ENGLAND’S LINEKER LEAVES BBC AFTER APOLOGISING FOR POST THAT DREW ANTI-SEMITISM COMPLAINTS

Mon 19 May 2025: Gary Lineker, a former England football captain who became the face of the sport on British TV, will leave the broadcaster after apologising for sharing a social media post about Zionism that drew complaints over anti-Semitism, Reuters reports. Lineker, 64, who scored 48 times for his country, moved into broadcasting after […]

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NETANYAHU’S PARTY SEEKS BILL TO LABEL QATAR ‘TERRORISM SPONSOR’ TO BLOCK ITS MEDIATION ROLE

Mon 19 May 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party has submitted a bill to the Knesset seeking to bar Qatar from mediating in negotiations involving Israel by officially labelling it a “state sponsor of terrorism.” According to the Hebrew-language newspaper Haaretz, Likud Knesset Member Moshe Saada introduced the bill, which targets Qatar’s role in […]

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MOHAMMED SINWAR, BROTHER OF FALLEN HAMAS CHIEF, LIKELY KILLED, ISRAEL SAYS

Mon 19 May 2025: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed Sunday that the army likely killed Mohammed Sinwar, a Hamas commander and the brother of slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Anadolu reports. “All indications show that Sinwar was killed,” Katz said at a meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. “There is no official […]

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TURKISH PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES DISCOVERY OF NEW 75 BCM NATURAL GAS RESERVE IN BLACK SEA

Mon 19 May 2025: Turkiye has discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters (bcm) in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday, Anadolu reports. “We have discovered a new natural gas reserve of 75 billion cubic meters in the field. With this amount, we will be able to meet […]

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MICROSOFT CONFIRMS AI, CLOUD SERVICES TO ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTRY AMID GAZA WAR SCRUTINY

Sun 18 May 2025: Microsoft has confirmed it provides cloud and artificial intelligence services to Israel’s Defense Ministry, while denying its tools were used to harm civilians in Gaza, as scrutiny intensifies over the role of US tech firms in the ongoing war, Anadolu reports. In a statement published Thursday, the company acknowledged public and internal […]

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ARAB LEAGUE CALLS FOR FUNDS TO REBUILD GAZA AT SUMMIT IN BAGHDAD

Sun 18 May 2025: The war on the Palestinian territory dominated the summit, especially after Israel approves plans to expand its offensive. Arab leaders have urged the international community to fund their plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip after United States President Donald Trump reiterated a proposal to take over the Palestinian territory. An Arab League summit […]

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HEZBOLLAH-LINKED SINGER ALLEGEDLY ‘PAID THOUSANDS TO COLLABORATE WITH ISRAEL’

Sat 17 May 2025: Lebanese singer Mohammad Hadi Saleh is accused of providing information to Israel in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars, according to a legal indictment. A popular Hezbollah-affiliated singer is being prosecuted in Lebanon after being accused of spying for Israel and complicity in the killings of Lebanese citizens in exchange for cash. Proceedings […]

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34TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT KICKS OFF IN BAGHDAD WITH ISRAELI WAR ON GAZA TOPPING AGENDA

Sat 17 May 2025: The 34th Arab League Summit began on Saturday in Baghdad, with Israel’s war on Gaza dominating the talks besides other regional issues. It is Iraq’s fourth summit and first since 2012. The summit began with a speech by Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al-Zayani, as Manama held the presidency of the 33rd […]

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REPORT: 40% OF ISRAELIS CONSIDER LEAVING OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Fri 16 May 2025: A new study revealed that 40% of Israelis are considering leaving the occupied territories, amid a grim picture for the future driven by growing insecurity following Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, political instability as well as economic hardship. According to a new research from Ci Marketing published on Wednesday, around 40% of […]

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ISRAEL EXPANDING BUFFER ZONE IN GAZA, NOW CONTROLS 35%: REPORT

Fri 16 May 2025: Israel is expanding the “buffer zone” in Gaza, which now accounts for approximately 35% of the enclave’s total area of 360 square kilometers, an Israeli broadcaster said in its report on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “While international discourse remains preoccupied with whether Israel will carry out a full-scale ground invasion in Gaza, the reality […]

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