Israel – video</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/20/uk-eu-deal-keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-gulf-nations-politic-live-news-updates">UK suspends trade talks with Israel – politics live</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2025/may/20/david-lammy-challenges-priti-patel-to-condemn-israel-siege-of-gaza-video">Continue reading...</a> David Lammy Priti Patel Israel-Gaza war Foreign policy Israel UK news Photograph: Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/0dc7feeb-0136-4229-8154-442daeb973fe FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:92fafa43-81a4-6125-f646-88512ac45e6a Tue, 20 May 2025 12:29:14 -0300 Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan says country risks becoming ‘pariah state’ amid mounting international criticism https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ae98a123-fa68-abf2-cddf-3b51e603bd26 Tue, 20 May 2025 11:27:10 -0300 <p>UN’s humanitarian chief says aid lorries, which contain baby food and nutrition, are technically in Gaza but have not reached civilians</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action">Full report: Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza</a></strong></li></ul><p><strong>Philippe Lazzarini</strong>, the commissioner-general of <strong>Unrwa</strong>, the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/20/trump-can-use-influence-to-fully-lift-gaza-aid-blockade-unrwa-chief-tells-euronews">has been speaking to Euronews</a>.</p><p>He said US President <strong>Donald Trump</strong> has the unique power to force Israeli prime minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu</strong> to “change the situation” in Gaza.</p><p><em>I do believe that President Donald Trump has the necessary influence to change the situation in Gaza and make sure that the siege be lifted and that the population get access to the assistance it deserves.</em></p><p><em>It’s an outrage that we are confronted by a situation of starvation when it comes to Gaza. It’s a completely fabricated one. We are in a situation where hunger and food are being weaponised for political and military purposes…</em></p><p><em>What is needed in Gaza is a massive, unhindered, uninterrupted assistance of supply to make sure that we are reversing the trend of the spreading hunger.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Israel-Gaza war Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Yohannes Lowe (now) and Amy Sedghi (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/0dc7feeb-0136-4229-8154-442daeb973fe FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d3aac2b5-cda5-a842-5c37-ace4b010a6f4 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:45:40 -0300 Yair Golan says Israel not ‘acting like a sane country’, as UK, France and Canada threaten action in response to offensive https://www.ft.com/content/652001ef-30f7-4110-940d-7d2331f6ba10 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:df346db3-e3e5-b50a-4858-6fe42d60e3c0 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:35:01 -0300 Comments damp expectations of breakthrough to end long-running crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme https://www.ft.com/content/652001ef-30f7-4110-940d-7d2331f6ba10 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:12d55459-f5d6-d53e-6295-26cc7cb554a7 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:35:01 -0300 Comments damp expectations of breakthrough to end long-running crisis over Tehran’s nuclear programme https://www.ft.com/content/8f080842-1d45-4c37-8612-bc6e3c7967b1 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:463c693c-c553-696e-8ba5-d1827da17528 Tue, 20 May 2025 08:30:59 -0300 Philippe Lazzarini says ‘primary intent’ of US-backed proposal is to push population south and even out of strip https://www.ft.com/content/19d79d6c-6eee-4548-bac7-395caa7b8e47 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e3cbeaed-3b22-1de5-a4b8-9425ad14a723 Tue, 20 May 2025 06:56:32 -0300 Country’s prime minister says the US has accepted many gifts from allies in the past, including the Statue of Liberty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/australia-joins-demand-israel-allow-aid-into-gaza--starvation World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:53240ba2-c3d9-d2dd-06c0-e7e94d9a7342 Tue, 20 May 2025 06:03:29 -0300 <p>‘Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change,’ joint statement declares after Israel announces military expansion</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/20/australia-news-live-rba-interest-rates-decision-floods-storm-hunter-nsw-victoria-state-budget-aec-count-bradfield-goldstein-coalition-ley-littleproud-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics updates</a></li><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>Australia has joined 22 other nations in condemning Israel over its decision to allow limited aid into Gaza while announcing a military expansion to “take control” of the besieged strip.</p><p>The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his troops <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action">were “making progress” on taking control of Gaza</a> after Israel’s military had earlier declared a central city a combat zone and killed more than 60 people in airstrikes, while a senior minister said Israel’s army would “wipe out” what remains of Palestinian Gaza.</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/world/2025/may/20/australia-joins-demand-israel-allow-aid-into-gaza--starvation">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Australian politics Australia news Human rights Australian foreign policy Sarah Basford Canales Photograph: Haitham Imad/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6915cea5-7ca0-e002-6e1f-e63b35567701 Tue, 20 May 2025 04:10:31 -0300 <p>Leaders of UK, France and Canada condemn Israel’s ‘egregious actions’ in Gaza and warn of joint action if offensive continues</p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action">Full report: Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza</a></strong></li></ul><p>Gaza’s civil defence agency said in its latest update that Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 44 Palestinian people in Gaza so far today.</p><p>“Civil defence teams have transferred (to hospitals) at least 44 dead, mostly children and women, as well as dozens of wounded” across Gaza since 1:00 am (2200 GMT Monday), agency spokesperson <strong>Mahmud Bassal</strong> told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/20/israel-gaza-hamas-aid-middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Palestinian territories World news Middle East and north Africa Yohannes Lowe Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images