John Nichols Benjamin Netanyahu’s government shut down the network’s operations in Israel. Press freedom advocates are raising an outcry, and Americans should back them up.
An IDF spokesperson said Palestinians should move to ‘humanitarian area’ in Al Mawasi, as Israel’s Army Radio reports evacuations have begunFollow all our coverage of the Israel-Gaza warHello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and the wider Middle East crisis.An IDF spokesperson has issued an “urgent appeal to all residents and displaced people” to evacuate a number of neighbourhoods of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.Israeli authorities shut down the local...
Senior US administration official says decision was made over concerns about a full-scale assault on Rafah; William Burns will hold talks with the Israeli PMSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverageThe US military says Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched three “uncrewed aerial systems”, commonly known as drones, but caused no injuries or damage.“A coalition ship successfully engaged one UAS, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged the second UAS, and the final UAS crashed in the...
The simplest way for regional construction organisations to get started with AI is by focusing on how data is organised, managed, used, unused and those organisations that master data management and use digital twins can unlock the potential of AI, says Julien Moutte at Bentley Systems. The Middle East is buzzing with billion-dollar megaprojects. Out of all nine ongoing megaprojects named
There are growing signs of divisions within Israel's war cabinet over who should govern Gaza after the war.
Ramallah, May 12 (Prensa Latina) Some 300,000 Palestinians fled in the last week the city of Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, after the beginning of an Israel´s ground invasion, the UN condemned Sunday. The post About 300,000 Palestinians fled Rafah after Israel´s attacks first appeared on Prensa Latina.
President Joe Biden said he would halt additional shipments of offensive weapons to Israel if the country proceeded with a ground invasion of Rafah, decrying the potential loss of civilian life as “just wrong.”
A few hours after the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement announced that it would agree to the mediators' proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, the Israeli army attacked targets in the east of the city of Rafah late on Monday evening. According to an army spokesman, the targets were Hamas facilities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war Cabinet had previously decided to continue the military operation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip in order to increase the military pressure on Hamas and...
Israel urged civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah on May 6, possibly in preparation for an expected attack in the Southern Gaza Strip city, which currently shelters over a million war-displaced Palestinians. The Israeli Defense Forces have asked Palestinian civilians to evacuate eastern parts of the city of Rafah and head to the “extended humanitarian […]
Israel has long had a rocky relationship with Al Jazeera, accusing it of bias.
“Politics,” as the harsh, albeit successful German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck claimed, “is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best.” To that should be added the stark awareness of being prudent, gingerly wise, appropriately cautious. Mind how you go in avoiding any foolishness on the way. Going after the motley More
What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war criticsThe White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in April. On Sunday, Israel made its move. The Foreign Press Association called it a “dark day for democracy”.If the White House remains concerned, it has a strange way of showing it. Joe Biden and his administration have supported and encouraged recent censorial laws and court cases...