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Professor Ralph Wilde of University College London, an international law expert, unequivocally condemned Israel’s Gaza displacement plans as illegal under multiple legal frameworks. Speaking to Al Jazeera, he asserted that Israel’s occupation itself violates Palestinian self-determination rights, rendering all associated actions, including forced transfers, unlawful. The UCL professor detailed how...

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz has been briefing Israeli media about a controversial plan to transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into what he calls a “humanitarian area” in the southern city of Rafah.

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera her landmark report exposes corporate complicity in Israel’s occupation and Gaza offensive, with nearly half the named companies engaging – albeit often defensively – after being confronted with evidence of breaching international law.

Lucia Newman on the sidelines of the 2025 BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei acknowledged the bloc’s condemnation of Israeli-US strikes on Iran as violations of international law, while highlighting stronger support from Arab and Islamic states. He emphasised Iran’s regional diplomacy, particularly with Saudi Arabia, and condemned Israel’s war on Ga...

US President Donald Trump says a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas could come as soon as this week. Israel's Prime Minister is expected to meet Trump in Washington later today. In Doha, indirect talks between Hamas and Israel are ongoing. Hamas says it's sent quote a “positive response” to mediators on the latest US-backed ceasefire proposal - with some amendments. But Netanyahu has cal...

US President Donald Trump says he'll send a series of letters to countries outlining the levels of reciprocal tariffs they're likely to face. Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 70% unless new trade deals are agreed by the first of August.

In the south of the Strip, strikes on tents in Al Mawasi near Khan Younis -- have killed at least eight people, including a doctor. Mousa Khafaja was an obstetrics and gynecology consultant at Nasser Hospital. Three of his children were also killed. One of his sons survived. More than 15-hundred health workers have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its attacks.

While debates rage in international media over phrases like “from the river to the sea” and “death to the IDF,” far less scrutiny falls on the anti-Palestinian abuse that has become normal inside Israel - from pop songs to viral chants.

Israel has announced plans to send a negotiating team to Qatar for talks on a Gaza ceasefire proposal. It follows pressure from US President Donald Trump to end the fighting. Adnan Hayajneh is Professor of International Relations and US Foreign Policy at Qatar University. He told Al Jazeera that “there’s no hope that the ceasefire will continue” after all the captives are released, when Israel wil...

Hamas says it submitted its response after completing consultations with Palestinian forces and factions. “The movement has submitted a positive response to the mediators, and the movement is fully prepared to immediately enter into a round of negotiations regarding the mechanism for implementing this framework,” it said in a statement posted on Telegram.

Mohamad Elmasry, a professor of media studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s report about corporate complicity in Israeli abuses both raises legal questions and creates “bad public relations” for the firms named. “Multiple cases are being made against Israel,” Elmasry told Al Jazeera, noting that several reports on Israeli violations of...

Palestinians have taken huge risks hoping to receive a small amount of food. Videos from the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution sites show the contents of the boxes that are being distributed to starving Palestinians They include canned goods like beans and vegetables, bottled items like vine leaves and flour, pasta, oil, biscuits and tea. Aid experts say what people in...

Calls are getting louder for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) centres to be shut down. They come as another 29 Palestinians were killed at the sites on Wednesday, while seeking food. More than 640 people have been killed since the GHF began operating five weeks ago. The Swiss government has initiated proceedings to dissolve the Geneva branch of the GHF citing legal shortcomings. The UN Secre...

Israeli forces are intensifying their demolition campaign across the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian homes and structures in refugee camps and villages. Since January, hundreds of homes have been razed in three refugee camps, with hundreds more slated for destruction. This forms part of Israel's most extensive and destructive assault on the West Bank in decades. The demolitions extend be...

Speaking to Al Jazeera, UNRWA Director of Affairs in Gaza Sam Rose condemned Israel’s ‘militarised’ aid system that has seen 600+ Palestinians killed while queueing for food. He described dehumanising ‘cattle pen’ distributions open for mere minutes, leaving 2 million reliant on just four sites—none in famine-stricken north Gaza. Rose warned this ‘murderous free-for-all’ compounds Gaza’s intolerab...

The number of Palestinians killed while waiting for food in Gaza is now more than 600 in just five weeks. They're dying at the Israeli-US-backed distribution points run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the UN has described as "death traps".

The US Agency for International Development has officially ceased to exist - more than 60 years after it was founded. Its remaining functions have been transferred to the State Department. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says foreign assistance will now be limited and targeted. President Donald Trump began dismantling the agency soon after taking office in January, as part of his plan to reduce gov...

The number of Palestinians killed while seeking food in Gaza is now more than 600 in just five weeks. They're dying at US and Israeli-backed distribution points run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The UN calls them "death traps".

Ali Akbar Darieni, a researcher at the Tehran-based Centre for Strategic Studies, told Al Jazeera that Iran remains deeply sceptical of US intentions despite talk of renewed negotiations. He said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi dismissed President Trump's claim that talks could begin within days, stressing Iran would only re-engage if assured there would be no further military attacks. While Aragh...

The US Senate is voting on amendments to President Donald Trump's tax cuts bill. Senate Republicans are rushing to pass Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" before his deadline of July the 4th. Democrats are pushing for amendments to protect public healthcare services.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led a high-level security meeting, as the US applies pressure to reach a deal in Gaza and secure the release of the captives. Meanwhile, an Israeli court has postponed Netanyahu's scheduled testimony in his long-running corruption trial. His hearings were put off for the next two weeks, after the head of Mossad and the Israeli intelligence chief, cited...

The Times of Israel reports the Jerusalem District Court has postponed Netanyahu’s planned testimony in his corruption trial this week after the Israeli prime minister argued “diplomatic and national security issues” need his attention. According to Reuters, the ruling said that new reasons provided by Netanyahu, the head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad and the military intelligence chief justified...

The huge crowds gathered for a state funeral in Tehran reflect a renewed sense of patriotism across Iran in the wake of the recent conflict, according to an Iranian researcher. Ali Akbar Dareini of Tehran’s Centre for Strategic Studies told Al Jazeera that the Israeli and American attacks had “reignited that sense of patriotism and nationalism in Iran”.

The Seven Villages is a short documentary that brings together two women of different generations in a video call: the film’s director Farah Abou Kharroub, who’s newly settled in Prague, and her grandmother in Lebanon. Blending animated sketches with intimate family conversation, the film follows the women as they reflect on their shared history as Palestinian refugees granted Lebanese citizenship...

The White House has said there is now a “new era” in the Middle East region - in which more Gulf and Arab states could sign on to the Abraham Accords. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt made the remarks in her weekly press briefing. She said Washington is now on a diplomatic path with Tehran - but that no meeting between the two has been set.