“A balloon is like a kite, and a kite is like a drone, whether it carries explosives or not,” Israeli defense minister said. The Israeli army reported 4 recovered kites carried no suspicious material and posed no danger.
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Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine
In letter to Macron and Burnham, more than 100 senior figures accuse Israel of ethnic cleansing and call for measures including trade ban
West Bank: Israel-Backed Settler Violence Drives Displacement
“Settlers shoot, attack, and expel Palestinians from their land, and the state provides the weapons, the legal cover, and the budget to do it.”
Israel allows Jewish ritual at Al-Aqsa Mosque in unprecedented violation of status quo
Israeli police reportedly allowed settlers raiding the site on Sunday to perform group prayers. The decision to officially permit such a provocative act marks a significant shift.
102 Rights Groups Call on Rubio to Secure Release of US Citizen Sama Safi, Imprisoned in Israel Since June
The Israeli military had no right to take her in the first place, let alone repeatedly hold the 20-year-old student in such inhumane conditions
The Architecture of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
A new book by the British Israeli architect Eyal Weizman tells the history of Gaza and the current situation: Israel’s systematic destruction of Gaza, street by street, farm by farm, hospital by hospital.
ISRAELI MEDIA: What Israel Began in Gaza Is Spreading to Palestinians Everywhere
The impunity with which Israel devastated Gaza is reshaping what the state believes it can do to Palestinians everywhere: seize more land, expel more communities, demolish more homes, protect violent settlers, fatally shoot Palestinians, and then control how their families bury them.
New oral history project eulogises slain Palestinian journalists via friends’ voice notes
An oral history project called ‘The Living Record’ is telling the stories of slain Palestinian journalists through the eyes and experiences of their colleagues on the ground. The site launched with eulogies for 40 journalists, with dozens more to come
Huckabee Calls Israeli Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes ‘an Act of Terror’ but Defends the Broader Settler Movement
“Settlers are not the problem in Judea/Samaria,” he said, using the Biblical name for the Palestinian territory. “Unsettlers are.”
Lebanon: Israel’s Killing of Journalist an Apparent War Crime
Human Rights Watch: The Israeli military’s April 22, 2026 attacks in Lebanon that killed one journalist and severely injured another included apparently deliberate attacks on civilians which would make them war crimes








