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Salah Hamouri expected to be deported after decision on grounds of ‘breach of allegiance’ to stateIsrael has stripped a prominent Palestinian-French human rights lawyer of his Jerusalem residency and is expected to deport him to France, a legal first that sets a dangerous precedent for other Palestinians with dual nationality in the contested city.Salah […]

Farha, debut film of Jordanian film-maker, depicts Zionist atrocities against Palestinians during Nakba conflictA Netflix film depicting Zionist forces murdering a Palestinian family during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation has been condemned by Israeli officials as “creating a false narrative”.Farha, the debut of the Jordanian film-maker […]

Pair urge president to withdraw military support to Netanyahu’s coalition government if Palestinians are expelled or land annexedTwo former senior US diplomats have made a highly unusual call for the Biden administration to cut weapons supplies to Israel if the incoming far-right government uses them to annex Palestinian land, expel Arabs or finally kill […]

Democrat set to succeed Nancy Pelosi maintains ties to Aipac and others but could be challenged by critics in his own caucusHakeem Jeffries might be about to make history but some critics fear that on one issue, at least, he will be on the wrong side of it.The progressive New York congressman widely expected to lead the Democrats in the US House of […]

Ex-PM poised to form one of most hardline religious and nationalist governments in country’s historyThe former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a far-right leader known for his homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the prospective government’s hardline […]

European parliament is investigating powerful surveillance tool used by governments around the worldVictims of spyware and a group of security experts have privately warned that a European parliament investigatory committee risks being thrown off course by an alleged “disinformation campaign”.The warning, contained in a letter to MEPs signed by the […]

Though neither Israel nor Palestine are playing in the tournament, the latter has featured prominently in QatarOne video shows an Egyptian football fan smiling serenely as an Israeli broadcaster introduces him live on air. Then he leans into the microphone with a message: “Viva Palestine.”Another clip from the streets of Doha this week shows a group of […]

Appointment of Itamar Ben-Gvir raises fears of further escalation in Israeli-Palestinian tensionsThe far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir will be Israel’s national security minister under a coalition deal with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, in what is likely to be the most rightwing government in the country’s history.The agreement comes after the […]

Hady Amr, held in high regard by Israeli and Palestinian diplomats, appointed to Washington-based roleJoe Biden has appointed a new special representative for Palestinian affairs, a significant upgrade in relations with Ramallah despite the fact the American diplomatic mission in Jerusalem, closed by Donald Trump in 2019, is yet to reopen.The White House […]

Initial findings show explosions were result of nails and explosive devices left in bags at two sites, say policeA teenage boy has died and 22 people have been injured in two blasts targeting rush-hour commuters in Jerusalem, attacks that hark back to the violence of the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising.The first explosion occurred shortly after 7am […]

Davoud Jafari and his bodyguard reportedly targeted by roadside bomb near DamascusAn improvised bomb has killed an Iranian colonel from the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps near Syria’s capital, Damascus, Iranian media reported, blaming Israel for the attack.The Islamic republic regularly calls for the destruction of the Jewish […]

Regional interests remain very much at stake in conflict neither isolated, nor solely Syrian – though often forgottenOver the plains of northern Syria, an approaching warplane usually makes a distinctive roar, allowing those on the ground to determine who it belongs to and whether there’s a need to hide.But the past few days have been more onerous than […]

Police say drugs and gun also found at Johannesburg property where they detained wanted Abergil gang member and seven othersA man reputed to be one of Israel’s most wanted gang leaders has been arrested during a raid on a home in an affluent Johannesburg suburb where South African authorities said they also found guns, drugs and a van equipped for […]

Leading figures in British theatre and film criticise decision not to give Churchill award because of her support for Palestinian rightsSome of the leading names of British theatre and film have criticised the cancellation of a prestigious lifetime award to the playwright Caryl Churchill because of her support for Palestinian rights, saying the move is […]

Pacific Zircon, linked to Israeli billionaire, said to have been ‘hit by projectile’ but suffered only minor damageThe US and Israel have pointed the finger at Iran after an oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire was struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman.The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker Pacific Zircon […]

Authorities shoot 18-year-old dead after knife and car attack in territory occupied by IsraelA Palestinian man killed two Israeli people and wounded four others in an attack at a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said.The Magen David Adom […]

Defence minister calls investigation into Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing by Israeli army ‘interference in internal affairs’Israel has said it will not cooperate with an FBI investigation into the killing of the Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli army.Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, denounced the inquiry as […]

After examining carp remains, researchers claim people who lived 780,000 years ago liked their fish well doneEarly human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well done, Israeli researchers have revealed, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used to cook.Exactly when our ancestors started cooking has been a matter of […]

Two women arrested after defacing statue of Arthur Balfour who as foreign secretary pledged support in 1917 for a Jewish homelandTwo women have been arrested after protesters pretending to be tourists squirted tomato ketchup on to a statue in the Houses of Parliament.Members of Palestine Action used tourist passes to enter the members’ lobby of the House […]

The triumph of extremist parties in recent elections is a cause for celebration in the birthplace of the settlement movement In 1968, a year after Israel’s victory in the Six Day War that marked the beginning of the occupation of the Palestinian territories, about 60 messianic Jews posing as Swiss tourists travelled to a hotel in the holy West Bank city […]