9+ mon, 4+ week ago (250+ words) Trump, who has claimed credit for the Israel-Hamas deal, is expected to host Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday. Gaza's hospitals have been targeted repeatedly, including with US-made 2000-pound bombs. US doctors can't remain silent. Despite the challenges, Dahiyeh's restaurants are picking themselves up out of the rubble. Palestinians describe dreadful conditions they endured in detention, find their homes in Gaza reduced to rubble. These were some of the updates on Israel-Hamas ceasefire and Israel's attacks on West Bank from Saturday, February 2. Nassourdine Imavov stakes title-fight claim with defeat of former UFC champion Israel Adesanya in Saudi Arabia. Syria's leader will be in Saudi Arabia for two days and is expected to discuss bolstering relations. The deadly raids, which Israel calls the "Iron Wall' campaign, were launched just days after a ceasefire was agreed. The Health Ministry said at…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago (175+ words) Another tortured round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, another set of headlines laying the blame solely on Hamas. Throughout the various ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, western news outlets have repeatedly blamed their failure on Hamas. This week, we hear a perspective that rarely features in the coverage " the group's own " on the negotiations and the media narratives that surround them. Contributors: Tahani Mustafa " Senior Palestine Analyst, International Crisis Group Basem Naim " Politburo member, Hamas Julie Norman " Associate Professor, University College London Abdaljawad Omar " Lecturer, Birzeit University Ukrainian drone strikes on multiple Russian airfields have further escalated the conflict, as peace talks come up short. Tariq Nafi reports on the messaging on the airwaves both sides of the border. After decades of increased connectivity, screen time and addictive algorithms, more and more young people are logging off. The Listening Post's…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (78+ words) Ismail Salahuddin is a writer and researcher based in Delhi and Kolkata. His work explores Muslim identity, communal politics, caste, and the politics of knowledge. He studied Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Jamia Millia Islamia. His writings have appeared in The Wire, Middle East Monitor, Scroll, Outlook India, Muslim Mirror, and other publications. Are We Muslims or Mujrims? How hate became India's daily entertainment Hatred in India today is no longer private feeling but public pastime....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (140+ words) Abdurahman Sharif is the Senior Director, Program Impact, Influencing and Humanitarian Affairs for Save the Children. Prior to joining Save the Children, Abdurahman was the Senior Director of Partnerships and Outreach at Internews Europe,an international media support NGO working in more than 100 countries. He was previously a Senior Advisor on Development and International Relations to the Prime Minister of Somalia (2019-2020). Abdurahman has also been the Director of the Somalia NGO Consortium (2015-2018), a coordination body for International and National NGOs working in Somalia. After the quake, Afghanistan's children face a crisis within a crisis Aid cuts have shuttered clinics and stalled relief; restore funding now to save lives. After the quake, Afghanistan's children face a crisis within a crisis Aid cuts have shuttered clinics and stalled relief; restore funding now to save lives....

8+ mon, 2+ week ago (169+ words) Badar Khan Suri detained by US Department of Homeland Security after being designated for removal. Benchmark S&P 500 falls 1.39 percent, dragging index more than 10 percent below its February peak. US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says administration will work with the US Congress to abolish department. Tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 plunges 3.81 percent, its steepest single-day loss since September 2022. US president says economy is in a "period of transition" amid uncertainty over his trade policies. European defence stocks are flying high as Trump's pause on aid to Ukraine spurs calls for continent's rearmament. After US vice president's broadside, a conservative media outlet is accusing police of attacking media freedom. Tesla and SpaceX CEO claims his social media platform's fact-checking tool is being "gamed' by governments and media. Japan, South Korea and Australia are lobbying the mercurial US president for exemptions on tariffs. US…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (188+ words) Fault Lines investigates Trump's immigration crackdown, from court arrests to deportations without due process. Fault Lines investigates Trump's immigration crackdown, from court arrests to deportations without due process. President Donald Trump's return to the White House has unleashed one of the most sweeping immigration crackdowns in modern United States history. Critics say the administration's tactics violate due process and stretch the limits of US law. Fault Lines investigates the case of Venezuelan asylum seeker Franco Caraballo, who was accused without evidence of gang ties and, under a wartime law, transferred to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Carmen Herrera, a mother of six who has lived most of her life in the US, was among the 180,000 people deported in the first seven months of Trump's presidency. In May, she was arrested at her immigration hearing despite having multiple avenues to…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago (155+ words) Israeli and Western portrayal of Palestinian children as adults aims to cover up their murder, maiming and imprisonment. The people of Palestine will not forget the loss of life or the shabiha-style beatings and torture. A symbolic political act cannot put an end to Israeli crimes or grant Palestinians sovereignty. Israeli forces have been targeting Palestinian healthcare in clear violation of international law for many years. Decades of impunity, for the Israeli regime as well as its criminal soldiers, has led us to this point. Party's stance on Palestine has always been and still is morally corrupt. The order provides cover for Israeli government to commit mass atrocities and continue the Nakba that started in 1948. The Palestinian Authority was never meant to engage in democratic governance and defend the Palestinians' interests. Palestinian liberation is, at its core, a leftist struggle....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago (426+ words) Al Jazeera Media Network signs joint letter stating journalists in Gaza are being starved to death "deliberately, and in real time, while the world watches. We, the undersigned press freedom organisations, media organisations, journalists unions, and advocates of truth and transparency, demand an end to the forced starvation and targeting of journalists in Gaza by Israel. Journalists in Gaza are being starved to death. Not metaphorically. Not slowly. But deliberately, and in real time, while the world watches. One in three people in Gaza now goes days without food. Among the starving are journalists, the last independent voices still reporting from inside Gaza. These are the individuals whose courage keeps the world informed of the sheer humanitarian impact of Israels war on Gaza. Now, they are being forced to die from hunger. This is not incidental. This is a tactic....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago (56+ words) Farah Zaina is an academic lecturer at the University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS) and an English trainer for Continuous Education at the Islami... more In the face of displacement, homelessness ... Netanyahu's plan to deprive and rule in Gaza will fail again In the face of displacement, homelessness and hunger, Palestinian solidarity has remained unshakeable....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (69+ words) A video diary for Al Jazeera A video diary for Al Jazeera Issa Amro lives in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. He never knows how far he can venture out of his neighbourhood, due to attacks by Israeli settlers and random checkpoint closures. His video diary shows the challenges Palestinians living in Hebron face as settlers try to take their land, supported by the Israeli state and military....