Trends - Palestinian crisis

Pakistan wants OIC to back Saudi initiative for Palestinian state

Dar warns of risk of conflict over India's "aggressive statements"; says some Afghan refugees in Pakistan involved in terrorist activities.

Updated 18 Feb, 2025 09:57am

In shock announcement, Trump says US wants to take over Gaza Strip

Says Palestinian enclave could become home to “world’s people”, proposes permanent "resettlement" of Palestinians.

Updated 05 Feb, 2025 12:04pm

Incendiary Gaza plan

‘What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza.’

Updated 02 Feb, 2025 08:39am

Why Trump’s proposal on Palestinian displacement from Gaza rings alarm bells in the region

US president's suggestion to Egypt, Jordan to take in more Gaza residents heightens fears among Palestinians of being forcibly displaced in yet another "Nakba".

Updated 26 Jan, 2025 09:56pm

Paid in blood: Gaza ceasefire announced

Israeli govt expected to ratify deal today; Egypt announces plans to re-open Rafah.

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 10:04am

Lebanese parliament elects army chief Joseph Aoun new president

Aoun, 60, has been commander of US-backed Lebanese army since 2017 and played a key role in shoring up a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.

Published 09 Jan, 2025 07:53pm

Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by Israel, minister admits

Defence minister Katz threatens to “strike hard at the Houthis… and decapitate their leadership" in Yemen.

Published 24 Dec, 2024 08:01am

Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza ‘act of genocide’

Report finds deliberate efforts by Israel “of a systematic nature” to deprive Palestinians of water “likely caused thousands of deaths."

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 05:58pm

Gaza genocide

Unless Western states cease their unflinching support to Israel, the genocide is unlikely to end.

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:36am

Israel ‘must stop’: Amnesty finds ‘clear intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza’ in 9-month probe

Amnesty International report finds “sufficient evidence” to conclude that Israel committed “genocide” in Gaza.

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 09:35am

Amnesty declares Israeli actions in Gaza ‘genocide’

Landmark report says speed and extent of damage to infrastructure totally without precedent in the 21st century.

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 11:01am

Solidarity with Palestine

The wretched of the earth see in the Palestinian struggle against Israel a mirror of themselves.

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 09:18am

With Trump, already negligible US distance with Israel to vanish

Biden admin's stance had already shifted to unwavering support for Tel Aviv after the Oct 7 attacks, despite growing criticism.

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 10:04pm

United stance

It would've been better if the OIC-Arab League summit had announced practical measures to punish Israel.

Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:10am

Tel Aviv opposes Palestinian statehood

FM Gideon Saar says he doesn't think "this position is realistic today".

Updated 12 Nov, 2024 09:06am

Senate panel clears bill to punish preachers of Zionism

Bill suggests up to 3 years' jail for knowingly preaching Zionism, up to 2 years' term for displaying such symbols.

Updated 08 Nov, 2024 12:32pm

What drove Hamas on Oct 7 and what drives them still?

A look into the group's origins and history may explain the violent nature of the ongoing conflict.

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:56pm

Israel claims killing Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

No word from Hamas; Biden says "key obstacle to Gaza ceasefire" removed.

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 08:35am

Surprise Hamas attack met with retaliatory air strikes from Israel

Over 200 Israelis killed and 1,100 wounded in gunbattles across 20 locations in Israel; Gaza reports over 230 killed and 1,600 injured.

Updated 08 Oct, 2023 01:57pm

Israel’s Gaza invasion - Day 746

Israel has been bombarding Gaza, killing thousands of Palestinians, since Hamas launched a deadly offensive on Oct 7, 2023.

Updated 21 Oct, 2025 09:08am