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- by MIIsrael released nine more Palestinians, including a woman, from the Gaza Strip after months of unlawful detention on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The freed captives were transported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah for medical examinations. Speaking to reporters, ICRC spokesperson in Gaza Emani Nauk said the organization has been unable to access Palestinians held in […]
- by MIIndonesia may exit US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” if Palestine’s independence goals are not advanced, according to the state-run news agency Antara. President Prabowo Subianto, while responding to concerns on the issue during a meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday, stated: “’If we join the BoP, we are not obliged to go along when they do not align with our views. Second, if no changes […]
- by MITurkiye will continue to support Syria’s stability and will work in cooperation with Saudi Arabia for Syrian reconstruction, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, Anadolu reports. The leaders discussed regional and global issues, bilateral relations, energy, and defense during their meeting, according to a statement issued by Turkiye’s Communications Directorate. Ankara continues to work for Gaza’s […]
- by MIA US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after it approached an American aircraft carrier, an official said, Anadolu reports. “USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea approximately 500 miles from Iran’s southern coast when an Iranian Shahed-139 drone unnecessarily maneuvered toward the ship. “The Iranian drone continued to fly toward the ship despite de-escalatory measures taken by US forces […]
- by MIPalestinian UN envoy Riyad Mansour said Tuesday that the Gaza Strip is an inseparable part of the occupied Palestinian territory and belongs to the Palestinian people, Anadolu reports. “Gaza is not a piece of land that is hanging in the air for anyone to grab. It belongs to its people. It belongs to the Palestinian people,” Mansour said at the opening session of the UN Committee on the Exercise of […]
- by MIUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that Israel’s “unlawful” plans to expand settlements in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank would sever its northern and southern parts and deal a serious blow to the two-state solution, Anadolu reports. “In the occupied West Bank, relentless illegal settlement expansion, demolitions, displacement, and evictions are accelerating,” Guterres said at the opening session of the UN Committee on the Exercise of […]
- by MIAn appeals court in Tunisia has increased the prison sentence of Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the country’s Ennahda Movement and former parliament speaker, to 20 years on charges of “conspiring against state security,” local media said Tuesday. The state news agency TAP, citing a judicial source, said the court also handed down the same sentence to Kamal Al-Badawi, a former security official. A court of first instance had earlier sentenced […]
- by MIThe infamous Epstein files continue to reverberate across the globe. They exposed a network that was never simply about one man’s depravity. Instead, they reveal a sprawling web of influence, compromise, and blackmail that ensnared royals, billionaires, diplomats, tech moguls, and Arab businesspeople. These ties transcend personal scandal, bordering on a geopolitical crisis; they raise the haunting question of whether Epstein’s operation served as a lever for Israeli strategic interests. […]
- by MIUS envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Tuesday to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials, Israeli Channel 12 reported. Netanyahu’s office told The Times of Israel news portal that the premier will meet Witkoff at 4.30 pm local time (1430 GMT). The US envoy’s talks in Israel are expected to focus on Iran and the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire […]
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- From Jabotinsky to Epstein: Zionism and the Cult of Cruelty | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbaniby MIIsrael now admits Gaza’s death toll—but only after years of denial. Mouin Rabbani joins to explore what this shift means, and how media and political elites helped enable genocide. We look at US complicity, the BBC’s Gaza coverage collapse, and the ideology of Jewish supremacy inside Israel’s government. Plus: the Epstein files, vice as political currency, and Arab states scrambling to prevent war with Iran. WATCH: ‘Trojan Horses’ of a […]
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