Author: Gulf News Week
Activists describe mistreatment after Israel intercepted Gaza aid flotilla and detained about 450 people.Several international activists deported from Israel after joining a Gaza aid flotilla have accused Israeli forces of mistreating climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.The 137 deportees landed in Istanbul on Saturday, including 36 Turkish nationals alongside activists from the United States, Italy, Malaysia, Kuwait, Switzerland, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan and other countries, Turkish officials confirmed.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Gaza protests under way in Europe as arrests made in Londonlist 2 of 3Can a ‘one-sided, unserious’ US plan deliver peace to Gaza?list 3 of 3Norman Finkelstein: Trump…
Protests take place in Barcelona, Rome, Lisbon and London, where police made more than 100 arrests.Tens of thousands of people are marching in major cities across Europe to protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, with mass rallies taking place in urban centres across the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Portugal.Protests in Spain’s second-largest city, Barcelona, as well as in Madrid, were planned weeks ago, while calls for demonstrations in Rome and Lisbon followed widespread anger after Israeli forces intercepted a humanitarian aid flotilla – the Global Sumud Flotilla – that had set sail from Barcelona for Gaza, trying to break…
The Israeli army repeats threat to Palestinians to leave northern Gaza to the south and not to return to Gaza City.The Israeli military has warned Palestinians that Gaza’s north remains a “combat zone”, telling its residents to move south, after United States President Donald Trump demanded Israel “stop bombing” the enclave when Hamas partially accepted his ceasefire plan.In a statement on X, the Israeli army said on Saturday that the area north of Wadi Gaza, which includes decimated Gaza City, is “still considered a dangerous combat zone” and called on residents there to move south via Rashid Street, the coastal…
Kurdish fighter Saman Mohammadi was also hanged for killing a Muslim leader, the Mizan News Agency reports.Iran has executed six fighters accused of waging armed attacks in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, according to state media, as the country continues its accelerated executions of people it says have ties to Israel following the 12-day June conflict with Israel and the United States.“The death sentence for six separatist terrorist elements, who in recent years had carried out a series of armed operations and bombings targeting security in Khuzestan province, was carried out at dawn today,” the judiciary said on its Mizan…
There has been hopeful global reaction to Hamas’s response to Trump’s plan, which marks a potential turning point in Israel’s two-year war on Gaza.There have been global reactions tinged with hope, including from key mediators, to Hamas’ partial acceptance of United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end Israel’s war on Gaza, as the prospect of halting the two-year genocidal assault appears within reach.Late on Friday, the Palestinian group said that it was ready to release all remaining captives and to hand over power to other Palestinians but that other elements of the proposal needed further negotiations.Recommended Stories list…
Hamas has responded positively to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal, but differences remain.Hamas has submitted its response to United States President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal, agreeing to free all the Israeli captives it holds, but asking to negotiate other aspects of the 20-point plan.Trump – who had given the Palestinian group a deadline of Sunday to respond positively to the deal – has reacted by demanding Israel immediately stop bombing Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Hamas says it agrees to parts of Trump’s Gaza plan but seeks more talkslist 2 of 3UN report finds over 40,000 in…
Union says more than two million protested Friday, with massive turnout expected tomorrow for Rome protests.Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Italy as part of a general strike in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla that was intercepted by Israel this week while trying to bring aid to Palestinians in Gaza.More than two million people attended Friday’s protests after the strike was called by a number of trade unions “in defence of the flotilla”, which was carrying a total of 40 Italians, and to “stop the genocide”, the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labour) wrote…
Italy are due to play Israel in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Udine but there have been calls for a boycott.Pro-Palestinian protesters approached the gates of the Italy football team’s training centre on Friday to demand the cancellation of its upcoming World Cup qualifier against Israel due to the war on Gaza.The protest was part of a national strike that was reacting to Israeli forces’ interdiction of an aid flotilla.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Man Utd manager Amorim can’t run away from results’list 2 of 4Injured Yamal out of Spain’s World Cup qualifiers, could miss Clasicolist…
Experts tell media what could happen if countries decided to unite against Israel’s genocide.People have been asking “What if…” forever. Over the next few months, media will explore some of the biggest challenges of our time and ask leading experts: “What if…”United States President Donald Trump has given the Palestinian group Hamas a deadline of Sunday to agree to a deal that he says would end Israel’s war on Gaza, but also allow Israel to remain in some parts of Gaza in the short term.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ promises Tony Blair…
US president has pushed a 20-point plan to ‘redevelop’ Gaza that critics say fails to support Palestinian sovereignty.United States President Donald Trump has issued a weekend ultimatum for Hamas to accept his 20-point plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israel’s war on the territory grinds on.On Friday, the Republican leader took to his social media platform Truth Social to denounce Hamas as a “ruthless and violent threat” and to pressure it to accept his proposal.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3New Trump executive order guarantees Qatar security after Israeli attacklist 2 of 3Israel threatens all staying in…