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Letter from Mideast: Sirens and survival -- the illusion of normalcy in Israel
Xinhua News Agency
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by Xinhua writer Wang Zhuolun JERUSALEM, July 19 (Xinhua) -- On the surface, life in Israel appears to have returned to normal following days of tense exchanges of strikes with Iran. Cafes are crowded again. Evening traffic on highways stretches...
Israel Palestinians
New Castle News - Pennsylvania
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July 19, 2025
People take part in a protest outside US Embassy Branch demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July...
Iran, Switzerland FMs discuss Israel, US attack on Iran
Mehr News Agency
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July 20, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis held a telephone conversation on Saturday, discussing regional developments and bilateral relations. Araghchi strongly condemned the recent military attacks by...
Barry O’Halloran: Israel may regret flexing its regional superpower muscles by intervening in Syria
Irish Independent
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The Jewish state risks getting bogged down in a sectarian quagmire in which none of its strategic interests are threatened Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a gamble that may backfire for Israel. Photo: Reuters Today at 06:30 Israel’s bombing of...
Hamas drags feet in negotiations as Israel makes threat
Israel Hayom
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July 20, 2025
Talks under pressure: The Doha negotiations persist despite Hamas stalling on matters debated for almost two weeks. Israeli figures disclosed over the weekend that Hamas is undermining the discussions, as the terror group has refused for days to...
Fighting resumes in Suwayda despite Syria-Israel ceasefire deal
North Press Agency
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July 19, 2025
SUWAYDA, Syria (North Press) – Heavy clashes continued on Saturday in the center of Suwayda city, southern Syria, in a violation of the ceasefire agreement recently brokered between Syria and Israel under international mediation. Despite the deal,...
From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political
The Guardian
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July 20, 2025
The quest for peace in major conflicts has rarely been so desperate and so seemingly futile. In Gaza, talk of ceasefires, truces and pauses typically ends in tears. In Ukraine, the war is now well into its fourth year with no end in sight, despite...
Israeli fire kills Gazans near two aid centres
Oman Observer
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July 19, 2025
GAZA: Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday that Israeli fire killed over 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food. Deaths of people waiting for handouts in huge crowds near...
USAC approves letter criticizing ban of student governments’ anti-Israel boycotts
Daily Bruin - California
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The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously approved a letter to UC President Michael Drake criticizing the UC’s ban on student governments’ boycott of countries, including Israel, at an emergency meeting July 15. Drake announced in...
How democracy is weakened when states hide their military loses
Scroll.in
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When India and Pakistan clashed in May, both sides rushed to control the narrative. Pakistan claimed it had shot down five Indian fighter jets, including three Rafales, during Operation Sindoor. These claims were somewhat supported by...
Israeli airstrikes kill nearly 100 in Gaza as starvation crisis deepens
Tehran Times
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July 19, 2025
TEHRAN — Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed dozens more Palestinians on Saturday, intensifying the already dire situation in the besieged territory. Hospital sources in Gaza told Al Jazeera that the death toll from strikes on Rafah has...
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks said to make ‘significant progress’ after Israeli concessions
All Israel News
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July 18, 2025
Displaced Palestinians wait on Salah al-Din Road not far from the Netzarim Corridor, which separates the north of the Gaza Strip from the south, January 26, 2025. Photo by Ali Hassan/Flash90 Sources involved in the negotiations expressed their...
Israel and Syria Agree to Ceasefire, US Envoy Tom Barrack Announces
Algemeiner Journal
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July 19, 2025
i24 News – Israeli and Syrian leaders have agreed to a ceasefire, US envoy to Turkey and Syria Tom Barrack announced on the X platform. Earlier in the week Israel launched an air campaign in Syria aimed to protect Syrian Druze — part of a minority...
Israeli enemy airstrike kills police chief, 11 family members in central Gaza
Yemen News Agency SABA
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July 19, 2025
[Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:18:59 +0300] Gaza – Saba: The Israeli enemy army on Saturday assassinated Colonel Omar Saeed Oql, Chief of Police in al-Nuseirat, in a targeted airstrike on his home in Al-Zawaida, central Gaza, killing him along with 11...
Iran Begins Rearming Battered Proxy Groups In Mideast To Corner Israel & U.S.? New Details Out
The Times of India
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July 20, 2025
Iran is reportedly rearming its proxy groups as its intent to negotiate with the U.S. fades. Recent intelligence suggests Tehran sent Kornet anti-tank missiles to Hezbollah hidden in vegetable trucks, intercepted in Syria en route to southern...
Syria believed it had green light from US, Israel to deploy troops to Sweid
Politiko
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July 20, 2025
Syria’s government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country’s south this week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state, eight sources familiar with the matter told Reuters....
Israeli Army Launches 90 Airstrikes on Gaza Within 24 Hours
Jordan News
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July 19, 2025
The Israeli army announced on Saturday that it had carried out 90 airstrikes across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, as its ground forces continued their operations inside the territory.اضافة اعلان The escalation comes amid media reports...
UN Experts Call For End To Anguish Of Families Seeking Truth About Disappeared Loved Ones In The OPT And Israel
Scoop
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GENEVA (18 July 2025) – About 4,000 Palestinians, including children and the elderly and 51 Israelis are still missing since 7 October 2023, UN experts* said today, calling on authorities in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory to...
Rubio demands Syrian government forces intervene to prevent jihadist attacks
The Hindu
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July 20, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday (July 19, 2025) called on the Syrian government’s security forces to prevent jihadists from entering and “carrying out massacres” in...
Israeli Student Assaulted at Infamous 'Die-In' Protest Sues Harvard for Protecting Perpetrators
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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July 19, 2025
(Libby O'Neill/Getty Images) Harvard University "refused to take any reasonable action to punish" its two students who faced criminal charges for assaulting an Israeli classmate and instead "did everything it could to defend, protect, and reward"...