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Activists disrupt ‘great Israeli real estate’ event in London
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- Activists disrupt ‘great Israeli real estate’ event in London
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- 1:18
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- 5 hours ago
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- A Jewish anti-Zionist activist disrupted an event held inside a London synagogue selling property on illegal settlements in occupied Palestine on Sunday, calling for sanctions on Israel.
The "Great Israeli Real Estate Event”, hosted companies advertising land for sale in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Amnesty International has condemned the event, titled the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event”, and a group of cross-party MPs called for it to be shut down, warning that it promotes the sale of land in settlements considered illegal under international law.
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- Activists protest against Israeli real estate event in London
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- 4:31
- Date posted
- 5 hours ago
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- Protesters gathered outside Edgware United Synagogue in London on Sunday to demonstrate against the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" being held inside, where companies advertise land for sale in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Rights groups, activists and more than 100 British MPs have been calling on the UK government to cancel the event due to its connection to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.
Paul, a Jewish protester told Middle East Eye: "I'm a practicing, very proud Jew, who sees what's going on between Israel and the Palestinians as an abomination of Judaism."
Oscar Leyens, an organiser from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network added: "They are trading land to explicitly only a Jewish population in order to organise settlers to move to their apartheid state. We say this is a disgrace to Jewish history of resistance against fascism and racism."
Andrey X, a journalist and activist who wor...
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- Beirut residents hope US-Iran deal brings ceasefire to Lebanon
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 9 hours ago
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- Beirut residents voiced cautious hope Sunday that a potential US-Iran agreement could bring a broader ceasefire to Lebanon, where war has dragged on despite multiple truce efforts.
"We hope the agreement is reached and a ceasefire starts. Even if only for 60 days, it would allow people to catch their breath," said Mahmoud Shair, walking along Beirut's seaside corniche.
Another resident, Ali Assaf, said Lebanon's inclusion in any deal is essential: "When Iran makes a promise, it keeps its promise. We are definitely part of the agreement, 100%."
The comments came as US and Pakistani leaders forecast a Sunday signing of a framework agreement to end months of U.S.-Iran fighting, though Tehran cast doubt on the timing and hardline protesters voiced opposition.
Israel, which says it is not a party to the deal, struck more than 70 sites in Lebanon over a 24-hour period targeting Hezbollah, as displaced families remain living in tents in Beir...
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- Pro-Israel crowd hurls abuse at protesters outside London Israeli real estate event
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- Pro-Israel demonstrators shouted abuse at pro-Palestinian protesters outside a London hotel on Sunday, with one shouting: "Palestine doesn't exist, we squashed it."
The event, the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event”, hosts companies advertising land for sale in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Amnesty International has condemned the event, and a group of cross-party MPs called for it to be shut down, warning that it promotes the sale of land in settlements considered illegal under international law.
The atmosphere outside was so hostile that police escorted pro-Palestinian protesters away from the venue for their safety.
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- Jewish protesters join pro-Palestinian activists to condemn Israeli real estate event
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- 2:20
- Date posted
- 10 hours ago
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- Protesters gathered outside Edgware United Synagogue in London on Sunday to demonstrate against the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" being held inside, where companies advertise land for sale in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Rights groups, activists and more than 100 British MPs have been calling on the UK government to cancel the event due to its connection to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine.
Paul, a Jewish protester told Middle East Eye: "I'm a practicing, very proud Jew, who sees what's going on between Israel and the Palestinians as an abomination of Judaism."
Oscar Leyens, an organiser from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network added: "They are trading land to explicitly only a Jewish population in order to organise settlers to move to their apartheid state. We say this is a disgrace to Jewish history of resistance against fascism and racism."
Andrey X, a journalist and activist who wor...
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- Pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside London hotel hosting illegal settlement land sale event
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 11 hours ago
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- Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside a London hotel on Sunday where the "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" was being held, a trade fair where companies advertise land for sale in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Amnesty International has condemned the event, and a group of cross-party MPs called for it to be shut down.
Police were present at the scene as protesters demonstrated outside the venue.
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- Rotting body found in car trunk near Iran World Cup team's training stadium in Mexico
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- 0:21
- Date posted
- 13 hours ago
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- A decomposing body was discovered Friday in the trunk of a car parked near the stadium where Iran's national football team is training for the World Cup in Tijuana, Mexico.
Police opened the trunk of the gray Toyota SUV with California plates in a parking lot directly across from Caliente Stadium, where Team Melli has been training under heavy security after relocating from Arizona due to ongoing hostilities between Iran and the United States.
Tijuana recorded more than 1,200 homicides in 2025. The Iranian team's convoy left the stadium just minutes after the body was removed.
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- Communities in Belfast mobilise in response to racist riots
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- 5:21
- Date posted
- 18 hours ago
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- Communities and local organisations in Belfast mobilised to support minority groups in the wake of racist riots that began on Tuesday.
Middle East Eye's Lucy-Anais Hansen went to Belfast to talk to people about the impact the riots have had on locals and the organised response to the violence.
Two local organisations, Anaka and the Participation Practicer of Rights (PPR) were instrumental in assisting families affected by the attacks, helping co-ordinate the crisis response and help shelter families whose homes were targeted or who feared being targeted.
Speaking to MEE, they described how the British government and the police in Belfast were comparatively slow in responding to the violence, prompting minorities to feel unsupported and demand further protections from authorities.
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- Mass 'terrorism' arrests outside London court during Palestine Action sentencing
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 19 hours ago
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- Over 100 people were arrested outside Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London during the sentencing of four Palestine Action activists involved in a raid on an Elbit Systems UK factory.
A sit-in involving around 200 people took place, alongside others holding placards saying: “Saving lives is not terrorism … I support Palestine Action.”
The demonstration consisted of peaceful protesters, including older participants, gathered outside the court in support of those being sentenced.
A number of older participants, some said to be in their late 80s and 90s, were also detained after taking part in a silent protest and holding supportive placards.
Police made arrests under counter-terrorism legislation relating to support for a proscribed organisation.
Reporter and activist Andrey X shared footage from the scene describing a heavy police deployment, saying there were “a ridiculous amount of cop cars” and that he had ...
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- London protesters demand freedom for Palestine's "real hostages"
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 22 hours ago
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- Hundreds of activists gathered outside the Israeli embassy in London on Saturday as part of the international Red Ribbons Campaign, demanding the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and condemning Israel's genocide in Gaza.
The campaign aims to draw attention to more than 9,000 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, including over 400 children and 150 medical workers.
Protesters said the demonstration was intended to highlight the plight of the "real hostages" held by Israel, many of whom have never been charged or convicted of any crime.
Demonstrators also called for the immediate release of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who has spent six months in solitary confinement following his kidnapping from Gaza by Israeli forces.
Israel is accused of operating a system of torture, starvation, medical neglect and abuse against Palestinian prisoners, and human rights organisations are urging the international community to end i...
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- Thousands attend anti-racism protests in Glasgow in wake of Belfast riots
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Thousands attended an anti-racism protest in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday in the wake of several nights of racist riots in Belfast.
Violence in Belfast began as masked people began torching cars and setting several homes on fire in attacks targeting minorities and perceived foreigners, after a man was stabbed on Monday and a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder for the attack.
A small group of counter-protesters appeared at the rally, which was organised by Stand Up to Racism, but were cordoned off by police. Eventually, people began to spill out from the area, with some seen gesturing what appeared to be Nazi salutes.
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- Iran and Hezbollah’s resilience defeated the US and Israel | Hasan Dorr | MEE Opinion
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- 4:18
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Hasan Dorr, a political analyst, says Hezbollah has surprised both Israel and Lebanese authorities after 2 March, when many expected it was finished. Instead, he says, the will to fight remains, and Hezbollah still has the manpower and equipment needed to slow Israel’s advance, inflict losses, and prevent it from establishing stability in southern Lebanon.
Dorr says FPV drones have become the surprise of this war, just as Kornet missiles were in 2006. Despite Israel declaring a “yellow line“ or “security belt,“ he argues this does not mean it controls the land or has full freedom of movement.
He says the negotiations around Lebanon are not taking place between opposing sides, because the Lebanese authorities, Israel and the United States share common ground in wanting to disarm Hezbollah, reach a peace agreement, and normalise relations. But he notes that the Lebanese president’s first condition was a comprehensive ceasefire, and several rounds lat...
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- Israeli air strikes hit Nabatieh in Southern Lebanon
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 1 day ago
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- Smoke billowed in Nabatieh on Saturday as Israeli air strikes hit several targets in the southern Lebanese town.
More than 3,600 people have been killed in Lebanon since 2 March according to the Lebanese health ministry, when Hezbollah resumed attacks on Israel following the launch of its war with the US on Iran.
Israel and Hezbollah had previously reached a ceasefire agreement in November 2024, which Israel violated over 10,000 times in near-daily attacks as well as expanding its invasion into southern Lebanese territory.
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- Who blinks first? Iran, the Hormuz blockade and the fall of US empire | Laleh Khalili | UNAPOLOGETIC
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- 1:20:03
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- 2 days ago
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- Laleh Khalili is a professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade and Extractive Capitalism. She is also Iranian-American, with family members displaced by the current war, a scholar with both the expertise and the personal stakes to speak to this moment with rare authority.
In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, Ashfaaq Carim sits down with Khalili to understand what the US-Israeli war on Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz actually means, not for markets, but for people. They discuss who is winning and who is losing, how Iran has used commercial disruption as a weapon, the deep colonial history that produced this crisis, Israel's periphery strategy and its long alliance with Iran before 1979, and why an empire in decline is always the most dangerous version of itself.
UNAPOLOGETIC is hosted by Ashfaaq Carim.
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0:00 Highlights
1:56 Welcome, Laleh Khalili
4:50 How acute ...
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- Israeli air strike destroys multiple homes in Gaza’s al-Maghazi
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Palestinian families in Gaza searched for belongings in the rubble on Friday after an Israeli air strike destroyed multiple homes in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
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- UN observes heavy Israeli troop and air movements near southern Lebanon
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said peacekeepers in southern Lebanon continue to observe extensive Israeli military activity, including “high-density armoured movements, large-scale engineering and demolition works and sustained logistical traffic” in areas near the border.
Dujarric said the UN peacekeeping mission, Unifil, also recorded intensive air activity involving fighter aircraft and drones.
Of 531 trajectories monitored on Thursday, 526 originated from Israeli positions south of the Blue Line and within Unifil's area of operations, while five were believed to have been launched by Hezbollah, with one crossing the UN-demarcated frontier, he said.
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- Iranian foreign minister says MoU will end war on all fronts, including Lebanon
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Speaking on state broadcaster IRIB, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi says a memorandum of understanding with the US has not yet been signed, but that the proposed agreement would announce an end to the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
Araghchi said the MoU also covers the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the US naval blockade against Iran.
Araghchi said negotiators had changed the text of the MoU several times. He added that the nuclear file had been pushed into a second phase because Tehran rejected Washington’s demands at this stage.
He also emphasised that the agreement would also cover Lebanon, adding: “We will never leave Lebanon alone.”
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- Palestinians in Gaza suffer from heatwave as Israeli blockade prevents relief with vital aid
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "The situation is exactly the same; it hasn't improved at all," said Nadia Salama, a displaced Palestinian mother living in al-Nuseirat refugee camp.
Palestinians in Gaza struggle to cope with a heatwave as the Israeli blockade prevents them from accessing vital aid that might provide relief.
Despite reaching a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in October 2025, Israeli authorities have not allowed the agreed upon number of trucks to enter each day, compounding the existing humanitarian crisis in the strip.
At least 982 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called ceasefire, and another 3,111 wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry
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- Palestinians and Israelis protest planned forced displacement of Bedouin community in West Bank
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Palestinians and Israeli activists protested the planned forced displacement of a Palestinian Bedouin community in Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank on Friday.
The move is spearheaded by Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said he would evict the community as punishment in response to the International Criminal Court's prosecutor requesting an arrest warrant for him in May.
On Wednesday, Amnesty International released a report stating that Israel has been committing the ethnic cleansing of Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank.
Protesters say the plans are part of a wider systematic targeting of Bedouin Palestinian communities in the area as driven by far-right Israeli efforts to annex the West Bank, something Smotrich has openly called for.
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- Why international law is still worth defending, even as Oslo condemns the US-Israeli war on Iran
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Kravik tells Middle East Eye’s Sondos Asem why international law is still worth defending, even as Oslo condemns the US-Israeli war on Iran as illegal, Israel defies the world court, and the ICC faces American sanctions.
Our latest episode of Expert Witness is out now on YouTube for all Middle East Eye members and will be available to the public on Monday.
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- Ask the City: What do New Yorkers think of ICE presence at World Cup games?
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The FIFA World Cup is here, but many are worried about the prospective presence of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at World Cup events.
Former ICE Director Todd Lyons that the agency will play a "key part" in World Cup security, but as referees are denied entry and players face travel restrictions, it's still unclear what ICE's role will look like for immigrant and visiting fans.
We asked the city: What do you think of ICE presence at World Cup games?
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- Activists raise banner reading 'Kick Israel out of Fifa' over Fifa logo in Toronto
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Activists covered the Fifa logo in Toronto with a banner reading "Kick Israel out of Fifa" on Friday, as Canada geared up for its first game of the 2026 World as one of the hosts.
Faisal Ibrahim, an activist involved the protest, said it was to "call out double standards," criticising Fifa President Gianni Infantino's praise of Trump amid the US involvement in Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
Pro-Palestine activists have long called for Israel to be sanctioned by Fifa, comparing the body's reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to its lack of action over what leading international experts agree is a genocide in Gaza.
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- Palestinians in Gaza watch World Cup amid blackouts and Israeli blockade
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Despite the harsh conditions imposed by the Israeli blockade, and daily strikes across the strip, Palestinians in Gaza are finding ways to watch the World Cup.
Amid electricity blackouts and internet shortages, some Palestinians are using tent cafes to stream the games and gather to watch.
"We love football and we love life," said Mohammad Farjan, a displaced Palestinian in Al-Zuwaida, but "unfortunately, the suffering continues, and it's severe," he added.
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- Hundreds gather to support Palestine Action activists as they are sentenced for 2024 action
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of Woolwich Crown Court on Friday as four Palestine Action activists were given a terrorism connection in their sentencing, a first in UK legal history.
The four activists -Charlotte Head, 23, Samuel Corner, 30, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21- targeted a UK factory of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in August 2024 and destroyed multiple pieces of equipment. They were held in custody for 15 months before being released on bail: then they were reincarcerated after a jury found them guilty of criminal damage in May.
Over 70 protesters who gathered were arrested, with some allegedly raising signs that indicated support for Palestine Action, which has been proscribed as a terror organisation in July last year.
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- Dr Hussam Abu Safiya shocking new appearance
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The latest images of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya have reignited outrage over his detention.
Once seen walking through the rubble of Kamal Adwan Hospital as Israeli forces advanced on northern Gaza, Abu Safiya reappeared in a Jerusalme court on Wednesday over a video call, after more than 500 days in detention.
Rights groups say he remains held without formal charge under administrative detention, while his legal team has raised concerns about his deteriorating health.
Middle East Eye takes a look.
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- I was an Israeli peace negotiator. Here’s what I later realised
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- 1:23:48
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "You got me to talk about things I don't talk about normally."
Daniel Levy is a former Israeli negotiator who served under two prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak.
Today, the British-born analyst and president of the US Middle East Project is one of the most prominent voices heavily critical of Israel's actions against Palestinians.
But in this conversation on Real Talk, Daniel Levy speaks to Mohamed Hashem about his own journey. From an Orthodox Zionist upbringing in North London, to sitting at the negotiating table with Palestinians, to where he stands today.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Growing up Zionist in London
06:00 Israel as the replacement for religion
24:02 Inside the Israeli military
35:33 From Rabin to Ben-Gvir
46:10 How Palestinian citizens of Israel were used
01:00:00 Reckoning from within?
01:15:47 Jewish identity and Zionism
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- Palestinians in Gaza lean on World Cup excitement to seek reprieve from daily “worries and pain”
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
- Description
- “Despite everything that has happened, the Gazan citizen is still searching, in one way or another, for ways to watch the World Cup matches at places streaming the games.”
In the face of power outages and infrastructural havoc, Palestinians in Gaza are turning to the World Cup games and a long legacy of passion for football as a source of joy to draw from as they approach nearly three years under Israel’s genocide.
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- Israeli police cracks down on ultra-Orthodox Jewish protests against conscription
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Thousands in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Israel have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv throughout June to disrupt business as usual and demand continued exemptions to Israel’s military conscription mandate.
According to Israel’s parliament, nearly 13,000 Orthodox men reach the age of conscription yearly, but just under 10% enlist.
At protests earlier in the month, some protesters held signs stating they “would rather die as Jews than live as Zionists”, NPR reports.
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- Israel cuts hours at Allenby Crossing, leaving Palestinians stranded
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- 3:07
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- The Allenby Crossing is the only way in and out of the West Bank for millions of Palestinians. It once operated 24/7. Today in 2026, it is open just 8am to 1:30pm, closes even earlier on Fridays, and shuts completely on Saturdays. In 2025 alone, 1.5 million travelers passed through it. That is not enough.
The digital booking platform meant to fix the chaos is fully booked for the next two weeks. If you have not planned weeks ahead, you are stuck in Jordan, paying for hotels and food with no end date in sight.
We spoke to people stranded right now waiting for a slot that does not exist yet. Everyone says the same thing: extend the hours. But Israel controls those hours. And that is the real problem.
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- "This bus is a legitimate target": Daniel Levy reflects on time inside Israel’s military
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- "I'm in military uniform, illegally in an occupied [Palestinian] territory. And I remember looking out the window and saying: this is a legitimate target.”
Daniel Levy reflects on his time inside Israel’s military in the occupied West Bank.
We sat down with the former Israeli peace negotiator to discuss his journey, and what he later realised about Zionism.
Watch the full Real Talk interview later today on YouTube.
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- USA World Cup 2026 should be boycotted | Peter Oborne | MEE Opinion
- Runtime
- 5:01
- Date posted
- 2 days ago
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- Peter Oborne, associate editor at Middle East Eye, says that Keir Starmer’s silence over the US hosted World Cup exposes a glaring double standard. Four years ago, Starmer blocked Labour MPs from attending the Qatar World Cup and said he would not go even if England reached the final. Now, as prime minister, he has raised no objection to Donald Trump’s United States hosting the tournament.
Oborne says that the case for boycotting the US is far stronger than the case made against Qatar. He points to the US and Israeli war on Iran, the US role in Gaza, sanctions on the International Criminal Court, threats against Greenland and Cuba, and strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific without evidence being provided.
Oborne says that any other country with a similar record would face a boycott campaign. Instead, he argues, the tournament is going ahead because the host is Trump’s United States.
He concludes that the 2026 World Cup, like Gaza, ha...
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- Andrey X talks settler violence, West Bank demolition and Israeli guilt
- Runtime
- 13:18
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Settler killings of Palestinians rose 130 percent in 2025, with attacks now near-daily.
Another landmark report came from Amnesty on Wednesday.
It describes a state-driven ethnic cleansing campaign targeting Bedouin communities in Area C, comprising around sixty percent of the territory.
And the violence is not just military or territorial. It’s economical. Since October 2023, most Palestinian work permits have been cancelled or suspended. Israeli forces have been ordered to shoot at workers attempting to climb the separation wall.
And at the end of May, MEE reported 27-year-old Imad Ishtayeh — who was trying to find work after his business collapsed — was shot climbing the separation wall. He died on the operating table.
As all of this is happening, an event is coming to London this Sunday.
The "Great Israeli Real Estate Event" openly markets property in illegal West Bank settlements to international b...
- Title
- BELFAST: ‘THEY KILL THEIR WOMEN’
- Runtime
- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Northern Ireland is the most dangerous place for women in the UK, which already has some of the highest femicide rates in Europe. As cities like Belfast see a third consecutive summer of rioting, police data published by the Guardian shows domestic abuse reports are disproportionately high for those participating in the violence.
Yet far-right, anti-migrant rhetoric often claims to be protecting women from foreigners. MEE Live's Mathilda Mallinson discusses this contradiction with local anti-racist campaigner, Maureen Hamblin.
Riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland, have rendered dozens of people homeless as masked men set fire to houses, targeting people of colour and those they believe to be from migrant backgrounds. It follows a stabbing event on Monday for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder.
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- Why are Albanians protesting Jared Kushner? The Flamingo Revolution: Explained
- Runtime
- 4:51
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- As Albanians enter their tenth day of protests against a luxury resort development in Zvernec and planned development on the island of Sazan, Middle East Eye explains: What is the flamingo revolution and why are protesters angry at Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump?
Since the deals were announced in 2024, environmental activists have warned of the destructive consequences of building in these protected areas, which are vital for migratory birds, monk seals, and many other wildlife.
When footage of guards for a private security firm dragging protestors rejecting construction for the resort in Zvernec went viral, protests erupted, taking on the symbol of the flamingo, one of the migratory birds that frequents the lagoon that will be affected by the development.
As Albanians seek to protect the natural landscapes of Sazan and Zvernec, they also seek to reject government corruption, which they say is tied to allowing the deal to progress despite the prev...
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- Israel allocates funds for West Bank settlement expansion, rights group says
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- The Israeli government has approved an initial allocation of $51 million for planning work related to 69 settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank, according to anti-settlement organisation Peace Now.
The group said the funding is the first tranche of a broader package that could total about 1.15 billion shekels ($388 million).
The organisation said the plan would allow construction to proceed before required planning procedures are completed and accused the government of attempting to bypass existing regulations.
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- Huckabee claims Israel ‘thrives’ due to Biblical narrative
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Speaking at a summit in Jerusalem on Thursday, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that Israel “thrives” because God “put His hand on the land”.
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- Title
- Belfast riots: Is it really about immigration? | MEE Live
- Runtime
- 43:34
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- It’s been just one week since we reported on riots in Southampton, which used the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak by a British, Sikh national, as a premise for race hate and violence.
It is easy to hear echoes in Belfast today.
But in Belfast, masked mobs chanting Rule Britannia echo more than the far-right or anti-migrant motive.
It echoes a past many are terrified to return to.
“The Troubles” were decades of violent sectarianism in Northern Ireland, during which thousands of mostly civilians are believed to have died.
It was fought between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists or loyalists - who wanted the province to remain part of the UK - and the overwhelmingly Catholic nationalists or republicans - who wanted the north to join a united Ireland.
In 1998, the historic Good Friday Agreement seemed to signal an end to the worst of the violence.
Yet in the city of Belfast, the conflict is ...
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- Footage of Israeli air strike on residential building in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah
- Runtime
- 0:20
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Footage shared by Palestinian accounts shows the moment an Israeli air strike targeted a residential building in Deir al-Balah, located in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
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- Title
- Iran says no final decision made on deal with US
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told IRINN on Thursday that Tehran has not yet made a final decision on a possible agreement with the United States.
He said that the US "tried to impose a series of unreasonable demands and requests" in the past few days.
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- Title
- Palestine, Albania and the Rothschild Barons
- Runtime
- 2:54
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- Soumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle Eastern politics, argues that Jared Kushner's family background, which includes financial and political support for Israeli expansion in Palestinian territories, illustrates a worldview where powerful elites use money, politics, or force to control other people's land.
She explains that this pattern is mirrored in Kushner's private discussions aboard a yacht with elite figures, including Nathaniel Rothschild and the Albanian prime minister, to determine the future of Sazan, an Albanian island.
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- Title
- Belfast endures second day of riot violence
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- MEE's @luucyanais reports from Belfast, where rioters have set several buildings on fire after a Sudanese man committed a stabbing attempt on Tuesday evening, igniting anti-immigration racist protests.
A supermarket owned by Syrians was set ablaze, who told MEE this was the second time they would have to rebuild it following racist attacks.
Across the city, buses and homes have also been targeted, as masked rioters installed road blockades looking for immigrant passengers.
The stabbing victim's family issued an official statement in which they said “We do not want this terrible tragedy to be used to divide people or fuel hostility”.
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- A regional defence pact could end Israel's violent expansionism | The David Hearst Podcast
- Runtime
- 8:28
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, explains why he believes resistance by Iran and its allies has been the only force preventing Israel from pursuing further territorial expansion and the expulsion of native populations.
“Every nation in the Middle East will feel the consequences of Israeli success,” Hearst says.
“It is well past time to arrange a regional framework and defence pact that would become a fact on the ground, which neither Israel nor the latest occupant of the White House could ignore.
“An end to the war with Iran, if it happens, must be the start of a regional initiative to ensure it never happens again.”
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- Jury kept in the dark? Palestine Action activists speak out as codefendants await terror sentencing
- Runtime
- 22:04
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- In early May, six activists from Palestine Action were found guilty of criminal damage following a raid on an Elbit Systems plant near Bristol on August 6, 2024.
Due to the lifting of stringent reporting restrictions, it can now be revealed that although they were convicted of criminal charges, these activists may be sentenced as terrorists.
Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, Samuel Corner and Fatema Rajwani risk facing sentencing as terrorists on 12 June, despite being convicted by a jury of criminal charges - a terrorism connection kept secret from the jury.
In this one on one, MEE's Katherine Hearst hears from Jordan Devlin and Zoe Rogers, who were both cleared of all charges, about how they believe their right to a fair trial had essentially been revoked.
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- Belfast riots: Who is to blame for anti-migrant violence?
- Runtime
- 9:55
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- It’s been just one week since we reported on riots in Southampton, which used the fatal stabbing of Henry Nowak by a British, Sikh national, as a premise for race hate and violence.
It is easy to hear echoes in Belfast today.
But in Belfast, masked mobs chanting Rule Britannia echo more than the far-right or anti-migrant motive.
It echoes a past many are terrified to return to.
“The Troubles” were decades of violent sectarianism in Northern Ireland, during which thousands of mostly civilians are believed to have died.
It was fought between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists or loyalists - who wanted the province to remain part of the UK - and the overwhelmingly Catholic nationalists or republicans - who wanted the north to join a united Ireland.
In 1998, the historic Good Friday Agreement seemed to signal an end to the worst of the violence.
Yet in the city of Belfast, the conflict is ...
- Title
- Israel displaces Lebanese family from Tyre’s Christian quarter
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- When war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on 2 March, Darine Al Jouny Safadi and her family were forced to flee their home in the Christian quarter of Tyre.
Following a ceasefire announcement in April, the family went back home. However, strikes did not halt, which prompted them to return to the safety of the shelter just three weeks later.
On 9 June the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for Tyre, including its Christian quarter, ahead of possible strikes.
"Why? I mean, churches that are thousands of years old, how can they be gone? Where are we supposed to go back to? If they're gone, where are we supposed to go back to?" said Safadi, sitting in the room where she shelters with her family.
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- Gaza health ministry: More than 1,500 Palestinian patients died waiting for medical evacuation
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- More than 1,500 Palestinian patients have died waiting for medical evacuation as more than 16,500 remain trapped in Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry has said.
Gaza’s health ministry said Israel is preventing more than 16,500 patients in need of treatment abroad from leaving the besieged strip, despite the ceasefire in place since October.
Acting Undersecretary Maher Shamiya warned that “every day of delay increases the number of victims and threatens the lives of more patients.”
The health ministry has previously said 6 to 10 patients die each day from treatable diseases or injuries because they cannot access the care they need.
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- US comedian Jerry Seinfeld says Palestine ‘doesn’t exist’
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 3 days ago
- Description
- In a video circulating online, US comedian and actor Jerry Seinfeld says Palestine “doesn’t exist” when asked by an influencer to “give [him] a free Palestine”.
A staunch supporter of Israel, Seinfeld has spoken out against Palestinians several times before, once comparing the movement calling for a free Palestine to the Ku Klux Klan.
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- Netanyahu calls on Lebanese people to ‘join Israel’ against Hezbollah
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Lebanese people on Wednesday to “join Israel” against Hezbollah.
Netanyahu claimed that “Israel is not at war” with the Lebanese people but rather with Hezbollah.
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- Fifa president Infantino tells everyone to ‘chill’ over Somali referee’s deportation
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed concerns over Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan being barred from entering the United States, telling critics to “chill” during a press briefing on Wednesday.
Infantino said that Fifa cannot dictate visa rules to governments, following Washington's move that ended Artan’s historic World Cup role.
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- Pezeshkian says Iran will not give in to ceasefire violations and surrender
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 4 days ago
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- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that Iran must get out of a “no war, no peace state”, following overnight clashes, adding the country would not give in to ceasefire violations and surrender.
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