Wed 13 November 2024: The Israeli army has begun the second phase of its ground operation in southern Lebanon, which the army says involves advancing toward Hezbollah’s second line of defense, Israeli daily Maariv reported Tuesday. “The Israeli army has initiated the second phase of the ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, with the 36th Division […]
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Wed 13 November 2024: Nadhmi Al-Nasr, the long-time chief executive of the $500 billion NEOM mega-project at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s drive to diversify away from oil, has departed, NEOM said on Tuesday without giving a reason, Reuters reports. Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, known as MBS, has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into development […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Israel has begun a construction project along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, apparently laying asphalt for a road right along the frontier, satellite photos analysed by Associated Press show. Israeli troops have entered the demilitarised zone during the work, the United Nations confirmed to […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: The city council will hold an emergency debate over violence around last week’s UEFA match featuring Israeli team. Unrest continued overnight in Amsterdam as the Dutch police said they had made more arrests in connection with last week’s clashes involving Israeli football fans and pro-Palestinians. Amsterdam’s city council is due to discuss the […]
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Tue 12 November 2024: Recent data reported by Yedioth Ahronoth shows a significant decline in recruitment rates for the Israeli Army’s reserve forces. The newspaper indicated a notable increase in the number of soldiers refusing to join reserve forces, with rejection rates reaching around 15-25 per cent in recent months. This trend has raised concerns within the […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: The International Criminal Court’s governing body will launch an external probe into its chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan, over alleged sexual misconduct, it said in a statement on Monday, confirming a previous report by Reuters. “An external investigation is […] being pursued in order to ensure a fully independent, impartial and fair process,” […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: South Africa – Roshan Dadoo, from the BDS Coalition, urged South Africans to stay vigilant, raise awareness, and advocate for a boycott of the upcoming National Endowment for Democracy (NED) event. She called on civil society to make public statements opposing participation and to hold organisations accountable for aligning with foreign interests […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: Israeli army’s Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has approved the expansion of the ground incursion in southern Lebanon, state broadcaster KAN reported on Sunday. The Israeli army began “limited, localized, and targeted” ground raids into southern Lebanon on Oct. 1, days after launching heavy airstrikes against what it claimed to be […]
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Mon 11 November 2024: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanese PM Najib Mikati among those who will be attending the Riyadh meeting. Arab and Muslim leaders are set to hold a summit in Saudi Arabia that will focus on Israel’s devastating wars in Gaza and Lebanon, according to Saudi state media. The Saudi Ministry of […]
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Sun 10 November 2024: Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday called the next week’s joint Arab-Islamic follow-up summit to take responsibility for the occupied city of Jerusalem, which is undergoing a “systematic Israeli judaization campaign”, Anadolu Agency reports. “It is time for the Islamic nations to fulfill their religious and political duties towards the holy city, […]
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