Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said he would ensure “Hamas pays the full price” for failing to hand over captive Shiri Bibas after the Palestinian group released a body Israel said was not hers. The remains of four people, whom the group said were captives, were handed over on Thursday, the first such […]
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The United States’ envoy to the Middle East said on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza was not about evicting Palestinians, and the conversation about Gaza’s future was being shifted towards how to create a better future for Palestinians. Trump proposed on February 4 the U.S. should take over Gaza, with Palestinians resettled
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In January last year, Adil Abbuthalha launched an app to help people boycott companies tied to Israel amid its brutal genocide in the Gaza Strip. The app? Boycat, designed to help consumers make informed decisions about what they buy and track their ethical shopping journey. What started as a simple BDS application, allowing users to
“Lamsa means ‘touch’ in Arabic, and its heart is in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon,” founder and creative director Natalie Garland told me when I asked where her community-based fashion brand, LAMSA, got its name from. “But why LAMSA as the name, and why the Bekaa Valley as the focus?” I responded. With smiles on
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Demonstrators march in support of Gaza, against normalisation. [Brooke Anderson/TNA] In a recent US demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, protesters held up banners declaring, “Gaza is not for sale” and “Reject normalisation”. This was in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House earlier this month during which US
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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian man in Tulkarm refugee camp on 19 February [Getty] Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday as the military continues its weeks-long assault across the Palestinian territory, The killings occurred as Israeli troops besieged a house in the al-Far’a camp, south
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Egyptian Gaza plan seeks control over Hamas’ weapons and distribution of residential blocks [Getty] Egypt’s diplomatic plan for Gaza’s future is set to be presented to US President Donald Trump after receiving approval at key upcoming summits in Riyadh and Cairo. Sources from Egyptian and diplomatic circles from the Arab League told The New Arab‘s
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President Donald Trump‘s administration has stopped all funding to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces as part of the global freeze on foreign aid, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The funding cut, reported by The Washington Post, comes at a critical time as the PA struggles to maintain stability in the occupied West Bank and prepare for a potential
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“Bombings usually occur when everything is quiet.” Ten-year-old Amani remembers many details of the two wars she has already experienced in her young years, both of which took place during Ramadan, in the 2014 and 2021 Israeli bombing campaigns. “Airstrikes intensified during mealtimes,” she recalls. “They [the Israelis] know we are fasting.” Amani from Gaza
Syria would need more than 50 years to get back to its economic level before its devastating civil war at current growth rates, the United Nations said Thursday. “Fourteen years of conflict in Syria have undone nearly four decades of economic, social, and human capital progress,” the UN Development Programme (UNDP) said. “At current growth
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