Wed 06 November 2024: Senior American and Saudi officials met in Washington last week to discuss a potential security arrangement that would not require Riyadh to establish formal relations with Israel. According to a report published yesterday, talks of normalisation have been put on hold due to Israel’s ongoing war against Gaza and its reluctance […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant approved the Israeli army’s “recommendation to issue an additional 7,000 orders for screening and evaluation processes for ultra-Orthodox draft-eligible individuals”. The order comes after a first round of 3,000 draft orders were sent out in July, sparking protests from the ultra-Orthodox community. “The defence minister concluded […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: 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 the […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: Israel has rejected all proposals for a ceasefire in Lebanon, caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. “At a time when nations advocating for humanity and human rights should be exerting maximum pressure on Israel to cease its aggression, their inaction is deeply concerning,” Mikati said in a statement. […]
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Tue 05 November 2024: At the time of writing, war is spreading throughout West Asia. Of course, this is widely understood as an outgrowth of Israeli expansion and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. This week’s guest is back on Downstream to provide a century’s worth of historical context to enrich the way in […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: An autopsy conducted by Israeli forensic doctors found that Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar had not eaten for three days before his assassination on 16 October. According to Israel Hayom, the report said: “The results of the autopsy of Yahya Sinwar’s body showed that he did not eat anything during the last 72 hours […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran says she is monitoring the case of a young Iranian woman who was forcibly detained after protesting the country’s mandatory hijab by removing her clothes at Tehran’s Azad University. Maio Sato shared a video of the student on the social media platform […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: More than 100,000 Palestinians are besieged in the north of the Gaza Strip without food and medicine, Quds Press reported Civil Defence spokesperson in the Gaza Strip Mahmoud Basal saying on Saturday. At least 60 per cent of them are women and children, he added. Basal told reporters that there is […]
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Mon 04 November 2024: In a cyber espionage scandal uncovered in Italy last week, involving a former police officer, it was reported that personal information about several famous companies and individuals may have been sold to foreign intelligence agencies, including those of Israel and the Vatican, for money. The investigation led by the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office continues to […]
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Sun 03 November 2024: A suspected leak of classified Gaza documents involving an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israeli politics and outraged the families of captives held by Hamas who have been pushing for a deal to get their loved ones home. Details of the case have been trickling out only […]
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