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  • Issue of ultra-Orthodox conscription in Israel threatens Netanyahu’s govt

    The issue of conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army has become a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, sparking threats to derail his coalition and trigger early elections if he ends a long-standing exemption.

    Military service is mandatory in Israel, but under a ruling established at the country’s creation — when the ultra-Orthodox were a very small community — men who devote themselves full-time to the study of sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • CNN investigation points to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting – Middle East Monitor

    CNN investigation points to Israeli gunfire in Gaza aid site shooting – Middle East Monitor

    A CNN investigation found that Israeli troops opened fire on crowds of Palestinians near an aid distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, leaving dozens of casualties, Anadolu reports.

    Citing more than a dozen witnesses, CNN said Israeli troops shot at crowds in volleys of gunfire that occurred sporadically.

    Dozens were shot dead in Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire on multiple occasions on Palestinians seeking aid brought in by the Gaza…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Netanyahu Confirms Arming Gangs in Gaza: ‘What’s wrong with that?’

    Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his government is arming gangs in Gaza to “strengthen opposition groups in the Strip”.

    According to Israeli media reports, Netanyahu said “in consultation with security officials, we made use of clans in Gaza that are opposed to Hamas.”

    “What’s wrong with that?” he continues. “It’s only good. It saves the lives of IDF soldiers,” he added.

    Quoting a defence…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Israel strikes Beirut, targeting underground Hezbollah drone facilities

    Israel strikes Beirut, targeting underground Hezbollah drone facilities

    WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV — Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday, after an Israeli military spokesperson issued evacuation orders for four buildings and the area surrounding them.  

    The Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, wrote on X Thursday that the buildings, located in the predominantly Shiite southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh — specifically in the neighborhoods of Hadath, Haret Hreik and Bourj el-Barajneh — were “near…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Trump Blocks Entry for Foreign Students Seeking to Study at Harvard 

    Trump Blocks Entry for Foreign Students Seeking to Study at Harvard 

    US President Donald Trump. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Harvard University says Trump’s decision “is yet another illegal retaliatory step taken by the Administration in violation of Harvard’s First Amendment rights.”

    US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University for an initial six months.

    Citing “national security “…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • 1st direct Saudi flight lands in Syria after 12-year hiatus – Middle East Monitor

    1st direct Saudi flight lands in Syria after 12-year hiatus – Middle East Monitor

    The first direct Saudi flight landed in Syria on Thursday after a 12-year suspension, local media said, Anadolu reports.

    According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, the Saudi Flynas airliner arrived at Damascus International Airport from Riyadh after years of interruption.

    In April, a delegation from Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation conducted a routine tour of the airport before resuming flights with Syria.

    In 2012, most airlines stopped…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Trump takes swipe at Angela Merkel for her migration policies | Donald Trump

    Trump takes swipe at Angela Merkel for her migration policies | Donald Trump

    NewsFeed

    US President Donald Trump explained that Egypt is not on his new list of travel banned countries because “they have things under control.” Turning to the visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, he then took a swipe at former leader Angela Merkel, saying “she” let too many migrants into Germany.

    Published On 5 Jun 2025

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • The Israeli occupation army issues an urgent warning to evacuate three neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

    The Israeli occupation army issues an urgent warning to evacuate three neighborhoods in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

    The Israeli occupation army issued an urgent warning to residents …

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    News Source: www.alquds.com

  • Over 2,700 Children under Five Diagnosed with Acute Malnutrition – UN

    Over 2,700 Children under Five Diagnosed with Acute Malnutrition – UN

    More Palestinian children are facing severe consequences of malnutrition at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. (Photo: social media, via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Since January, over 16,500 children under five were identified for treatment of severe acute malnutrition, including 141 cases with complications who needed to be hospitalized.

    More than 2,700 children in Gaza, under the age of five, have been diagnosed with acute malnutrition, according to the UN.

    This figure, from the…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – Mondoweiss

    The Sarajevo Declaration of the Gaza Tribunal – Mondoweiss

    A people’s tribunal

    Almost sixty years ago, the world watched in horror as the US carried out brutal aggression and serial atrocities against the people of Vietnam. Those atrocities, and the apparent impunity afforded to the US in their commission, was, for many, too much to bear. 

    Because no state, no group of states, or international institution was coming to rescue the Vietnamese people, it quickly became clear that freedom would come only from popular resistance inside…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net