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World

Five journalists killed in Israeli attack

The genocide in Gaza

Published 11 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Anas and the other journalists "were killed because of their relentless reporting on the starvation and the famine and the malnutrition" in Gaza, according to a colleague.
3 minute read
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Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed late Sunday evening along with four colleagues in an Israeli attack on a tent where journalists had gathered outside the main entrance to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

The attack was intentional and aimed, according to the media company, at silencing voices reporting on Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Israel, in turn, claims that the killed journalist was a Hamas leader.

A total of seven people lost their lives. Among the dead are also Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.

Shortly before he was killed, the 28-year-old reporter wrote on X that Israel had launched an intense bombardment against eastern and southern Gaza City. In his final video, powerful explosions can also be heard while the night sky is lit up by orange light.

Al-Sharif was a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic who had long reported from northern Gaza about the consequences of Israel’s invasion. In a final message, prepared to be published upon his death, he wrote:

“I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification – so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half”.

“Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance”, he concluded his message. Al-Sharif leaves behind his wife Bayan and children Salah and Sham.

Israel: Led Hamas cell

The Israeli military has confirmed that the attack was intentional. However, they accuse al-Sharif of having led a Hamas cell and “driving rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and troops”, but have not publicly released any of the alleged evidence.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, Irene Khan, and several human rights organizations argue that the Israeli accusations lack foundation.

— His entire daily routine was standing in front of a camera from morning to evening, notes Muhammed Shahada at Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.

Al Jazeera dismisses the claims as fabricated and describes the killing as “a desperate attempt to silence the voices” reporting on Israeli violations.

200 killed journalists

The attack has also drawn sharp reactions from press freedom organizations.

— Israel’s pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom, comments Sara Qudah at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Anas and the other journalists “were killed because of their relentless reporting on the starvation and the famine and the malnutrition” that Palestinians in Gaza are subjected to, believes Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud, who was a block away when the attack took place.

— (They were killed) because they’re bringing the truth of this crime to everyone.

According to AFP, over 200 reporters and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. Just as in the case of Anas al-Sharif, Israeli authorities routinely claim that many of the killed journalists were simultaneously members of Hamas or other armed groups.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/netanyahu-promises-more-illegal-settlements-after-palestine-recognition/

World

Netanyahu promises more illegal settlements after Palestine recognition

The genocide in Gaza

Published yesterday 13:16
– By Editorial Staff
According to Netanyahu, recognizing Palestine as an independent state would be "a huge reward to terrorism".
2 minute read
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Israel’s Prime Minister categorically rejects all plans for an independent Palestinian state and promises to instead expand illegal settlements in the West Bank after Britain, Canada and Australia on Sunday formally recognized Palestine.

Benjamin Netanyahu launched a harsh attack against the three countries’ decision and linked it directly to Hamas’ attack on Israel last year.

— There will be no Palestinian state, the Prime Minister declared.

— I have a clear message to those leaders who recognize a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre on October 7 … You are giving a huge reward to terrorism, he continued.

Netanyahu emphasized that Israel has already intensified its settlement policy in the occupied territories.

— We doubled Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, and we will continue on this path, promised Israel’s leader, using the biblical names for the West Bank.

“Attempts to force a terrorist state”

The Prime Minister also hinted that further measures are to be expected when he returns from his US trip.

— The response to the latest attempt to force a terrorist state in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait and see.

Netanyahu’s statements come after pressure from the Israeli government’s right-wing faction. The far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich have urged the Prime Minister to immediately apply Israeli sovereignty over the entire West Bank in response to Sunday’s recognitions.

The three countries’ decision to recognize Palestine comes in the wake of several other Western nations taking similar steps over the past year, further isolating Israel internationally on an issue where the country defiantly ignores UN resolutions and international law.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-pm-dont-bring-middle-eastern-conflicts-to-swedish-streets/

Sweden

Swedish PM: “Don’t bring Middle Eastern conflicts to Swedish streets”

The genocide in Gaza

Published 17 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
The loud pro-Palestinian protests have become a very troublesome disruptive element for the Kristersson government.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party presents new measures against demonstrations and says he now wants to remove “Middle Eastern conflicts” from Swedish streets.

Critics note, however, that the Moderate Party has for many years pushed for mass immigration specifically from the Middle East – and continues to do so.

In a post on X, the prime minister writes about how politicians have been confronted outside the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament), ministers have been followed home from work, and Jewish families have been subjected to threats, and now the government promises tougher action.

“Don’t bring Middle Eastern conflicts to Swedish streets and squares. We must take care of the Sweden we love”, the prime minister appeals.

The statement comes from the same party that during Fredrik Reinfeldt’s government from 2006 significantly increased mass immigration to Sweden from the Middle East – a policy that continues today despite all problems and warnings, even though the rhetoric has changed.

In just these two decades, Sweden has received hundreds of thousands of people from various conflict areas in the Middle East, and a large portion of them have today been granted Swedish citizenship.

After Israel’s invasion of Gaza, however, Swedish politicians from the Moderate Party and other liberal parties have shown growing frustration and anger over the vocal protests from many of the immigrants they themselves allowed into the country.

These demonstrators protest almost daily against Israel’s genocide against Palestinians and demand, among other things, that Sweden cease its support for the Israeli state – demands that have become increasingly troublesome for those in power.

“Intrusive” demonstrators may face harsher punishment

Therefore, Kristersson now announces the following measures, among others:

• Review of criminal liability for demonstrators who act “intrusively or aggressively”
• Police given greater opportunity to decide on alternative times and places for demonstrations
• Clearer opportunity for police to intervene if decisions are not followed
• Police must report on how they work against disturbances at gatherings

The government is also reviewing possibilities to deport pro-Palestinian demonstrators who are considered particularly troublesome or who are accused of “glorifying terror” by, for example, expressing sympathies for Hamas or other groups designated as terrorist organizations.

“Whipping up hateful sentiments”

Kristersson writes in his post that “a heavy responsibility also rests on those who, by spreading lies, terror romanticism and antisemitism, polarize and whip up hateful sentiments in Sweden”.

For many, however, it appears ironic that the prime minister now claims to want to stop Middle Eastern conflicts from Swedish streets – conflicts that have largely come to Sweden through policies that his own party has implemented.

Others point out that it is telling that those in power react so strongly and condemningly only when they themselves are affected by disturbances and discomfort, while ordinary Swedes have been affected daily for many years by significantly worse immigration-related incidents without this receiving any attention whatsoever.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/world/un-investigation-israel-commits-genocide-in-gaza/

World

UN investigation: Israel commits genocide in Gaza

The genocide in Gaza

Published 16 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
"All States are under a legal obligation to use all means that are reasonably available to them to stop the genocide in Gaza", the commission states.
4 minute read
Editorial Staff
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An independent UN commission concludes that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

The commission has investigated events since October 7, 2023, and finds that Israeli authorities have fulfilled four of five criteria for genocide under the Genocide Convention.

These acts include killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting living conditions calculated to bring about the group’s physical destruction in whole or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent births.

— The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza. It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention, says Navi Pillay, the commission’s chair.

According to the commission, statements by Israeli civilian and military authorities, together with the actions of Israeli security forces, show that the genocidal acts have been committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group.

— The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza, continues Pillay.

The commission also finds that Israel has failed to prevent and punish genocide by not investigating genocidal acts and prosecuting suspected perpetrators.

Extensive evidence base

The report is based on the commission’s previous investigations as well as facts and legal findings related to Israeli forces’ attacks in Gaza and Israeli authorities’ actions from October 7, 2023, to July 31, 2025.

To establish genocidal acts, the commission examined Israeli military operations in Gaza, including the killing and serious injuring of an unprecedented number of Palestinians, total siege and blockade of humanitarian aid leading to starvation, systematic destruction of health and education systems, systematic sexual and gender-based violence, direct attacks on children, systematic attacks on religious and cultural sites, and disregard for International Court of Justice orders.

To establish genocidal intent, the commission applied the “only reasonable inference” standard established by the International Court of Justice in the Bosnia v. Serbia case. The commission analyzed statements by Israeli authorities and concluded that these constitute direct evidence of genocidal intent.

By analyzing the actions of Israeli authorities and security forces in Gaza, including the imposition of starvation and inhumane living conditions on Palestinians, the commission found that genocidal intent was the only reasonable conclusion that could be drawn from the nature of the operations.

— Israel has flagrantly disregarded the orders for provisional measures from the International Court of Justice and warnings from Member States, UN offices, human rights organisations and civil society groups, and continued the strategy of destruction of the Palestinians in Gaza, says Pillay.

— The Commission finds that the Israeli authorities had no intention to change their course of actions. On the contrary, Israeli authorities have persisted and continued with their genocidal campaign in Gaza for almost two years now, she continues.

Names Netanyahu and Herzog

The commission states that the State of Israel bears responsibility for failing to prevent genocide, for committing genocide, and for failing to punish the perpetrators of genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The report specifically mentions that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have incited genocide and that Israeli authorities failed to take action against them to punish this incitement.

The commission urges Israel to immediately cease the genocide in Gaza and fully implement the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures orders. Israel must end its starvation policy, lift the siege, and ensure unimpeded access for large-scale humanitarian aid.

Demands on the international community

The commission recommends that member states stop the transfer of weapons and other equipment that could be used for genocidal acts to Israel, ensure that individuals and companies within their territories do not contribute to genocide or incitement to genocide, and take accountability measures through investigations and legal proceedings against individuals or companies directly or indirectly involved in the genocide.

— The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity, says Pillay.

— Every day of inaction costs lives and erodes the credibility of the international community. All States are under a legal obligation to use all means that are reasonably available to them to stop the genocide in Gaza, she concludes.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/world/israeli-supreme-court-rules-it-is-illegal-to-starve-palestinian-prisoners/

World

Israeli Supreme Court rules it is illegal to starve Palestinian prisoners

The genocide in Gaza

Published 9 September 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu with Israeli troops. Under his leadership, at least 61 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war began.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

In a highly unusual decision, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government has violated the law by starving Palestinian prisoners.

The court now orders authorities to immediately improve food supply in prisons – a decision that Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vehemently opposes.

It is extremely rare for Israel’s Supreme Court to take a stand against the government’s violations against Palestinians, but on Sunday came a unanimous decision. The Israeli government has deprived Palestinian prisoners of even the most basic food supply and thereby violates the law, the court ruled.

The court establishes that authorities have a legal obligation to provide Palestinian prisoners with three meals a day to ensure “a basic level of existence”.

“We are not speaking here of comfortable living or luxury, but of the basic conditions of survival as required by law. Let us not share in the ways of our worst enemies”, the judges write in their decision.

61 dead in custody

Since the war against Gaza began in October 2023, at least 61 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody. In March, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy died in prison from what doctors assessed was likely starvation.

Thousands of Palestinians have been imprisoned without charges for alleged connections to militant groups. Those who have been released have testified about brutal conditions with overcrowding, minimal food rations, inadequate healthcare, and scabies outbreaks.

Two Israeli human rights organizations, ACRI and Gisha, describe in their complaint to the court that the government is conducting a “systematic policy” to starve Palestinian prisoners.

Ben-Gvir rages against the ruling

The leader of the Jewish Power party and Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is responsible for the prison system, reacted with fury to the court ruling.

The far-right minister, who has consistently advocated ethnic cleansing and expulsion of the entire Palestinian population, questioned the judges’ loyalty to Israel.

“Are you from Israel?” he asked the judges and accused the Supreme Court of defending Hamas “to our disgrace” while Israeli hostages in Gaza receive no help.

“Turned prisons into torture camps”

Ben-Gvir has previously boasted about worsening conditions for Palestinian security prisoners to the absolute minimum. He promised on Sunday that the policy of “the most minimal conditions stipulated by law” would continue unchanged, despite the court’s decision.

Human rights organization ACRI demands that authorities immediately implement the ruling. In a statement, the organization says that those responsible for Israel’s prison system have “turned Israeli prisons into torture camps”.

“A state must not starve people. People must not starve people — no matter what they have done”, the organization states.

Editorial Staff
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