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
Spain, Ireland and Norway will formally recognise a Palestinian state on Tuesday in what Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday called a "historic decision". The move has been slammed by Israel as a "reward" for Hamas more than seven months into the devastating Gaza war.
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
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
One #FilipinoSeafarer dead, his body will be repatriated asap by the government.
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Based on reports, #Houthi rebels off the western coast of #Yemen hit the #Liberia-flagged #MVTutor with #drones and #missiles on June 12. On board, the MV Tutor was 22 Filipino seafarers. #Philippines #Israel #Gaza
21 Filipino seafarers rescued from MV Tutor to arrive in #PH Monday
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/239728/21-filipino-seafarers-rescued-from-mv-tutor-to-arrive-in-ph-monday#ixzz8dJ4ZxInO
Move is apparent rebuff to #FarRight and attempt to tighten grip on decision-making over #Hamas and #Hezbollah. #Israel
Benjamin #Netanyahu dissolves Israeli war cabinet
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/17/benjamin-netanyahu-dissolves-israel-war-cabinet
#Israel struck #Gaza on June 17 and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory’s south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked #EidAlAdha
A daytime “pause” for aid deliveries announced at the weekend by Israel’s military around a southern Gaza route appeared to be holding.
Lull in Gaza fighting as Israel dissolves #WarCabinet
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/lull-in-gaza-fighting-as-biden-urges-truce-in-eid-message
We need a #ceasefire in #Gaza NOW - because we're THIS close to having the next Great #MiddleEastWar.
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The footage, if confirmed as real, would underline the mounting difficulties #Israel has encountered in dealing with the #DroneThreat from #Hezbollah, including several incidents where incoming #drones were not detected by Israeli air defence systems.
Hezbollah publishes surveillance drone footage it says shows locations in Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/hezbollah-publishes-surveillance-drone-footage-it-says-shows-locations-in-israel
The #USEnvoy had travelled to #Beirut following meetings in #Israel on Monday. #Israel’s #Haaretz reported that he had warned Israeli officials that continuing the Israeli-#Hezbollah confrontation could lead to a “wide-scale Iranian attack”. #Iran #Gaza
#US working to avert ‘greater war’ between Israel and Hezbollah: Biden envoy
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/18/us-working-to-avert-greater-war-between-israel-and-hezbollah-biden-envoy
The Greek-owned #MVTutor coal carrier attacked by #Houthi militants in the #RedSea last week has sunk, salvagers confirmed on Wednesday. The vessel was struck with #missiles and an explosive-laden remote-controlled boat, according to sources, reports Reuters. #USV #Israel #Gaza
Shipping industry urges #RedSea action as #Houthis sink second vessel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jun/19/israel-gaza-war-live-us-weapon-transfers-netanyahu-blinken?page=with:block-6672dd068f086ad5ae684ef4#block-6672dd068f086ad5ae684ef4
The head of the #Israel Defence Forces said the army is facing #TroopShortages amid rising #casualties in the war against #Hamas in #Gaza. Yet enlisting more troops is difficult due to rising #PublicOpposition to the war and an open conflict between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin #Netanyahu and his defence minister.
Israeli army in urgent need of troops amid rising casualties in Gaza
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240619-israeli-army-urgent-need-troops-amid-rising-casualties-in-gaza
The head of the Israel Defence Forces said the army is facing troop shortages amid rising casualties in the war against Hamas in Gaza. Yet enlisting more troops is difficult due to rising public opposition to the war and an open conflict between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his defence minister.
#AssafOrion, a former brigadier-general in the #Israel Defense Forces and its chief of strategy between 2010 and 2015, estimates that #Hezbollah has “tens times the arsenal of #Hamas” and implies that any conflict would be a similar order of magnitude greater than the hostilities in #Gaza after 7 October.
Israeli talk of war with Hezbollah almost certainly fresh attempt at deterrence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/19/israeli-talk-of-war-with-hezbollah-almost-certainly-fresh-attempt-at-deterrence
The war against #Hamas is straining the Israeli economy. The central bank estimates the conflict will cost around $67 billion through 2025, or almost 15% of annual gross domestic product. GDP per capita dropped in 2023 for the first time in eight years and the government’s on track to run one of its largest #BudgetDeficits this *century* in 2024. #Gaza
#Israel #TechLeaders, Irked By #Netanyahu, Eye Moves Into Politics
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-tech-leaders-irked-netanyahu-060000724.html
The Tories won't be in power for much longer.
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Speaking to CNN, the shadow foreign secretary said a #LabourGovernment would comply if an order was issued for the arrest of the Israeli prime minister, adding that he expected the response to be the same all over #Europe. #UK #EU #Israel #TheHague
Labour would comply with #ICC arrest order for #Netanyahu, Lammy reiterates
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/23/labour-would-comply-with-icc-arrest-order-for-netanyahu-lammy-reiterates
#Israel’s #SupremeCourt has ruled unanimously that the #military must begin drafting #UltraOrthodox men for #MilitaryService, a decision that could lead to the collapse of prime minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in #Gaza.
Israeli court rules ultra-#OrthodoxMen can be drafted for military service
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/25/israeli-court-rules-ultra-orthodox-men-can-be-drafted-for-military-service
@Norobiik
GQP blueprint for America:
'Ultra-Orthodox men attend special seminaries that focus on religious studies, with little attention on secular topics such as math, English or science. Critics say they are ill-prepared to serve in the military or enter the secular workforce.
With its high birthrate, the ultra-Orthodox community is the fastest-growing segment of the population, at 4% annually. Each year, roughly 13,000 U.O. males reach the conscription age of 18, but less than 10% enlist.'
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