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Palestine Action: five arrested in England before protest against group’s ban
The Guardian
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September 2, 2025
More than 1,000 people have pledged to risk arrest this Saturday at a fresh protest against a ban on the group Palestine Action, as police detained five spokespeople for the event’s organisers. Tim Crosland, a former government lawyer who is one...
Occupation forces arrest 10 Palestinians in Nablus
The Peninsula
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September 2, 2025
Ramallah: Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday arrested more than 10 Palestinians and raided 150 homes during an incursion into a town in the Nablus governorate in the northern West Bank. Local sources said the raids took place in the village of...
Why There Never Will Be a Palestinian State
Daily Alert
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September 2, 2025
Late this month, and exquisitely timed to coincide with Rosh Hashanah, the United Nations General Assembly will meet and, addressing it, the president of France will recognize “Palestine” as a state. France will be the 148th country (by most...
Palestinian teen injured in Gaza tries to walk again in Chicago suburbs
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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September 2, 2025
Yazan scrolls through his phone at lightning speed. One photo shows him running toward a soccer ball in a field in Gaza. Another photo, taken in Ohio this summer, shows Yazan swimming in the water, making a peace sign in the air. A third photo...
Community lender, leader marks 40 years in banking
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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MANKATO — Although Mankatoan Tom Lentz will proudly mark his 40th anniversary in the banking industry this year, dentistry was his initial career goal. “Becoming a banker was more of an accident than an aspiration,” said Lentz, market president of...
The World’s Shame In Gaza
The Nigerian Voice
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Israel’s Gaza campaign has entered an even more nightmarish phase. The world must press Israel harder to stop the war regardless of “day after” questions – lest its offensive destroy Palestinian life in the strip beyond hope of recovery. It is...
Palestinian Officials Barred From Attending UN General Assembly After This Move by the State Department
Townhall
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September 2, 2025
The State Department announced last week that members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority will have their visas denied or revoked ahead of the United Nations General Assembly this month. The Trump administration...
Palestinian presidency: Annexation of West Bank threatens regional and global stability
Middle East Monitor
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September 2, 2025
The Palestinian Presidency warned Monday that Israel’s plan to annex the occupied West Bank would “close the doors to stability and security in the region and the world,” urging the United States to intervene and stop the move. Presidential...
US Sen. Jeff Merkley visits Gaza, Israel: ‘There has to be an end to this war’
OregonLive.com
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September 2, 2025
A lot has changed in Israel and Palestine since Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley first visited in 1978 as a 21-year-old backpacker. But the pace of change between his last trip to the region in January 2024 and the present, as Israel...
Belgium moves toward recognizing a Palestinian state
The New Arab
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September 2, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Prevot arrives to attend a session of the chamber commission of External Relations [Getty] Belgium will move toward recognizing a Palestinian state, the country's foreign minister said Tuesday, joining a growing...
Tens of thousands of reservists drafted ahead of Gaza City takeover, but turnout down
The Times of Israel
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September 2, 2025
Tens of thousands of reservists were set to be drafted to the Israel Defense Forces Tuesday, in what was said to be the largest single call-up since right after the start of the war almost two years ago, though turnout was reportedly low, with...
Belgium plans to recognise Palestinian state at UN summit
BusinessLIVE
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Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, foreign minister Maxime Prevot said on Tuesday, adding to international pressure on Israel after similar moves by Australia, Britain, Canada and France. Under mounting global...
How to Stop Israel from Starving Gaza
Dissident Voice
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September 2, 2025
Israel has crossed the clear line into the darkest crimes. Israel, with US complicity, is committing genocide in Gaza through the mass starvation of the population as well as direct mass murders and the physical destruction of Gaza’s...
We Must Stop Israel From Starving the People of Gaza—Here's How
Common Dreams
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September 2, 2025
Israel, with US complicity, is committing genocide in Gaza through the mass starvation of the population as well as direct mass murders and the physical destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure. Israel does the dirty work. The US Government funds it...
On plans for a ‘new Middle East’ without the Palestinian people
Catholic Telegraph
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September 2, 2025
By Andrea Tornielli The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has long been a source of debate and polarization. The war now raging in Gaza, and the controversies surrounding it, have made this phenomenon even more extreme, if that were possible....
Recognition of Palestinian state would spur sprint towards two-state solution, envoy says
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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By Kate Holton and Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) -The recognition of a Palestinian state by leading Western nations will trigger a sprint towards a two-state solution, the head of the Palestinian mission in London said on Tuesday. Britain, France,...
Mapped: Belgium the latest to join growing global recognition of Palestine
The Journal
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September 2, 2025
LAST UPDATE | 4 hrs ago MOMENTUM IS BUILDING behind Palestinian statehood, as a growing number of Western powers signal their intent to formally recognise it. Last month, France, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia all announced plans to...
The full seizure of Gaza: A path toward isolation and collapse
Middle East Monitor
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September 2, 2025
As tensions rise in the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, with his security cabinet’s backing, has chosen to seize full control of the Gaza Strip; a move that’s as audacious as it is perilous, threatening Israel’s security, economy, and global...
FM Fidan discusses Palestine with Qatari, Omani, Saudi counterparts
Sabah
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September 2, 2025
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held separate phone calls with his counterparts from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to discuss efforts to secure wider recognition of the State of Palestine and address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, diplomatic sources...
Indonesia aids Gaza — but only after Israel says yes
Middle East Monitor
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September 2, 2025
When two of Indonesia’s C-130 Hercules aircraft lifted off from a Jordanian air base in mid-August and dropped bundles of aid over Gaza, The Times of Israel reported that “The Prime Minister’s Office has given special permission to Indonesia to...