David Hearst

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | David Hearst

Call Gaza what you will: killing fields, an endless loop of blood, pain and death, the world’s largest concentration camp. Or, as the population of Israel appears to be intent on doing, you can ignore it altogether. The Ashkenazi Jews of Tel Aviv live in a western bubble, sipping their morning cappuccinos and fretting about their yoga teachers just one hour’s drive away from the most appalling scenes the world has witnessed since Srebrenica, or Rwanda.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | David Hearst

Steve Witkoff is no ordinary Middle East envoy; not for him the grisly fate of predecessors like Tony Blair or Brett McGurk. Witkoff says he is blessed. He is on a mission, if not from God, then at least the next best thing - which is US President Donald Trump. Witkoff truly worships the man: “He’d come to 101 Park Avenue, where I was a lawyer,” Witkoff told Tucker Carlson in a new interview. “He had this swashbuckling style. I used to see him come in, and I used to say: God, I want to be him.

1 month ago | internazionale.it | David Hearst

Alle 2.20 del mattino del 18 marzo, ora locale nella Striscia di Gaza, gli Stati Uniti hanno inaugurato una nuova era nella politica mondiale. In quel momento Israele ha coordinato i suoi attacchi contro decine di obiettivi nel territorio palestinese per farli coincidere con il suhur, il pasto consumato prima dell’alba dai musulmani in preparazione al digiuno quotidiano del Ramadan.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | David Hearst |Ahmed Najar

It was 4am when I stumbled out of bed, half-asleep, to get a glass of water - a simple, thoughtless act. As I reached for my phone, I hesitated. Checking it might keep me awake. I wish I had resisted. The screen lit up. My feed was drowning in horror - again. Gaza. Another massacre. At first, the numbers were uncertain. A hundred dead. Then 200. Then 300. But I knew. The number always rises. And this time, it wouldn't stop...350...400...450.

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Mera Aladam |David Hearst

An Israeli air strike killed a UN worker and wounded five others on Wednesday in the central Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The bombing targeted a UN headquarters in Deir al-Balah, local media reported. Six foreign staff members were seriously injured, and one of them died upon arrival at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the ministry added. The victims were members of the United Nations Mine Action Service, which is responsible for clearing leftover explosive devices.