The Palestinian Territories
Ban on Palestinian workers grinds Israel’s construction sites to a halt
Across Israel, building sites are idle, adding up to an estimated $1.2 billion in lost output each month.
- by Galit Altstein
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Confrontations over Gaza make politicians feel unsafe, says minister
Anne Aly said the confrontation with pro-Palestinian activists in a park last weekend was not the first, but was the most intense clash she had experienced.
- by Olivia Ireland
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The cold calculation behind our aid cuts to Gaza
The accusations against the United Nations agency helping Palestinians in Gaza are murky, but the consequences have been painfully clear.
- by Waleed Aly
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israeli forces ‘deep inside’ Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza
Hamas released a statement saying the attack by heavily armed Israeli troops, drones and tanks at dawn amounted to a “war crime”.
- by Fares Akram
The Oscars speech that has divided Hollywood
The director of the Academy Award-winning Son of Saul has become the latest Hollywood voice criticising director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech about Gaza.
- by Helen Pitt
First aid shipment for Gaza arrives, second ready to sail from Cyprus
The main UN agency operating in Gaza said on Saturday that one in three children under age 2 in northern Gaza is now acutely malnourished and famine is looming.
- by Stamos Prousalis
Israel approves Rafah attack, Biden praises speech calling for Netanyahu replacement
Israel has approved a potential assault on the Gazan city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering, amid ongoing ceasefire talks.
- by Bassam Masoud, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Samia Nakhoul
Bronwyn Bishop apologises to teal MP over ‘antisemitism’ remark
The apology followed a week of dispute over comments which independent MPs said accused them of betraying their electorates.
- by David Crowe
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Ramadan in Gaza begins with hunger worsening, no end to war in sight
The war has driven around 80 per cent of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people from their homes and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine.
- by Samy Magdy and Wafaa Shurafa
How the US will build a floating dock offshore and ram it into Gaza’s coastline
US President Joe Biden says the temporary port will be built as a way to get more aid in, but has vowed no American boots will touch Gazan ground.
- by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
Protests greet Holocaust museum opening in Amsterdam
The protest leaders emphasised they were against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s presence, not the museum and what it commemorates.
- by Molly Quell and Barbara Surk