#Ireland, #Spain and #Norway have announced plans to formally recognise a #PalestinianState on Wednesday, amid warnings from #Israel that recognition will ‘fuel extremism and instability’.

The Guardian video team have produced a video showing the announcements this morning from each of the prime ministers of the three countries. #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/22/israel-gaza-war-hamas-palestinian-state-middle-east-benjamin-netanyahu?page=with%3Ablock-664db9798f0859606f44568f#block-664db9798f0859606f44568f

#France said on Wednesday conditions were not right to officially recognise a #PalestinianState and that such a decision must be more than just symbolic or political posturing. #Israel #Gaza

France says conditions not right to recognise Palestinian state
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-says-conditions-not-right-to-recognise-palestinian-state/ar-BB1mR8F2?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#Egypt threatened on Wednesday to withdraw as a mediator in #Gaza ceasefire negotiations after CNN reported that Egyptian intelligence changed terms of recent truce proposal and scuttled a deal. #Israel

Egypt says it may withdraw as Gaza ceasefire mediator
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/egypt-says-it-may-withdraw-as-gaza-ceasefire-mediator/ar-BB1mS4ye?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

Thousands of #Israelis took to the streets overnight demanding their government help free the #hostages in #Gaza. The demonstrations were triggered by the release of a graphic video showing five female soldiers in #Hamas captivity. The video was made public by their families. #Israel

Israelis protest after disturbing new video released of hostages in #Gaza [VIDEO]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israelis-protest-after-disturbing-new-video-released-of-hostages-in-gaza/vi-BB1mVgOP?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

The international court of justice is expected (#ICJ) to issue a new ruling on #Israel’s conduct of its war in #Gaza at 3pm (1400 BST, 2100 PHT) on Friday, as the #US expressed concern over Israel’s growing diplomatic isolation among countries that have traditionally supported it. #TheHague

ICJ expected to make new ruling on Israel’s war in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/24/icj-expected-to-make-new-ruling-on-israels-war-in-gaza

I have a feeling that the #ICJ arrest warrants for the #Hamas & #Israel leaders won't be long in coming either
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Reading out a ruling by the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) or #WorldCourt, the body’s president #NawafSalam said provisional measures ordered by the court in March did not fully address the situation in #Gaza now, and conditions had been met for a new emergency order. #TheHague

ICJ orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza's #Rafah
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/24/israel-gaza-war-live-icj-rafah-benjamin-netanyahu-latest-live-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6650978b8f080a302f01e72f#block-6650978b8f080a302f01e72f

By July 5 though, the UK may shift it's position again once the (heavily elections favored) Labour party takes over.
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The #US and the #UK will reject the international court of justice order directing #Israel to end its offensive on #Rafah after slowly blurring their red lines that once stated that they could not support a military offensive in Rafah. #TheHague

US and UK to back #Israel over #ICJ ruling after blurring their Rafah red lines
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/24/us-and-uk-to-back-israel-against-icj-while-blurring-their-rafah-red-lines

#Biden also told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah #AlSisi in a call that he supported efforts to reopen the southern #RafahCrossing under terms acceptable to both #Egypt and #Israel and that the #US would send a senior team to Cairo next week for talks, according to a White House statement.

US, Egypt Agree to Allow Aid Into #Gaza Through #KeremShalom
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-05-24/us-egypt-agree-to-allow-aid-into-gaza-through-kerem-shalom

The longer the war drags on, without any concrete plan for the day after, the lower morale drops. Talks to free the 100 or so remaining #IsraeliHostages have repeatedly collapsed, while #Hamas and #Lebanon’s #Hezbollah are still disrupting daily life with rocket attacks.

‘We are divided’: unity in #Israel fades as war in #Gaza approaches ninth month
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/unity-israel-war-in-gaza-approaches-ninth-month

The strike, one of the deadliest single incidents in the eight-month war to date, came two days after the international court of justice in #TheHague, which arbitrates between states, ordered #Israel to stop its operation in #Rafah immediately. #Gaza

Global shock after Israeli airstrike kills dozens in Rafah tent camp
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/global-shock-after-israeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp

#YossiCohen, the former head of the #Mossad (#Israel’s foreign intelligence agency) allegedly threatened a chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (#ICC) in a series of secret meetings in which he tried to pressure her into abandoning a #WarCrimes investigation, the Guardian can reveal. #Israel #TheHague #Palestine

Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry

Residents said Israeli tanks were stationed on and around the #Zurub hilltop, a high ground overlooking western #Rafah, having advanced from the area near the Egyptian border crossing, where Israeli forces launched an incursion three weeks ago. #Israel #Gaza

Tanks reach Rafah’s centre as Israel presses assault despite global outcry
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-press-rafah-offensive-despite-global-outcry

Tuesday's move by #Spain, #Ireland and #Norway will mean the majority of the #UN's 193 member states will now recognise #PalestinianStatehood.

These include many Middle Eastern, African and Asian countries. #Israel #Gaza

Ireland, Norway join Spain in ‘historic decision’ to formally recognise a Palestinian state
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240528-ireland-norway-to-join-spain-in-historic-decision-to-formally-recognise-a-palestinian-state

Investigation reveals how #Israel's intelligence agencies tried to derail #WarCrimes prosecution, with #Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts.

Details of #Israel’s nine-year campaign to thwart the #ICC’s inquiry have been uncovered by #TheGuardian, an Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and Local Call, a Hebrew-language outlet. #TheHague

Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the #ICC exposed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/spying-hacking-intimidation-israel-war-icc-exposed

An investigative reporter with #Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, #Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the #Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the #InternationalCriminalCourt. #ICC #TheHague #Gaza

Israeli journalist describes threats over reporting on spy chief and ICC
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/journalist-threatened-over-reporting-on-spy-chief-and-icc-israeli-newspaper-says

Citing #TheGuardian’s investigation, Dutch MPs from the liberal-progressive #D66 and #Green-#Labour alliance have condemned the alleged activities and called for more information on what the Dutch state knows about it, and an independent investigation. #TheHague #Gaza

#DutchMPs call for inquiry into reports #Israel spied on #ICC lawyers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/dutch-mps-call-for-inquiry-into-reports-israel-spied-on-icc-lawyers#img-1

#Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

But, #Israel’s war on #Gaza has fuelled anti-Israeli sentiment in Egypt and ties are strained amid fears in #Cairo that Israel wants to trigger a mass exodus of desperate #Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt’s #SinaiPeninsula.

Egypt denies agreement with Israel to reopen #Rafah border crossing: Report
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrelenting-nightmare-for-weary-palestinians?update=2938811

#US president outlines deal that would offer #PermanentCeasefire and Israeli withdrawal for #HostageRelease and rebuilding effort. #Israel #GazaCeasefire

#Biden urges #Hamas to accept Israeli plan for #GazaCeasefire: ‘Time for this war to end’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/biden-hamas-israel-gaza-ceasefire-plan

#Indonesia's president-elect, #PrabowoSubianto, said on Saturday that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in #Gaza if required.

Speaking at the #ShangriLaDialogue, Asia's premier security conference, Prabowo said U.S. President #JoeBiden's three-phase proposal for a #GazaCeasefire was a step in the right direction. #Israel

Prabowo says #Indonesia willing to send peacekeeping troops to #Gaza
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/prabowo-says-indonesia-willing-to-send-peacekeeping-troops-to-gaza/ar-BB1nrscJ?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#SouthAfrica's case against #Israel over allegations of #genocide before the #InternationalCourtOfJustice has raised a central question of international law: what is genocide and how do you prove it? #TheHague #ICC

Why genocide is so hard to prove?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/why-genocide-is-so-hard-to-prove/vi-BB1mqzXs?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#Israel’s opposition leader has urged Benjamin #Netanyahu to heed Joe Biden’s call for a #GazaTruce under which #Hamas would free hostages. #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jun/01/israel-gaza-war-live-netanhayu-biden-hamas-ceasefire-plan-rafah-aid-middle-east?page=with:block-665afd008f08c6c67d9ae6cc#block-665afd008f08c6c67d9ae6cc

The battles in #Jabaliya between lightly armed #Hamas militants and a powerful #IDF force underlined the ability of Hamas to return to parts of #Gaza from which it was forced to retreat by earlier Israeli offensives, threatening a “#ForeverWar” for months or even years to come.

Hamas still strong in areas ‘cleared’ by #Israel in northern Gaza, say experts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/03/hamas-still-strong-in-areas-cleared-by-israel-in-northern-gaza-say-experts

"Numerous leaders and governments, including in the region, have endorsed this plan and we call on the #SecurityCouncil to join them in calling for implementation of this deal," said US Ambassador to the U.N. #LindaThomasGreenfield in a statement. #Israel

#US seeks #UN backing for proposed #GazaCeasefire deal
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-seeks-un-backing-for-proposed-gaza-ceasefire-deal/ar-BB1nz4hI?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#Israel's parks authority said earlier on Monday that fires had already covered hundreds of acres. The national fire service said its #firefighters were operating late into the night in several spots, including in the town of #KiryatShmona, where they were trying to protect a line of houses. #WildFires #Gaza

Fires set off by #Hezbollah rockets spread through northern Israel
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/fires-set-off-by-hezbollah-rockets-spread-through-northern-israel/ar-BB1nBerf?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

This leapt out to me this morning. It's significant, but I'm not sure why.
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#JERUSALEM (Reuters) - #AharonBarak, a former president of #Israel's #SupremeCourt, has resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an #InternationalCourtOfJustice panel weighing a #genocide
allegation filed over the country's war in #Gaza, officials said on Wednesday. #TheHague

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/israel-s-barak-quits-icj-panel-citing-personal-reasons/ar-BB1nHoh8?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

News of #Israel’s inclusion on the list follows eight months of war on #Gaza, in which more than 13,000 children are estimated to be among the 36,500 killed, and comes a day after the Israeli bombing of a #UNSchool in central Gaza, which killed more than 40 Palestinians, some of them children.

#UN adds Israel to list of states committing violations against children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/07/united-nations-israel-children-rights-violation

Saturday’s operation, the first successful military mission to free hostages since February, brings the number of #hostages rescued by the Israeli military to seven. There are still 120 hostages in the #GazaStrip, a third of whom are believed to have died.

#Israel rescues four hostages in #Gaza taken from #NovaMusicFestival
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/08/israel-rescues-four-hostages-in-gaza-taken-from-nova-music-festival

The Israeli politician and former military chief Benny Gantz has followed through on a threat to resign from Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency war cabinet, leaving the prime minister more reliant than ever on far-right elements of his coalition government.

He has accused #Netanyahu of pushing strategic considerations such as a hostage deal aside for his own political survival. #Israel #Gaza

Moderate politician #BennyGantz resigns from Israeli war cabinet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/moderate-politician-benny-gantz-resigns-israeli-war-cabinet

#Nuseirat market was crowded with #civilians when a #HostageRescue vehicle got stuck, and the bombing began. #Gaza

Like the horrors of judgment day’: the cost to #Palestinians of #Israel’s #HostageRescue
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/09/like-the-horrors-of-judgment-day-palestinians-on-israels-hostage-rescue

#Washington is struggling to gain the unequivocal backing of #Israel or #Hamas for a three-stage deal proposed by the #US president, #JoeBiden, that would lead to the release of all the remaining #hostages in return for Israel accepting steps towards a permanent ceasefire and the eventual withdrawal of its forces from #Gaza.

US to ask #UNSecurityCouncil to back Joe Biden’s #GazaPeaceDeal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/10/us-un-security-council-joe-biden-gaza-peace-deal

14 council members voted for Monday’s resolution, none against, and only #Russia abstained on the #US-drafted resolution, which calls for an initial exchange of #elderly, #sick or #women hostages for #PalestinianDetainees held by #Israel in the course of an initial six-week ceasefire.

The #ceasefire would evolve into a permanent end to hostilities and the release of all #hostages in a second phase.

#UNSecurityCouncil endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire #Gaza deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/10/un-security-council-us-gaza-ceasefire

The Lebanese militant group #Hezbollah has launched its biggest salvo of rockets at #Israel since the war in #Gaza began in apparent retaliation for the killing of a senior field commander, bringing the two sides closer to all-out conflict. #Lebanon

Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/hezbollah-fires-big-salvo-rockets-israel-senior-commander-killed?utm_source=press.coop

This simply can't go on.
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The attacks impacted at least 65 countries and forced at least 29 major energy and #ShippingCompanies to alter their routes, according to the rare public assessment by the #Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency. #Houthis #Israel #Gaza

#RedSea attacks drove 90% drop in #ContainerShipping, US intelligence officials say
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/red-sea-attacks-drove-90-drop-in-container-shipping-us-intelligence-officials-say

She's hard to read isn't she? The #US #Republicans are children by comparison.
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Although she stressed it was necessary to remember the attacks on Israeli women and children on 7 October, #Meloni added “it seems that Israel has fallen into a trap, a #Hamas trap that had the aim of isolating it, and it seems to be working. We are working on its security". #Gaza #EU #HardRight

#Israel has fallen into #HamasTrap in #GazaWar, says Giorgia Meloni at G7
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/15/israel-hamas-trap-gaza-war-giorgia-meloni-at-g7