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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza the "greatest lie of the century." Many delegates walked out for his General Assembly speech. Mahmoud Abbas also spoke earlier. DW has more.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a combative speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday in which he denied that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, lashed out at leaders, including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and said attacking Iran was "one of the easiest decisions" he had ever made.
Yesterday, the five candidates for the left-wing primary were debating for the first time before the October election. Everyone wanted to make their score heard, sometimes with differences, including on Gaza, Israel and the strategy to be adopted in the face of LFI. Analysis of this first debate with, around Roselyne Febvre, Catherine Tricot, of the magazine Regards, Carole Barjon, editorialist at the magazine Politique et parlementaire and Henri Vernet, editorialist at France Info TV.
UN trade body report says consequences of Israeli occupation have 'skyrocketed' with 90% unemployed in Gaza.
Co-director Yuval Abraham says documentary exposing Israeli abuses will be available online in November.
Ireland and Israel will play two football matches despite growing Irish calls for a boycott due to the genocide in Gaza.
“NAZA,” the hot-button documentary about killings in Gaza that won a special jury prize at the recent Venice Film Festival, is set to soon be released theatrically in more than 50 territories and will subsequently be made visible to global audiences for free via the website of British newspaper The Guardian. The Guardian, which produced […]
Palestinians are following the campaign, but few feel next month's vote will make their lives any better.
Gaza’s $2.45bn recovery plan spans housing, health and 4G, but Israeli pullout and Hamas’s disarmament remain unclear.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is on Thursday, September 24, the third day of UN General Assembly discussions. In his video conference intervention, following the denial of a visa by the Donald Trump Administration, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that his people "are facing one of the most dangerous moments in their history," he called for the failure to allow a second Nakba and urged the implementation of the so-called Gaza plan, including its reconstruction and the arrest of the Israeli siege. The first mini speech is now expected
On the front page of the press, on Thursday 24 September, indignation in Spain, after yesterday's expulsion of a pensioner of 87 years from the Madrid dwelling she had occupied for seventy years. The meeting yesterday between Pedro Sanchez and the mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, on the margins of the UNGA. A new "plan" of the "peace council" for Gaza. And the kick-off of the League of Nations tonight.
Iran may expand the Mideast war to the Indian Ocean if the US or Israel attacks again, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned Thursday, hours before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly. President Donald Trump, in his speech, threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a peace deal was not reached. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
The United States President's Peace Board, Donald Trump, presented a recovery plan for the Gaza Strip with an investment of $2.450 billion, to be implemented within six months. The plan includes 66 projects and includes the creation of temporary housing, the removal of rubble, the repair of hospitals and roads, and the deployment of a multinational security force. However, on the ground, the process faces enormous obstacles: the Israeli Army occupies about 60 per cent of the territory, Hamas has not delivered its weapons and the international stab force.
Donald Trump's UN address was packed with claims that are misleading, false or exaggerated. He said the US has more munitions than it could ever use, despite reports of depleting stocks. He also claimed the US and Venezuela hold 60 percent of the world's oil, despite the numbers not adding up, and he said he had ended the war in Gaza despite ongoing Israeli strikes and deaths since last year's ceasefire. Vedika Bahl fact-checks the speech in Truth or Fake.
Wael Naouar has been hospitalised as his hunger strike enters its 39th day, the Gaza Sumud Flotilla says.
The figure was announced during a meeting of the group's board at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
United Nations Priests marched in Rome to "denounce the genocide against the Palestinian population" in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Violations against Palestinians in Gaza continue even as world leaders call on Israel to adhere to ceasefire deal.
The board has noted that the Palestinian enclave needs roughly $35.2 billion for full, medium-term reconstruction. Trump's plan for peace in Gaza has largely stalled since an agreement was reached almost a year ago.
Priests marched in Rome to denounce a "genocide" against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. With olive branches and a list of the names of the victims killed, they demanded justice. The network of priests, supported already by three cardinals and 29 bishops, maintains that there can be no neutrality in the face of the massacre in the enclave. The report is from our correspondent Irene Savio and Esma Cakir.
