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Why does Ilhan Omar attract so much Republican ire?

Republicans accuse her of antisemitism, but Democrats see something far more sinister at hand, Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Couple boarding Ryanair flight leave baby at check-in after refusing to pay for ticket

Instead of buying a ticket for the baby after they realised they did not have one, the parents strolled to passport control and left their baby in the car seat in Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel

Daily Mirror · Feb 1, 2023

Keir Starmer condemns Labour MP for calling Israeli government ‘fascist’

Kim Johnson apologies after being called into the Labour whips’ office over controversial remarks

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Palestinians Urge Blinken Against Allowing US Embassy to Be Built on Confiscated Land in Jerusalem

The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, filed on Monday a letter to object against a plan to build the new US embassy and diplomatic compound in Jerusalem. The letter charges that the missions will be built on land that was confiscated from Palestinians. The letter was…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023

Ukraine lauds French gift of radar system as 'cherry on the cake'

Ukraine's defence minister said Wednesday that Ukrainian lives will be saved by a sophisticated air-defence radar that France is supplying and which is powerful enough to spot incoming missiles and exploding drones in the skies over all of Ukraine's capital and its surrounding region. Read our live blog to see…

France 24 · Feb 1, 2023

Palestinians face removal as far-right Israel vows expansion

The long-running dispute over the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar has resurfaced this week as a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides.

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023

Blinken visits the Palestinian West Bank, where residents are disillusioned and leaders are angry

DEIR DIBWAN, West Bank — Maisoon Ali, a Palestinian banker, has a message for visiting U.S Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 1, 2023

Netanyahu would consider Ukraine-Russia mediator role if asked -CNN interview

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would be willing to consider serving as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine if asked by both warring countries and the United States.

Reuters · Feb 1, 2023

The Guardian view on violence in Israel-Palestine: the risk of a third intifada

Editorial: Domestic political failures require others to step up, but tepid calls for calm from the US are not remotely sufficient

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023