Canadian university sues its own students over encampment for Palestine ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The University of Waterloo in Canada has filed a lawsuit against its students for continuing its pro-Palestine encampment urging the university to disclose and divest from Israel....
Israeli officers tortured this doctor to death, then hid news of his passing for months ( www.middleeasteye.net )
At the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, Dr Iyad, director of the Kamal Adwan hospital's maternity department, refused to leave Gaza City, opting to stay with his patients and fulfil his humanitarian mission. But after a month of intense Israeli bombardment and siege, including the targeting of hospitals, he decided to take his...
Wikipedia declares Anti-Defamation League 'unreliable' on Israel, antisemitism: Report ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Wikipedia's editors voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League "generally unreliable" on Israel and Palestine as well as the issue of antisemitism, adding the organisation to a list of banned sources, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA)....
Israel reportedly hits Gaza safe zone as ceasefire discussions persist ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel has launched land, sea and air strikes on al-Mawasi, a designated safe zone in Gaza, according to Palestine’s Wafa news agency....
US involved in Israeli operation in Nuseirat that killed over 200 Palestinians ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The Israeli military had US support in rescuing four captives from Gaza in a "complex daytime operation" in Nuseirat that killed over 200 Palestinians....
Israeli minister Benny Gantz resigns from war cabinet over absence of post-war Gaza plan ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on Sunday citing, amongst other reasons, the absence of a post-war plan for Gaza....
Mexico seeks to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ [MEE Staff | 28 May 2024 | Middle East Eye] ( www.middleeasteye.net )
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Israeli forces attack two Jabalia hospitals as Rafah offensive intensifies ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israeli forces attacked two hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip as they pushed deeper into the Jabalia refugee camp and increased bombardment of crowded Rafah districts....
Egyptian soldier killed in fire exchange with Israeli forces near Rafah crossing ( www.middleeasteye.net )
An Egyptian soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces at the Rafah crossing on Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Monday....
Republican bill aims to give Americans in Israeli military same benefits as US soldiers ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Two Republican congressmen have introduced legislation that would provide the same employment and economic protections to Americans serving in the Israeli military as US citizens who get deployed to serve in the US military....
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas's Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
'Like the war's first days': Israel unleashes heaviest Gaza bombing in months ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The Israeli military has launched a new wave of attacks across the Gaza Strip, similar in intensity to the peak of its seven-month war on the besieged Palestinian enclave....
Exclusive: Cambridge's wealthiest college to divest from arms companies ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The University of Cambridge's wealthiest constituent college, Trinity College Cambridge, has decided to divest from all arms companies, Middle East Eye can reveal....
General Assembly endorses pathway for full Palestinian statehood at UN ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favour of granting "new rights and privileges" to the state of Palestine, paving a pathway for full UN-member status....
Jordanian authorities shut down Muslim Brotherhood-linked TV station ( www.middleeasteye.net )
This shutdown comes amid a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism in Jordan that has seen hundreds of people arbitrarily detained by security forces since 7 October....
Biden’s war on Gaza is now a war on truth and the right to protest ( www.middleeasteye.net )
UK Home Office revokes visa of Palestinian student after protest speech ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The UK government has revoked the student visa of a Palestinian student who lost relatives in Gaza after she spoke at a demonstration at the University of Manchester....
FBI informant who infiltrated Islamic State and al-Qaeda released from US prison ( www.middleeasteye.net )
An FBI informant who infiltrated al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked networks in Syria and Turkey has been released from prison in Florida after serving a reduced sentence for threatening his handlers....
At least 49 bodies found in new mass grave at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
A third mass grave has been discovered in the ruins of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, the largest medical complex in the Palestinian enclave....
Israel seizes 'operational control' of Rafah crossing in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel abandoning captives to hunt Hamas leaders, say military officers ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel has abandoned its goals of freeing the captives in Gaza, instead seeking to establish a long-term presence with its Rafah ground offensive and pursue top Palestinian leaders, Israeli military officers have told Middle East Eye....
British-Palestinian surgeon 'prevented' from entering France ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta said he was denied entry into France on Saturday where he was scheduled to address the senate about Israel's attacks against Gaza's healthcare system....
'An unprecedented gathering': Saudi activists unite in US to discuss ending kingdom's autocracy ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Inside a ballroom at the Gaylord Convention Center overlooking the National Harbor outside of Washington DC, Saudi dissidents and activists from all over the diaspora came together for an in-person conference to discuss the elusive prospects of a representative government in Saudi Arabia chosen by its citizens....
Exclusive: Israel planning ring of checkpoints to prevent men from fleeing Rafah ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity....