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Since finding her son laying dead on the floor after being mauled by a combat dog unleashed by Israeli soldiers last week, Nabila Bahar, 70, has struggled to return to her home in Gaza’s Shujaiya neighbourhood. Muhammad Bahar, 24, who had Down’s syndrome, held a special place in his mother’s heart, who described him as […]

Several Belgian cities have refused to host a football match against Israel [Getty] A football match between Belgium and Israel in the Nations League will be moved to an undisclosed venue in Hungary after several Belgian cities refused to host the game citing security concerns. The move to Hungary comes after the Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) announced

The ICJ’s decision issued on Friday said Israel’s occupation was unlawful and must end as soon as possible [photo credit: Al-Araby Al-Jadeed] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision issued last Friday constitutes, from a legal perspective, a great victory for the Palestinian people and an unprecedented and stinging blow to Israel and its fascist

Thousands of Sudanese have fled to neighbouring countries of Chad, Ethiopia and Egypt as the war has waged on [GETTY/file photo] Civilians in Sudan have suffered horrendous levels of violence during more than a year of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary force, facing repeated attacks, abuse and exploitation by both sides, the

Anti-government protesters gathered in cities across Israel calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to depart for Washington (Photo by Eyal Warshavsky/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Israel will be the United States’ strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before flying

The Jordan Seismological Observatory recorded a 3.6 magnitude earthquake that was felt by residents [Getty] A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit Jordan on Sunday evening, located in the south of Ma’in in the Dead Sea region, according to the state news agency Petra. While the Jordanian Seismological Observatory (JSO) revealed that residents felt the quake, no

The Israeli military believes Deif was killed in an airstrike that also killed at least 90 people [Getty] The Israeli military believes that an airstrike carried out on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone that killed at least 90 Palestinians also killed Hamas military head Mohammed Deif. The Israeli military’s Arabic language spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on Sunday

Residents returning to Shujaiya have found nothing but rubble, destroyed clothing and slain bodies [Getty/file photo] The Gaza City neighbourhood of Shujaiya is now more or less completely destroyed, after being relentlessly targeted by Israeli forces amid the army’s latest intensified offensive in the enclave. Residents who returned to the neighbourhood after Israeli troops withdrew on

Egyptian police routinely conduct raids on journalists with threats and intimidation [GETTY/file photo] Egyptian authorities arrested cartoonist Ashraf Omar at his Cairo home early on Monday after he drew a series of satirical images, the publication he works with and Egypt’s press union said. Omar’s wife, who was not at their western Cairo home at

A separate survey also revealed 70 percent of Israelis think Netanyahu is not doing enough to release captives [Getty] A new survey published this week has revealed over half of European Jews sometimes feel “ashamed” of the Israeli government’s actions. The poll recorded a sharp increase in respondents revealing they were “sometimes ashamed of the