Beth Miller, Jo-Ann Mort - The Guardian
July 16, 2025
Jo-Ann Mort and Beth Miller go head to head on Zohran Mamdani
Jacob Magid - Times of Israel
Israel has agreed to significantly decrease its force presence in Gaza during the 60-day truce currently under discussion, according to an Arab diplomat and a source involved in mediation efforts.
Jennifer Rankin - The Guardian
Stinging rebuke from Amnesty International follows EU ministers declining to endorse any sanctions over Gaza war
BBC
Israel has intensified its airstrikes on Syria, including near the presidential palace and on the defence ministry headquarters in central Damascus.
Al Jazeera
British-Israeli defence lawyer at International Criminal Court linked to a Netanyahu adviser delivered message to Khan.
Emanuel Fabian - Times of Israel
The IDF has established a new corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, bisecting east and west Khan Younis, the military announces.
Adam Durbin - BBC
Israel said it "struck the entrance of the Syrian regime's military headquarters" and warns of more "painful blows".
Omer Bartov - The New York Times
July 15, 2025
A month after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, I believed there was evidence that the Israeli military had committed war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity in its counterattack on Gaza.
Arno Rosenfeld, Jacob Kornbluh - Forward
J Street’s move comes as progressives show increasing anger at the ADL’s uncompromising defense of Israel.
Times of Israel
Israel has taken some positive steps but is not yet fully implementing an agreement with the European Union to increase humanitarian aid supplies in Gaza, EU aid chief Hadja Lahbib says.
Tia Goldenberg - AP News
An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government.
Kyle McClenagan - Houston Public Media
In a statement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not provide a reason for the detention of 22-year-old Muhanad J. M. Alshrouf and said a visa does not guarantee entry into the U.S.
July 14, 2025
The three members of a United Nations commission charged with investigating human rights abuses in Israel and the Palestinian territories have resigned, saying it is time to renew the body, a UN spokesperson says.
Patrick Wintour - The Guardian
The Hague Group aims to agree political, economic and legal actions in ‘existential hour’ for Israel and Palestine
Jeremy Scahill - Drop Site News
Trump again claimed a Gaza deal may be imminent as Netanyahu continues his campaign of sabotage.
The Hague Group
The Republic of Colombia, as co-chair of The Hague Group, will host an emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogotá on 15–16 July 2025.
Saqib Bhatti - Jacobin
July 13, 2025
Retirement systems and municipal treasuries hold billions of dollars of investments in companies like Tesla and nations like Israel...those funds hold enormous potential leverage over such companies and countries if they can credibly threaten divestment
Hanif Abdurraqib - The New Yorker
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
Joshua Yang - The Washington Post
Francesca Albanese, a human rights lawyer and independent U.N. official for human rights in Gaza and the West Bank, has described the war in Gaza as “genocide.”
Nurit Yohanan - Times of Israel
A senior Hamas official is quoted in Palestinian media saying that the negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza have reached “critical hours.”
Mathilda Heller - The Jerusalem Post
The office of New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote a letter to Comptroller Brad Lander requesting a review into the divestment, claims public records are incomplete.
Emma Graham-Harrison - The Guardian
Ehud Olmert says forcing people into camp would be ethnic cleansing, and anger at Israel is not all down to antisemitism
Dov Lieber, Feliz Solomon - Wall Street Journal
July 11, 2025
The military’s legal branch has questioned whether the plan would expose Israel to accusations of forced displacement, which is illegal under international law
Olivia Le Poidevin - Reuters
The top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights said on Friday that the U.S. decision to place her under sanctions could have a "chilling effect" on people who engage with her and restrict her movements, but that she planned to continue her work.
Prem Thakker - Zeteo
Sayfollah Musallet was visiting his family in the village of Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya when settlers allegedly beat him unconscious and blocked an ambulance from reaching him for hours.
Natan Odenheimer, Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman - The New York Times
Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations since Oct. 7.
James Jackson - Zeteo
Germany's absurd crackdown on anti-Zionist Jews and other pro-Palestinian voices makes you wonder: has the country not learned anything from its horrific past?
No significant progress has been made in the ongoing hostage negotiations in Doha since Wednesday, an Arab diplomat and a second source familiar with the negotiations tells The Times of Israel.
