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/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:418f3ed2-dfc2-1821-91fa-d1b810d77f2e Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:52:55 -0300 <p>Iran’s foreign minister urges US not to join war after a night of strikes from both Tehran and Israel</p><p>The <strong>United Nations</strong> high commissioner for refugees, <strong>Filippo Grandi</strong>, has urged more international support for <strong>Syria</strong> to speed up reconstruction and enable further refugee returns after 14 years of civil war, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).</p><p>“I am here also to really make an appeal to the international community to provide more help, more assistance to the Syrian government in this big challenge of recovery of the country,” Grandi told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of a visit to <strong>Damascus</strong>.</p><p>Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again – once the aggression is stopped and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes committed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran Gaza Palestinian territories United Nations Hamas Middle East and north Africa World news Joe Coughlan (now); Amy Sedghi and Adam Fulton (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/430b02c1-bd86-42fd-846c-d1e5edbd445a FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:77998d59-fc83-9474-5c7d-cf29d91bf212 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 08:00:04 -0300 Premiums for diesel has also hit 15-month high, highlighting reliance on refined fuels from the Gulf https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jun/21/us-joining-israels-aggression-would-be-very-dangerous-says-iranian-minister-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:a5ede301-6147-4c26-09da-6c6f03db77f6 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:31:45 -0300 <p>The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said it would be 'very unfortunate and very dangerous for everyone' if the US got involved in the war with Israel. He said Iran was exercising its right to self-defence against Israel's 'unprovoked' bombardment, which would need to stop before Iran returned to negotiations. </p><p>He spoke to reporters in Istanbul on his way home from talks in Geneva, which failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough</p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-685678208f08c39b90a6b933#block-685678208f08c39b90a6b933">Israel-Iran war live</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jun/21/us-joining-israels-aggression-would-be-very-dangerous-says-iranian-minister-video">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Middle East and north Africa Photograph: EPA https://www.ft.com/content/f27a6684-f500-4606-85b4-9bf1804becf3 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:83ab0068-4d14-1367-a32f-85c988056e14 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:23:15 -0300 US president dismisses European-led negotiations on a ceasefire as ineffective https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3698fb96-5760-1b21-7584-b6ca975b5e01 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:07:39 -0300 <p>Saturday’s strikes come after Israeli ambassador tells UN ‘we will not stop’ until Iranian nuclear threat eliminated while Iran vows to keep defending itself</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-and-iran-launch-new-attacks-as-tehran-says-it-will-not-negotiate-nuclear-programme-while-under-threat">Israel and Iran launch new attacks as Tehran says it will not negotiate nuclear programme while under threat</a></p></li></ul><p>The <strong>United Nations</strong> high commissioner for refugees, <strong>Filippo Grandi</strong>, has urged more international support for <strong>Syria</strong> to speed up reconstruction and enable further refugee returns after 14 years of civil war, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).</p><p>“I am here also to really make an appeal to the international community to provide more help, more assistance to the Syrian government in this big challenge of recovery of the country,” Grandi told reporters on Friday on the sidelines of a visit to <strong>Damascus</strong>.</p><p>Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again – once the aggression is stopped and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes committed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran Gaza Palestinian territories United Nations Hamas Middle East and north Africa World news Amy Sedghi (now) and Adam Fulton (earlier) Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-outcome-us-analysis World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:91613731-d4ce-f712-ef90-1789f2ebd73e Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:00:05 -0300 <p>American involvement is not guaranteed to secure Israel’s objectives – and may lead to unintended consequences</p><p>Israel’s assault on Iran, including its nuclear and ballistic weapons programme, is unlikely to secure its long-term strategic objectives, even if Benjamin Netanyahu manages to persuade the Trump administration into joining the conflict in the coming days and weeks, experts have said.</p><p>According to diplomats, military specialists and security analysts, Israel – and its prime minister – is likely to face mounting headwinds in the campaign, amid warnings that it risks dangerously destabilising the region.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-outcome-us-analysis">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran US news Donald Trump Trump administration World news US politics Middle East and north Africa Peter Beaumont Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/47e0b4d7-9eba-49e3-a28f-269fb2c6dd55 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:40fad7cb-d1d5-185e-497a-ea7cf5cfad95 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 06:00:04 -0300 Maga loyalists and military leaders, from JD Vance to ‘The Gorilla’, are vying for sway in the Oval Office https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:4580d317-43af-ba22-dcc7-db29183fd262 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:23:46 -0300 <p>Saturday’s strikes come after Israeli ambassador tells UN ‘we will not stop’ until Iranian nuclear threat eliminated while Iran vows to keep defending itself</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-and-iran-launch-new-attacks-as-tehran-says-it-will-not-negotiate-nuclear-programme-while-under-threat">Israel and Iran launch new attacks as Tehran says it will not negotiate nuclear programme while under threat</a></p></li></ul><p>Israeli defence minister <strong>Israel Katz</strong> has said the military killed a veteran commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ overseas arm in a strike in an apartment in Qom, Iran.</p><p>The veteran commander, <strong>Saeed Izadi</strong>, had led the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force, Katz said in a statement on Saturday quoted by Reuters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/21/israel-iran-war-live-fresh-attacks-exchanged-as-israel-says-it-has-set-back-tehrans-nuclear-program-by-at-least-two-or-three-years">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran Gaza Palestinian territories United Nations Hamas Middle East and north Africa Adam Fulton Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/21/australia-urged-to-press-us-to-act-responsibly-as-threat-of-nuclear-disaster-rises-amid-israel-iran-conflict World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:cf05197e-2d46-4743-8e42-84f04188500b Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:33:07 -0300 <p>Nobel prize-winning anti-nuclear group calls for ‘urgent de-escalation and a return to diplomacy’</p><ul><li><p>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></p></li></ul><p>The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) has described the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran as a “terrifying reminder of how close the world remains to nuclear disaster”, arguing Australia should condemn illegal military attacks and ratify the global treaty banning nuclear weapons.</p><p>Israeli strikes on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/what-has-israel-hit-in-iran-and-who-were-the-generals-and-nuclear-scientists-killed">Iranian nuclear facilities</a> violate international law, Ican has alleged, and could cause radioactive contamination with long-term consequences for human health and the environment.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/21/australia-urged-to-press-us-to-act-responsibly-as-threat-of-nuclear-disaster-rises-amid-israel-iran-conflict">Continue reading...</a> Australian foreign policy Australia news Middle East and north Africa Iran Israel Nuclear weapons Ben Doherty Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/iran-benjamin-netanyahu-bomb-israel World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:5d1aa467-45ad-0b7a-dc85-a23291c0c374 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 02:00:01 -0300 <p>Within Israel, Iran is seen as the ultimate threat. The prime minister knows this is his chance to rewrite his bloodied legacy </p><p>“It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany … The Jewish people will not allow a second Holocaust.” Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recited slogans like these<strong> </strong>incessantly for decades, urging action against the gravest threat to the Jewish state – a nuclear-armed Iran. He conveyed the message to successive US presidents. He presented a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/27/binyamin-netanyahu-cartoon-bomb-un">bomb cartoon at the UN</a>. At countless Holocaust memorial events he described Iran’s nuclear ambitions as the present-day “final solution”.</p><p>Netanyahu talked and talked about the pressing Iranian threat, but his listeners were not convinced. They dismissed him as an alarmist whose deadline Iran crossed year after year without deploying a nuclear weapon (it still hasn’t). Netanyahu’s critics at home taunted him as a chicken who would never dare to attack Iran’s nuclear installations – unlike his more decisive predecessors, who had ordered the bombing of nuclear reactors in Iraq and Syria.</p><p>Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/21/iran-benjamin-netanyahu-bomb-israel">Continue reading...</a> Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Iran Middle East and north Africa World news Aluf Benn Photograph: Marc Israel Sellem/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/ffbd55e4-c94e-442c-b1f1-3b53c14e3ac1 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:3d727499-17af-4f17-bfbf-6c076d8b0d63 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:59:42 -0300 Syrian-born green card holder had been detained for involvement in pro-Palestine campus protests https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-and-iran-launch-new-attacks-as-tehran-says-it-will-not-negotiate-nuclear-programme-while-under-threat World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:b89e1f0c-c8e1-37fd-2195-3e1f5d80a28c Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:12:47 -0300 <p>Israel’s foreign minister says its strikes have delayed Iran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by ‘at least two or three years’</p><p>Iran and Israel exchanged fresh strikes early on Saturday, after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Israel claimed its attacks had delayed Iran’s potential to develop a nuclear weapon by “at least two or three years”.</p><p>Shortly after 2.30am the Israeli military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens across parts of central Israel, including Tel Aviv, as well as in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/israel-and-iran-launch-new-attacks-as-tehran-says-it-will-not-negotiate-nuclear-programme-while-under-threat">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran Middle East and north Africa US foreign policy Donald Trump Guardian staff and agencies Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP https://www.ft.com/content/5c3c9971-20dd-416c-a4ca-6235d344f762 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:6c0b6762-2353-6032-3253-2999e0c7bdf4 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:00:33 -0300 The Israeli prime minister’s career looked finished after the October 7 attack by Hamas. But now he is pursuing a conflict he has proposed for years https://www.ft.com/content/858b354e-c9ce-4ea0-b4cf-f0989d1ea18c FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:3c2df5d1-37d4-c8f8-3478-0f6ea14c217e Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:00:23 -0300 Vali Nasr on how a decades-long power struggle with Israel ended in war — and what a failed Iranian state would mean for the world https://www.ft.com/content/f28f6983-f1f2-47c2-9ed9-50eb998f6bb8 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:3ab2f372-d256-7407-6dbc-b6c24e574cb3 Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:00:23 -0300 Restrictions leave millions without access to most websites in wake of cyber attacks https://www.ft.com/content/a25cd272-ab1b-4203-a940-099240b07fba FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d366a903-bd6d-7047-4ebb-2a03f0bf800f Sat, 21 Jun 2025 01:00:00 -0300 US President Donald Trump considers bombing Iran — at the risk of alienating his base https://www.ft.com/content/4e1526c6-da58-48a0-9d39-bb86e2bc965b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:59144e70-826e-007c-3dd1-75783e5466dd Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:47:39 -0300 European ministers and UN step up diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict https://www.ft.com/content/dddd5869-3f5a-4cff-ae77-cf78c27ae295 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e53e3dec-9f5e-e47c-9dd7-cd39e8cf07f0 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:57:56 -0300 France, Germany and UK warn Tehran it may have to drop red line of refusing to talk to the US while under Israeli attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/israel-warns-hezbollah-not-to-get-involved-in-conflict-with-iran World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:55ad1b2b-6254-ff26-cfc8-f9ca203d7edc Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:41:49 -0300 <p>Israeli military chief says ‘difficult days’ ahead as salvo of ballistic missiles trigger air raid sirens across country </p><p>Israel’s military has warned of a “prolonged war” with Iran as the conflict entered its second week with no sign of stopping, as Israeli forces targeted Tehran and other areas while an Iranian missile attack wounded many people in the Mediterranean port city of Haifa.</p><p>The Israeli military said its aircraft destroyed Iranian surface-to-air missiles in southern Iran, as well as killing a group of Iranian military commanders responsible for missile launches. According to the IDF, the strikes prevented launch of missiles scheduled for later on Friday evening.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/israel-warns-hezbollah-not-to-get-involved-in-conflict-with-iran">Continue reading...</a> Israel Iran Hezbollah Lebanon Middle East and north Africa World news William Christou in Jerusalem Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/iran-says-diplomacy-with-us-only-possible-if-israeli-aggression-stops World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:733fa4c3-9657-c39a-a5e1-2586b041ad3f Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:36:43 -0300 <p>Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says he supports more talks with European counterparts despite lack of progress</p><p>Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said that his country is ready for more diplomacy with the US only if Israel’s war on his country is brought to an end “and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes he committed”.</p><p>After several hours of talks with European foreign ministers in Geneva on Friday, there was no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough – or a resumption of negotiations with the US.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/iran-says-diplomacy-with-us-only-possible-if-israeli-aggression-stops">Continue reading...</a> Iran's nuclear programme Iran Israel Trump administration European Union World news Iran nuclear deal Middle East and north Africa US politics Europe US news Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:38fcb6bd-86b8-5e26-3e50-ee239523b2a2 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:13:22 -0300 <p>Ministers from UK, France and Germany meet Abbas Araqchi but do not say whether there had been any tangible progress after hours of talks</p><p>The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.</p><p>The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Palestinian territories Maya Yang (now); Tom Ambrose, Harry Taylor, Joe Coughlan and Helen Livingstone (earlier) Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/ffbd55e4-c94e-442c-b1f1-3b53c14e3ac1 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:dc94f005-69b6-7753-3a6c-f4784566c932 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:12:57 -0300 Decision a victory for Syrian-born green card holder detained for involvement in pro-Palestine campus protests https://www.ft.com/content/4e1526c6-da58-48a0-9d39-bb86e2bc965b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:de28085d-f10d-6d04-dd50-8d98e81fe1e0 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:55:24 -0300 European ministers and UN step up diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/a-week-of-war-has-left-iran-stunned-and-bloodied World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ae0ef57e-6950-1cf0-0d91-b12940534c86 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:28:59 -0300 <p>Trump had set a deadline for diplomacy – but few expected the Israeli sucker punches that have left its enemy reeling</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>In the week since Israel first unleashed its surprise attack on Iran, many of the assumptions underpinning the balance of power in the Middle East have been swept away, leaving the fate of the region more uncertain than at any time since the Arab spring.</p><p>Iranian defences, which had once seemed so formidable, crumpled in the first minutes <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu">as the bombs began to fall</a> soon after 3.30am on the morning of Friday 13th.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/a-week-of-war-has-left-iran-stunned-and-bloodied">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Julian Borger in Jaffa Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/a-week-of-war-has-left-iran-stunned-and-bloodied World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:793bf269-17ad-0c28-928f-afb11d3f423b Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:28:59 -0300 <p>Trump had set a deadline for diplomacy – but few expected the Israeli sucker punches that have left Tehran reeling</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>In the week since Israel first unleashed its surprise attack on Iran, many of the assumptions underpinning the balance of power in the Middle East have been swept away, leaving the fate of the region more uncertain than at any time since the Arab spring.</p><p>Iranian defences, which had once seemed so formidable, crumbled in the first minutes <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu">as the bombs began to fall</a> soon after 3.30am on the morning of Friday 13th.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/a-week-of-war-has-left-iran-stunned-and-bloodied">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Trump administration US foreign policy Julian Borger in Jaffa Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:1e57e51d-9af9-f67a-802b-c02bad8e2489 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:24:07 -0300 <p>Ministers from UK, France and Germany meet Abbas Araqchi but do not say whether there had been any tangible progress after hours of talks</p><p>The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.</p><p>The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Palestinian territories Maya Yang (now); Tom Ambrose, Harry Taylor, Joe Coughlan and Helen Livingstone (earlier) Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:875fe9bb-5fc9-a970-be70-118ce3c5ad69 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:56:32 -0300 <p>Ministers from UK, France and Germany meet Abbas Araqchi but do not say whether there had been any tangible progress after hours of talks</p><p>The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.</p><p>The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Palestinian territories Maya Yang (now); Tom Ambrose, Harry Taylor, Joe Coughlan and Helen Livingstone (earlier) Photograph: Amir Levy/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/what-next-eu-indications-israel-breach-human-rights-obligations World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e0a8de79-c02f-9c88-ff4b-afc015a52626 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:29:47 -0300 <p>Report, which is a leaked unpublished draft, is expected to be presented to the Israeli government</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The EU has concluded <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/20/eu-israel-human-rights-obligations-gaza-document">“there are indications”</a> that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaza and the West Bank. But that does not mean the bloc of 27 countries will impose sanctions on Israel any time soon.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/what-next-eu-indications-israel-breach-human-rights-obligations">Continue reading...</a> Israel European Union Gaza West Bank Europe Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Human rights Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP https://www.ft.com/content/bba1d934-cdb8-4dd0-929f-b0dd79d59abc FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:26a3482b-1ee6-966c-6d49-8d4a4d2fad88 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:17:21 -0300 Campaign group Palestine Action says members damaged military aircraft at Brize Norton https://www.ft.com/content/bba1d934-cdb8-4dd0-929f-b0dd79d59abc FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:fa8a1e41-ce9d-944d-d41c-8d49d217f7d3 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:17:21 -0300 Campaign group Palestine Action says members damaged military aircraft at Brize Norton https://www.ft.com/content/4e1526c6-da58-48a0-9d39-bb86e2bc965b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:212ac11e-e4a3-52b6-8be2-98846fd7d3f4 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:16:38 -0300 European ministers and UN step up diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/20/eu-israel-human-rights-obligations-gaza-document World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6d6d03b0-238a-9eb8-43b4-1d7b52f635f3 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:05:19 -0300 <p>Leaked document marks significant moment in relations with ally but stops short of calling for immediate sanctions</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The EU has said “there are indications” that Israel is in breach of human rights obligations over its conduct in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for immediate sanctions.</p><p>“There are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under article 2 of the EU-Israel association agreement,” states a leaked document from the EU’s foreign policy service, seen by the Guardian.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jun/20/eu-israel-human-rights-obligations-gaza-document">Continue reading...</a> Israel Human rights European Union Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news International court of justice United Nations European Commission Europe Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Photograph: APAImages/Shutterstock https://www.ft.com/content/a3e53dc7-b5b3-4b78-924f-196128a2439f FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:48336da5-4d81-dcc5-03b1-0d1fad041b46 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:30:01 -0300 Amid global turmoil, markets are focused on the hit to economic fundamentals https://www.ft.com/content/dddd5869-3f5a-4cff-ae77-cf78c27ae295 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:6dc385a1-481d-f2f3-f78c-846f5edee59b Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:29:24 -0300 Foreign ministers hold Geneva talks in bid to end war and keep US out of conflict https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/macron-lays-out-broad-offer-for-iran-to-end-war-with-israel World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:88d31a6b-1003-1a10-c98e-9aa9af2262a3 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:25:42 -0300 <p>Proposal would cover uranium enrichment and ballistic missile programmes and aim to end terrorist funding</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Europe is to make Iran a comprehensive offer to end its war with Israel that would include an Iranian move to zero uranium enrichment, restrictions on its ballistic missile programme and an end to Tehran’s funding of terrorist groups, Emmanuel Macron has said.</p><p>The proposals are surprisingly broad, spanning a range of complex issues beyond Iran’s disputed nuclear programme, and are likely to complicate any solution unless an interim agreement can be agreed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/macron-lays-out-broad-offer-for-iran-to-end-war-with-israel">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel France Germany Foreign policy UK news Europe Middle East and north Africa World news Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Mohammed Badra/EPA https://www.ft.com/content/3521cc1a-27a4-477c-96d2-214bc25c1165 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:cca15fd1-78a5-458b-48be-d4f3ffbc2ab0 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:44:58 -0300 After Israeli bombs started falling, our group left Tehran for the Armenian frontier https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/20/martin-rowson-donald-trump-delaying-action--iran-for-two-weeks-cartoon World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:fc0c6ebb-d838-399a-1ba0-b694d05bfdda Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:20:24 -0300 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jun/20/martin-rowson-donald-trump-delaying-action--iran-for-two-weeks-cartoon">Continue reading...</a> Iran Donald Trump Middle East and north Africa US news World news Israel US foreign policy Martin Rowson Illustration: Martin Rowson/The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/british-nationals-stranded-leave-israel-offered-flights-uk-david-lammy World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:9139bd04-1ff1-4f3d-f8ca-f76417a369e9 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:20:02 -0300 <p>Foreign secretary says government will provide charter flights from Tel Aviv when airspace reopens</p><p>British nationals who want to leave Israel will be offered charter flights from Tel Aviv as soon as airspace reopens, the government has said.</p><p>With the conflict with Iran continuing, Whitehall officials have been working to organise escape routes for the thousands of British and dual nationals in Israel.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/british-nationals-stranded-leave-israel-offered-flights-uk-david-lammy">Continue reading...</a> Israel Middle East and north Africa UK news David Lammy Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Politics Iran Rowena Mason Whitehall editor Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ee629c1c-ba77-ab75-a1bb-9fd4e64a4359 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:55:36 -0300 <p>Ministers from UK, France and Germany will meet Abbas Araqchi after White House says Trump will ‘make a decision on whether to attack Iran within two weeks’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/living-in-iran-how-have-you-been-affected-by-the-recent-conflict-israel-strikes"><strong>Living in Iran: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?</strong></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/living-in-israel-how-have-you-been-affected-by-the-recent-conflict-strikes"><strong>Living in Israel: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.</p><p>The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Iran Palestinian territories Tom Ambrose (now); Harry Taylor, Joe Coughlan and Helen Livingstone (earlier) Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-today-in-focus-extra-podcast World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:67a84fd5-49ef-606e-2d5f-a7630bc5f4d9 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:11:48 -0300 <p>The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Iran conflict enters its second week and the world awaits Donald Trump’s decision on whether the US will enter the war</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-today-in-focus-extra-podcast">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel US foreign policy Trump administration Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Benjamin Netanyahu Middle East and north Africa World news US news Presented by Michael Safi with Julian Borger; produced by Eleanor Sly and Ivor Manley; executive producer Phil Maynard Photograph: Hadi Mizban/AP https://www.ft.com/content/4e1526c6-da58-48a0-9d39-bb86e2bc965b FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:009d8b52-2afb-1ea9-0f9e-353a4bf72af2 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:50:25 -0300 Macron seeks deal in which Iran would cease uranium enrichment https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/israel-warns-hezbollah-not-to-get-involved-in-conflict-with-iran World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:64eb68e7-74b2-b606-2c06-85bfcabb61c4 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:42:53 -0300 <p>Defence minister Israel Katz says ‘Israel has lost patience with terrorists who threaten it’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/20/israel-iran-war-live-updates-geneva-talks-trump-khamenei-latest-news">Israel-Iran conflict – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, warned the Lebanese militia Hezbollah on Friday not to get involved in fighting between Israel and Iran, amid fears that the steadily escalating conflict could pull in other regional actors.</p><p>“I suggest that the Lebanese proxy be careful and understand that Israel has lost patience with terrorists who threaten it. If there will be further terror, there will be no Hezbollah,” Katz said on Friday morning in a post on X.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/israel-warns-hezbollah-not-to-get-involved-in-conflict-with-iran">Continue reading...</a> Israel Hezbollah Lebanon Iran Middle East and north Africa William Christou in Jerusalem Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/20/gaza-food-aid-unicef-palestinians-starve World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:71d9695c-94e9-66e6-b542-16bd38d3b452 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:38:12 -0300 <p>Four hundred distribution points have dwindled to four under this private and militarised ‘aid’ system. This is not how to avert a famine</p><ul><li><p>James Elder is Unicef’s global spokesperson</p></li></ul><p>Abed Al Rahman, just a boy, carried the weight of his family’s hunger as he stepped into the streets of Gaza in search of bread. He had his father’s money, but when he saw the tide of people pushing towards a food distribution site in Rafah, hunger pulled him into their flow.</p><p>Almost immediately, the site descended into chaos. Gunfire. Drones. Then in a flash, shrapnel from a tank shell ripped through his little body. When I met him at a hospital in Khan Younis – where painkillers, like food, are scarce – the 13-year-old was in agony. “I have shrapnel inside my body that they couldn’t remove,” he told me. “I am in real pain; since 6am I have been asking for a painkiller.” As he recounted the chaos, his father’s composure shattered, and tears rolled down his face. Was he going to lose his son simply because Abed Al Rahman wanted his family to eat?</p><p>James Elder is Unicef’s global spokesperson</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/20/gaza-food-aid-unicef-palestinians-starve">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Aid James Elder Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/20/gaza-food-aid-unicef-palestinians-starve World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7503aece-afe8-f0cd-7d22-b1fac00765dc Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:38:12 -0300 <p>Four hundred distribution points have dwindled to four under this private and militarised ‘aid’ system. This is not how to avert a famine</p><ul><li><p>James Elder is Unicef’s global spokesperson</p></li></ul><p>Abed Al Rahman, just a boy, carried the weight of his family’s hunger as he stepped into the streets of Gaza in search of bread. He had his father’s money, but when he saw the tide of people pushing towards a food distribution site in Rafah, hunger pulled him into their flow.</p><p>Almost immediately, the site descended into chaos. Gunfire. Drones. Then in a flash, shrapnel from a tank shell ripped through his little body. When I met him at a hospital in Khan Younis – where painkillers, like food, are scarce – the 13-year-old was in agony. “I have shrapnel inside my body that they couldn’t remove,” he told me. “I am in real pain; since 6am I have been asking for a painkiller.” As he recounted the chaos, his father’s composure shattered, and tears rolled down his face. Was he going to lose his son simply because Abed Al Rahman wanted his family to eat?</p><p>James Elder is Unicef’s global spokesperson</p><p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? 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We don’t know whether this situation will last for weeks, months or even years. Our lives have been thrown off routine, I spend most of my time just reading the news. I’m constantly afraid that a missile might hit my home, my city or the homes of my relatives and friends in other places.</p><p>I get the news from X and Instagram because we don’t have any reliable news networks and broadcasts that are not censored by the regime. We follow the updates through videos shared by people from different parts of the country on social media. The internet in Iran has become very slow and it was completely down yesterday [Wednesday].</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/fear-iran-war-tehran-kerman">Continue reading...</a> Iran Israel World news Middle East and north Africa As told to Jedidajah Otte Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/Reuters