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The West is moving to recognize Palestine: Does it matter?
“I can confirm the UK will recognise the state of Palestine by the United Nations General Assembly in September, unless the Israeli government takes substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a...

Palestine Action ban risks furthering its squalid agenda
More than 500 people were arrested in the Palestinian Action protests NATASHA QUARMBY/ALAMY Last month Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, used the blunt instrument of the Terrorism Act to classify Palestine Action as a proscribed organisation. For...

Israel announces West Bank settlement that ‘finally buries’ Palestinian sovereignty
Israel is moving forward with plans to expand settlements in the West Bank, with a government minister championing the initiative as a "final nail in the coffin" for a sovereign Palestinian state. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced the...

PA Says 10 More Nations Could Recognize Palestine by September
In a closed-door briefing in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Varsen Aghabekian told reporters that at least 10 more countries could recognize Palestine at the United Nations General...

Pro-Palestinian tourist ship protests irk Greek govt
A series of pro-Palestinian protests targeting an Israeli cruise ship around Greece have irritated a conservative government walking a diplomatic tightrope with Middle Eastern powers during the Gaza war. At the crack of dawn on Thursday at the...

Smotrich says new settlement 'ends hope of Palestinian state'
Smotrich holds a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1 [Getty] Israel will proceed with plans to build thousands of illegal new housing units in the occupied West Bank, with extremist Finance Minister...

Pádraig Delargy encourages republicans to attend National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Belfast
Pádraig Delargy has encouraged republicans to travel to Belfast for the National Hunger Strike Commemoration at the weekend. The main procession will take place on Sunday, assembling at 2.15pm at Dunville Park on the Falls Road before making its...

‘Palestine’ Invades the U.K.
A recent chance encounter in London’s Heathrow Airport offered a troubling glimpse of the extent to which anti-Israel hate is penetrating youth culture in the United Kingdom. The encounter in question was not with a person, but rather a...

Vance plays golf on Trump’s Turnberry course during holiday in Scotland
US Vice-President JD Vance has been playing golf at one of Donald Trump’s golf courses on the first morning of his holiday in Scotland. Mr Vance landed at Prestwick Airport in South Ayrshire on Wednesday evening before travelling to the luxury...

Béja: Solidarity bottles from Algeria to Gaza wash ashore on Zouaraa Beach
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, residents discovered plastic bottles washed ashore on Zouerra Beach in the Béja governorate, containing food aid such as chickpeas, rice, and lentils. According to civil society...

Palestinian Children Arrive in Casablanca for 16th Summer Camps Edition
A group of fifty children from Al Quds arrived on Monday in Casablanca, to participate in the 16th edition of summer camps, named “Harat Al Maghariba,” event organized by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Asharif Agency, under the High Patronage of HM King...
Albanese’s Palestine decision achieves nothing but division
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The announcement by Hamas founder Hassan Yousef that the organisation applauds Prime Minister...

Vance plays at Trump golf course on first day of Scottish holiday
ShareSave Vance arrived at Turnberry just weeks after President Trump also played there US Vice-President JD Vance has spent the first morning of his Scottish holiday playing golf at Donald Trump's Turnberry course. Vance flew to Scotland on Air...

US imposes sanctions on more ICC judges over Israel
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four more International Criminal Court judges or prosecutors, including from allies France and Canada, in a new effort to hobble the tribunal particularly over actions against Israel. "The Court...

Muhammad Ibrahim: 16 y/o Palestinian American held in 'Israel' without trial
This story should alarm every single American who values our constitutional rights, the basic element of democracy and defending your fellow American who is unfairly treated in a foreign country that claimed to be our closest ally. It is the sad...

Gulf Group welcomes UN listing of Israeli occupation for sexual violence
NEW YORK: The Gulf Group at the United Nations welcomed the inclusion of the Israeli occupation in the UN Secretary-General’s annual report on sexual violence during armed conflicts.The Group described the decision as a “first and essential step”...

Israel's Smotrich to approve E1 settlement plan to 'bury Palestinian state'
Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, declared on Thursday that he will proceed with the highly controversial E1 settlement project that “buries the idea of a Palestinian state”. The announcement appears to be a direct response to France,...

JD Vance 'circus' moves to Ayrshire: Luxury estate swarms with secret service agents as US Vice President kicks off Scottish leg of holiday with golf on Donald Trump's course
By JAMES FIELDING, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 06:50 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 06:53 EDT, 14 August 2025 The circus around US Vice President JD Vance's UK family holiday has switched from England to Scotland - where he was seen this morning...

JD Vance jeered by pro-Palestine protesters on Scottish holiday
US Vice President JD Vance was met by jeering pro-Palestine protesters as he arrived for the Scottish leg of his family holiday to the UK. President Donald Trump’s second-in-command landed at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday evening before...

Traumatised Gazan families make heartfelt plea to the people of Kilkenny
There is still hope that six Palestinian families, who came to Ireland under a medical evacuation programme for children injured in Gaza, could find a home in Kilkenny — despite an initial potential housing option falling through. Twelve families...