The Israeli military said a review into last month's killing of emergency responders in Gaza found there had been "several professional failures" and that a commander would be dismissed over the incident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/21/world/politics/israel-military-gaza-medics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
I don't seem to see a lot in our media about Israelis protesting against Netanyahu and the war.
“Bibi, you’re a refuser! The end of the war will force you to stand trial for your traitorous deeds toward our country, and that’s why you’re violating agreements to save lives.”
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected a proposal for another temporary truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/20/world/israel-netanyahu-pressure-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #iran
Despair in Gaza as #Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege
from #TheGuardian
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem
Sat 19 Apr 2025 12.54 EDT
"...Israel appears confident that it can maintain the siege with little international pushback.
It is also moving ahead with large-scale seizures of #Palestinian land for security buffer zones, and plans to shift control of aid delivery to the army and private contractors, exacerbating fears in #Gaza that #Israel intends to maintain boots on the ground in the territory long-term and permanently displace its residents."
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine
#French journalists stage die-in to protest #Israel’s killing of reporters in Gaza
Hundreds of journalists rallied in #Paris and #Marseille to honour nearly 200 colleagues killed in #Gaza and demand press access to the strip
from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Bilge Kotan in Paris
Published date: 17 April 2025 15:36 BST
“We support and protect, through our presence, our Palestinian colleagues who demonstrate unmatched courage in sending us images and testimonies of the immense tragedy unfolding in Gaza.”
Media professionals from at least 36 publications, including Agence France-Presse (AFP), Radio #France, Mediapart, Arte and BFM TV, participated in the die-in, alongside some freelance journalists.
#Journalist organisations, including the European Federation of Journalists and the International Federation of #Journalists, supported the protest.
#IsraelWarCrimes
#DefendPalestinianJournalists
#Palestine #MiddleEast #politics
#news #press @palestine
Gaza mourns beloved photojournalist #FatimaHassouna killed by #Israel
The photographer was looking forward to her wedding when she was killed alongside five siblings in an attack on her family home in #Gaza City
from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Dremly in Gaza City, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 18 April 2025 11:35 BST
[article contains much detail about #Hassouna's life, tragically cut short by #Israeli strike]
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-photojournalist-fatima-hassouna-killed-israeli-strike-mourns
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#news #press @palestine @israel
Pakistan has deported nearly 20,000 Afghans this month in its accelerated drive to expel undocumented Afghans and those with temporary permission to stay. Between 700 and 800 families are being deported daily, Taliban officials say, with up to two million people expected to follow in the coming months. @BBCNews reports:
For background, here’s why many Afghans crossed its border into the neighboring country:
Over the past months, #Israel has proposed to the #Trump admin a series of options to attack #Iran’s facilities, including some with late spring & summer timelines, the sources said. The plans include a mix of airstrikes & commando operations that vary in severity & could set back Tehran's ability to weaponize its #nuclear program by just months or a year or more, the sources said.
#Israel officials have vowed to prevent Tehran from acquiring a #nuclear weapon & #Netanyahu has insisted that any negotiation with #Iran must lead to the complete dismantling of its nuclear program.
#US & Iranian negotiators are set for a second round of preliminary nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday.
Exclusive: #Israel still eyeing a limited attack on #Iran's #nuclear facilities
Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months despite #Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu that the US was for now unwilling to support such a move, according to an Israeli official and two other people familiar with the matter.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-still-eyeing-limited-attack-irans-nuclear-facilities-2025-04-19/
https://www.europesays.com/2006854/ ‘How do I live like this?’ asks Gaza boy who lost arms in Israeli attack | Gaza News #ArtsAndCulture #ChildRights #conflict #Gaza #Israel #IsraelPalestineConflict #MiddleEast #News #Palestine
#Palestinian Photojournalist & Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In #Israeli Gaza Strike
#FatimaHoussana and 9 of her family members murdered 24 hours after film accepted in #Cannes festival
from #Deadline [USA]
By Melanie Goodfellow
Senior International Film Correspondent
April 17, 2025 5:11am
[heartbreaking story. Still hard to believe how murderous and cruel Israel is.]
https://deadline.com/2025/04/gaza-photojournalist-cannes-doc-killed-israeli-strike-1236370699/
#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics #Photojournalism
#Documentary
#news #press @palestine @israel
Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, rejecting Israel's offer of an interim truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/18/world/hamas-hostages-end-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #hamas #israel #israelhamaswar #middleeast #palestinians
Given that #Netanyahu does NOT want this war to end, I don’t have much hope for this overture…
#Hamas' Gaza chief said the group was ready to release ALL remaining #hostages to END the #war in #Gaza.
#geopolitics #MiddleEast #Israel #Palestinians
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-is-ready-release-all-remaining-hostages-return-an-end-gaza-war-hamas-gaza-2025-04-17/
Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in the Gaza Strip even after any settlement to end its war with Hamas, Israel's defense minister says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/17/world/politics/israel-gaza-buffer-zone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #israelkatz
NY Times - #News - Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration… #Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions. #Iran #IranNuclearTalks #ForeignPolicy #MiddleEast #Levant
The U.S. deployed B-2 bombers to within range of Iran as a signal to Tehran of what could happen to its nuclear program if no deal is reached, but experts say such military action would only provide a temporary setback. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/world/politics/strikes-iran-nuclear-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #us #nuclearweapons #missiles
France expels 12 Algerian officials as tensions escalate | Politics News https://www.byteseu.com/924672/ #Algeria #Espionage #Europe #France #MiddleEast #News #Politics
