By Renju Jose
SYDNEY, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Pro-Palestine demonstrators plan to rally in Sydney on Monday to protest the visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, as authorities declared his visit a major event and deployed thousands of police to…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Lebanon building collapse toll rises to 9: civil defence
The death toll in a building collapse in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday climbed to nine, a civil defence official said — the second such incident in weeks.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported “the collapse of an old…
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan moves to shape Gaza’s ‘Day After’
As Israel continues to firmly oppose Turkish involvement in the administration and reconstruction of Gaza, and amid US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he intends to soon announce a deadline for Hamas to disarm, a coordinated…
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In meeting days before Oct. 7, Netanyahu sought to maintain quiet with Hamas – report
Less than a week before the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his top advisers and security chiefs to maintain the status quo that saw the terror group received economic incentives to…
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Pro-Palestinian groups join anti-Olympics protests in Milan, demand Israel be ousted
Pro-Palestinian groups were among the organizers of a demonstration against the Winter Olympics in the host city of Milan, whose fringes turned violent, Italian media reported on Sunday.
Although the protest, which took place on Saturday,…
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Tehran banner warns of ballistic missile attack on Israel
Pictures of the banner, shared on social media on Sunday, show a map of central Israel, with key targets highlighted, including Ben-Gurion Airport, the IDF’s Kirya base headquarters in Tel Aviv, the IDF Intelligence Directorate’s base at Glilot,…
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The Iran attack question confusion continues
Since December 28, and with high intensity since January 14, the question that has been causing the whole planet to hold its breath has been: Will the Trump administration order an attack on Iran or not? Unfortunately, for anyone looking for…
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Iran Nobel winner given new prison sentence, ends hunger strike: supporters
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi is in “deteriorating health” after ending a nearly week-long hunger strike, her supporters said Sunday, as authorities handed the campaigner a fresh prison sentence.
Mohammadi, who won the peace…
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Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says
Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December for making “provocative remarks” at a memorial, where she was also reportedly beaten.
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WATCH: A 14-year-old Palestinian Bled to Death for 45 Minutes as Israeli Soldiers Stood Nearby
A 14-year-old boy wounded by gunfire lies on his back in an alley in the al-Far’a refugee camp in the northeastern West Bank. A large group of soldiers walks around him or stands nearby, sometimes less than a meter away (3 feet). At times they…
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