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Anthony Albanese
Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies
BRISBANE — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, joining a growing list of Western allies as international condemnation and anger builds over Israel’s actions in Gaza.A formal recognition will be made at the United Nations General Assembly next month, where “Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority,” Albanese said at a press conference.On Monday, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his country was also considering recognizing a Palestinian state, and would make a decision at a cabinet meeting in September.“New Zealand has been clear for some time that our...
August 11, 2025

Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies

Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu defends Gaza takeover plan as international condemnation grows
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his planned military takeover of Gaza City in the face of growing international condemnation and anger, with United Nations officials warning Sunday the move would lead to “another calamity” in the embattled, starving enclave.In a rare news conference with international media, Netanyahu said the controversial operation to take over what was once Gaza’s largest city, which faces tremendous internal and international opposition, is the fastest way to end the war.“Contrary to false claims, this is the best way to end the war and the best way to end it speedily,” he said. “This is how we bring the war to an end.”In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City,...
August 11, 2025

Netanyahu defends Gaza takeover plan as international condemnation grows

Anas al-Sharif had reported extensively from northern Gaza
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
DOHA — Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said.Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, alongside cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported.The "targeted assassination" on Sunday was "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom", it said in a statement.Shortly after the strike, the IDF confirmed that it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, writing in a Telegram post that he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas".The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists who were killed.In total, seven people died in the...
August 11, 2025

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Israeli soldiers watch the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel, 30 July, 2025
World leaders criticize Israel’s Gaza City takeover decision as humanitarian concerns rise
JERUSALEM — World leaders have criticized Israel’s decision to seize control of Gaza City, warning the move risks exacerbating the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.The Israeli security cabinet approved the controversial plan early Friday, marking a new escalation in the country’s nearly two-year-long war against Hamas.The announcement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office came after hours of debate among senior security officials. The decision to move into Gaza City was made in light of Netanyahu’s earlier suggestions that the military would "take control of all Gaza," but also his claim that Israel had no intention of occupying the Strip permanently.UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the move in strong terms, stating:...
August 08, 2025

World leaders criticize Israel’s Gaza City takeover decision as humanitarian concerns rise

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, 6 August, 2025
Germany halts arms sales to Israel after Gaza takeover plan approved
BERLIN — Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that country will not authorise any exports of military equipment that could be used in Gaza "until further notice".The move from Berlin, which has historically been a stalwart supporter of Israel, comes after the Israeli Cabinet announced plans to take over Gaza City.In a statement, Merz emphasised that Israel "has the right to defend itself against Hamas' terror" and said that the release of Israeli hostages and "purposeful" negotiations toward a ceasefire in the 22-month war "are our top priority".He also said Hamas must not have a role in the future governance of Gaza."The even harsher military action by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, approved by the Israeli...
August 08, 2025

Germany halts arms sales to Israel after Gaza takeover plan approved

Tent camp sheltering Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive set up in Gaza City
Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan for new military push in Gaza
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial plans for a new military push in the Gaza Strip have raised warnings from the army leadership, opposition from hostage families and concerns that more Palestinians will be killed.They also risk isolating his country even further.In a meeting of the security cabinet that lasted 10 hours, ministers approved proposals for the "takeover of Gaza City", which is likely to be the first phase for the Israeli military to assume full control of Gaza, as Netanyahu says it is his intention.A statement released by his office did not use the word "occupation" but, effectively, that is what the plans mean.It is not clear when the operations, which could take months, will start, as the military will have to...
August 08, 2025

Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan for new military push in Gaza

Protesters march across Sydney Harbour Bridge on August 3, 2025 to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza.
‘The tide is shifting’: Massive Australian protest over Gaza crisis seen as a sign of growing global alarm
BRISBANE — When Australia wants to put on a show, it turns to the sweeping expanse of Sydney Harbour, home to the Opera House and the iconic bridge that connects the city with its northern suburbs.So, when organizers of usually small pro-Palestinian protests held every two weeks since Israel’s 2023 invasion of Gaza detected a shift in community attitudes towards the grinding conflict – at home and abroad – they chose the bridge to make a global statement.“We thought that the kind of bold and somewhat audacious idea that we were going to march over Sydney Harbour Bridge would capture the imaginations of everyone out there who was horrified by what we were seeing,” said protest organizer Josh Lees, from the Palestinian Action Group.The group had been emboldened by artists making...
August 08, 2025

‘The tide is shifting’: Massive Australian protest over Gaza crisis seen as a sign of growing global alarm

Israeli soldiers are seen near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, 6 August, 2025
Israel's security cabinet approves Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City
TEL AVIV — Israel's security cabinet has approved plans to take over Gaza City in the north of the enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the plans after senior security cabinet officials convened for hours late on Thursday and into the early hours of Friday to debate the controversial issue.The decision marks another significant escalation in Israel's 22-month long military offensive on the Strip, which has already killed at least 61,258 Palestinians, accoridng to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.The gruelling war has also internally displaced Gaza's 2 million population, many several times, reduced the territory to rubble, with the UN estimating that more than 60% of buildings and critical infrastructure having been destroyed, and pushed most...
August 08, 2025

Israel's security cabinet approves Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza City

Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas sail towards Gaza, calling for an end to the war.
Hostage families sail toward Gaza calling for Israel to end the war
JERUSALEM — Families of some of the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza have sailed towards the Palestinian enclave on Thursday, in a desperate attempt to put pressure on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as it contemplates expanding the war in Gaza.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, as well as the opposition and a large part of the Israeli public, are strongly against the expansion of the operation, arguing it would put their loved ones at even more risk.As the flotilla set off from the port of Ashkelon in southern Israel, Lior Horev from the hostage families forum told CNN the sailing was “an SOS call.”“Unfortunately, we cannot enter Gaza and get our loved ones back home, but...this is a mayday call to the Israeli government,” he said.Israel’s...
August 08, 2025

Hostage families sail toward Gaza calling for Israel to end the war

Israeli soldiers drive on their armoured personnel carrier back from inside the northern Gaza Strip into southern Israel, 29 July, 2025
Belgian court prohibits transit of military equipment to Israel
BRUSSELS — A court in Belgium has ordered the Flemish government to stop the transit of military equipment to Israel, following the discovery of hardware in the port of Antwerp earlier this year.The Court of First Instance in Brussels ordered the regional government to block the Antwerp shipment and prohibit any future transit of military equipment to Israel, which faces growing criticism in the West for its handling of the war in Gaza.The judge also imposed a fine of €50,000 for any arms shipment sent to Israel.The judgement came in response to a complaint lodged in June by four Flemish associations.Speaking to Euronews, Lichen Ullmann, the coordinator of the Vredesactie movement, which was involved in the complaint, explained that the containers found in Antwerp "included...
August 08, 2025

Belgian court prohibits transit of military equipment to Israel

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