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US-backed group issues proposal to take over Gaza aid distribution from UN, reports claim

Aid workers have criticised the plans, saying the proposal can't meet the needs of Gaza's large population and would forcibly displace large numbers of Palestinians by forcing them to move nearer aid hubs.

Euronews

US foundation eyes takeover of Gaza aid

US-backed Gaza foundation proposal aimed to keep aid from Hamas, but critics slam bypass of UN, danger to Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

Israel laid out its harrowing plan to take Palestinian territories in 2017. Now it is happening

Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich’s vow that Gaza be ‘entirely destroyed’ should surprise no one – he formulated this chilling idea way before 7 October, says Ofer Cassif, a Hadash member of the Knesset

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An American has become pope. Will he be the moral leader we desperately need?

Pope Francis spoke for the most vulnerable, from Palestinians in Gaza to immigrants in the US. Let’s hope that Leo will follow in his footsteps

The Guardian - US

Pope Francis' $500,000 Popemobile Won't Sit in a Museum or Go to Pope Leo XIV — It Has a New Purpose Now

Francis famously rejected the more secure, enclosed Popemobiles used by his predecessors, calling them 'sardine cans' that created distance between the Pope and the people.

International Business Times UK

Gaza, gay rights, abuse and Trump: How will Pope Leo XIV confront global crisis?

The world receives a message of ‘peace and justice’ from the Vatican amid global turmoil and a long shadow of abuse in the church

The Independent UK

A US-backed group seeks to take over Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel's

A group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials is proposing to take over the distribution of food and other supplies in Gaza based on plans similar to ones designed by Israel

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India-Pakistan: escalating conflict between two nuclear powers

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The Conversation

The EU will hold talks later this month on reviewing ties with Israel as concern mounts over Gaza

The European Union's top diplomat says that foreign ministers will hold formal talks on May 20 on a demand to review an EU pact governing trade ties with Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza

The Independent UK

Israel’s peace movement offers a ray of hope amid the pain of Gaza conflict

The first thing I do when going back to Israel for a visit is go for a run. After more than two years abroad, it is a good opportunity to refamiliarise myself with the home I left to pursue my academic career more than eight years ago.

The Conversation

What does Netanyahu’s plan for ‘conquering’ Gaza mean for Israel, Palestine and their neighbours? Expert Q&A

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that the Israeli military will launch a new “intensified” offensive in Gaza. In a video posted on X, he said Israel’s security cabinet had approved a plan for “conquering” the Gaza Strip and establishing a “sustained presence” there.

The Conversation

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the door for annexation of the West Bank

Israel’s security cabinet has announced a plan to “capture” the whole of the Gaza Strip. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on May 5 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would remain in the territory indefinitely and take over the administration of humanitarian aid. What his government is referring to as…

The Conversation

Israel retrofitting DJI commercial drones to bomb and surveil Gaza

Israeli military repurposes the drones to bomb hospitals and shelters in Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Sanad investigation finds.

Al Jazeera

Irish PM says Gaza is 'hell on earth'

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and criticised the EU’s lack of response. Food and medicine have been blocked from entering the besieged area for almost 60 days.

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The Netherlands pivots on Israel as it asks for EU-Israel trade deal review

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said his government is "drawing a line in the sand" over the Gaza humanitarian aid blockade, which he says goes against international humanitarian law.

International Business Times

Israel's Aid Blockade To Gaza 'Unacceptable': Red Cross

The Red Cross on Thursday denounced the human cost of the war raging in Gaza, slamming Israel's "unacceptable" full blockade on aid into the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory.

The National (Scotland)

Top charity forced to end Gaza operations as Israel aid blockade continues

ISRAEL'S ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza has forced a leading aid group to shut its community soup kitchens ...

Al Jazeera

Reports of Israeli casualties in Rafah blast, as strikes kill 16 in Gaza

At least nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.

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The Guardian - UK

Irish broadcaster requests discussion over Israel’s Eurovision participation

RTÉ asks European Broadcasting Union for talks after 72 former contestants call for ban on Israeli broadcaster

The Guardian - UK

Palestinians urgently need a leader who represents them – but they’re facing another undemocratic stitch-up

Mahmoud Abbas’s lining up of the next president is part of a long pattern of denying Palestinians political agency, says researcher of Palestinian and Arab politics Dana El Kurd

Euronews

Ireland asks Eurovision host EBU for discussion over Israel’s involvement

Irish national broadcaster RTÉ director general said he was "appalled by the ongoing events in the Middle East and by the horrific impact on civilians in Gaza, and the fate of Israeli hostages."

International Business Times

First Responders In Gaza Run Out Of Supplies

First responders in Gaza said Thursday that their operations were at a near standstill, more than two months into a full Israeli blockade that has left food and fuel in severe shortage.

The Independent UK

Leading aid group shuts down its soup kitchens across Gaza over Israel's blockade

A leading aid group says that Israel’s ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza has forced it to shut down its community soup kitchens

Al Jazeera

US official says Washington may advance Saudi deal without Israel: Reports

Trump administration wants Israel ‘to come to its senses’ and strike a ceasefire deal on Gaza, Israeli media reports.

The Independent UK

Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza

For burn patients, shortages of medicines in Gaza are particularly excruciating under Israel's blockade of the territory, now in its third month

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