Thu 24 April 2025: Spain has canceled a €6.6m deal to purchase millions of bullets from an Israeli firm after junior coalition partners labeled it a “clear violation” of the agreement supporting Spain’s efforts to hold Israel accountable for its actions in Gaza. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a vocal critic of Israel’s conduct in the […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran can pursue a civilian nuclear program if it agrees to abandon uranium enrichment. “If Iran wants a civil nuclear program, they can have one just like many other countries in the world have one, and that is they import enriched material,” […]
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Thu 24 April 2025: The overwhelming majority of ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredi) in Israel still refuse to serve in the occupation army, the Knesset has revealed, according to Anadolu. In a statement issued yesterday, the Knesset said: “Out of 18,915 Haredi men issued conscription orders during the current enlistment cycle, only 232 have joined the army, 57 […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: Jordan outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood, the country’s most vocal opposition group, on Wednesday and confiscated its assets, after members of the group were found to be linked to a sabotage plot, Interior Minister, Mazen Fraya, said. There was no immediate comment from the movement, which has operated legally in Jordan for […]
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Wed 23 April 2025: The Israeli army estimates that it will need an additional 10 billion shekels ($2.6 billion) to expand its war on the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth. “The renewal of the war in Gaza over a month ago, after the ceasefire, and the plan to expand it with […]
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Tue 22 April 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday that Russia will host a special Russian-Arab summit later this year. The announcement came during Putin’s meeting at the Kremlin with the Omani sultan, Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said, the first-ever state visit of the Arab country’s sultan to Russia. Putin noted that Sultan Haitham […]
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Tue 22 April 2025: Gaza’s Health Ministry has warned that Israel’s continued blockade on medical supplies has prevented the entry of polio vaccines, putting more than half a million children at risk. The ban has halted the implementation of Phase 4 of the ministry’s polio prevention campaign, a statement said, leaving 602,000 children vulnerable to […]
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Mon 21 April 2025: The Israeli military has deployed insufficiently trained soldiers from its elite Golani and Givati brigades to the Gaza Strip amid a critical shortage of troops, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported Sunday. The recruits have been sent to the battlefield since last December, it said. The move reflects the growing strain on […]
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Sun 20 April 2025: Pope Francis, still recovering from pneumonia and watching silently from St. Peter’s Basilica balcony, renewed his appeal for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza through an Easter Sunday message delivered by an aide. The 88-year-old pope, limiting his workload on doctors’ orders, did not preside over the Vatican’s Mass for Easter but […]
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Sun 20 April 2025: Arab countries strongly condemned on Saturday the circulation of an AI-generated video by extremist Israeli platforms showing the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and the construction of the so-called Third Temple in their place. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the video, “Next Year in Jerusalem,” […]
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