Outrage, Condemnation and Rhetoric after Ben-Gvir’s Video
⚡️ Israel’s Minister of Policing, Itamar Ben-Gvir, caused outrage on Wednesday, when appearing in a video that was mocking those arrested on the Global Sumud Flotilla that was in international waters heading towards Gaza from Turkey. 🔹 Prior to the publication of the video, Israel’s…
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- EUROPEAN UNION , ISRAEL , PALESTINE
- May 19, 2026
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Smotrich angered by ICC warrant request
⚡️ Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was angered to find out the International Criminal Court at the Hague had issued an application for an arrest warrant, which came after both Smotrich and Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir were implicated in an initially denied report but was…
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Commemoration of Nakba Day across Europe
⚡️ Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Europe to commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of Nakba Day. 🔹 Stockholm saw a large crowd gathered at Odenplan Square in response to calls from several civil society organisations that demand an end to Israel’s…
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Residents of Palestine town demolish homes to avoid fines
⚡️ Palestinian residents in al-Quds are reporting to demolishing their own homes in order to avoid heavy fines and additional costs imposed by Israeli authorities, as Israel look to make way for a new park. 🔹 In the Silwan district’s Al-Bustan neighbourhood, families are being…
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Netanyahu says the IDF now controls 60% of Gaza
🔹 Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stated that Israeli forces are currently controlling 60% of the Gaza Strip, which indicates that military presence has expanded into Palestinian territory further beyond what was outlined in an October ‘ceasefire’ agreement. 🔹 “In the past two years we…
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Eight Palestinians killed and 40 injured during Hamas Commander assassination in Gaza City
🔹 Soon after intelligence was received by Israeli Southern Command and Military Intelligence services regarding Izz al-Din al-Haddad’s whereabouts, Israeli forces launched fighter jets to strike, made possible due to years of surveillance and significant intelligence gathering carried out by IDF intelligence agencies. 🔹 Haddad…
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Player receives backlash for raising Palestine flag during FC Barcelona winners parade
FC Barcelona football star Lamine Yamal caused controversy earlier this month when raising a Palestinian flag handed to him while celebrating his clubs 29th La Liga victory through the streets of Barcelona, After Yamal had raised the flag, Palestinian artists painted a mural of the…
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Knesset advances bill to use West Bank history for de facto annexation
The Israeli Knesset moved a step closer to the formal occupation of the West Bank on Tuesday, passing the first reading that placed Palestinian heritage and archaeological sites under direct Israeli control, in a move that aims to establish a new statutory body under the…
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Statement by Hamas in relation to Israel’s approval of the death penalty against Al-Aqsa Flood Battle prisoners
Hamas released a statement in relation to the ‘racist legislation’ which imposes the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners – particularly those whom Israel accused of participating in the Al-Aqsa Flood battle – represents a dangerous escalation and a new crime added to Israel’s long record…
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Smotrich pissed off about the EU sanctions – vows to increase settlements
Israeli settler leader and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, who approves the stealing of land by force, the demolishing of 50 shops or more this past week in Jerusalem, and displacing millions of Palestinians, is pissed off because a few Israelis got sanctioned. “European hypocrisy is…
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