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Iran offers to mediate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen
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- Iran offers to mediate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- During an interview with Al Jazeera, Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian spoke extensively about the conflict in Yemen and its regional repercussions, saying that Iran "doesn't believe Saudi Arabia and Yemen should fight, as they are both Muslims." He added that Iran would mediate between the two countries: "We are prepared to sit down and help Saudi Arabia and Yemen resolve this issue."
Pezeshkian added that Iran only "empathises"with Yemen, failing to further detail on Iran's support of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. "What happens in Yemen is not related to us," he said.
The conflict in Yemen reignited in July after a fragile ceasefire broke between the Yemeni Saudi-backed government and the Houthis, who control the capital Sanaa. Hundreds of people, mostly fighters, have died as a result of combat and over 100,000 Yemeni were internally displaced.
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- Saudi strikes on Taiz kill dozens, Houthi media say
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- According to Yahya Saree, the spokesperson for Yemen's Houthis, at least 50 people were killed or injured on Sunday following strikes attributed to Saudi Arabia. Al Masirah, the Houthi-run television channel, had placed the number of dead at seven, including a child, although the number of casualties has risen.
Taiz, a city in south-west Yemen, has become the main front of active combat in the re-ignited civil war, as the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, have besieged it while being administratively still under control of the Yemeni government.
According to witnesses to the strike, which tool place on a busy marketplace, the strike do not "differentiate between military and civilians."
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- Trump: suspects of UK base attempted attack were to make "big damage"
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump stated that the arrested suspects of the attempted attack against a military base in the UK intended to do "big damage".
"We had them [the suspects] under investigation," Trump said, as he met journalist outside of Air Force One, adding: "They, they were looking to do big damage to our fort."
British police arrested five men who, they say, were planning to carry out a terrorist attack on the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford air base.
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- Palestine Action protestors urge Burnham to reconsider policies at Labour Conference
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Palestine Action protesters at the Labour conference in Liverpool urge UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to do more to end the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
They also called on the new UK prime minister to reconsider the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation - a move that could see him undo one of the policies of Keir Starmer’s government.
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- Saudi Arabia urges international condemnation of Houthi attacks at UN
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Saudi Arabia called on the international community to condemn attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia against the Kingdom and commercial shipping, as well as what it described as efforts to threaten navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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- Pro-Palestine marchers in Liverpool condemn Israel's genocide
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- During a rally on Saturday, protestors gathered in Liverpool to protest Israel's genocide in Gaza and the UK government's continued support through armaments of the Israeli military.
"It's fantastic Ed Miliband and Andy Burnham have come out with statements [on the sanctioning of Israeli settlements]," said one protestor, "But the truth of the matter is they're still arming Israel."
"We are allowing our government to fund and provide munitions and support for a government in the Middle East that is committing a genocide," said another protestor.
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- Smotrich says Israel should 'go to war' in the occupied West Bank
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the Israeli army should "go to war” in the occupied West Bank and repeat what it “did in Gaza”.
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- Trump rejects Iranian proposal to open Hormuz and end fighting
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and put an end to the fighting.
Iran raised the initiative at the UNGA in New York, saying it had transmitted a proposal to the Americans via Qatari mediators and that it could reopen the strait within seven days.
But in comments to reporters at the White House, Trump rejected their deal, saying, “They want to make a deal to open the Hormuz Strait immediately, because they're losing so badly”.
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- Massive Attack's Rob Del Naja arrested for 'I support Palestine Action' message
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- UK police have arrested Massive Attack frontman Rob Del Naja under the Terrorism Act outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool for holding a sign reading, "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action".
The British government proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group on 5 July 2025 under the UK's Terrorism Act 2000. In footage being shared online, the musician says he “doesn’t recognise the offence”.
Defend Our Juries wrote: “Last June, Andy Burnham was on a platform with Del Naja in support of the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, praising his ‘clarity and leadership’.
“Today, he’s having Rob arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a piece of paper."
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- Former Ireland manager Brian Kerr calls on FAI officials to resign over handling of Israel fixture
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- 3:49
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has called for senior Football Association of Ireland (FAI) officials to resign over the handling of the men's senior team's fixture against Israel.
Kerr criticised the FAI’s decision to go ahead with the UEFA Nations League fixture, arguing that the association should have refused to play, saying that they renegaded on their principles.
He also accused the FAI of scaremongering by overestimating the financial and sporting consequences of boycotting the match.
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- Iceland Foreign Minister on Netanyahu's 'moral cowards' comments at the UN General Assembly
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 8 days ago
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- "We have heard the words 'moral cowards' from this podium. To me, moral cowards are those who refuse to sit down and negotiate just and lasting peace".
Icelandic Foreign Minister Katrín Gunnarsdóttir responds to Netanyahu’s accusation of 'moral cowards' after UN officials walked out during his address to the United Nations General Assembly.
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- Gazans gather at community kitchens to receive hot meals
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Despite almost a year having passed since a ceasefire was reached in Gaza, Israel's siege of the strip has still hindered basic necessities from adequately entering the occupied Palestinian territory.
Because of this, thousands of Gazans still rely entirely on the provisions from charities and community kitchens to secure a daily meal, with food shortages being particularly prominent in areas with most displaced, such as Khan Younis.
According to the World Food Programme, at least 1,4 million people in Gaza face acute food insecurity.
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- Houthi forces release footage claiming attacks on government-backed forces
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, released video footage on Saturday claiming the targeting of forces aligned with the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.
This comes as the most recent escalation in the Yemeni conflict saw the seizure by Ansar Allah of vast swaths of territory in Western Yemen, allowing the group to hold control of Bab al-Mandab strait.
On Friday evening, the head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al Alimi, who spoke from Riyadh, ushered the Yemeni people towards a general mobilisation against the Houthi advance. He added that anyone defecting from the Houthis to the government side would be pardoned in an upcoming amnesty.
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- NAZA documentary releases trailer
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- The Guardian released the official trailer for the documentary NAZA, directed by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. The movie exposes Israel's AI-powered software employed for targeting civilians during the genocide in Gaza.
According to the anonymous Israeli military sources interviewed for the documentary, a single strike could warrant up to 500 civilians in collateral damage for one human target.
The documentary has been received with heated criticism in Israel, leading politicians to suggest the stripping of citizenship of the Israeli directors.
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- Iran proposes plan to reopen Hormuz within seven days
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had presented the United States with a “concrete” seven-day plan and that the decision now rested with Washington.
"Iran has conveyed to the United States, through Qatar, a concrete seven-day plan. If the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened, and normal maritime passage restored within seven days," Araghchi said at the UN Friday.
"The choice now rests with the United States. Iran does not accept coercion, threats, or intimidation, and Iran will not surrender its sovereign rights under pressure.
Earlier media reports suggest the new plan calls for a seven-day cessation of all hostilities in the Middle East, including in Lebanon.
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- US Jewish activists display New York billboard to reject Zionism
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- American Jewish organisations unveiled a billboard display in New York City's Times Square reading "Netanyahu does not represent American Jews" and "Zionism is not Judaism".
Organised by Torah Jews and Voice of Rabbis, the message was displayed in response to comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his address to the UN General Assembly.
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- Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ tour sparks debate on Channel 5
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- English actor James Sutton and Seena Shah, Chairman of Chelmsford Conservatives, held a debate on Jeremy Vine & Daytime on 5 over Macklemore’s upcoming "Free Palestine" tour.
Hosted by Jeremy Vine on Channel 5, the discussion followed Macklemore's drop from Ed Sheeran’s tour lineup. Sutton argued that the plight of the Palestinian people should always be kept in the spotlight and that artists have a responsibility to highlight it. Meanwhile, Shah stated that Macklemore’s tour comes “against a backdrop of apparent antisemitism” and called out the rapper for not condemning the 7th October attack on Israel.
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- Pezeshkian: Iran will allow UN nuclear inspectors back into country
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- “If they wish to come in and have inspections, we can reach accords and agreements vis-a-vis that specific topic within the negotiations.”
In an interview with CBS News, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his country would allow UN nuclear inspectors into the country.
At the same time, Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran is not trying to build a nuclear weapon.
"Developing nuclear weapons is haram[forbidden]," he said, maintaining that even if some in Iran wanted to build a nuclear weapon, "religiously speaking, they are not allowed to pursue that path”.
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- US lawmaker calls on Israel to release Marwan Barghouti
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- "Barghouti has a unique standing among all Palestinian factions."
Democratic US Representative Ro Khanna on Friday shared a video on X calling on Israel to release imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, stating that Palestinians must determine their own political future to advance a durable two-state resolution.
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- Salam calls for Israel to withdraw from all Lebanese territory at UNGA
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, speaking at the UN General Assembly on Friday, said that his government cannot build a unified, sovereign Lebanon unless Israel withdraws from the areas it illegally occupies.
Salam called for restoring the borders outlined in the 1949 Armistice Agreement and an "extension of authority" for Lebanon to control its entire territory directly.
He also warned of a potential "vacuum" that could arise if the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, withdrew without an agreement on a replacement international force.
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- Iran proposes plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at the UN on Friday that Tehran had presented the United States, through Qatar, with a “concrete seven-day plan” that would lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the restoration of normal maritime traffic.
“The choice now rests with the United States. Iran does not accept coercion, threats, or intimidation, and Iran will not surrender its sovereign rights under pressure,” Araghchi said.
Earlier media reports suggested that the proposal calls for a seven-day cessation of hostilities across the Middle East, including in Lebanon.
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- Explainer: "Send Me" Tour and Christian Nationalism/Zionism on the rise
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- 2:46
- Date posted
- 9 days ago
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- Pete Hegseth’s “Send Me Tour" is the latest phase of the Trump administration's efforts to infuse Christian nationalism into American governance and as a means of advancing Israeli interests in the Middle East. But this is just the latest stage of an overhaul he’s carried out within the Department of War since taking office as Secretary.
In May 2025, Hegseth instituted monthly prayer circles at the Pentagon and reformed the US Military Chaplain Corps, stating that it was previously "infected by political correctness and secular humanism".
This explainer breaks it down.
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- Pakistan PM says attacks on Mecca 'red line' that must never be crossed
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- 0:38
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said at the UN on Friday that further attacks on the Islamic holy city of Mecca would be a "red line" for Islamabad.
"We once again condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the recent deplorable attacks by the Houthis against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Sharif said at the UN's gathering of world leaders in New York City.
"The attempted drone attack on the holy city of Mecca al-Mukarramah has outraged Muslims across the globe. Any threat to safety and sanctity... is a red line that must never be crossed. No Muslim can even dare to think of committing such a heinous crime."
Last week, Riyadh accused the Houthis of targeting Mecca for the first time since 2017 with a drone that was downed, an accusation the Houthis denied.
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- Trump says he discussed Iran war with China's Xi
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- 0:10
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had discussed the war with Iran with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid allegations that Beijing has been supporting Tehran.
“We did, we did,” Trump said when asked whether the two leaders had discussed Iran, as he showed Xi around the National Archives in Washington on the final day of the Chinese leader’s state visit.
Asked whether he expected progress towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump replied: “I think we’re going to do great.”
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- American Doctor documentary brings the reality of Gaza to cinemas
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- The documentary "American Doctor" follows three US doctors on their medical mission to Gaza. Now the film is on a successful theatrical run, a rare feat for a documentary on this subject matter. Middle East Eye journalist Rhana Natour talks to director Poh Si Teng and Watermelon Pictures' Hamza Ali about how they are making sure the film is widely watchable.
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- Argentina’s Milie calls Netanyahu ‘one of the greatest leaders in the history of the world’
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged compliments, with Milei calling Netanyahu “one of the greatest leaders in the history of the world”.
Netanyahu, in turn, described Milei as “one of the great leaders of our time” and praised his economic policies in Argentina.
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- Defining war vs. genocide in modern context | The David Hearst Podcast with Norman G. Finkelstein
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- 2:55
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- “What the difference between a war and genocide? They are the opposite.”
In our latest episode of The David Hearst Podcast, Norman G. Finkelstein rejects the description of Gaza as a conventional war. He distinguishes between a war, whose principal aim is the military defeat of an opposing force and genocide, whose objective is the destruction of a population.
He argues that describing what happened in Gaza simply as a “war” accepts the language and framing of Israeli propaganda.
The episode is now out on Middle East Eye’s YouTube channel
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- Israeli delegate takes note of countries that walked out Netanyahu’s UN speech
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- In a video shared online, an Israeli delegation member appears to be taking note of the country envoys who walked out of the UN’s General Assembly as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his address.
The majority of delegates walked out and the room erupted in boos as Netanyahu prepared to deliver his speech, which he began by calling those who left the meeting “moral cowards”.
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- US activist Medea Benjamin calls on UN to expel Israel at protest outside New York headquarters
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- US activist and co-founder of rights group Code Pink Medea Benjamin called for sanctions on Israel and an end to US arms sales to the country.
“What they have to do is say that we're going to sanction Israel. First, expel Israel from the United Nations, it shouldn't be allowed to participate,” Benjamin told Middle East Eye, from a protest outside the UN’s headquarters in New York while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his address to the General Assembly.
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- Pezeskian denies Iranian nuclear ambitions in interview with Fox News
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- In an interview with Fox News, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country wasn’t seeking to build a nuclear bomb, referring to a religious decree issued by late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that forbade the use of nuclear weapons.
“We said we’re willing to dilute them. It’s not a big deal,” said Pezeshkian when asked by presenter Bret Baier about enriched uranium “buried deep under a mountain”.
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- 'We all die anyway': Tucker Carlson recounts chat with Trump days before start of Iran war
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- 2:08
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Speaking on NPR’s Newsmakers podcast, US commentator and former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson recounts a conversation he had with President Donald Trump just days before the US and Israel launched their war on Iran.
Carlson said that he confronted Trump and told him that the war on Iran was “being pushed by Israel” with the aim of establishing itself as the main power in the region, and sidelining both the GCC countries and the US.
“He looked at me and said: “Yes, you're right. But in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter,”” Carlson recounts.
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- Israel's 'self-isolation' after UK sanctions a good thing | Kieran Andrieu
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Israel's decision to isolate itself from the UK after imposing sanctions on imported goods from illegal settlements may be more impactful than the sanctions themselves, said Kieran Andrieu on MEE Live.
Speaking to Mathilda Mallinson, he said that Israel's policy of removing ambassadors in response to the measures actually helps reduce diplomatic normalisation of its occupation.
Watch the full episode on MEE's YouTube channel.
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- Netanyahu downplays Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank during UN speech
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- “What they cover is a handful of young juvenile delinquents, about 150 in number, who throw stones, who chop down olive trees, occasionally they fire up, they light some fires.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli settler violence across the occupied West Bank is carried out by "juvenile delinquents," as he downplayed the number of Palestinian casualties from these attacks during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Netanyahu claimed that over the entire period the issue has been debated, there have been "maybe two or three dead" total as a result of settler violence.
According to OCHA and human rights organisations, Israeli settlers have killed at least 25 Palestinians, including children, in the West Bank in 2026.
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- Thousands gather at UN headquarters in New York to protest Netanyahu
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- "The United Nations should not be amplifying or giving a platform to a war criminal.”
Thousands of people gather in front of the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protesters called for the arrest of Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, and questioned why he had been allowed to address the UN.
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- Iranian representative ignores Israeli envoy offering Starlink device at UNGA
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- At the United Nations General Assembly, Israel’s ambassador, Danny Danon, approached an Iranian representative to offer a Starlink terminal that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had used during his speech. However, the Iranian diplomat ignored Danon, looked away, and did not engage.
This incident has sparked widespread backlash online, with many people condemning the act as diplomatic harassment and questioning whether it violated standard UN protocols.
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- Israeli micro-aggressions 'grind down' Palestinians under occupation | Kieran Andrieu
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- "Daily humiliations" of Palestinians under Israeli occupation are designed to "grind people down," Kieran Andrieu tells Mathilda Mallinson on MEE Live.
Describing daily life for his family under Israeli occupation, he highlights the lived reality for Palestinians in East Jerusalem trying to assert their identity while being treated as second-class citizens.
Watch the full episode on MEE's YouTube channel.
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- Netanyahu attacks UK, France and Turkey’s Erdogan in UN speech
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 10 days ago
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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Britain and France over their colonial histories during a speech at the UN General Assembly.
“They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism. For God’s sake, they invented the term,” Netanyahu said.
He also called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “tyrant” and accused Turkey of harbouring Hamas leaders.
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- Netanyahu says 'many Jews' feel unsafe in New York since Mamdani's election
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- 2:39
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed at the UN Thursday that "many Jews" no longer feel safe in New York since Mayor Zohran Mamdani's election.
"Since you were elected mayor of this city, many Jews no longer feel safe in New York," he said.
"You falsely, repeatedly accuse Israel of genocide."
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- Actress Susan Sarandon detained in New York during protest against Netanyahu’s visit
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Several protesters, including US actress Susan Sarandon, were detained in New York during a protest organised by Jewish Voice for Peace, as demonstrations were held across the city against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the UN General Assembly.
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- Dozens of envoys from across the world walk out of Netanyahu's UN speech
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Dozens of envoys from around the world walked out in protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Delegates jeered and booed as they left the hall, while members of Netanyahu’s delegation stood and applauded.
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- Why is Israel's opposition losing support?
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Israel's elections are just over a month away. Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing multiple scandals over his policies in the lead-up to October 7th, 2023 and afterward. Yet his opposition seems to be slacking in the polls. Why is that? And what does that mean for the elections' outcome?
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- Ed Miliband says Israeli government’s actions threaten two-state solution ‘as never before’
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the government would take further measures targeting illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, warning that the two-state solution was “under threat as never before” due to the actions of the Israeli government.
In a video statement recorded at the United Nations in New York, Miliband said the UK would ban imports of goods from illegal settlements and move to “cut off the supply lines of finance, construction and other services for settlement expansion”.
He also called on the Israeli government to “immediately and permanently lift restrictions on aid”.
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- 'I was indoctrinated': Avi Shlaim on his Israeli education | Real Talk
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- 'I was indoctrinated.'
Celebrated historian Avi Shlaim on the Zionist version of history he was taught growing up in Israel.
Shlaim, born into an Arab Jewish family in Baghdad, went on to become one of the most celebrated historians on Israel-Palestine.
He recently sat down with Mohamed Hashem on Real Talk.
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- Spain's Sanchez slams Gaza genocide, calls for support for rights institutions during UN address
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- During his address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Spanish President Pedro Sanchez warned against the growing influence of “selfish, ignorant and cruel forces”.
“I've seen how they took off their masks and seized power in many places. And then I saw them start illegal wars, massacre innocent civilians. I've seen them treat millions of human beings like livestock, and take away aid from those suffering the most,” he said.
He also reiterated Spain’s position condemning “the genocide that Netanyahu is still perpetrating in Gaza” and called for strengthening rights institutions like the International Criminal Court.
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- Inside Israel’s quiet takeover of East Jerusalem
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- 58:16
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Gaza has been decimated. The West Bank is being bulldozed by settlers. But there is a third front in Israel's occupation that rarely reaches your feed: East Jerusalem.
In this episode, MEE’s Mathilda Mallinson sits down with British-Palestinian political economist Kieran Andrieu, whose father and brothers live in occupied East Jerusalem.
We ask why most Palestinians in the city are "permanent residents" rather than citizens, and what that means for daily life. We examine the E1 settlement plan, what happened at Al-Aqsa over the Jewish holidays, and what is left of the Palestinian vote, as Israel's election committee moves to bar both main Arab parties from the October ballot.
Then we turn to Britain. Ed Miliband has declared the occupation unlawful and banned settlement goods. Israel has retaliated by ordering the British consulate in Jerusalem to close. But still, British charity money is flowing to a yeshiva expanding into Sheikh Jarrah. One y...
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- Israeli forces bulldoze over 400 olive trees from Palestinian land in the town of Beit Rima
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Israeli forces uprooted more than 400 olive trees and bulldozed 31 dunams of Palestinian-owned land on Thursday in the town of Beit Rima, in the occupied West Bank.
The operation came two days after Israeli authorities issued a military order targeting two areas of land in the town, calling for the “removal of wild vegetation and uprooting of olive and other trees from the targeted areas”.
The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said on Tuesday that Israeli authorities had issued five military orders targeting trees and vegetation across 533.5 dunams of Palestinian land in the Jenin, Ramallah and al-Bireh governorates.
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- Israeli election committee bans Arab parties from standing in next month's vote
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted on Wednesday to ban the main Arab parties and two candidates from participating in the October 27 parliamentary election.
The vote came after the right-wing parties of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir filed petitions accusing the parties and candidates of denying Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.
The decision will be reviewed by the Supreme Court before it can be implemented.
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- Palestine's last Christian village | One on One with Bashar Fawadleh
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- 2:57
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
- Description
- "We don't sleep, all night long"
For centuries, the last fully Christian village in the West Bank has stood, a link to Palestine's Christian roots. Today, Taybeh is surrounded by illegal Israeli settlements and settler outposts from all directions.
Speaking to MEE's Jerusalem Bureu Chief, Lubna Masarwa in this latest one on one, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Father Bashar Fawadleh shares his fears and hopes for the community - and faith - under attack.
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- Marco Rubio says ‘external actors’ fuelling Sudan war
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- 1:18
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US was frustrated about the situation in Sudan because “commitments are never met” by both warring parties, who are backed by “external actors”.
“There are external actors. I'm not going to single them out, you know who they are … But that war and that conflict and that crisis would not be happening were it not for the active participation of external actors that are feeding one side of that conflict or another,” he added.
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- The last Christian village in the West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers
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- 32:45
- Date posted
- 11 days ago
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- Taybeh, the last fully Christian village in the occupied West Bank, is facing an escalating campaign of violence and intimidation by surrounding Israeli settlers.
Surrounded by illegal settlements, outposts, and military gates, residents say their lands and historic religious sites are routinely targeted by arson attacks, vandalism, and armed harassment aimed at forcing them from the area.
Speaking to Middle East Eye's Jerusalem bureau chief Lubna Masarwa, Father Bashar Fawadleh, the Latin parish priest of Taybeh, detailed what daily life looks like under constant encirclement and how the community is fighting to survive on its ancestral land.
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