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France bans Israeli minister after detainee taunts
26+ min ago (309+ words) France has banned Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behaviour targeting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force. French foreign minister Jean-No'l Barrot called on the European Union to sanction…...
Freed Gazan flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (652+ words) Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to the Gaza Strip were subjected to abuse, "organisers say, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults. Israel's prison service denied…...
Aussie activists allege assault while in detention
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (524+ words) Australians detained in Israel after trying to sail to Gaza to deliver aid allege they were assaulted and denied food and water while in custody. More than 400 people in a global flotilla - including 11 Australians - were released on Thursday after being…...
Israel deports flotilla activists after video criticism
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (413+ words) Israel has begun deporting hundreds of activists from an aid flotilla that was intercepted en route to the Gaza Strip, the Adalah rights organisation says as criticism mounted over the treatment of the participants detained in Israel. Adalah said all…...
Israeli PM scolds minister for video taunting activists
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (706+ words) Israel's police security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after releasing videos taunting and telling detained activists from a flotilla that tried to get past the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip…...
Trump says 'right answer' on Iran could take a few days
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (648+ words) President Donald Trump says the United States "is ready to proceed with further attacks on Tehran if Iran does not agree to a peace deal, but suggests Washington could wait a few days to "get the right answers". Speaking to…...
Pianist's Palestine comments were selfish, court told
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (449+ words) Cancelled pianist Jayon Gillham's commentary on Palestine during a classical music concert was a "middle finger" to those who had helped him build a stellar career, a court has been told. Gillham performed Connor D'Netto's composition Witness at a Melbourne…...
UAE reports drone strike at nuclear power plant
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (536+ words) A drone strike has caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, officials in Abu Dhabi say, at a "time when progress appears to have stalled in efforts to end the US-Israeli war with Iran…...
Israel-US preparing to resume hostilities with Iran
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (268+ words) The Israeli military has been put on high readiness for a potential resumption of attacks on Iran, Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily newspaper has reported. Citing government sources, the report says Israel is awaiting a decision by US President Donald Trump....
Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza Strip: medics
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (421+ words) Israeli strikes have killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health officials say, as ceasefire efforts meant to end fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group falter. In the weeks "since halting its joint bombing with the…...