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Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Will it lead to a truce in Gaza soon?
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is raising questions about whether a similar truce could bring an end to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Statements from around the world have given rise to cautious hope, such as the US saying it aims to use the Lebanon truce “as a...
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UN Committee observes solidarity day, urges action for Palestinian rights, peace
The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held a special meeting, Tuesday, to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which falls on Friday. “Today we once more gather to observe International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, not...
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What Trump’s second term could mean for the Middle East
US President-elect, Donald Trump, is preparing to assume office with a Middle East firmly gripped by tumult as Israel expands its wars in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, vows to annex the Occupied West Bank, and engages in an escalatory cycle of attacks with Iran. Trump has long signalled an...
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Gaza Tribunal: A voice for humanity to address crisis, says former UN Rapporteur
The “Gaza Tribunal,” a group of academics, jurists, rights advocates, artists and media and civil society representatives doing important work to pursue justice on behalf of Palestinians, a former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories has said. In an interview with Anadolu, Richard Falk emphasized that the aim...
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Leaks, distortion haunt Netanyahu amid Israel security scandal
On 8 November, Israel’s Attorney-General, Gali Baharav-Miara, allowed investigations into security leaks, forgery and alternation of protocols involving the office of Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.One of the cases being investigated is related to the theft, manipulation and leakage of information from the military to foreign media to influence public...
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US election: How AIPAC shapes American politics
When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was first formed in the 1950s, its aim was to counter international backlash after Israel’s massacre of Palestinians in the village of Qibya, and ensure there was no disruption in US funding to Israel. Decades later, as Israel carries out genocide in...
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US elections: Palestine hopes next president breaks cycle, acts for peace
Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN in New York shared his perspectives on the upcoming US presidential election, emphasizing that the Palestinian Authority does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries but is hoping for a change in the current policy towards Palestine. However, Riyad Mansour, who was...
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US elections: Who does Israel want in the White House?
As one of the US’ closest allies and the most powerful lobby in the country, Israel has been a considerable force in Tuesday’s upcoming elections. American-made bombs have rained down on Gaza and, now Lebanon, during Israel’s attacks over the past year. Today, millions desperately await a ceasefire in Gaza...
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Europe's silence on Gaza: Arts community faces criticism
Europe’s culture, cinema and arts sectors remain largely silent on Israel’s actions in Gaza, where international court trials accuse Israel of genocide against Palestinians. Anadolu’s series, “Silent Supporters of Israel’s Genocide in Europe”, reveals how European cultural industries support Israel’s stance, often exerting pressure on artists who show solidarity with...
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Cracks in Israel's shield: How global attitudes on Tel Aviv are shifting
“When I went to the West Bank earlier this year, I met Palestinians whose communities have suffered horrific violence at the hands of Israeli settlers. The inaction of the Israeli government has allowed an environment of impunity to flourish, where settler violence has been allowed to increase unchecked.” These were...
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New book reveals Netanyahu's resistance to humanitarian aid for Gaza during US high-level talks
Veteran American journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, “War”, reveals that the Israeli government has been refusing to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip since last October in high-level engagements with US officials. The book provides an inside look at the high-level engagements between Washington and Tel Aviv following Hamas’s...
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Is Israel moving its Eswatini embassy back from South Africa?
The tiny Southern African kingdom of Eswatini has diplomatic ties with Israel going back over five decades, Anadolu Agency reports. Today, as Israel faces growing international isolation for its genocide in Gaza and escalating assault on Lebanon, Eswatini seems to be among the few countries moving ever closer to Tel...
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Israel ‘crematorium’ of civilians at Gaza Hospital
On 17 October, 2023, the Israeli army attacked the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, killing nearly 500 Palestinians and injuring over 340 others, according to health officials in Gaza. Some of the victims had already fled to the hospital and its surroundings to find refuge following warnings and calls...
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US to deploy THAAD missile defence system in Israel, to be operational against ballistic and hypersonic missiles
Following the Pentagon’s decision to send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) battery and military personnel to Israel amid rising tensions with Iran, the technical capabilities of the system have drawn considerable attention. Anadolu has compiled details of the THAAD system, a highly regarded air defence technology designed to...
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Israel chasing historical Zionist aim of occupying southern Lebanon, wider region: Expert
Israel’s escalating war on Lebanon, particularly the intensified attacks and ground invasion in its southern region, are all parts of the historical Zionist objective of controlling southern Lebanon and parts of the wider region, according to a prominent Lebanese analyst. Even before there was the state of Israel, the Zionists...
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Gaza faces one of largest cases of ecocide in recent history
Since 7 October, 2023, thousands of civilians have lost their lives in Gaza, where Israel has continued its attacks, turning the destruction caused by these assaults into ecocide. In Israel’s attacks in Gaza, nearly 42,000 Palestinians were killed in one year, and nearly 100,000 were injured. In addition to this humanitarian...
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1 year of Gaza genocide: Psychological terror 'part of Israel's genocidal plan' - UN Special Rapporteur
After a year of Israeli attacks, the psychological toll on Gaza’s inhabitants, especially children, has reached alarming levels, deepening existing challenges that an estimated half of the population was already going through before 7 October last year. The ongoing violence has created a cycle of anxiety and trauma in the...
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How will Israel fare against Hezbollah on the ground?
As tensions flare in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, with the Lebanese group reporting the deaths of 17 Israeli soldiers in the south of the country, questions now arise on Israel’s abilities on the ground. Despite the assassination of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, in a massive bombing and...
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West Bank crisis escalates amid global focus on Gaza
Amid the ongoing violence and devastation in Gaza, much of the world has turned a blind eye to the equally volatile but less overt conflict simmering in the West Bank. While not as brutally visible as Gaza’s plight, the situation in the West Bank is equally dangerous, threatening to...
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After Nasrallah's assassination, what's next for Israel?
The recent assassination of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in a deadly Israeli bombing south of Beirut has prompted critical questions about Israel’s next steps. While speculation abounds on a potential ground invasion of Lebanon, experts suggest that a major land assault is unlikely. Israeli academic expert, Ori Goldberg, believes that...
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Selective outrage: The US bias in the cases of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Recently, the White House’s response to two deadly events in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has, once again, revealed the problems of selectivity, discrimination and double standards tainting the American administration’s approach to Palestinian rights. On 31 August, 2024, President Joe Biden issued a strong statement condemning the abduction and death...
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Film about Israel corruption screened in Canada after court denies Netanyahu injunction
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was unsuccessful last week in censoring a documentary film revealing secret tapes of Israeli police interrogating him and other key witnesses during criminal investigations on charges of corruption, fraud and bribery against him. Netanyahu was officially charged on 21 November, 2019 with fraud, breach...
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New vision a must for colonial, archaic UN Security Council: Oxfam chief
The current UN system is “paralyzed, dysfunctional and ineffective”, and in dire need of a complete revamp to make it “fit for purpose for today’s reality”, according to the head of Oxfam International. Ahead of the ongoing UN General Assembly session in New York, the anti-poverty confederation released a report...
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How binding is the UN resolution: Will Israel be out of Palestine in 12 months?
On 18 September, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution demanding that Israel bring to an end its “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” and do so within the next 12 months. The text was adopted by a vast majority of 124 votes in favour,...