What is ‘Herod’s Pool’, and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What is ‘Herod’s Pool’, and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel says that work has begun on a development project around an outdoor pool in the occupied West Bank filled after settlers illegally diverted water from a Palestinian village over the summer. Instead of restoring the water to the village of Fasayil, near Jericho, Israeli authorities are working to formalise what has now been termed…

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Gaza voters want jobs and security as Palestinian elections approach | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza voters want jobs and security as Palestinian elections approach | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ahmad Mohsen, 24, sits in a shop selling prepaid internet access cards in Deir el-Balah. Three years ago, before Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza started, he imagined a different future. He had graduated with a degree in nursing and was preparing to complete the procedures required to obtain his professional licence….

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Ben-Gvir joins hundreds of Israelis to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Ben-Gvir joins hundreds of Israelis to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s national security minister declares ‘we are the owners of the place in Al-Aqsa’ during heavily guarded incursion. Published On 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026 Hundreds of Israelis led by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. The Jerusalem governorate on Monday said Israeli forces closed intersections…

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Israeli attacks across Gaza kill two people, hit hospital supply warehouse | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli attacks across Gaza kill two people, hit hospital supply warehouse | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Gaza’s Health Ministry reports rising casualties amid escalated Israeli attacks, with victims trapped under rubble. Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026 Several people have been wounded in an Israeli strike on a medical warehouse inside a hospital compound in central Gaza, while separate attacks killed two people elsewhere in the Strip. The Israeli drone…

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UN, Palestinian ministry condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN, Palestinian ministry condemn Israeli settler siege of West Bank homes | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United Nations human rights agency and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates have condemned a days-long Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra. The two statements were issued on Thursday, as dozens of Israeli settlers continue to besiege three Palestinian families in the Ras al-Ain…

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Massive Attack says members held after pro-Palestine display in Singapore | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Massive Attack says members held after pro-Palestine display in Singapore | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Music group says it is ‘proud’ to have made ‘impromptu expression’ of support for Palestine by unfurling flag during concert. Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 British trip-hop band Massive Attack has said its members were detained by police in Singapore after a concert last week, during which a Palestinian flag was unfurled on…

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‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism | Israel-Palestine conflict

Warning: This story includes descriptions of sexual assault that some readers will find disturbing. A companion essay to Al Jazeera’s Bodies of Evidence: Israel’s Darkest Weapon, directed and executive produced by Awad Joumaa. He was in the next room. The walls were thin. The door between the rooms was open. He could hear everything. In…

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