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Israel got creative with new methods of mass torture and murder, giving us a choice of how we die.When Israel started its attack on October 7, 2023, nearly all of us in Gaza had the sense that this was going to be brutal.Yet, no one thought it would continue for two long years. No one thought that the world would allow this to happen for so long.I was 16 years old when Israel launched the 2014 attack on Gaza. The aggression lasted 51 days, and it felt like a lifetime then. Now, the 2014 assault feels like a blink of an…
Israel has killed or injured more than 10 percent of Gaza’s population over the past 24 months.It has been two years since Israel launched its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.Israel’s assault on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, in response to attacks on southern Israel by fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and other Palestinian groups, during which 1,139 people died and about 240 were taken into Gaza as captives.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3I have lost everything, all I have left is hope that the bombs will stoplist 2 of 3Ceasefire or…
The Egyptologist and former minister of antiquities will be the first Arab to lead the UN’s cultural organisation.The board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has nominated Egypt’s Khaled el-Enany, an academic and former minister of tourism and antiquities, as its next head, before the organisation’s general conference next month.If confirmed, el-Enany, a professor of Egyptology at Cairo’s Helwan University, would become the first Arab director-general of the organisation, which oversees the UN’s handling of cultural heritage, alongside international cooperation in other areas, including science and education.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4On huge…
A member of Syria’s internal security forces was killed and three were injured, along with civilians, in Aleppo clashes.The Syrian army and the United States-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reportedly called a truce in two areas of Aleppo city after a member of the Syrian security forces was killed in an SDF attack on a checkpoint in the city, according to news media.The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Tuesday that three members of Syria’s internal security forces and several civilians were also injured in the SDF attacks on checkpoints in the Sheikh Maqsoud and al-Ashrafieh neighbourhoods…
Twin reports from the Costs of War Project find the US has backed Israel with more than $21bn since October 2023.Israel would not have been able to sustain its wars across the Middle East without the United States’s significant financial backing of more than $21bn since October 2023, according to a pair of new reports.The reports, which were released by the Costs of War Project at Brown University, found that: without US weapons and money, Israel wouldn’t have been able to sustain its genocidal war on Gaza, start a war with Iran, or repeatedly bomb Yemen.Recommended Stories list of 3…
Two years after October 7, talks in Egypt could bring an end to the war in Gaza. Inside Israel, divisions are widening, isolation is deepening, and the cost of war is harder to ignore. What does this moment reveal about the country’s shifting sense of itself?Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2The Take: With Gaza in ruins, will US media name the crime?list 2 of 2The Take: Why did the US government shut down?end of listThe Take is nominated for the Signal Awards in the Best Daily Podcast category. While we wait for the judges’ decisions, you can…
Sources familiar with the mediated talks between Israel and Hamas say that progress was made on Monday, with negotiations to continue.The first day of resumed indirect talks between Israel and Hamas in Egypt ended on a positive note, amid hopes of a potential deal to implement US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war on Gaza, multiple sources told media and other media outlets.Negotiators are set to return for more discussions on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Israel deports Greta Thunberg and other Gaza flotilla activistslist 2 of 4A 10-point plan for Israellist 3 of…
Israel-Premier Tech cycling team will drop Israeli ties after multiple protests at the Vuelta a Espana race.The Israel–Premier Tech cycling team will drop its ties to Israel from the 2026 season, following repeated pro-Palestinian protests against it at the recent Vuelta a Espana bike race.The move was announced in a statement on Monday, just weeks after pressure from its sponsors to change its name.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concernslist 2 of 3Spanish PM calls for Israel’s ban from sporting events over Gaza genocidelist 3 of…
Election marks landmark moment in country’s post-war transition, but vote is postponed in Druze and Kurdish areas.Syria has published the results of its first parliamentary election since the government of former President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, revealing that most new members of the revamped People’s Assembly are Sunni Muslim and male.Electoral commission spokesperson Nawar Najmeh told a press conference on Monday that only four percent of the 119 members selected in the indirect vote were women and only two Christians were among the winners, sparking concerns about inclusivity and fairness.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Syria’s justice minister…
Advances in AI-generated ‘deepfake’ audio could spell a boom in phone call fraud.Several wealthy Italian businessmen received a surprising phone call earlier this year. The speaker, who sounded just like Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, had a special request: Please send money to help us free kidnapped Italian journalists in the Middle East.But it was not Crosetto at the end of the line. He only learned about the calls when several of the targeted businessmen contacted him about them. It eventually transpired that fraudsters had used artificial intelligence (AI) to fake Crosetto’s voice.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4What…