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Israel at war, day 222: Gallant orders IDF to prepare to shut down Al Jazeera in West Bank

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Israel's defense minister calls on PM Netanyahu to publicly declare that Israel won't establish military rule over Gaza ■ Israeli officials warn that Egypt may withdraw from truce mediation efforts because of Israel's operation in Rafah ■…

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Netanyahu banned Al Jazeera because he wants only his voice to be heard

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The Netanyahu government's decision to ban Al Jazeera and its disregard for press freedom are not surprising. It is futile, dangerous and anti-democratic. But the shutdown won't stop our coverage of both sides of the Gaza war

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A Palestinian and an Israeli living in Germany help Gazans build safer shelters

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A Gazan and an Israeli living in Germany have raised donations for basic infrastructure for displaced Gazans, and already built a camp providing shelter for dozens of families

Despite ban on Palestinian flags, dozens join Nakba rally at Tel Aviv University

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Protesters instead waved placards in the shape of a watermelon. A few dozen Im Tirtzu activists held a counter-rally. The Tel Aviv District Police ascribed the flag ban to the 'sensitive period' now

Tuesday, May 14

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In Gaza's Jabalya, with no 'day after' strategy, Israeli soldiers fight Hamas – again

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The IDF announced it had 'dismantled' Hamas battalions in northern Gaza over four months ago. Now, entire brigades of Israeli troops have returned, experienced just like their adversaries

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Israel's refusal to discuss 'day after' Gaza war threatens America's whole Middle East strategy

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Israel's intransigence about discussing the day after Hamas not only jeopardizes U.S. efforts to push the ball forward, but may result in massive steps backward that could have far-reaching consequences

Israel at war, day 221: Egypt mulls downgrading relations with Israel over Rafah op

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The ICJ will discuss new emergency measures sought by South Africa over Israel's offensive in Rafah on Thursday ■ The Biden administration reportedly believes Israel concentrated enough forces outside Rafah for full assault in coming days…

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Netanyahu ministers join Israeli far-right 'march to Gaza,' demand Palestinians' expulsion

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for Israel to 'encourage emigration' of Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip; Two demonstrators crossed the northern border into Gaza and were arrested

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Palestinian truckers fear for safety after aid convoy for Gaza wrecked by far-right Israelis

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A driver with a West Bank-based truckers' union said that around 15 trucks had been damaged by Israeli settlers, who beat some drivers and caused about $2 million worth of damage, without intervention by the Israeli army or police

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Amid the Gaza war, is Israel's pro-peace camp facing extinction or resurrection?

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Even without projecting left-wing anti-occupation fantasies onto the huge crowds at Israel's antiwar and anti-Netanyahu protests, it is still safe to say that a growing number of Jewish Israelis are disillusioned with their government's…

Monday, May 13

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Israel at war, day 220: Israeli protesters damage aid trucks en route to Gaza

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Israeli tanks push further into Jabalya, cross key highway on outskirts of Rafah, Gazans report ■ Sinwar most likely never left tunnels under Khan Yunis, NYT reports ■ Nothing has fundamentally changed in U.S.-Israel relations, U.S. envoy…

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Gazans aim to restart learning as war shatters education system

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After schools and universities have been closed, damaged, or destroyed in the war, Gazans are working to let studies resume

Released Israeli hostage describes how Hamas videos were made in TV interview

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Meirav Tal told Channel 12 News that hours of footage was filmed, most of it unreleased, when she was held by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group along with others

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Israel's rift with Egypt could create a future for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza

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Egypt's decision to stop coordinating with Israel after its takeover of the Rafah crossing signals Cairo's willingness to take drastic measures. But to secure a 'day after' plan involving the PA in Gaza, Israel must take the keys from…

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Someone lived here until 1948: Palestinian lives in Haifa, before Israel was established

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Israeli northern city Haifa has long been touted as an Arab-Jewish mixed city. But tours following the lives of Palestinians living there before the establishment of Israel tell a more detailed reality. 'Oral testimonies reveal things that…

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Jake Sullivan rejects recent reporting of supposed rift between U.S. and Israel: 'More heat than light'

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Four Israeli protesters arrested for blocking a humanitarian aid convoy en-route to Gaza, aid trucks set on fire■ IDF: Two drones explode in northern Israel; no casualties reported ■ Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities ■ Hamas'…

Sunday, May 12

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Israel at war, day 219: Hezbollah to reportedly withdraw most forces from border

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Blinken: Israel has not shown U.S. 'credible plan' to prevent Hamas from re-establishing its presence in areas of Gaza IDF has left ■ Biden admin reportedly offered Israel intel on Hamas leaders in exchange for avoiding Rafah op ■ Egypt…

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Why Israel's generals are now openly briefing against Netanyahu

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Israel's military commanders should have confronted Netanyahu about the lack of a strategy for the day after Hamas before entering Gaza in October. Now, they may be right to blame him for squandering their tactical gains, but they must…

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A senior Gazan doctor died during Israeli detention. Officials refuse to explain how

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Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh was arrested at a hospital in the Gaza Strip last December, with his death at an Israeli prison quietly announced four months later. Palestinian detainees who saw him say it was clear he had gone through hell, but the…

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Rocket sirens sound in Gaza border communities for fifth time on Sunday

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Israeli army chief takes responsibility for failure of Oct. 7 at Memorial Day ceremony ■ Secretary of State Blinken tells CBS the U.S. hasn't seen plan from Israel to prevent Hamas resurgence ■ Sirens activated in northern Israel and Gaza…

Saturday, May 11

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Iranian hard-liners win full control of parliament in election run-off

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Politicians calling for change in the country's government were generally barred from running in the election, as were those calling for radical reforms

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'Your silence does not serve us': The Gazans urging Palestinians in Israel to protest

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Watching protesters around the world call for a cease-fire in Gaza, some Gazans are asking Palestinians in Israel to join the protests to end to the war. 'Seven months of silence is enough,' says one of them

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IDF soldier killed in north Gaza fighting; Israel launches heavy bombardment of north Gaza

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Germany's Scholz warns ground attack on Rafah would be irresponsible ■ Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports ■ Hamas published video of Israeli hostage Nadav Poplewell ■ IDF…

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A Palestinian teen was standing on the street with his scooter when Israeli troops shot him dead

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A boy stands on a Tul Karm street watching as Israeli troops move toward the city's refugee camp. Soldiers fire shots from hundreds of meters away and one of their bullets slams into the boy's chest. Qais Nasrallah was 14 at his death

Friday, May 10

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My friend, Nasrallah's biggest fan

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From the moment we met, in London, Randala and I were nearly inseparable. We had so much in common. But she was from Lebanon and I from Israel, and eventually she became obsessed with radical Islam

U.S. says 'reasonable to assess' Israel violated international law in Gaza, but won't halt arms aid

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The admistration's assertion that Israel is not obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid – even qualified as an 'ongoing assessment' – will likely be the most contentious element of a report that will assuredly gain significant…

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In Rafah, people flee to nowhere in a desert of devastation and sand

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Some 1.2 million Gazans are huddled in a city that has already seen devastating bombings and shellings. They are sure Biden's warnings will not stop a massive ground attack like there was in Gaza City and Khan Yunis

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Israel at war, day 217: UNRWA says 110,000 have fled Rafah so far

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WH: Biden administration hasn't made final decision on delivering arms shipment to Israel ■ Hamas demanded 12-week cease-fire instead of the six weeks Israel agreed to, CNN reports ■ Israeli tanks capture the main road dividing eastern and…

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UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for membership

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Bid passes with 143 votes in favor and nine against, while 25 countries abstained, with the U.S. expected to use its veto in the Security Council to block full Palestinian UN membership

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Spain, other EU countries to recognize Palestinian state on May 21, top EU diplomat says

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EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that along Spain and Ireland, a number of EU countries will take the first step towards recognizing the state of Palestine, a move he regarded as a 'symbolic act of a political nature'