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1 week ago | 
arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall
EU condemns Israel over Gaza civilian deaths /node/2602510/middle-east May 28, 2025 20:19 EU condemns Israel over Gaza civilian deaths Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says humanitarian aid must never be politicized after Israel seizes control of distribution in Gaza Strongly-worded criticism comes amid groundswell of European political backlash in against Netanyahu government LONDON: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned Israel on Wednesday over the number of civilian deaths in Gaza...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Jonathan Gornall
Israel authorizes more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank /node/2602567/middle-east May 29, 2025 05:17 Israel authorizes more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank They would include new settlements and the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization JERUSALEM: Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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1 week ago | 
arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall
LONDON: Watching the widely circulated footage of Israeli soldiers firing “warning shots” in the direction of a delegation of foreign diplomats visiting a refugee camp in the Palestinian city of Jenin on Wednesday, it was hard to resist the conclusion that the Israeli military had lost its collective mind. Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. But in a manner of speaking, Israel shot itself in the foot.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Jonathan Gornall
UAE reaches deal with Israel to allow aid delivery to Gaza /node/2601558/middle-east May 21, 2025 10:25 UAE reaches deal with Israel to allow aid delivery to Gaza “The aid will address the food needs of approximately 15,000 civilians in the Gaza Strip in the initial phase” Israel has come under international pressure to allow aid into Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages Israel's minimal aid move aims to avoid famine claims...
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2 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall
LONDON: Standing ovations and scenes of jubilation are not normally witnessed at investment forums. But there was nothing normal about the speech President Donald Trump delivered at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh last week. Speaking at the beginning of a four-day tour of the region, Trump’s geopolitical surprises came thick and fast.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Jonathan Gornall
GENEVA: The United Nations has received permission from Israel for about 100 more emergency aid trucks to enter Gaza, though the first supplies to have entered in weeks remained under Israeli control, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. International humanitarian experts have warned of looming famine in the Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people and the growing outcry has pushed Israel to lift an 11-week total blockade on aid supplies.
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4 weeks ago | 
arabnews.jp | Jonathan Gornall
Why Israel’s Gaza reoccupation threat is fueling fears of regional spillover Short Url: 11 May 2025 03:05:54 GMT9 Analysts warn of slide toward ethnic cleansing as Israel signals plans for indefinite military control over enclave Palestinian plight worsens as far-right voices increasingly influence Israeli war aims ahead of Trump’s Gulf tour LONDON: For the people of Gaza, the threat of destruction, displacement and death at the hands of the Israeli military is nothing new. But for the next...
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4 weeks ago | 
arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall
Syrian leader discusses regional affairs with Bahrain’s king /node/2600260/middle-east May 10, 2025 23:11 Syrian leader discusses regional affairs with Bahrain’s king Al-Sharaa’s leadership has been improving ties with Arab and Western countries BEIRUT: The president of the Syrian Arab Republic flew to Bahrain on Saturday where he discussed mutual relations and regional affairs with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa on his latest trip abroad since taking office in January. Al-Sharaa’s leadership...
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1 month ago | 
arabnews.com | Jonathan Gornall
LONDON: On Sunday, July 1, 1798, a vast fleet of ships appeared off the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Aboard the flagship Orient was the French general Napoleon Bonaparte, still six years away from being proclaimed emperor of France but fresh from a series of military victories in Europe and determined to undermine Britain’s influence in Egypt and the Middle East.
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1 month ago | 
arab.news | Caspar Webb |Jonathan Gornall
NEW YORK CITY: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned repeated Israeli airstrikes on Syria as well as growing sectarian violence around Damascus and Suwayda. The condemnation came after more than 100 people were killed in clashes in the Syrian Arab Republic over the past week. The violence has taken place in two predominantly Druze suburbs of the capital, Jaramana and Ashrafiyat Sahnaya, as well as in the southern Druze stronghold of Suwayda.
