Thu 14 August 2025: A new report from York University’s Islamophobia Research Hub has exposed a dramatic rise in hate incidents targeting Muslim, Palestinian and Arab communities across Canada since October 7, 2023. Titled “Documenting the ‘Palestine Exception’”, the report, authored by Dr. Nadia Hasan, reveals a “sharp and dangerous” spike of up to 1,800% in Islamophobic […]
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Thu 14 August 2025: The director of al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza has told Al Jazeera Arabic that 55,000 pregnant women in the enclave are now suffering from malnutrition, as he warned of several spiralling health crises in the Strip. He said the hospital is unable to provide services due to the total collapse of […]
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Wed 13 August 2025: A Palestinian businessman is being discussed as a possible governor of the Gaza Strip for the post-war period, according to an Israeli newspaper report. A behind-the-scenes initiative is promoting businessman Samir Hulileh as a potential governor of post-war Gaza, the Yedioth Ahronoth (Latest News) newspaper reported on Tuesday. Hulileh will act under the auspices of […]
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Wed 13 August 2025: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is on a historic and spiritual mission and strongly supports a “Greater Israel” vision. This vision, he claims, includes the occupied Palestinian territories and parts of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. In an interview with Israel’s i24 channel that was reported by The Times of Israel on 12 August […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: Social media platform X temporarily suspended its AI chatbot, Grok, on Monday after users found it was talking about Israel’s actions in Gaza. When users asked Grok why it was suspended following the software coming back online, Grok responded by saying its brief suspension occurred “after I stated that Israel and […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: A severe heat wave hit eight Arab countries on Monday, with meteorological agencies warning that extreme temperatures, high humidity, and wildfires would continue through the weekend, with the heat expected to subside by Friday or Saturday. Egypt The Egyptian Meteorological Authority said the country is experiencing “extremely hot weather across most […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department said Wednesday it has received 80,000 soldiers since the outbreak of the war in Gaza Strip in October 2023, including 26,000 for mental illness. The department said that it allocates around 4.2 billion shekels ($1.2 billion)-more than half of its annual budget-to provide medical services for wounded […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: Israel’s defense minister on Monday hit back at a list published by media linked to Iran’s military which named Israeli officials in an assassination list, appearing to threaten Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s life in response. “I suggest to the Iranian dictator Khamenei that when he leaves the bunker, he occasionally look […]
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From left: Anas al-Sharif, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Qreiqeh [Al Jazeera] Mon 11 August 2025: Israel deliberately attacked the tent the journalists were working out of, at the gates of al-Shifa Hospital. Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the […]
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Sun 10 August 2025: The Israeli government is preparing to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists into the armed forces ahead of establishing full control over the Gaza Strip. These plans have already faced criticism from the Israeli military leadership, Channel 13 reports. If the plans are approved, the total number of mobilised reservists could reach […]
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