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Holfing a a sign that reads, 'Refuse the war, Mobilize for peace.' refuseniks Iddo Elam (left) and Itamar Greenberg at a pro-democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday
Some Israeli teens are choosing jail over serving in army
TEL AVIV — At a military prison in central Israel, 18-year-old Itamar Greenberg sat in a US Army-issued army uniform as the Hollywood blockbuster “American Sniper” blared from the rec room’s TV.But Greenberg is not a soldier, and the desert camouflage fatigues are the only military uniform the so-called refusenik — as conscientious objectors are called in Israel — has ever worn.Greenberg has been in and out of prison for the last year, serving a total of 197 days over five consecutive sentences. Earlier this month, Greenberg was released from the Neve Tzedek prison for the last time.His crime? Refusing to enlist after being summoned for military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish Israelis — and some minorities — over the age of 18.Greenberg said his refusal to...
March 24, 2025

Some Israeli teens are choosing jail over serving in army

Police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray to break up demonstrations
Fierce protests in Turkey after Erdogan rival jailed
ISTANBUL — Tens of thousands of protesters have taken part in demonstrations across Turkey after the main rival to the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was formally arrested and charged with corruption.Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, was due to be selected as the Republican People's Party's (CHP) 2028 presidential nominee in a vote on Sunday.In response to his arrest, Sunday night saw a ramping up of the worst unrest the country has seen in more than a decade - with protesters fired upon with tear gas and rubber bullets.Imamoglu said the allegations against him are politically motivated. "I will never bow," he wrote on X before he was remanded in custody.Erdogan has condemned the demonstrations and accused the CHP of trying to "disturb the peace...
March 24, 2025

Fierce protests in Turkey after Erdogan rival jailed

Palestinians evacuate an injured man after his house was hit by an Israeli bombardment in Gaza City
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills Hamas official and aide
GAZA — Ismail Barhoum, the head of the group's financial affairs, was killed in the strike on Nasser Hospital, the main medical facility in Khan Younis.He was receiving treatment at the hospital after being wounded in an air strike four days ago, the official said.Israel's military said it had struck a key Hamas member operating inside the hospital compound following "an extensive intelligence-gathering process" and said that "precise munitions" had been used to mitigate harm.The Hamas-run health ministry said "many others", including medical personnel, were injured.The hospital department hit was evacuated after a large portion was destroyed, the ministry said.Footage verified by the BBC showed people attempting to extinguish a fire after the...
March 24, 2025

Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills Hamas official and aide

Displaced Palestinians travel from Beit Hanoun a day after Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, 19 March, 2025
Israel defense minister threatens to 'seize additional territories' in Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel's defense minister has told the military to "seize additional areas in Gaza" and threatened to permanently occupy parts of it, if Hamas does not free all remaining hostages.Israel Katz said that the military would continue its ground operation in Gaza "with increasing intensity" until all of the hostages "both living and dead" were returned.It is thought 24 of the 59 hostages still held in Gaza are alive, but their fate remains in the balance after negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire deal failed to progress.The fragile ceasefire that had been in place since January ended this week as Israel resumed its ground campaign and bombing of Gaza, killing hundreds of people.Israel has accused Hamas of rejecting proposals to extend...
March 21, 2025

Israel defense minister threatens to 'seize additional territories' in Gaza

Ronen Bar was formally dismissed by the Israeli cabinet on Thursday
Netanyahu fires Israel's security chief over 'distrust'
TEL AVIV — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation's security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas.The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of Ronen Bar, who was appointed in October 2021 for a five-year term as the Shin Bet's chief.Netanyahu announced his intention to sack Bar in a video statement on Sunday, citing an "ongoing distrust" between the two men which he said had "grown over time".The move sparked outrage and further inflamed anti-government demonstrations in Jerusalem, which saw thousands of Israelis join forces with protestors opposing Israel's renewed assault on Gaza.Since Tuesday, Israel has launched an intense wave of...
March 21, 2025

Netanyahu fires Israel's security chief over 'distrust'

Israeli soldiers operate a tank near the southern border with Gaza on Wednesday
Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since Gaza truce collapses as toll mounts 
JERUSALEM — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire.Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes before launching a ground offensive a day later. More than 500 people, including 200 children, have been killed since the new offensive began, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.Hamas fired three projectiles at central Israel, the Israeli military said. One was intercepted and two “fell into an open area,” with no casualties reported.Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed it had launched an attack, saying it had “bombed the city of Tel Aviv deep inside the occupied...
March 21, 2025

Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since Gaza truce collapses as toll mounts 

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani in Damascus, 20 March, 2025
Germany reopens Damascus embassy 13 years after closure
DAMASCUS — Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shuttered in the early phase of Syria's civil war.Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to the Syrian capital, her second trip to the country since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December.In a statement published on the Foreign Ministry website, Baerbock said her trip is meant to renew the message that "a political new beginning between Europe and Syria, between Germany and Syria is possible".But she added that that comes with "clear expectations that there is freedom, security and opportunity in Syria for all people — for women and men, for people belong to all ethnic groups and religions."Clashes earlier this month between fighters...
March 21, 2025

Germany reopens Damascus embassy 13 years after closure

Police officers clash with protesters during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in Istanbul, 20 March, 2025
Thousands rally in Istanbul for second night to protest against İmamoğlu’s arrest
ISTANBUL — Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul's city hall for a second consecutive night to protest against the arrest of the city's mayor, which many view as a politically driven attempt to eliminate a key rival from the next presidential race.Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested after a dawn raid on his residence on Wednesday as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.Prosecutors accuse him of exploiting his position for financial gain, including the improper allocation of government contracts.In a separate investigation, prosecutors also accuse him of aiding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), by allegedly forming an alliance with Kurdish groups for the Istanbul...
March 21, 2025

Thousands rally in Istanbul for second night to protest against İmamoğlu’s arrest

Neighbours watch as volunteers and rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a building hit in an air strike in Khan Younis, 20 March, 2025
At least 85 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, health authorities say
GAZA — At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials in the enclave.The strikes reportedly hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women and children as they slept.One of the strikes in the early hours of Thursday hit the Abu Daqa family's home in Abasan al-Kabira, a village just outside of Khan Younis near the border with Israel.It was inside an area the Israeli military ordered evacuated earlier this week, encompassing most of eastern Gaza.The strike killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, according to the nearby European Hospital, which received the bodies.Those killed included a father and his seven children, as well as the parents and brother of a month-old...
March 21, 2025

At least 85 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, health authorities say

Hussein Daraghma, a Palestinian farmer from al-Farisiyah in the Jordan Valley, told CNN his family was terrorized by Israeli settlers on a regular basis
Palestinians fear annexation as Israeli outposts proliferate West Bank 
BARDALA, West Bank — Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its former self.“The settlers brought another settler here and placed him in our area. The Israelis built a road that separates us from grazing and agricultural areas, and the settlers don’t allow us to farm on them,” he told CNN.“They crowded the area. They took thousands of dunams (1,000 square meters) from Bardala and its grazing lands,” he said, referring to his Palestinian town in the northern part of the West Bank. He added that the Jordan Valley, a fertile strip of land long considered the West Bank’s breadbasket, had...
March 20, 2025

Palestinians fear annexation as Israeli outposts proliferate West Bank 

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