Israel defies Biden’s call for a ceasefire and pounds Palestine for another night

Israel has defied Joe Biden‘s calls for ceasefire and pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for another night despite claims from both sides that the fighting could end tomorrow. The Israeli Defence Forces released a map of the Hamas ‘Metro’ as their bombing campaign continued – revealing that they have destroyed 60 miles of … Read more

Israel ignores Biden’s call for a ceasefire and pounds Palestine for another night

Israel has ignored Joe Biden‘s calls for ceasefire and pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for another night despite claims from both sides that the fighting could end tomorrow. The Israeli Defence Forces released a map of the Hamas ‘Metro’ as their bombing campaign continued – revealing that they have destroyed 60 miles of the … Read more

Jeremy Corbyn demands to know the nature of Britain’s ‘military relationship’ with Israel

Jeremy Corbyn has demanded to know the nature of Britain’s ‘military relationship’ with Israel and whether any weapons sold by the UK have been used ‘to bomb places in Gaza’. Israeli aerial bombardments of Gaza have killed 227 people in the 10-day conflict while rocket attacks by militant group Hamas have killed 12 people in … Read more

Netanyahu says he will CONTINUE Gaza attacks after Biden demanded ‘significant de-escalation today’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ‘determined’ to continue the operation in Gaza until his objectives had been met, shrugging off U.S. President Joe Biden’s demand to de-escalate hostilities.  After a visit to military headquarters, he said he appreciated American support but would push ahead until calm had been restored.    His response came … Read more

Biden tells Netanyahu he expects ‘significant de-escalation TODAY on path to ceasefire’ in Gaza

President Biden demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scale back attacks on Gaza during a phone call Wednesday, urging him to begin moves toward a ceasefire. It marks a shift from Biden’s public position of support for Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks and follows another night of strikes against targets … Read more

Black Lives Matter condemns Israel’s ‘settler colonialism’, declaring ‘solidarity’ with Palestinians

Black Lives Matter has condemned Israel’s ‘settler colonialism’ while declaring ‘solidarity with Palestinians’ in a statement on Twitter.  The BLM movement said it would ‘continue to advocate for Palestinian liberation’ as it equated the conflict in Gaza to anti-police protests in the US.     The tweet came as thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered across the US … Read more

Israeli strikes have set Hamas militants back ‘many years’ says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that air strikes have set Hamas militants back ‘many years’.  He made the comments as the country continued its air strikes on Gaza, in violence which has so far killed at least 215 Palestinians including almost 100 women and children, In Israel 12 people, including two children, have … Read more

Israel says it has killed 150 terrorists in Gaza, sunk a Hamas ‘suicide submarine’

Benjamin Netanyahu last night defied Joe Biden‘s call for a ceasefire as Israel continued bombardments which they say have killed more than 150 terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The US President ‘encouraged Israel to make every effort to ensure the protection of innocent civilians’ and ‘expressed his support for a ceasefire’ during a phone call with … Read more

Israel defends destroying building that housed The Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza

Israel claims to have shared ‘smoking gun’ evidence with the US that Hamas used the destroyed building that housed The Associated Press and Al Jazeera in Gaza City, as news organisations demand answers.   Government officials said the Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu shared a ‘smoking gun’ with US President Joe Biden in their phone call on Saturday.  … Read more

Benjamin Netanyahu defends Gaza air strikes and says US knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended his attacks on the Gaza strip, saying a country has a right to defend itself, and argued the United States knows ‘d**n well’ it would do the same thing. In a defiant interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Netanyahu denied any political motivation for the attacks that have … Read more