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  1. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  2. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  3. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  4. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  5. Israeli army chief warns reserve forces could 'collapse' amid manpower crisis [😜]
    Opposition figures have intensified criticism of Prime Minister #BenjaminNetanyahu's government over its failure to draft ultra-Orthodox #Jews
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    12 May 2026

    "In January 2027, due to the reduction of mandatory service to 30 months, the #IDF [#Israel's army] will lose thousands more combat soldiers," Zamir told the committee.

    "The reserve army will collapse into itself," he added, according to i24news.

    Zamir warned MPs that after nearly three years of war on multiple fronts, the #military is facing a severe manpower shortage that could undermine future operations.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
    #StopArmingIsrael
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #BDS #DivestFromIsrael
    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #Gaza #Palestine
    #news #politics

  6. Filmmakers slam BBC after Gaza documentary wins award despite being dropped
    middleeasteye.net/news/filmmak

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    Filmmakers behind Gaza: #Doctors Under Attack used their BAFTA TV Award win on Sunday to publicly rebuke the #BBC, accusing it of silencing a #documentary that lays bare Israel’s assault on Gaza’s #medical sector throughout the #genocide.

    The #film, originally commissioned by the BBC before being dropped last June, went on to win best current affairs programme after Channel 4 stepped in to broadcast it.

    Accepting the award, presenter Ramita Navai said the public broadcaster had “paid for” the documentary but “refused to show it.”

    The documentary’s content makes clear why it proved controversial. It opens with footage recovered from the phone of a #Palestinian medic killed under intense #Israeli gunfire, immediately placing #Israel’s targeting of #Gaza’s healthcare system at the centre of the narrative.

    #news #politics #Palestine #UKpol

  7. CIA says Iran has 70 percent of pre-war missiles, can ride out blockade for months: Report
    CIA analysis directly contradicts public statements made by US President Donald Trump and his top officials on Iran's status
    middleeasteye.net/news/cia-say

    from #MiddleEastEye
    May 7, 2026

    Iran can withstand the US naval blockade against it for three or four more months before facing severe economic hardship, the #CIA told the #Trump administration this week, according to a report by The Washington Post on Thursday.

    The report also said the CIA has found that Tehran retains “significant ballistic missile capabilities” ...

    The CIA report flies in the face of public statements by the Trump administration, which has claimed that the vast majority of #Iran’s drone and missile capabilities have been destroyed.

    The #US has said that Iran is running out of storage space for its oil...

    Analysts have told #MEE that Iran has “weeks” of storage space left.

    #NoWarWithIran
    #news #politics #USpol

  8. How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed
    The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in '#Muslim sectarianism'
    middleeasteye.net/big-story/ho

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    or the last six weeks, the #UK's #GreenParty has been the victim of a sustained smear campaign.

    Leader #ZackPolanski has been accused of being an #antisemite, a liar, a fabricator and a hypocrite.

    His supporters have been painted as crazed Islamists obsessed by foreign policy at the expense of day-to-day issues.

    4 national newspapers published cartoons of #Britain's only #Jewish leader, which have been widely criticised as #antisemitic.

    ...yesterday, it became obvious that the attempt to destroy #Polanski and the #Greens had failed.

    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #FreePalestine
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #SanctionIsrael
    #news #politics #UKpol #Palestine #Gaza

  9. How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed
    The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in '#Muslim sectarianism'
    middleeasteye.net/big-story/ho

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    or the last six weeks, the #UK's #GreenParty has been the victim of a sustained smear campaign.

    Leader #ZackPolanski has been accused of being an #antisemite, a liar, a fabricator and a hypocrite.

    His supporters have been painted as crazed Islamists obsessed by foreign policy at the expense of day-to-day issues.

    4 national newspapers published cartoons of #Britain's only #Jewish leader, which have been widely criticised as #antisemitic.

    ...yesterday, it became obvious that the attempt to destroy #Polanski and the #Greens had failed.

    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #FreePalestine
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #SanctionIsrael
    #news #politics #UKpol #Palestine #Gaza

  10. How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed
    The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in '#Muslim sectarianism'
    middleeasteye.net/big-story/ho

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    or the last six weeks, the #UK's #GreenParty has been the victim of a sustained smear campaign.

    Leader #ZackPolanski has been accused of being an #antisemite, a liar, a fabricator and a hypocrite.

    His supporters have been painted as crazed Islamists obsessed by foreign policy at the expense of day-to-day issues.

    4 national newspapers published cartoons of #Britain's only #Jewish leader, which have been widely criticised as #antisemitic.

    ...yesterday, it became obvious that the attempt to destroy #Polanski and the #Greens had failed.

    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #FreePalestine
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #SanctionIsrael
    #news #politics #UKpol #Palestine #Gaza

  11. How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed
    The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in '#Muslim sectarianism'
    middleeasteye.net/big-story/ho

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    or the last six weeks, the #UK's #GreenParty has been the victim of a sustained smear campaign.

    Leader #ZackPolanski has been accused of being an #antisemite, a liar, a fabricator and a hypocrite.

    His supporters have been painted as crazed Islamists obsessed by foreign policy at the expense of day-to-day issues.

    4 national newspapers published cartoons of #Britain's only #Jewish leader, which have been widely criticised as #antisemitic.

    ...yesterday, it became obvious that the attempt to destroy #Polanski and the #Greens had failed.

    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #FreePalestine
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #SanctionIsrael
    #news #politics #UKpol #Palestine #Gaza

  12. How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed
    The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in '#Muslim sectarianism'
    middleeasteye.net/big-story/ho

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    10 May 2026

    or the last six weeks, the #UK's #GreenParty has been the victim of a sustained smear campaign.

    Leader #ZackPolanski has been accused of being an #antisemite, a liar, a fabricator and a hypocrite.

    His supporters have been painted as crazed Islamists obsessed by foreign policy at the expense of day-to-day issues.

    4 national newspapers published cartoons of #Britain's only #Jewish leader, which have been widely criticised as #antisemitic.

    ...yesterday, it became obvious that the attempt to destroy #Polanski and the #Greens had failed.

    #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
    #FreePalestine
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #SanctionIsrael
    #news #politics #UKpol #Palestine #Gaza

  13. Trigger Warning: If you are a victim of police violence please take care ☮️

    Leaked footage contradicts bullshit from barbaric #ApartheidIsraeli Pigs 🐷🐷🐷

    #ACAB

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    m.youtube.com/shorts/XSli8Q8lv

  14. #antizionist #British woman stopped by transport pigs for... wait for it...alleged racially public order offence (bla bla, antisemitism) because of a text on her phone

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    #TheUKisNOTADemocracy !!

    m.youtube.com/shorts/QP0FBPS4Y

    #ACAB

  15. #antizionist #British woman stopped by transport pigs for... wait for it...alleged racially public order offence (bla bla, antisemitism) because of a text on her phone

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    #TheUKisNOTADemocracy !!

    m.youtube.com/shorts/QP0FBPS4Y

    #ACAB

  16. #antizionist #British woman stopped by transport pigs for... wait for it...alleged racially public order offence (bla bla, antisemitism) because of a text on her phone

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    #TheUKisNOTADemocracy !!

    m.youtube.com/shorts/QP0FBPS4Y

    #ACAB

  17. #antizionist #British woman stopped by transport pigs for... wait for it...alleged racially public order offence (bla bla, antisemitism) because of a text on her phone

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    #TheUKisNOTADemocracy !!

    m.youtube.com/shorts/QP0FBPS4Y

    #ACAB

  18. #antizionist #British woman stopped by transport pigs for... wait for it...alleged racially public order offence (bla bla, antisemitism) because of a text on her phone

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    #TheUKisNOTADemocracy !!

    m.youtube.com/shorts/QP0FBPS4Y

    #ACAB

  19. #Video - Haifa, Israel city council member Sally Abed defends right to speak Arabic
    [from #MiddleEastEye on #Telegram]
    t.me/MiddleEastEye_TG/21433

    #Haifa city council member #SallyAbed faced abuse on Tuesday for speaking #Arabic during a council meeting.

    One man is heard telling her to “go to Gaza”, and that “Haifa is not Arab, Haifa is Jewish”.

    Abed pushed back, insisting that it is legal for her to speak her language.

    [Sally Abed is a prominent member of the Arab/Jewish group #StandingTogether in #Israel.]

    #FreePalestine
    #Palestine #news #politics #LanguageRights
    @palestine

  20. These 2 sleazebags are a disgrace and an embarrassment to Jews everywhere !

    Tearing down posters of martyred children from #Gaza

    SHANDA!

    #MEE #MiddleEastEye

    m.youtube.com/shorts/TibI81Rgr

  21. 2 are illegally detained and tortured in #ApartheidIsrael based on bullshit acusations, along side the Palestinian abducted.

    Several Tunisians 🇹🇳 are also abducted & imprisoned

    Many have been released after having violently been beaten up some requiring hospitalisation.

    The govts of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Sweden 🇸🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸 and the #internationalcommunity must act NOW

    #GretaThurnberg #MEE
    #MiddleEastEye

    #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    m.youtube.com/shorts/YEcH1wG_B

    #Palestine 🇵🇸

  22. 2 are illegally detained and tortured in #ApartheidIsrael based on bullshit acusations, along side the Palestinian abducted.

    Several Tunisians 🇹🇳 are also abducted & imprisoned

    Many have been released after having violently been beaten up some requiring hospitalisation.

    The govts of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Sweden 🇸🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸 and the #internationalcommunity must act NOW

    #GretaThurnberg #MEE
    #MiddleEastEye

    #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    m.youtube.com/shorts/YEcH1wG_B

    #Palestine 🇵🇸

  23. 2 are illegally detained and tortured in #ApartheidIsrael based on bullshit acusations, along side the Palestinian abducted.

    Several Tunisians 🇹🇳 are also abducted & imprisoned

    Many have been released after having violently been beaten up some requiring hospitalisation.

    The govts of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Sweden 🇸🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸 and the #internationalcommunity must act NOW

    #GretaThurnberg #MEE
    #MiddleEastEye

    #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    m.youtube.com/shorts/YEcH1wG_B

    #Palestine 🇵🇸

  24. 2 are illegally detained and tortured in #ApartheidIsrael based on bullshit acusations, along side the Palestinian abducted.

    Several Tunisians 🇹🇳 are also abducted & imprisoned

    Many have been released after having violently been beaten up some requiring hospitalisation.

    The govts of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Sweden 🇸🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸 and the #internationalcommunity must act NOW

    #GretaThurnberg #MEE
    #MiddleEastEye

    #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    m.youtube.com/shorts/YEcH1wG_B

    #Palestine 🇵🇸

  25. 2 are illegally detained and tortured in #ApartheidIsrael based on bullshit acusations, along side the Palestinian abducted.

    Several Tunisians 🇹🇳 are also abducted & imprisoned

    Many have been released after having violently been beaten up some requiring hospitalisation.

    The govts of #Brazil 🇧🇷 #Sweden 🇸🇪 , #Spain 🇪🇸 and the #internationalcommunity must act NOW

    #GretaThurnberg #MEE
    #MiddleEastEye

    #GlobalSumudFlotilla #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    m.youtube.com/shorts/YEcH1wG_B

    #Palestine 🇵🇸

  26. #MiddleEastEye : 20 civilian ships intercepted by #ApartheidIsrael

    Kidnapped peaceful volunteers in #InternationalWaters whilst attempting to provide #humanitarianaid

    #GretaThurnberg

    #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    Contact your officials and the #GreekMinistryOfForeignAffairs
    to demand accountability, protection for the #flotilla, the release of comrades, and the end to complicity in genocide against Palestinians

    #Gaza

    m.youtube.com/shorts/9WWky1G9t

  27. #MiddleEastEye : 20 civilian ships intercepted by #ApartheidIsrael

    Kidnapped peaceful volunteers in #InternationalWaters whilst attempting to provide #humanitarianaid

    #GretaThurnberg

    #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    Contact your officials and the #GreekMinistryOfForeignAffairs
    to demand accountability, protection for the #flotilla, the release of comrades, and the end to complicity in genocide against Palestinians

    #Gaza

    m.youtube.com/shorts/9WWky1G9t

  28. #MiddleEastEye : 20 civilian ships intercepted by #ApartheidIsrael

    Kidnapped peaceful volunteers in #InternationalWaters whilst attempting to provide #humanitarianaid

    #GretaThurnberg

    #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

    Contact your officials and the #GreekMinistryOfForeignAffairs
    to demand accountability, protection for the #flotilla, the release of comrades, and the end to complicity in genocide against Palestinians

    #Gaza

    m.youtube.com/shorts/9WWky1G9t

  29. Israeli officers say #Lebanon mission focused on 'systematic destruction' of buildings
    Troops tell Haaretz the only task is the destruction of everything in predominantly #Shia villages
    middleeasteye.net/news/israeli

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    April 29, 2026

    According to the report on Wednesday, the #military is operating under a plan to demolish predominantly Shia villages in an effort they believe would prevent residents from returning.

    As part of the campaign, troops are assigned designated zones to demolish, with commanders required to record the number of structures destroyed each day.

    “The only mission is to continue the destruction,” one commander told #Haaretz. “There are no other tasks.”

    #IsraelOutOfLebanon
    #Israel #news #politics #WestAsia

  30. In #Gaza, life flickers as power cuts shatter livelihoods and healthcare
    Businesses collapse, operations are delayed, and families struggle to survive as electricity shortages deepen under Israeli siege
    middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-li

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    April 29, 2026

    After hours spent carefully preparing her cakes, Abrar Abdu stood stunned in silence before her oven.

    In her small, darkened workshop in #Gaza City, the only light came from her phone’s torch, illuminating more than 27 ruined cakes - the result of a sudden #power cut and a faulty oven.

    Abdu, 34, who runs a small cake business in the #Palestinian enclave, was forced to apologise to customers after failing to deliver their orders, refund every payment and absorb the full cost of the wasted ingredients.

    #SanctionIsrael
    #IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity
    #FreePalestine
    #BlockTheBombs
    #EndBlockadeOfGaza
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
    #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
    #news #politics

  31. The oil, gas and arms companies profiting from the war on Iran
    As bills rise across the world, campaigners call out the fossil fuel and #weapons firms raking in mega profits
    middleeasteye.net/news/oil-gas

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    27 April 2026 | Last update: 7:10 ET 27 April

    While hitting the pockets of millions in Europe, Asia and worldwide, the war has created big winners. BP's first-quarter profit more than doubled year-on-year to $3.2 billion, the highest for the British oil ‌giant since 2023, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

    Recent analysis conducted by climate charity Global Witness for the Guardian found that major #oil and #gas companies made over $30m an hour in the first month of the war on #Iran.

    #NoWarWithIran
    #news #politics #US #Israel

  32. #Israel at 78 still believes it can live by the sword alone. A reckoning is due
    On the country's Independence Day, the nostalgia of liberal Israelis for a better, earlier state is a comforting illusion. The Nakba and the occupation were there from the beginning
    middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra

    [A very moving, powerful article]

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    Gideon Levy
    23 April 2026

    At the beginning of this state was the Nakba: our day of celebration was the day of another people's historic catastrophe, a people who were here before us. Everything since has been bound up with what came before. What began in 1948 has not ended, not even in 2026.

    From the Nakba to today, the basic principles by which #Zionism operates have not changed, nor has the policy of successive governments of the #Jewish state. The #Nakba has never ended; it has merely altered in form.

    #FreePalestine
    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic
    #Palestine #news #politics

  33. Activists break into #Leicester factory owned by Israeli firm #ElbitSystems
    'People Against Genocide' members abseil through roof of #UAVTacticalSystems, owned by the #UK subsidiary of Israel's largest defence company
    middleeasteye.net/news/activis

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    April 24, 2026

    According to a media group, the #activists used ladders to climb over razor-wire fencing to enter the premises.

    After occupying the roof, they drilled holes into it and then abseiled into the building.

    The Aftershock reported that the ceiling of the clean room, where Israeli #drone parts are reportedly made, was broken. It said that such contamination of the clean room could knock it out of use for some months.

    One of the activists involved said: “We are sick and tired of our government’s collaboration in this #genocide that #Israel is committing on the #Palestinian people."

    #SanctionIsrael
    #StopStarvingGaza
    #FreePalestine
    #BlockTheBombs
    #StopGazaGenocide
    #Palestine #news #politics #UKpol

  34. Exclusive: Inside Hezbollah’s battle for Bint Jbeil and Khiam
    The Lebanese towns hold both strategic and symbolic weight for Israel. Sources close to Hezbollah describe how the Israelis failed to hold them [😀]
    middleeasteye.net/news/exclusi

    from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
    April 21, 2026

    For weeks, Israel bombarded Bint Jbeil and Khiam, repeatedly attempting to encircle the southern #Lebanese towns. Yet neither fully fell to #Israel’s invading military.

    The survival of these #Hezbollah redoubts, which have long carried symbolic and strategic weight, exposed the limits of what #Israeli firepower is able to achieve in south #Lebanon, and the strategic power the terrain holds for its defenders.

    Three sources close to Hezbollah, including one intimately familiar with the battles in the south, described to Middle East Eye how Israel was unable to dislodge the Lebanese armed movement.

    #IsraelOutOfLebanon
    #news #politics #WestAsia

  35. Hamas rebuffs ‘trap’ disarmament plan as Israeli violations stall ceasefire process
    Sources say Hamas rejects US-backed proposal, citing failure to implement first phase of ceasefire and concerns over Gaza security
    middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-r

    from #MiddleEastEye
    April 19, 2026

    Palestinian sources with direct knowledge of the talks told #MEE that #Hamas views the plan, presented earlier this month, as a “trap” designed to ignite civil war in the #Gaza Strip and destabilise #Palestinian society.

    The group fears the proposal would leave Palestinians in Gaza defenceless while allowing Israeli-backed armed gangs to operate freely and spread disorder.

    ...opposition is even stronger within its military wing, which considers disarmament “collective suicide”.

    They added...that the proposal targets Palestinian armed groups while failing to address armed gangs operating under Israeli direction inside Gaza.

    #StopGazaGenocide
    #FreePalestine
    #news #politics #Israel #Palestine

  36. War on Iran: Mediators push ceasefire extension as deal hopes fade
    Sources tell #MEE progress made on key issues, but major gaps remain ahead of Wednesday’s deadline
    middleeasteye.net/news/united-

    from #MiddleEastEye
    April 19, 2026

    Mediators are seeking to extend the #UnitedStates-Iran ceasefire, as hopes of reaching an agreement before Wednesday’s deadline faded on Sunday, sources have told #MiddleEast Eye.

    Senior regional officials said progress had been made in recent days on key issues, including #Iran’s enriched #uranium, the #StraitOfHormuz and the future of Tehran’s allied armed groups across the region.

    However, the mood shifted over the weekend, according to a senior Turkish official.

    “There are several moving parts in the negotiations. Some are on track, but the gaps in others remain too wide to bridge,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, like other sources in this report.

    #NoWarWithIran
    #US #news #politics #Israel #USpol #WestAsia