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First Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Turkey after Israel deportation

JERUSALEM - Israel said on Thursday it had deported all the foreign activists seized by its forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, as the first group arrived in Turkey following global outcry over their treatment in custody.

Bangkok Post

Gaza flotilla activists await deportation from Israel

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of activists seized by Israel from a Gaza-bound flotilla were awaiting deportation on Thursday, as global outrage grows over their treatment in custody.

Bangkok Post

US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role

Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning ‘consequences will follow’ if they do not comply

The Guardian - UK

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Israeli Finance Minister Responds to ICC Arrest Warrant by Vowing War, Ordering Demolition of Palestinian Village

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered the demolition of a Palestinian village after learning of an ICC arrest warrant request against him, escalating tensions over West Bank settlements.

International Business Times UK

As Palestinians mark Nakba, Israelis celebrate conquest of East Jerusalem

On May 15, Palestinians commemorated the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic), referring to the forced exodus of Palestinians during the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Around the same time, Israelis celebrated what they call the "reunification of Jerusalem" in 1967, meaning the occupation and then annexation of the…

France 24

UN considers response to Israeli move to build a military compound on site of relief agency

The United Nations is reviewing Israel's plan to turn a former U.N. agency headquarters in east Jerusalem into a military complex

The Independent UK

Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park

Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for Kings Garden, with knocking down own houses cheaper option

The Guardian - UK

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Mysterious Jerusalem Tunnel Fascinates Archaeologists, They Say It Is Unlike Anything They’ve Seen

A routine site inspection lead to something much more interesting. A connection to a lost world from 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists are baffled by an ancient tunnel found in Jerusalem, and they are left with more questions than answers about its origins and purpose. Read the full article to see…

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Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ in violent Jerusalem Day march

Far-right Jewish marchers call for Palestinian villages to ‘burn’ as they storm through Muslim quarter of Old City

The Guardian - UK

Jerusalem braces for annual ultranationalist Jewish march through Old City

Jerusalem is bracing for tens of thousands of ultranationalist Jews to march through the Old City

The Independent UK

Palestinian man shot dead while climbing West Bank barrier into Israel in search of work

Palestinian authorities say Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man attempting to climb the barrier separating the West Bank from Jerusalem

The Independent UK

Envoy tasked with overseeing post-war Gaza visits Jerusalem

The top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza is in Jerusalem seeking to advance the ceasefire deal that Israel and Hamas agreed to months ago

The Independent UK

Labelled a terrorist, questioned as journalist: A Palestinian man’s year in Israel prison’s ‘real hell’

When Ali al-Samoudi walked out of Israeli prison last week, his colleagues at CNN, who had worked with him for years, could barely recognise him. According to a CNN report by Jerusalem correspondent Jeremy Diamond and reporter Abeer Salman, the 59-year-old Palestinian journalist had lost 60 kilograms, nearly half his…

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Israel indicts Jewish man for brutal attack on a nun near Jerusalem’s Old City

Yona Schreiber is being charged with simple assault and assault motivated by religious hostility

The Independent UK

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Euronews

Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee refuses to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s actions in Gaza

Coetzee is the latest literary figure to call out Israel’s actions against Gaza, with several other film actors and authors also having declined working with Israeli institutions in the past few years.

The Guardian - AU

JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’

Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’

Reason

Civilians Across the Middle East React to the Iran War: 'A Fear That Settles in Your Heart'

"Now they are hitting everything. Nowhere is safe. But don't worry, we are okay," one Iranian woman texted her American relative.

The Guardian - UK

Attack on French nun in Jerusalem draws widespread condemnation

Israeli foreign ministry denounces ‘shameful act’ after video shows man pushing woman to ground and kicking her

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Nun Attacked Near Jerusalem's Old City As Concerns Grow Over Anti-Christian Violence

Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man suspected of attacking a nun near Jerusalem's Old City, an assault captured on video that has intensified concern among Christian leaders over violence and harassment targeting clergy, worshippers, and religious symbols in Israel and areas under Israeli military control.

Euronews

Israel arrests man filmed attacking Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City

Israeli police arrested a 36-year-old man who was filmed assaulting a French Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City, in what it said was "zero tolerance to all acts of violence".

The Independent UK

Israel police arrest man after nun attacked near Jerusalem’s Old City

Religious groups have documented a rise in acts of harassment and violence against Christian pilgrims and clergy as well as Palestinian Christian residents

The Conversation

Dignity and resolve: Francesca Albanese’s When the World Sleeps humanises Palestinian lives

Francesca Albanese, an Italian lawyer and scholar, is the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Her job is to report to the UN on the human rights situation in these territories.

The Times of India

Are Trump, Netanyahu in sync? How US and Israel are fighting different wars on same battlefield

As a two-month conflict with Iran escalates, cracks are appearing in the US-Israel alliance. While both nations initially targeted Tehran, their post-strike objectives diverge, with Washington seeking negotiation and Jerusalem aiming for regime change. This fundamental difference, exacerbated by past events and differing pressures, raises questions about their long-term alignment.

The Times of India

Scientists use cosmic rays to “see through” Jerusalem’s hidden underground

Archaeologists and physicists have achieved a breakthrough in historical exploration by using cosmic-ray muons to map subterranean structures in Jerusalem without traditional excavation. Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that collide with the Earth's upper atmosphere, and the muons that result from this collision penetrate through the Earth’s crust at a…

The Conversation

Middle East conflict looks increasingly like a war nobody can win

Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability, break its regional power, perhaps even force political change at the top. It’s the language of…

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