Israel's war on Gaza

The Belgian 'justice machine' pursuing Israeli soldiers worldwide for Gaza war crimes

Organisation's president Dyab Abou Jahjah says it has over 8,000 pieces of evidence against Israelis who it seeks to bring to court over their crimes against Palestinians
Five ways Israel has violated the ceasefire in GazaA timeline of the fragile Gaza ceasefire
Israel's war on Gaza
Trump's ethnic cleansing plan: No option left for the Palestinians but to stay and fight
Azzam Tamimi
Israel's war on Gaza
Eyes were wet with tears, children cried. The long walk home to northern Gaza
Music
Stormzy faces backlash over 'hypocritical' McDonald’s ad amid Gaza boycott
Music
Remembering Ahmed Adaweyah: The mutinous voice of Egypt's working class
Live
Israel's war on Gaza
Live: Qassam Brigades announce names of captives to be released on Saturday
Occupation
Israel to confiscate a thousand hectares of Palestinian land in West Bank
Turkey Politics
Elon Musk denounced after X acquiesces to Turkey's censorship requests
Israel's war on Gaza
Exclusive: Egyptian firm charges trucks entering Gaza $20,000 in ‘bribes’
Inside Algeria
‘I Am Not Happy’: Algeria cracks down on online activism ahead of uprising anniversary
Israel's war on Gaza
‘Jews Say No to Ethnic Cleansing’: Hundreds of rabbis and artists reject Trump's Gaza plan
Israel's war on Gaza
Pro-Palestine protest leader pleads 'not guilty' after London arrest
UK Politics
Exclusive: British Muslim Network backed by charity set up by former archbishop Welby

Opinion

Gaza Under Attack
Trump didn't invent the Gaza ethnic cleansing plan. It's been US policy since 2007
Jonathan Cook
Israel's war on Gaza
How much longer will Arab leaders let Trump and Netanyahu run amok? 
Marco Carnelos
Israel's war on Gaza
Trump’s Gaza ethnic cleansing plan should be taken seriously. Palestinians certainly do
Abed Abou Shhadeh
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: How to rebuild from the ashes of war 
Ahmet Davutoglu
Human Rights
From South Africa to Palestine: Trump's war to defend apartheid
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Occupation
Gaza takeover plan: Biden couldn't finish us off, nor will Trump
Omar Suleiman
Gaza Under Attack
How Trump and Netanyahu forced Mohammed bin Salman to draw a line on Palestine
David Hearst
Israel's war on Gaza
Trump's ethnic cleansing plan: No option left for the Palestinians but to stay and fight
Azzam Tamimi
Israel's war on Gaza
On Holocaust day, Palestinians have overcome Israel's genocidal war and returned home
David Hearst
Israel's war on Gaza
Amid fragile ceasefire, the Gaza tribunal on genocide will bring us closer to justice
Richard Falk
Occupation
Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is a terrifying model coming to a country near you
Antony Loewenstein
Israel's war on Gaza
From trauma to justice: Why Palestinians need more than a ceasefire
Shahd Safi
Occupation
The century-old Zionist illusion of 'voluntary' emigration of Palestinians
Thierry Brésillon
Gaza extermination
The most asymmetric of conflicts: Why the fight for Palestine is ours
Soumaya Ghannoushi
Occupation
Why Israel cannot tolerate Palestinian expressions of joy, anger and grief
Gwyn Daniel
Occupation
Israel lost the war on the West Bank before it even began
Awni Almashni
Technology
AI-fuelled warfare is the terrifying reality that the tech sector refuses to discuss
Taysir Mathlouthi
Occupation
The masks are off. Trump and Israel have turned the planet into real estate
Hamid Dabashi
Israel's war on Gaza
My friend in Gaza’s response to Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan? It was not polite
Khaled Hroub
Tunisia coup
How Kais Saied undermined Tunisia's democratic experience
Hatem Nafti
Trump's Israel-Palestine plan
Trump's plan to colonise Gaza echoes failed 19th-century American missions
Joseph Massad
Trump
Trump 2.0: A doomed strategy to reboot capitalism through bluster and bullying
John Rees
Israel's war on Gaza
From Oslo to Trump, the US has enabled Israel's expansion and a vanishing Palestine
Muhammad Al-Qeeq
Gaza extermination
The Gaza 'war' was a lie, as is the ceasefire. Trump just told you
Jonathan Cook
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Trending

Israel's war on Gaza
WSJ opinion article gets heat for using partition of India to justify Trump's Gaza 'takeover'
Music
Stormzy faces backlash over 'hypocritical' McDonald’s ad amid Gaza boycott
Boycott
Calls resurface to boycott Marvel film with superhero played by ex-Israeli army actor
Occupation
'Jerusalem lost part of its soul': Tributes to Afro-Palestinian leader flow online
Occupation
'Threatened by books?': Israel condemned for arresting Palestinian bookshop owners
Sport
Super Bowl: Performer celebrated for waving Palestine, Sudan flags
US Muslims
‘Take that, Dearborn’: Muslim Americans scapegoated for Trump’s Gaza 'takeover’ plan
Israel's war on Gaza
'We won't leave': Palestinians in Gaza reject Trump’s plan to take over enclave
Israel's war on Gaza
Anger flares on social media over Trump plan to 'take over' and 'own' Gaza
Sport
Cricket journalist axed over Gaza views on social media, sparking backlash
Film
'Islamophobic and vile': Oscar hopeful Karla Sofia Gascon faces backlash over resurfaced posts
Israel's war on Gaza
Hind Rajab, Palestinian child killed by Israel, honoured one year after her death
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Syria after Assad
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Israel's war on Lebanon
Lebanon’s southern villagers confront Israeli soldiers as they fight to return
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UK: New British Muslim group announces launch in apparent challenge to MCB
Inside Tunisia
Sihem Bensedrine led Tunisia's truth hearings. Now she's in prison
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Inside Turkey
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The Big Story

Israel's war on Gaza
Eyes were wet with tears, children cried. The long walk home to northern Gaza
Inside Israel
'Angel of destruction': What made Benjamin Netanyahu?
Syria after Assad
They won the war. Can Syria's new leaders rebuild the country?
Israel's war on Gaza
In search of a coherent Labour policy on Gaza
Heritage
Is it a fake? The mystery of the last Ottoman caliph’s secret plan
Books
The Message: How Palestine changed Ta-Nehisi Coates's view of justice
Israel's war on Gaza
Francesca Albanese: 'International law is on a knife's edge' over Gaza inaction
Israel's war on Lebanon
How the Axis of Resistance is shaping the Middle East
Israel's war on Gaza
Google backed Israel’s military. Now its workers are in revolt
Israel's war on Gaza
How the war on Gaza exposed Israeli and western fascism
Israel's war on Gaza
You can’t arm a genocidal state into moderation. So why does the West keep trying?
Israel's war on Gaza
How Israeli genocide in Gaza exposed the West's liberal delusion
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Israel's war on Gaza

Israel's war on Gaza
'Existence is resistance': Palestinians tell Trump they won't leave Gaza
Israel's war on Gaza
Can Jared Kushner's investment firm connect Gulf money to Trump's Gaza plan?
Israel's war on Gaza
Egypt's Sisi scrambling to respond to Trump's Gaza seizure plan
Israel's war on Gaza
Trump advisors push for Gulf states to cooperate on Gaza but find no takers
Israel's war on Gaza
Displaced Palestinians return to northern Gaza for the first time since war began
Israel's war on Gaza
Joy in Ramallah as Palestinians welcome freed prisoners
Israel's war on Gaza
Hamas releases four Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners
Israel's war on Gaza
Palestinians in northern Gaza return home to rubble and destruction
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Syria after Assad

Syria after Assad
How Syrian mutinies and betrayal sunk Iran's support for Assad
Syria after Assad
Massacres and resilience in Hama, Syria's insubordinate city
Syria after Assad
What is Turkey's vision for the Kurds in Syria?
Syria after Assad
'I could smell Syria': Trauma lingers among diaspora but returning home means closure
Syria after Assad
Syria after Assad: How to rebuild from the ashes of war 
Ahmet Davutoglu
Syria after Assad
Syrian town branded 'conscience of the revolution' hopeful and wary after Assad's fall
Syria after Assad
Border clashes prompt Shia clans to leave Syria for Lebanon
Syria after Assad
Syrian whistleblower 'Caesar' reveals real identity in TV interview
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Israel's war on Lebanon

Israel's war on Lebanon
South Lebanon slowly rebuilds as Israel repeatedly violates the ceasefire
Israel's war on Lebanon
Lebanon’s southern villagers confront Israeli soldiers as they fight to return
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israeli forces shoot, kill Lebanese residents returning south
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel says it will continue to occupy Lebanon beyond ceasefire deadline
Israel's war on Lebanon
Lebanese find bones and memories of Israeli abuse in Khiam's ruins
Israel's war on Lebanon
‘In a state of shock’: Palestinians respond to Trump's proposal to take over Gaza
Israel's war on Lebanon
How Lebanon’s surprise marches of return have snatched victory from Israel
Hicham Safieddine
Israel's war on Lebanon
Israel lobbies reluctant Trump to delay Lebanon withdrawal, Hezbollah grows impatient
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Sudan Crisis

Sudan crisis
Half of Sudan's population faces acute food insecurity, MSF warns
Sudan crisis
Scores killed in attacks across greater Khartoum
UK Politics
Lammy pitch on Sudan raises questions about UK ties to Israel and UAE
Sudan crisis
Attack on hospital in Sudan’s Darfur region kills dozens, says WHO
Sudan crisis
Sudan's RSF attacks el-Fasher as fighting rages on in Khartoum
Sudan crisis
Sudanese attacked in South Sudan after Wad Madani violence
Sudan crisis
US sanctions on Burhan spark Sudanese condemnation of UAE and Biden
Sudan crisis
Sudanese army says it captured key RSF-held capital of al-Jazira state
Sudan crisis
'A history of oppression': Sudan's Kanabi community targeted by both sides in war
Sudan crisis
Stashes of Emirati weapons found in Sudan's Wad Madani: Report
Sudan crisis
Egypt embroiled in Sudan border battles with smugglers
Sudan crisis
US says 'genocide' taking place in Sudan as it sanctions RSF chief Hemeti
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Explainers

Israel's war on Gaza
Donald Trump's Gaza plan: Ethnic cleansing or crime against humanity?
Prevent
What is the UK's Prevent programme and why is it being reviewed?
Israel's war on Gaza
What you need to know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
Human Rights
The Arab Interior Ministers Council: What is it and why are there human rights concerns?
Syria after Assad
US sanctions on Syria: How they work and what they mean
Syria after Assad
What is Sednaya? Inside Bashar al-Assad’s prison of torture and fear
Syria after Assad
Did the US fund the Syrian rebels that toppled Assad?
Syria War
The Syrian National Army: Rebels, thugs or Turkish proxies?
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Discover

Music
Remembering Ahmed Adaweyah: The mutinous voice of Egypt's working class
TV
Netflix's Mo season two: A case of diminishing returns
Art and photography
Life and death in the West Bank: Dutch-Palestinian photographer Sakir Khader's first solo show
Books
Omar El Akkad: 'One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This'
Germany
'In a dictatorship, metaphors can save you': The poetry of Ghayath Almadhoun
Film
The Brutalist: What this Oscar contender really says about the American Dream and Israel
Gaza extermination
‘Banality of evil’: Artist turns Gaza settler dream into disturbing installation
Film
No Other Land: Film on Israeli occupation of Palestine gets Oscar nomination
Film
The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Tense Iranian portrayal of a family torn apart by Mahsa Amini protests
Books
Fabricating Homeland Security: How India was sold the dream to become 'more like Israel'
Heritage
How medieval Muslim migrants helped build Europe's castles, churches and monasteries
Israel's war on Gaza
Maus author Art Spiegelman to collaborate with Joe Sacco on Gaza comic
Media
How a 7 October video game highlighted the gaming world’s uneasy relationship with Islam
Film
The Bibi Files: A liberal Zionist effort to blame Netanyahu for Israel's woes
Film
From Perfumed with Mint to The Bibi Files: The 10 best Middle Eastern Films of 2024
Israel's war on Gaza
'If I must die': An anthology of a stubborn, brilliant life in Gaza
Film
The Bibi Files: The truth Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see
Film
Bristol Palestine Film Festival finds reconciliation after last year's cancellations
Film
Made in Gaza: From Ground Zero gives voice to filmmakers trapped in war zone
Film
How Hollywood failed to change Trump’s America and what Arab artists must now do
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The Big Picture Podcast

The Big Picture Podcast
Hamas expects another war with Israel - this time in the West Bank
The Big Picture Podcast
Netanyahu’s total victory narrative has collapsed
The Big Picture Podcast
The Muslim senator who took on Australia’s government
The Big Picture Podcast
Palestinians must audition for 'our own humanity'
The Big Picture Podcast
The Syrian dream rises from the ashes of Assad’s nightmare
The Big Picture Podcast
Trump’s intrusive demons and Israel’s ‘enlightened cause’
The Big Picture Podcast
Americans 'socialised' into capitalism, racism and Zionism
The Big Picture Podcast
Jill Stein: 'The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves'
The Big Picture Podcast
Ilan Pappe on the birth of Israel and the death of Zionism
The Big Picture Podcast
'He was sent by God': Talking to Trump supporters about Israel
The Big Picture Podcast
The untold history of the Israeli Defence Forces
The Big Picture Podcast
Dahiyeh Doctrine: Why Israel lost the 2006 Lebanon War
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Real Talk

Real Talk
‘Dictatorial power’: How Elon Musk is taking over the MAGA movement | Rick Perlstein
Real Talk
‘A war on children’: Doctor tells of harrowing experience in Gaza | Victoria Rose
Real Talk
‘If you’re an Arab journalist, you’re political’: Western media & Gaza | Hind Hassan
Real Talk
Syria’s disappeared: One woman’s fight to find her father | Wafa Mustafa
Real Talk
Assad dynasty: How one family brutally ruled Syria for 54 years | Joshua Landis
Real Talk
How AIPAC unseated US congressman Jamaal Bowman over Israel
Real Talk
Ta-Nehisi Coates: Gaza genocide, witnessing Israel’s apartheid & the US elections
Real Talk
Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon: How the pro-Israel lobby influences US policy | Stephen Walt
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Unapologetic

Unapologetic Podcast
How large parts of Israeli society have come to justify war crimes
Unapologetic Podcast
What exactly happened in Syria’s 13-year civil war
Unapologetic Podcast
Azzam Tamimi on Yahya Sinwar's legacy, Israel and the likelihood of a regional war
Unapologetic Podcast
Joseph Massad: How Israel functions as an extension of US interests
Unapologetic Podcast
Jill Stein: The woman trying to upend the US political system
Unapologetic Podcast
Cornel West on his life and what inspired him to run for US president
Unapologetic Podcast
Andrew Feinstein: The anti-apartheid activist trying to stop Keir Starmer
Unapologetic Podcast
Mads Gilbert: The doctor who's witnessed Israel's wars against Palestinians since 1982
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Op-Ed Video

Israel's war on Gaza
Gaza ceasefire: After 15 months of brutality, Israel has failed on every front
David Hearst
Islamophobia
Grooming gangs: This vile racist campaign puts Muslims in serious danger
Ali Milani
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: Who is the real threat to British democracy?
David Hearst
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: 'It's not complex, it's simple. What's happening in Gaza is morally wrong'
Tanushka Marah
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: Why did the Cairo talks end without a Gaza breakthrough?
Azzam Tamimi
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: 'Palestinians are eating animal feed, that's why we're airdropping aid'
Sarah Wilkinson
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: 'It's absurd to equate anti-Zionism to antisemitism'
Andrew Feinstein
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The west's role in Israel's bid to dismantle Unrwa
David Hearst
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: No, Israel does not have a right to defend its occupation
Diana Buttu
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza is a global failure
Peter Oborne
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: Palestinians in the West Bank watch with horror as Israel pummels Gaza
Mariam Barghouti
Israel normalisation deals
Op-Ed video: A Saudi-Israel deal will happen. It's a question of when, not if
Chris Doyle
Israel's war on Gaza
Op-Ed video: The Palestinians aren't sub-human
David Hearst
Israel-India relations
Op-Ed video: India and Israel use similar tactics in occupied territories
Azad Essa
Inside Egypt
Op-Ed video: Sisi is intentionally destroying public squares and green spaces
Hossam el-Hamalawy
Inside UAE
Op-Ed video: The UAE runs roughshod in the region and its ties with Russia show just that
David Hearst
Occupation
Op-Ed video: The UK's anti-BDS bill will harm the country's reputation
Peter Oborne
Occupation
Op-Ed video: How the Oslo Accords perpetuate Israeli occupation
David Hearst
Occupation
Op-Ed video: Israel's Cogat procedure codifies a system of exclusion and oppression
Dania Abul Haj
Rabaa Massacre
Op-Ed video: 'One day, Sisi will meet the fate he has bestowed on so many'
David Hearst
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