'Dark comedy': Rahma Zein on media framing of US student protests ( www.middleeasteye.net )
US focused on hunting down Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, in bid to end Gaza war ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas's Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye....
Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta's Schengen-wide travel ban overturned ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Germany's travel ban against British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta has been overturned, according to a leading legal advocacy group in the UK....
'Like the war's first days': Israel unleashes heaviest Gaza bombing in months ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The Israeli military has launched a new wave of attacks across the Gaza Strip, similar in intensity to the peak of its seven-month war on the besieged Palestinian enclave....
Exclusive: Cambridge's wealthiest college to divest from arms companies ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The University of Cambridge's wealthiest constituent college, Trinity College Cambridge, has decided to divest from all arms companies, Middle East Eye can reveal....
Jordanian authorities shut down Muslim Brotherhood-linked TV station ( www.middleeasteye.net )
This shutdown comes amid a sweeping crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism in Jordan that has seen hundreds of people arbitrarily detained by security forces since 7 October....
General Assembly endorses pathway for full Palestinian statehood at UN ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favour of granting "new rights and privileges" to the state of Palestine, paving a pathway for full UN-member status....
FBI informant who infiltrated Islamic State and al-Qaeda released from US prison ( www.middleeasteye.net )
An FBI informant who infiltrated al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked networks in Syria and Turkey has been released from prison in Florida after serving a reduced sentence for threatening his handlers....
Belgium broadcaster interrupts Eurovision semi final to condemn Israel's war on Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
A Belgian broadcaster interrupted its coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-final on Thursday night to display a protest message condemning Israel's war on Gaza. In an act organised by a trade union, the screen briefly went black ahead of the semi-final coverage on VRT, Belgium's public-service broadcaster in Flemish....
At least 49 bodies found in new mass grave at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
A third mass grave has been discovered in the ruins of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, the largest medical complex in the Palestinian enclave....
UK Home Office revokes visa of Palestinian student after protest speech ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The UK government has revoked the student visa of a Palestinian student who lost relatives in Gaza after she spoke at a demonstration at the University of Manchester....
Eurovision: Israel's contestant booed on stage as boycott calls continue ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The Eurovision Song Contest was mired in further controversy on Wednesday when the Israeli contestant's dress rehearsal performance was met with boos and shouts of "Free Palestine" from the audience....
Israel abandoning captives to hunt Hamas leaders, say military officers ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel has abandoned its goals of freeing the captives in Gaza, instead seeking to establish a long-term presence with its Rafah ground offensive and pursue top Palestinian leaders, Israeli military officers have told Middle East Eye....
Israel seizes 'operational control' of Rafah crossing in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
British-Palestinian surgeon 'prevented' from entering France ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Prominent British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu Sitta said he was denied entry into France on Saturday where he was scheduled to address the senate about Israel's attacks against Gaza's healthcare system....
'An unprecedented gathering': Saudi activists unite in US to discuss ending kingdom's autocracy ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Inside a ballroom at the Gaylord Convention Center overlooking the National Harbor outside of Washington DC, Saudi dissidents and activists from all over the diaspora came together for an in-person conference to discuss the elusive prospects of a representative government in Saudi Arabia chosen by its citizens....
Israeli forces detain wife of Middle East Eye correspondent at Gaza checkpoint ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel hampers Gaza field hospitals by providing insufficient sites ( www.middleeasteye.net )
In November, Italy announced that it would establish a field hospital in Gaza and dispatched a fact-finding mission to Rafah to evaluate the situation on the ground, a regional source said....
Exclusive: Israel planning ring of checkpoints to prevent men from fleeing Rafah ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity....
Exclusive: Israel planning ring of checkpoints to prevent men from fleeing Rafah ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Israel is setting up a complex system of checkpoints that will prevent men of “military age” from fleeing Rafah in preparation for its offensive on the southern Gaza border city, a senior western official familiar with Israel’s plans has told Middle East Eye on condition of anonymity....
US finds five Israeli military units guilty of 'gross human rights violations' ( www.middleeasteye.net )
"After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. All of these were incidents much before October 7th and none took place in Gaza," State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday....
US finds five Israeli military units guilty of 'gross human rights violations' ( www.middleeasteye.net )
"After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights. All of these were incidents much before October 7th and none took place in Gaza," State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said Monday....
US working to prevent ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu: Reports ( www.middleeasteye.net )
The US is working to prevent the issuance of an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the attack on Gaza, Israeli media has reported....
PFLP says it will target British forces if they are deployed in Gaza ( www.middleeasteye.net )
Marxist-Leninist group warns that UK and other foreign troops will be treated as 'occupation forces' if they enter Palestinian territory...