Sun 03 November 2024: Of the 101 captives being held by Hamas in Gaza, 51 are still alive, Israel Hayom has reported, citing Israeli intelligence assessments. Pressure has been mounting on Netanyahu’s administration to secure a deal for the release of the remaining captives. The Hebrew daily added that while conclusive evidence of the death […]
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.Sun 03 November 2024: Hamas will soon begin the process of deciding who will next head the militant Palestinian organization following the Oct. 16, 2024, killing of former leader Yahya Sinwar – but the task won’t be easy, or quick. What makes his replacement as chairman of Hamas’ political bureau a hard one is that since the Oct. 7, […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The Balfour Declaration a century ago opened the way for the creation of Israel, sowing the seeds of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that continues to tear apart the Middle East today. The statement was made in an open letter from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour that was published on November 2, […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The Israeli army is approaching the end of its intensive ground offensive in southern Lebanon, Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation reported late Friday, citing military sources. “After a month of ground maneuvers, the army is nearing the conclusion of the intense phase in southern Lebanon, as planned by Israeli and Northern Command […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: The US Muslim vote could play a major factor in the 2024 presidential election, according to a poll released Friday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Topping the list of candidates in the new CAIR poll is not Vice President Kamala […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Employees say ‘Israel must be held to account for its actions’ and that failing to do so dehumanises Palestinians. The BBC has been accused by more than 100 of its staff of giving Israel favourable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gaza and criticised its lack of “accurate evidence-based journalism”. A […]
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Sat 02 November 2024: Afghanistan and Qatar signed an air services Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday. The Ministry of Transport of Qatar said in a statement that the MoU will increase air traffic rights between the two countries. “The MoU comes in the context of connecting the State of Qatar with more air services […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author. He co-founded Drop Site News, a non-partisan organisation dedicated to reporting on major stories while focused on accountability and accuracy. Scahill joins Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle, to dissect the 2024 US presidential election, American interests in the Middle East, Israel’s war on […]
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Fri 01 November 2024: Israeli cabinet ministers were to start voting later on Thursday on a long-awaited wartime budget for 2025 that will rein in spending and raise a host of taxes to pay for the military conflicts that have engulfed the country, Reuters reports. The wars in Gaza and Lebanon have cost Israeli coffers tens of billions of shekels […]
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The location of the cargo ship MV Kathrin while docked at the Port of Alexandria [Planet Labs PBC] Fri 01 November 2024: Egypt’s army denied it assisted Israel’s military after media reports said an Egyptian port received a shipment of high explosives bound for an Israeli defence contractor. “The Egyptian Armed Forces categorically deny what […]
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