Updated Nov. 12, 2023 1:29 pm ET Israel is diverging from the U.S. and Arab world on a postwar solution for Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a role for the Palestinian Authority, which Washington and some Arab leaders prefer to take over from Hamas. Netanyahu, under pressure from his right-wing political base, … Read more
Iceland has 33 active volcanic systems, the highest number in Europe, and thousands of tremors have been recorded since the end of October. ADVERTISEMENT Authorities in Iceland have declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes rocked the Reykjanes peninsula in the south-west of the country, raising fears of a volcanic eruption in … Read more
Raids and settler attacks on the occupied territory have escalated since the start of the war in Gaza. Israeli raids in the northern West Bank have killed three Palestinians, according to authorities, as violence in the occupied territory escalates amid the war in Gaza. Israeli forces killed one Palestinian in the town of Jenin and … Read more
Demonstrators the world over have rallied in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, condemning the high rate of civilian casualties in Israeli attacks and calling for an immediate ceasefire. Major cities, including New York, London, Paris, Baghdad, Karachi, Berlin and Edinburgh, witnessed large marches on Saturday. Calls for a ceasefire to protect civilians in Gaza have … Read more
Journalists sign letter alleging pro-Israeli reporting and and dehumanisation of Palestinians. The world’s television screens, newspapers and online media have been filled with pictures of Israel’s war on Gaza. More than 11,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed so far. They’ve also featured the October 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, … Read more
About 30,000 non-Arab Sudanese civilians — largely members of the Masalit tribe — had sought shelter in the camp since mid-April, when war broke out between Sudan’s two top generals, Sudanese military Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum attributed the mass killing to the RSF, further … Read more
Rep. Seth Moulton says Israel is heading to a ‘Forever War’ by focusing on military solutions to political problems. In Afghanistan, United States General Stanley McChrystal referred to “insurgent math” to explain how every civilian killed by US forces led to 10 new insurgents. This is the same problem Israel is creating for itself by … Read more
Israel is dropping tonnes of bombs on Gaza. It wants to replenish its stock. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurred a global rush to buy military equipment last year. Defence spending across the world hit more than $2 trillion. That’s the highest level in inflation-adjusted figures since at least the end of the Cold War, according … Read more
UN human rights agency calls on Israel to protect West Bank Palestinians amid worsening tensions Global News UN rights chief urges probe of Israel’s ‘high-impact’ weapons Yahoo News Israel must protect Palestinians in West Bank: UN Reuters Both Israel and Hamas committing war crimes, says UN human rights chief The Independent UN human rights chief says both Israel and … Read more
President Biden’s top military adviser has told China that the United States is open to resuming military-to-military communication that Beijing suspended last year to protest then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., told reporters on Friday that re-establishing the military dialogue between two … Read more