[ CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters): Hamas negotiators began intensified talks on Saturday (May 4) on a possible Gaza truce that would see a halt to the fighting and the return to Israel of some hostages, a Hamas official told Reuters, with the CIA director already present in Cairo for the indirect diplomacy. The Hamas delegation arrived … Read more
[ BOGOTA (Reuters): Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday (May 1) he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. Petro has already heavily criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and requested to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice. “Here in front of … Read more
[ The UK is considering sending troops to help distribute crucial supplies on the ground in Gaza when a new aid corridor opens next month, reports have said. British troops could be deployed in the region to support a maritime aid corridor to Gaza expected to open in early May, the BBC first reported. According … Read more
[ The top UN official for human rights has said he is “horrified” by the discovery of a mass grave at a hospital in south Gaza, with Palestinian sources reporting that some of the dead may have been executed. At least 283 bodies have been found at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis this week after … Read more
[ A Cabinet minister has rejected calls for Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley to resign over his handling of pro-Palestine protests. It comes after footage released by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) showed a police officer telling the group’s chief executive Gideon Falter that his presence at a pro-Palestine protest was “antagonising” as he … Read more
[ In the new HBO limited series The Sympathizer, a North Vietnamese mole in the South Vietnamese secret police continues to spy on his countrymen after the fall of Saigon, when he has joined the South Vietnamese in Los Angeles. Believe it or not, it’s actually a dark comedy. How does it accomplish this? Opening … Read more
[ Hamas has rejected an Israeli Gaza ceasefire proposal, saying it fails to meet its demands. The militant group, which has rejected several other Israel ceasefire proposals, said on Saturday it had handed its response to the proposal to mediators in Egypt and Qatar it had received last Monday. After more than six months of … Read more
[ Palestinian civilians returned to the rubble of their homes in the southern city of Khan Yunis on Monday after the sudden withdrawal of Israeli troops to find little left standing and corpses rotting in the ruins. “It smells like death,” Maha Thaer, a mother of four, told news agency AFP. “We don’t have a … Read more
[ Government lawyers will be working to ascertain whether Israel has broken international humanitarian law by restricting access to aid in Gaza, a former attorney general has told i. Dominic Grieve, who worked as the Government’s top legal expert between 2010 and 2014, said Foreign Office lawyers are likely to be looking at whether aid … Read more
[ A man has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism-related offence at a pro-Palestinian protest in central London, at which hundreds of thousands gathered to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. More than 200,000 people took part in the demonstration on Saturday, according to estimates by organisers, when crowds marched from Russell Square to … Read more
