It’s Holy Week for many Christian denominations, marking the week during which Christians believe Jesus was arrested, crucified and resurrected here. And yet, the streets of the Old City’s Christian Quarter are deserted, the shops closed down. Boulos, a Palestinian Christian man in his mid-30s who did not wish to give his real name, still […]
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Israeli PM orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to further expand invasions of southern Lebanon, as regional tensions spike amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran. “I have just instructed to further expand the existing security buffer zone. We are determined to fundamentally change the situation in the north [of Israel],” Netanyahu said […]
Israeli minister calls for annexation of southern Lebanon, extension of border
Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country’s south, Israel’s finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military assault. The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich were the most explicit yet by a senior Israeli […]
Israeli Model in IIOJK
The systematic erosion of human rights in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has evolved from a regional conflict into a calculated laboratory for state-sponsored repression. Under the Modi administration, New Delhi has increasingly abandoned the pretence of democratic engagement, opting instead to mirror the settler-colonial tactics and iron-fisted military doctrines championed by Benjamin […]
Pakistan, seven Muslim states condemn Israeli closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque gates
Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Wednesday condemned Israel’s continued closure of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslim worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan, calling the move a violation of international law and the historical status quo governing the holy site. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, […]
Lebanon says nearly 400 killed, 1,110 injured in ongoing Israeli attacks
At least 394 people have been killed and 1,130 injured in ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon since Monday, the country’s health minister said Sunday. Rakan Nassereddine told a press conference that 42 women and 83 children were among those killed in the attacks, while the injured included 274 women and 254 children. Israel has expanded […]
India’s Israeli Pivot
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel has drawn domestic as well as international criticism. The visit was made days before Israel and the US collectively launched airstrikes on Iran, killing the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and bombing a school, which left hundreds of innocent schoolgirls dead. The Indian political opposition […]
Israeli cabinet approves West Bank land registration
Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make it easier for settlers to buy land, in a move Palestinians called “a de-facto annexation”. The West Bank is among the territories that the Palestinians seek for a future independent state. Much of it is under Israeli […]
Israeli strikes kill 32 Palestinians, including children, in Gaza
Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. A day after Israel accused Hamas of new ceasefire violations, strikes hit locations throughout Gaza, including lethal ones on an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp […]
Wave of Israeli attacks kills two in Lebanon in latest ceasefire violation
Israel has launched a wave of air strikes across Lebanon, killing two people, in another near-daily violation of the November 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah. Israeli attacks targeted areas in the eastern Bekaa Valley and several villages in south Lebanon, including Bouslaiya and Aita al-Shaab, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Sunday. A strike on […]