The politics of celebration: Captives vs prisoners
We compare and contrast how Israelis celebrate captive releases, while Palestinians are ordered not to.
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Palestinians released from Israeli prisons is not “true liberation”
“So, we have to also question what does freedom mean under a brutal colonial Zionist regime.”
Trump praises el-Sisi for ‘very important role’ in Gaza ceasefire talks
US President Donald Trump praised Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for playing a “very important role” in th Gaza ceasefire.
Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu of corruption charges
US President Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel celebrates releases, warns Palestinians over reunion scenes
While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families over reunion scenes.
Trump says Netanyahu asked for weapons ‘I’d never heard of’
Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament that Benjamin Netanyahu had often asked him for weapons during the Gaza war.
Released Palestinian detainees arrive in Gaza
This is the moment Palestinian detainees arrived in Khan Younis after being released from Israeli jails.
First Nations community fights Canadian government over poisoned water
Canada’s Grassy Narrows First Nation is taking on the government over a local employer’s poisoning of their water.
Video: Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi killed in Gaza clashes
Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed during clashes between armed groups in Gaza City.
Netanyahu lauds Trump’s decision to bomb Iran as biblical ‘miracle’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to lose his place during his speech to parliament.
Trump hails ‘a new Middle East’ of peace at Israel’s Knesset
US President Donald Trump told members of Israel’s Knesset that the ‘age of terror and death’ was over.
Huge crowds in Gaza await released Palestinian prisoners
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Khan Younis awaiting the return of loved ones.
Donald Trump receives standing ovation at Israeli parliament
US President Donald Trump was greeted with a standing ovation as he arrived to address Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem
Palestinians in Gaza need access to “nutritional food”
"We have no visibility right now on what we can bring in due to this [Israeli] bureaucracy.”
Taliban and Pakistani forces exchange heavy fire across Afghanistan border
Deadly clashes erupted overnight between the Taliban and Pakistani forces across the Afghanistan border.
Crowd boos mention of Netanyahu during Witkoff’s speech in Tel Aviv
US envoy Steve Witkoff and members of President Donald Trump’s family spoke to nearly half a million people in Tel Aviv.
Madagascar president alleges coup attempt as soldiers support protesters
Soldiers from a Madagascar army unit have declared support for the youth-led anti-government protests, urging police to
Estimated cost to rebuild Gaza not “sufficient”
The cost to rebuild Gaza will be far greater than the UN, European Union and World Bank estimate of $50bn
Aftermath of RSF drone attack which killed dozens in Sudan’s el-Fasher
Video shows the aftermath of drone and artillery strikes on a shelter in el-Fasher in Sudan, killing at least 60 people.
Police disperse pro-Palestinian protest at Israel vs Norway football match
Norwegian riot police used pepper spray to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Norway vs Israel football match.