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Time of India
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
RIOTS, Clashes In Tel Aviv; Israel Erupts Against IDF, Netanyahu; 'FREE GAZA' Cry In Israeli City
A massive protest took place in the heart of Israel on Monday, denouncing Tel Aviv's continued offensive in Gaza. Protesters held placards that read "Stop the Genocide", "Free Gaza", as they clashed with police who tried to disperse them. The anti-war protests have been taking place even as Israel Defence Force intensified its operation in Gaza. On Monday, at least 52 people were killed in fresh Israeli strike. Out of these, 36 people lost their lives in the attack on a school-turned-shelter. Read More
Spectator
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Spectator
Should starvation ever be used as a weapon of war?
Sorry to disappoint antisemites, but Operation Starvation is not an Israeli plan to murder millions of Palestinians; it was a US plan to starve Japan into submission at the end of the Pacific War. However, comparisons with Israel Defence Force's (IDF) current strategy for defeating Hamas, and the changing legal landscape of warfare since World War II, are enlightening. By April 1945, Japan had lost the war in the Pacific. At the naval Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Japanese fleet lost so many aircraft that the engagement was named 'the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot. Months later, the Japanese Navy suffered even greater defeat at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Thereafter the Japanese navy was nonfunctional – the war was lost. Only as a last-gasp effort, the behemoth battleship Yamoto, at 72,000 tons the largest ever built, was given a one-way suicide ticket to the Battle of Okinawa.
NDTV
23-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
Israeli Settlers Thrashed Palestinians, Torched Cars, Houses In West Bank
Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles and homes in Bruqin amid ongoing violence, following the killing of a pregnant settler. The military reported vandalism but no arrests. Israeli settlers torched Palestinian vehicles and houses in the occupied West Bank, Israel's army and villagers said, the latest in a series of attacks on the village of Bruqin, close to the location where a pregnant settler was killed this month. Palestinian residents in Bruqin, who say they have faced constant attacks and abuse from Israeli settlers nearby, said a large group had shown up during the night, throwing Molotov cocktails and beating anyone in their way. Akram Sabra, a resident of the village, said he had left his home to watch as dozens, possibly a hundred, people burned cars belonging to him and his family and threw a Molotov cocktail incendiary at his son's house. "I saw my vehicles were burned and then they beat me on the head and I am still dizzy," he said. The Israeli military said it had received a report on Thursday that Israeli civilians had vandalised property in the area of the village, in the northern part of the West Bank. "Upon receiving the report, IDF (Israel Defence Force) soldiers were dispatched to the scene. The suspects fled prior to the arrival of IDF soldiers," it said, adding that no injuries were reported and the incident was under review. Israeli forces have imposed a strict lockdown in and around Bruqin following the killing of Tzeela Gez, a heavily pregnant resident of the nearby settlement of Bruchin. The Israeli military said this week troops searching the area near Bruqin had killed her attacker, who it said had previously served a prison sentence for being a member of the militant group Hamas, and arrested several others suspected of helping with the attack. Since the killing of Gez, Palestinians have reported multiple attacks in the area by settlers who have burned cars, thrown stones and incendiary devices at houses and bulldozed land belonging to Palestinians. "They come at us almost on a daily basis, even sometimes several times a day," said Mustafa Khater, 45, another Bruqin resident. "They attack us with stones and abuse." The United Nations humanitarian organization OCHA said more than 11,000 Palestinians in Bruqin and Kafr ad Dik towns were blocked in, with 28 attacks by settlers resulting in injury or property damage reported in the week to May 19. In all, it said there were 1,449 attacks last year, the highest level in more than 20 years. DISPLACEMENT Settler attacks against Palestinian villages in the West Bank have intensified sharply since the start of the Gaza war, as new settlement building has accelerated under the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latest attacks took place as the Israeli military has been conducting its largest operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada, or uprising two decades ago. The operation, which has focused on refugee camps in volatile northern cities including Jenin and Tulkarm, has displaced more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to United Nations figures, and added to fears among many Palestinians of a wider drive towards a full Israeli takeover of the West Bank. Several leading ministers in Netanyahu's government, including the pro-settler Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, have called openly for the annexation of the West Bank and the displacement of large sections of the Palestinian population. The West Bank, which Palestinians want as the core of a future independent state along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, was seized by Israeli forces in the 1967 Middle East war and been under military occupation ever since. Most countries consider settlements to be illegal under international law. Israel disputes that, citing historical and Biblical connections of the Jewish people to the area. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Straits Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Israeli settlers raid West Bank village close to where pregnant woman killed
A burned Palestinian vehicle is seen after an Israeli settlers' attack in Bruqin village near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 23,2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader A burned cycle is seen after an Israeli settlers' attack in Bruqin village near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader A burned Palestinian vehicle is seen after an Israeli settlers' attack in Bruqin village near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader Israeli flags are placed over a demolished Palestinian house after an Israeli settlers' attack in Bruqin village near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 23,2025. REUTERS/Ismael Khader A Palestinian man shows damage after an Israeli settlers' attack in Bruqin village near Salfit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta BRUQIN, West Bank - Israeli settlers torched Palestinian vehicles and houses in the occupied West Bank, Israel's army and villagers said, the latest in a series of attacks on the village of Bruqin, close to the location where a pregnant settler was killed this month. Palestinian residents in Bruqin, who say they have faced constant attacks and abuse from Israeli settlers nearby, said a large group had shown up during the night, throwing Molotov cocktails and beating anyone in their way. Akram Sabra, a resident of the village, said he had left his home to watch as dozens, possibly a hundred, people burned cars belonging to him and his family and threw a Molotov cocktail incendiary at his son's house. "I saw my vehicles were burned and then they beat me on the head and I am still dizzy," he said. The Israeli military said it had received a report on Thursday that Israeli civilians had vandalised property in the area of the village, in the northern part of the West Bank. "Upon receiving the report, IDF (Israel Defence Force) soldiers were dispatched to the scene. The suspects fled prior to the arrival of IDF soldiers," it said, adding that no injuries were reported and the incident was under review. Israeli forces have imposed a strict lockdown in and around Bruqin following the killing of Tzeela Gez, a heavily pregnant resident of the nearby settlement of Bruchin. The Israeli military said this week troops searching the area near Bruqin had killed her attacker, who it said had previously served a prison sentence for being a member of the militant group Hamas, and arrested several others suspected of helping with the attack. Since the killing of Gez, Palestinians have reported multiple attacks in the area by settlers who have burned cars, thrown stones and incendiary devices at houses and bulldozed land belonging to Palestinians. "They come at us almost on a daily basis, even sometimes several times a day," said Mustafa Khater, 45, another Bruqin resident. "They attack us with stones and abuse." The United Nations humanitarian organization OCHA said more than 11,000 Palestinians in Bruqin and Kafr ad Dik towns were blocked in, with 28 attacks by settlers resulting in injury or property damage reported in the week to May 19. In all, it said there were 1,449 attacks last year, the highest level in more than 20 years. DISPLACEMENT Settler attacks against Palestinian villages in the West Bank have intensified sharply since the start of the Gaza war, as new settlement building has accelerated under the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latest attacks took place as the Israeli military has been conducting its largest operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada, or uprising two decades ago. The operation, which has focused on refugee camps in volatile northern cities including Jenin and Tulkarm, has displaced more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to United Nations figures, and added to fears among many Palestinians of a wider drive towards a full Israeli takeover of the West Bank. Several leading ministers in Netanyahu's government, including the pro-settler Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, have called openly for the annexation of the West Bank and the displacement of large sections of the Palestinian population. The West Bank, which Palestinians want as the core of a future independent state along with Gaza and East Jerusalem, was seized by Israeli forces in the 1967 Middle East war and been under military occupation ever since. Most countries consider settlements to be illegal under international law. Israel disputes that, citing historical and Biblical connections of the Jewish people to the area. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
NDTV
22-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"Taking More Territory To Clear Hamas": Netanyahu On Gaza Offensive
Jerusalem: The main comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin at a Jerusalem press conference on Wednesday in which he discussed the Gaza war and tensions with Iran: - Gaza hostages - "There are certainly 20 living hostages remaining, and up to 38 deceased. We will bring them all back." "If there is an opportunity for a temporary ceasefire to bring back more hostages — and I emphasize: a temporary ceasefire — we are prepared for that." - Iran - "We hope an agreement can be reached (with the United States) to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. That would mean denying Iran the ability to enrich uranium." "If such a deal is reached — of course, we would welcome it. But let me be clear: the state of Israel reserves the right to defend itself against a regime that threatens to destroy us." - Gaza offensive - "Our forces are taking more and more territory to clear it of terrorists and Hamas terror infrastructure. At the end of this campaign, all of Gaza's territory will be under Israeli security control, and Hamas will be completely defeated." - Gaza humanitarian crisis - "To maintain our operational freedom and to ensure our best allies can continue to support us, we must avoid a humanitarian crisis." - Ending the war - "I'm ready to end the war under clear conditions that guarantee Israel's security". "Anyone calling for us to stop fighting before these goals are achieved is essentially calling to leave Hamas in power." "We must complete three missions in Gaza: eliminate Hamas, free the hostages, and ensure Gaza is set on a new course. We're proceeding decisively, but carefully—to minimize IDF (Israel Defence Force) casualties. This won't take another year and a half, I promise. I won't reveal our plans or timeline—but we are determined to finish this." (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
