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Amnesty Int. sues Amsterdam over demonstration ban during Maccabi Tel Aviv riots
NL Times
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August 28, 2025
The Dutch branch of Amnesty International has filed a lawsuit against the municipality of Amsterdam over the city’s decision to ban demonstrations for several days in November 2024. The ban was in effect for six days following riots around the...
The Israeli assault on Gaza City: A ‘hell’ foretold without any legal basis
El País
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August 28, 2025
The Israeli authorities are ramping up the machinery to carry out the assault on Gaza City. On August 8, the security cabinet led by Benjamin Netanyahu launched its plan to occupy the Strip’s main population center, and the countdown has been on...
Israel, Syria could reach new security deal beyond 1974
Ynet
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August 27, 2025
Israel can anticipate a security agreement with Syria that will move beyond the framework of the 1974 armistice agreement, according to Dr. Nir Boms, a Syria researcher at the Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University. “I think that Israel overall has...
Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge
Brandon Sun
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August 28, 2025
OTTAWA – Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist. On Aug. 20, the administration of U.S. President...
Israeli envoy Reuven Azar highlights use of modern technologies for wastewater management, says “being shared in India as well”
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 28, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Thursday highlighted Tel Aviv's use of modern technologies for wastewater management and said that these technologies are also being shared with India. Speaking with...
Israeli airstrikes target military sites in Damascus countryside, Syria
Enab Baladi
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August 28, 2025
Israeli drones carried out several airstrikes on Syrian army positions in the Damascus countryside, southern Syria, on Wednesday, August 27, with no casualties reported. A military commander in the area told Enab Baladi that Israeli drones...
Israeli troops raid site outside Damascus after air strikes
The National News
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Israeli troops have raided a site near Kiswah outside Damascus after bombing the area hours earlier, Syrian state media reported, in an operation targeting an airbase used by Iran during the Assad era. The raid was the first of its kind since the...
Israel Launches Eight Airstrikes on Damascus Military Sites Within 24 Hours, Causing Heavy Destruction
Khaama Press
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August 28, 2025
Israel carried out at least eight airstrikes on military sites near Damascus within 24 hours, destroying bases and intensifying tensions as Syria confirmed casualties and infrastructure damage. Israeli fighter jets carried out at least eight...
Israel conducts strikes, raid by helicopter-borne troops in Damascus suburb
Press TV
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Israel has conducted new airstrikes and a raid by helicopter-borne troops on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The media run by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led administration in Syria reported that Wednesday’s attacks targeted...
Israel conducts new aggression on suburb of Damascus
Mehr News Agency
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August 28, 2025
The media run by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led administration in Syria reported that Wednesday’s attacks targeted a former army barracks in Kiswah. Meanwhile, a Syrian military source said the Israeli military carried out an airborne landing...
Israeli, US officials meet to discuss postwar Gaza
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 28, 2025
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli and U.S. officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss postwar Gaza, even as Israel's military called the evacuation of Gaza City "inevitable" ahead of a new offensive and with no sign of a ceasefire in sight....
Israel, US hold talks on Gaza as hospital strike death toll rises
India Today
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August 28, 2025
Israeli and US officials met in Washington on Wednesday to discuss plans for post-war Gaza, even as Israel's military described the evacuation of Gaza City as “inevitable” ahead of a new offensive, with no ceasefire agreement in sight. The talks...
Israel launches new military operations in Syria after attack kills soldiers
Iran Front Page
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August 28, 2025
Video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency showed Israeli aircraft attacking sites in the village on Wednesday. A Syrian military source told Al Jazeera that the Israeli military carried out a landing operation in the barracks with...
President Pavel and PM Fiala to discuss Middle East tensions and Bitcoin scandal
Radio Prague International
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August 28, 2025
President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala (SPOLU) are meeting today at Prague Castle to discuss Czech policy on the Middle East and the government’s handling of the bitcoin scandal that forced Justice Minister Pavel Blažek to resign....
Israel Envoy Says US Tariffs on India are temporary, Ties with Israel Unaffected
Asianet Newsable
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August 28, 2025
Israel’s Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said US tariffs on Indian exports are a temporary issue and will not affect India-Israel ties. India meanwhile announced next-generation reforms, GST changes, and a task force to strengthen growth. New...
Israel’s Troop Occupation Of Southern Syria To Be Permanent
Gulf Insider
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August 28, 2025
“The IDF will remain at the peak of Mount Hermon and in the security zone necessary to protect the Golan and Galilee settlements from threats looming from the Syrian side as the main lesson from the events of October 7,” Israeli Defense Minister...
Israel murders six Syrian soldiers because they tried disabling surveillance equipment
MENAFN
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August 28, 2025
(MENAFN) At least six Syrian soldiers were killed in Israeli drone attacks as they attempted to disable surveillance equipment in the southern Damascus suburb of Kiswah, according to reports. Syrian military units came across monitoring and...
Israeli forces raid site near Syria capital: state media
Business Recorder
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August 28, 2025
DAMASCUS: Israeli forces conducted an airborne raid on a site near the Syrian capital after bombing it several times, Syrian state media reported. Israel has not confirmed the raid, but Defence Minister Israel Katz said its forces operate “in all...
Israeli government waives legal counsel in Supreme Court case against AG's dismissal
Haaretz
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August 27, 2025
The cabinet has decided to forgo legal representation in the case against its dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, a move legal sources said was intended to allow it to claim that its rights had been violated and thereby cast doubt on...
Israel's Ambassador to India makes big statement on US tariffs on India, says 'I don't think...'
India.com
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August 28, 2025
Home News Israel’s Ambassador to India makes big statement on US tariffs on India, says ‘I don’t think…’ Israel's Ambassador to India has indicated that US tariffs on India is a temporary issue which will be resolved through dialogue. (File) New...