Israel Hamas war: Israeli tanks hit Gaza, settler attacks in West Bank, Middle East economies threat
Israel's army says it has carried out an operation in northern Gaza in preparation for the next stages of combat.
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'US should pressure Israel to stop war in Gaza,' Abbas spokesman tells FRANCE 24
Nabil Abu Rudeineh fears the war in Gaza will spread not only to the West Bank but also to the wider region. "The danger is there, not just here in Palestine but also in the region," he told FRANCE 24. This is why, he added, Abbas is calling for an immediate ceasefire to ensure humanitarian aid can be brought into Gaza.
Writer Isabella Hammad on politics, identity and the silencing of Palestinian voices
It tells the story of a British-Palestinian actress who returns to her homeland to visit her sister and gets caught up in a West Bank production of "Hamlet". Inspired in part by a documentary about a theatre school in the Jenin refugee camp, Hammad says she was interested in exploring theatre as an art form in the context of a military regime.
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for Hamas attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed his country is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza, and that "we are working against the clock" in preparations to destroy Hamas.
Too late for diplomacy? The scramble to revive Middle East mediation efforts
We ask about Rishi Sunak visiting Israel after Joe Biden, the king of Jordan traveling to Egypt and the German defence minister landing in Lebanon. So many peace efforts have failed over the past three decades that the international community grew tired of trying, instead hoping that Israel's US-brokered normalisation of ties with Arab states would induce a trickle-down positive effect on the Palestinians.
Two-state solution losing grounds in Israel and Palestine even before terror attacks, surveys show
Public sentiment among members of the public in both Israel and Palestinian-controlled areas was moving away from the idea of creating a two-state solution for the region, even before Hamas launched terror attacks last weekend.
Israel on the warpath: What fate for Gaza after Hamas attack?
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State has flown in to display support for Israel but also to negotiate a humanitarian corridor. But will that open a way out for desperate Palestinians? Gaza’s only other land border is with Egypt, which wants no part of a large influx of refugees.
Palestine team withdraws from Malaysia tournament
WEST BANK: The Palestine soccer team has withdrawn from a tournament in Malaysia after a fresh crisis broke out between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas over the weekend, disrupting the team’s travel arrangements, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said on Tuesday. “The withdrawal came due to players being unable to travel because of the events and circumstances that the Palestinian territories are going through,” Firas Abu Hilal, secretary-general of the Palestinian Football Association, told Reuters. The Palestine national football team had been scheduled to compete in the Merdeka Cup — an international friendly tournament in Malaysia — from Oct. 13-17 along with India, Tajikistan and host country, Malaysia. Hilal said the players’ plans had been disrupted by the repeated closure of a crossing connecting Jordan to the Palestinian territories, through which they would have traveled to Malaysia. The Palestine team are due to play 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Lebanon and Australia in November.