"BBC editor Raffi Berg is suing journalist Owen Jones for suggesting that he is not properly impartial on the subject of Israel [...]. Here is Mr Berg talking about his love for Israel’s foreign intelligence organisation Mossad and the ‘goosebumps’ it gives him to think about it:"

Israel’s war in Gaza built an unprecedented arms pipeline from the U.S. to Israel that continues to flow, generating substantial business for big U.S. companies—including Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Caterpillar. Sales of U.S. weapons to Israel have surged since October 2023.

The US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a “green zone” under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a “red zone” to be left in ruins. Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned.

Arab countries are pushing against a US-backed proposal to rebuild a “New Gaza” in the Israeli-controlled half of the enclave, which they fear could lead to the long-term partition of the Palestinian territory.

Palestinians face “dangerous” shortages of medicine and medical supplies, the director of Gaza’s Health Ministry warns, as Israel maintains strict curbs on humanitarian aid. Israel continues to attack Gaza despite the ceasefire with Hamas.

As negotiations over the fragile Gaza ceasefire continue, Palestinians have started to dig through 61m tonnes of debris, 20 times more than the combined mass of all debris generated by conflicts since 2008. Underneath, at least 10,000 people are thought to be buried.

The EU has paused internal discussions on imposing sanctions against Israel. Even low-level working groups within the Council of the EU have been instructed not to deliberate on the European Commission’s sanctions proposal. EU diplomats cited Germany and Italy’s positions as key to the decision.

Itzik Huber of Israeli weapons maker UVision told the website CTech in a recent interview that “Israel is the best playground." He praised the “condensed area” for “training and operation,” while observing how the wars against Gaza and Iran have demonstrated the “big flexibility” of drones.

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Israeli special forces abducted a Palestinian nurse while working at a medical facility in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, just months after her prominent doctor father Marwan al-Hams was captured. Tasneem al-Hams was working in al-Mawasi, a so-called Israeli-designated "safe zone".

UEFA Champions League match in Istanbul tonight. Liverpool versus Galatasaray.

UK Labour Party members have voted to accept that a genocide is taking place in Gaza by Israel - putting pressure on the government to also do so. Members voted to approve an emergency motion to accept the findings of the UN commission of inquiry, which concluded Israel "has committed genocide".

"The United Nations has placed ACS Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A., the multinational firm chaired by Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez, on its blacklist of companies linked to 'Israeli' settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories."

[Netanyahu's] performance at the UN [...] only highlighted the global isolation in which he and his country find themselves. The aging, failing magician merely proved to the sparse audience, to his people and – through loudspeakers – to the people of Gaza, that he is not focused on ending the war

At least 40 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza, including at least 10 displaced Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp and 15 in Gaza City. Two-and-a-half-month-old Eid Mahmoud Abu Jamma has died of malnutrition and lack of treatment in Khan Younis.

Anadolu reports that Hamas said on Sunday that it has not received any new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, stressing its readiness to discuss any proposals. Media reports earlier said that Hamas had received a US proposal to reach a Gaza ceasefire and end the Israeli war in the enclave.

The United Nations on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in illegal Israeli settlements, listing 158 firms from 11 countries: Israel, Canada, China, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Britain, the United States.

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal.

MADRID, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.

Israel no longer bothers to dispute the Hamas-run Health Ministry figures, which show that the number of civilians killed since October 7 is the highest in any war in the 21st century | Nir Hasson

Rome (AFP) – Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto sent a navy frigate Wednesday to assist a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, after organisers said several of their boats had been targeted by drones off Greece.

"A day after France led other nations in recognizing Palestinian statehood, the U.N. Security Council once again aired a deep divide between the veto-wielding United States and most of the rest of the world over how to end the war in the Gaza Strip and resolve the Mideast conflict." apnews.com

Deadly Israeli air attacks have intensified in Gaza City and ground forces have advanced in the south of the city, killing at least 36 Palestinians across the enclave. Hospital patients are facing “certain death” as hospitals may have to shutter vital departments in a few days due to fuel shortages.

"The US president made at least five spurious claims ranging from climate change and immigration to ending wars."

US-based company Uber is facing a growing boycott campaign after announcing a multi-million-dollar investment in Israeli drone delivery firm Flytrex.

A criminal complaint for collusion in Israel's genocide has been formally filed with the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe by the Institute for Public Diplomacy and Law for Palestine. The complaint targets eleven German government officials and arms industry executives.

The Global Sumud Flotilla reported drones flying above the forty boats heading towards the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, including one they identified as United States-operated. The statement reaffirmed the civilian organizers' goals to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and challenge Israel's authority

"The night Israeli ground forces began their invasion of Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech at the Finance Ministry in which he laid out his dark vision for the country's future as an isolated, rogue state." Full article available below:

It's worth reading Norman Finkelstein's article. "Absent external political constraints, and if Gazans prove unwilling or unable to leave, then Israel, its leadership as well as Israeli Jewish society en masse—this was a national project—won’t recoil at totally annihilating Gaza’s population."

This is satire: "Heralded as a transformative moment in the diplomatic mission of the UK, prime minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that Palestine, a state that UK is helping Israel destroy through a combination of intelligence gathering and arms sales, does in fact exist and have a right to exist."

Hundreds of Jewish physicians and scholars from the U.S., U.K. and Israel denounce [...] a deliberate campaign to destroy civilian life in Gaza, where life expectancy has halved since October 2023. Their open letter admonishes colleagues who have yet to protest: 'To be silent is to be complicit'

Portugal's Foreign Affairs Minister Paulo Rangel announced on Sunday that the country has now recognised the state of Palestine. "The recognition of the state of Palestine is the realization of a fundamental, constant, and fundamental line of Portuguese foreign policy," Rangel told reporters.

The UK, Canada and Australia formally declared their recognition of Palestinian statehood on Sunday in separate but coordinated statements. The move marks the first members of the G7 advanced economies to take the step. Portugal announced its move [to recognise Palestin] late on Sunday.

Ben-Gvir called the move a “reward for killers,” urging immediate countermeasures, including full annexation of the occupied West Bank and the complete crushing of the Palestinian Authority. Smotrich made the same call for imposing full 'Israeli' sovereignty in the West Bank.

Israel may be at risk of being suspended from all European football competitions with UEFA reportedly to vote on the matter on Tuesday, following pressure on the sporting body amid the genocide in Gaza. Reports say the majority of the members of UEFA's board support the removal of Israel.

The US has, for the sixth time, vetoed a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would have demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. All 14 other members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft resolution [...].

About 15 of every 16 Palestinians the Israeli military has killed since its renewed offensive in Gaza began in March have been civilians, data collected by the independent violence-tracking organisation Acled indicates.The civilian death rate is one of the highest recorded during the conflict.

PEN America, a prominent defender of free speech, has released a devastating report outlining extensive damage to cultural sites in Gaza caused by Israel’s bombardment of the territory.

The Israeli army is mobilising near the heart of Gaza City, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians onto coastal roads in a bid to drive them out of the Strip’s main urban centre, amid [...] “the heaviest wave” of Israeli attacks on the city since the war began.

"Britain’s biggest trade union Unison is using Israeli and Israel-linked providers for key internal service provision, insiders have told the Canary. This is despite support for Palestinian rights and opposition to genocide being official union policy, as decided by members."

Jeremy Corbyn's letter to the UK Foreign Secretary, following the UN report confirming that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. He asks, "Why is the government continuing to provide military support to a country that is committing genocide?"

University College Dublin displayed rank hypocrisy by joining a European Union-funded project involving two Israeli partners after expressing anger at the violence inflicted on Gaza. The project also includes the Technion – an Israeli technology institute – and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

As Israel invades Gaza City with ground troops, Idaho lawmakers are among 250 elected representatives visiting the country this week. Republican Rep. Barbara Ehardt, Rep. Josh Tanner and Rep. Bruce Skaug, alongside Democrat Rep. Ilana Rubel were part of the delegation on the Israeli-sponsored trip.

The United Nations voiced grave concerns on Wednesday about food and other supplies running out in northern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people were already experiencing famine, after Israel closed the only crossing there last week.

Luxembourg will recognize the State of Palestine at a United Nations summit in New York next week. French President Emmanuel Macron is spearheading the drive to recognize a Palestinian state as international condemnation grows of Israel over its nearly two-year offensive in Gaza.

The Spanish government cancelled a contract worth €700 million for Israeli-designed rocket launchers [...]. The move comes after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced his government would "consolidate in law" a ban on military equipment sales or purchases with Israel over its offensive in Gaza.

The prime minister said Israel faces growing diplomatic isolation due to Muslim immigration to Europe and foreign influence on social media, and called for self-sufficiency, major defense spending, and drastic deregulation, warning: 'Life is more important than the law'

NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor "We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."