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Netanyahu, Trump (File photo) Israel’s parliament passed a controversial law allowing the execution of Palestinians and also approved a key national budget, helping Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoid early elections, amid the ongoing war with Iran.Lawmakers voted 62–48 to approve a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks labelled as…
Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, and lawmakers celebrate after Israel’s parliament passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis (AP photo) Israel’s parliament on Monday approved a law enabling the use of the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of carrying out deadly militant attacks, a…
File photo: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Picture credit: ANI) Somalia’s defence minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has alleged that Israel is working on a plan to forcibly relocate Palestinians to Somaliland, calling the reported move a “serious violation” of international law.Speaking to Al Jazeera on Saturday, Fiqi claimed Somalia had “confirmed information” that Israel planned to…
J&K cricketer wears helmet with Palestine flag JAMMU/SRINAGAR: J&K police have started a probe after videos went viral of a cricketer, Furqan Ul Haq, walking into a Jammu tournament wearing a Palestinian flag sticker on his helmet. The row also took on a political edge, with the PDP and others backing the Pulwama youth and…
Screen grab from video posted on X by @nurityohanan An Israeli settler, with a rifle slung over his back, drove his ATV into a Palestinian man kneeling for prayer on the side of a road in the West Bank, reported Times of Israel, citing Palestinian media.The incident occurred near the village of Deir Jarir, north…
US president Donald Trump, on Tuesday (local time) said the Palestinians ‘liked’ him as the region seeks to find its footing in the aftermath of the ceasefire with Israel.Trump was speaking during a press conference as he hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a dinner at the White House.Trump began by asking a…
Israel launched an airstrike on Lebanon’s Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, killing at least 13 people. The military stated the target was a Hamas training compound used for planning attacks. This strike occurs nearly a year after a ceasefire with Hezbollah ended intense cross-border fighting, marking one of the deadliest Israeli actions in Lebanon since then….
Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, received 15 bodies of Palestinians from Israel under the US-brokered ceasefire agreement reached last month. This was followed by the return of the body of an Israeli national held hostage in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on the previous day. According to the agreement, Israel shall return 15…
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman was hospitalised after a masked Jewish settler struck her on the head while she was picking olives.The unprovoked attack took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank and was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel.Nathaniel said the settler struck the…
Hours after praising US President Donald Trump‘s 20-point peace plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any suggestion that the agreement paves the way towards a Palestinian state. Speaking in a video message from Washington following his White House meeting with Trump, the Israeli leader presented the proposal as a breakthrough but also appeared to…
