Iran increases executions after war with Israel | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsThe number of executions has reportedly reached a three-decade peak, with 64 executions over the past week alone. A person holds an umbrella…
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Iran increases executions after war with Israel
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Killed seeking food – Jeremy Bowen on Abdullah’s shooting and Gaza’s lethal aid system
BBCAbdullah, 19, was shot and killed near a Gaza aid site last month Diaa, a middle-aged father and husband, was a polite host at his family home in one of the refugee camps in central Gaza. But you could see his pain.
“Please come in. This is…
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Recognition of statehood ‘rewards Palestinian people’
The President of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, has told the BBC’s Tom Bateman that he rejects the idea that recognition of the State of Palestine rewards Hamas.
France formally recognised a Palestinian state on Monday, joining other nations such as…
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Harris: Biden couldn’t show Gazans empathy, support for Netanyahu helped lose election
Former US vice president Kamala Harris has written that former president Joe Biden could not show enough empathy toward Gazans, according to excerpts published by Axios Tuesday from “107 days,” Harris’s upcoming account of her failed…
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Ali Khamenei says he will not negotiate with US
Ali Khamenei says he will not negotiate with US | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastKhamenei also said Iran would not “surrender to pressure” regarding uranium enrichment. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a…
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Palestinians rally in West Bank to celebrate statehood recognition, demand ‘action’
RAMALLAH (AFP) — Crowds of people rallied in the West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas to celebrate the wave of recognition by Western powers of a Palestinian…
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Israel closes border crossing between West Bank and Jordan until further notice
Israel said Tuesday that it would close the Allenby Crossing between Jordan and the West Bank “until further notice,” stranding most Palestinians for whom the gate is their only way out of the territory.
The crossing had originally…
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Palestinians in West Bank fear recognition is not enough
Tom BennettRamallah, occupied West Bank
Getty ImagesIsrael’s prime minister has insisted that “there will be no Palestinian state” In Ramallah – the de facto Palestinian capital of the occupied West Bank – many fear Western recognition of…
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Full text of Abbas speech at 2-state summit: ‘We demand a ceasefire’; Hamas must hand arms to PA
The following is the official translation of the September 22, 2025, speech by “President of the State of Palestine” Mahmoud Abbas, delivered via video link to the United Nations during the High-level International Conference for…
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France, Saudi Arabia in warning to Israel: ‘Any form of annexation is a red line’
Saudi Arabia and France warned Israel on Monday against “any form of annexation” as potential retaliation for Western countries’ recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying it would be a “red line.”
A joint statement from the two…
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