Schemes to forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza are not being promoted by fringe voices. But the international community continues to avert its eyes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

🇮🇱 NEW: The bullying of a Palestinian child by Israeli soldiers has drawn massive outrage on social media.

The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

<article data-history-node-id="445096" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/london-council-set-cut-haifa-ties-over-israels-apartheid-against" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/london-council-set-cut-haifa-ties-over-israels-apartheid-against" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">London council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Green-led London council in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">UK&nbsp;</a>is set to end the borough of Hackney’s 56-year twinning agreement with the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;city of Haifa over Israel’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupation</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/palestine-48" target="_blank">apartheid&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide&nbsp;</a>against&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a>.</p> <p>Following a campaign and protests by thousands in the last few years, councillors will finally vote on the proposal on Tuesday, fulfilling a Green Party election&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hackneygreens.org.uk/manifesto" target="_blank">promise&nbsp;</a>to sever relations with Haifa.</p> <p>The party took control of the north London council in May and holds 42 of its 57 seats, making the measure almost certain to pass.</p> <p>Palestine solidarity groups have spent years pressing Hackney’s previous Labour administration to terminate the partnership, established in 1968. Pressure intensified after Israel began its genocide in Gaza in October 2023.</p> <p>Campaigners have also demanded that the council divest its pension fund from companies connected to Israel’s military and occupation.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="London council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-london-council-set-cut-haifa-ties-over-apartheid-palestinians">London council set to cut Haifa ties over Israel's apartheid against Palestinians</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/crop_16_9/public/images-story/000_33Y93YX.jpg.jpg?itok=2V2b74kn"></p> </div> </div> </article>

Las entradas sin costo por parejas podrán reservarse desde el 29 de julio mediante un formulario online, pero quienes no consigan cupo podrán adquirirlas en cada milonga según la disponibilidad.

US private equity firm TPG has bought Optum UK, including EMIS, the software behind millions of NHS GP records, prompting demands for scrutiny from doctors, MPs and campaigners over data security and ...

El director del CEPA Hernán Letcher dijo que para solucionarlo, el gobierno debería subir los salarios. “Es la solución más difícil porque el gobierno insiste con que ese no es el problema”, lamentó en Radio 750.

<article data-history-node-id="445119" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-political-process-cannot-succeed-while-gaza-remains-devastated" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-political-process-cannot-succeed-while-gaza-remains-devastated" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN: Political process cannot succeed while Gaza remains devastated, violence escalates in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations warned on Tuesday that a political process cannot succeed while Israeli forces continue to devastate Gaza and escalate violence in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>Deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov stated in&nbsp;a UN Security Council (UNSC) briefing that “Gaza’s reconstruction cannot be sustained in the absence of a political process. Similarly, a political process cannot succeed while Gaza remains devastated, violence escalates in the West Bank, Palestinian institutions remain divided, and security conditions continue to deteriorate.”</p> <p>Alakbarov, who visited Gaza earlier this month, warned that “the increase in Israeli airstrikes and the expansion of territory under the Israeli military’s control continues to increase pressure on the population in Gaza, which is now confined to around a third of Gaza,”&nbsp;while attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank&nbsp;“have persisted at alarming levels”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="445119" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-political-process-cannot-succeed-while-gaza-remains-devastated" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-political-process-cannot-succeed-while-gaza-remains-devastated" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN: political process cannot succeed while Gaza remains devastated, violence escalates in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The United Nations warned on Tuesday that a political process cannot succeed while Israeli forces continue to devastate Gaza and escalate violence in the occupied West Bank.</p> <p>Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov stated in&nbsp;a UN Security Council (Unsc) briefing that “Gaza’s reconstruction cannot be sustained in the absence of a political process. Similarly, a political process cannot succeed while Gaza remains devastated, violence escalates in the West Bank, Palestinian institutions remain divided, and security conditions continue to deteriorate.”</p> <p>Alakbarov, who visited Gaza earlier this month, warned that “the increase in Israeli airstrikes and the expansion of territory under the Israeli military’s control continues to increase pressure on the population in Gaza, which is now confined to around a third of Gaza,”&nbsp;while attacks on Palestinians in the West bank&nbsp;“have persisted at alarming levels.”</p> </div> </div> </article>

The suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Grieving Palestinian people bid a sorrowful farewell to a woman and a child who are both killed by the israelis in Gaza over the last few hours https://t.co/saVMmOBDfj

BREAKING: "Greater Israel" is now marketed in London. Like in Montreal and in New York. Apartheid without borders. P.S. This explains why criticism of Israel is being restricted (and "anti-antisemiti...

Footage appears to contradict Israeli military’s account of killing of seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in West Bank

MP Melanie Ward calls on Charity Commission to look into 32 organisations she says have given at least £28m

Whilst the @NHS is contemplating a ban on its staff wearing anything that shows humanitarian solidarity with Palestinians... ... it continues to be ok with employing staff who actively took part in what the UN, human rights organisations & legal scholars describe as #genocide. https://t.co/a87OHJj7hc

Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brink

@swilkinsonbc @HussainShafiei But this piece of filth can carry on working for the NHS https://t.co/LTeUAMhTG3

Evening @jamesmurray_ldn How’s your day been? Progress report please on where you’re up to with the child killer Eastland Staveley working in our NHS I’ve heard he’s working from home triaging patients. Any of the patients babies? I’ll check in tomorrow https://t.co/r1G3dmBR68

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

Get holocaust-supporting Staveley suspended NOW, @gmcuk.

“It’s sad, it’s a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.

Trump and his allies have so undermined the US government that we need a new vocabulary to describe them

Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

El hospital Sirio-Libanés de San Pablo informó al presidente brasileño se le iniciará un “tratamiento complementario con radioterapia superficial preventiva”. El pasado 24 de abril le retiraron una lesión basocelular.

The plan has sparked fears that regional and international actors are seeking to sideline Jordan's role in Jerusalem in favour of a new arrangement closely aligned with Israeli interests

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

Hi @jamesmurray_ldn Thought I’d let you settle in to your new role as Health Secretary. I repeatedly asked your predecessor @wesstreeting what action is being taken regarding Dr Eastland Staveley He failed to answer Perhaps you’ll do better I’ll check in again tmrw 🙂 https://t.co/HpBwZnPre0

<article data-history-node-id="440733" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/countries-condemn-israeli-ministers-treatment-gaza-flotilla-activists" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/countries-condemn-israeli-ministers-treatment-gaza-flotilla-activists" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Countries condemn Israeli minister's treatment of Gaza flotilla activists</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel faced mounting international criticism after its national security minister released a video showing detained Gaza flotilla activists kneeling with their hands bound following the interception of aid vessels in international waters.</p> <p>Here are some national and international reactions to the footage:</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>European Council</strong> President Antonio Costa said he was "appalled" by Ben Gvir's treatment of aid flotilla members attempting to enter Gaza.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Britain</strong> summoned Israel's charge&nbsp;d'affaires over the video, with its foreign ministry saying the content "violates the most basic standards of respect and dignity for people."</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Italy</strong>'s government said that Israel's treatment of flotilla activists was unacceptable and that it would summon the Israeli ambassador for an explanation.&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Spain</strong>'s&nbsp;Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the images were unacceptable and said Spain "will not tolerate anyone mistreating our citizens." Sanchez added that his government would push for Spain's ban on Ben-Gvir entering the country to be urgently extended across the European Union.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>France'</strong>s&nbsp;Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said he had summoned the Israeli ambassador after the video emerged, calling Ben Gvir's actions "unacceptable."&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Iran</strong>’s foreign ministry spokesman condemned the video images, saying they recalled “the darkest echoes of history” and said Western silence over what he called occupation, apartheid and genocide risked normalising “lawlessness and atrocity.”</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Poland</strong>'s foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, said he had summoned&nbsp;the Israeli charge d'affaires over the detention of the activists, demanding their immediate release and an apology.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Ireland</strong>'s&nbsp;Foreign Minister Helen McEntee said: "We have raised in no uncertain terms the horror and dissatisfaction at the way in which our citizens have been treated."</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Greece</strong> urged Israel to release its detained nationals.</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Canada</strong> said it would summon the Israeli ambassador in protest at the video, described by Foreign Minister Anita Anand as "deeply troubling and absolutely unacceptable."&nbsp;</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>The Netherlands</strong> will summon Israel's ambassador over its&nbsp;treatment of the activists as the Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said the images were "shocking".</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>US&nbsp;</strong>Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticised Ben Gvir over the treatment of the detained activists, and the minister "betrayed the dignity" of Israel with his handling of the detainees.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>

Ahead of Nakba march, Sara Husseini says many feel they are being treated as suspects rather than victims of mass suffering

Evening @wesstreeting Weather’s been a bit naff today. Still, the garden needed the rain. Anyway enough of the small talk. Have you taken action against this CHILD KILLER working in the British NHS yet? I’ll ask you again tomorrow. And Monday. And everyday. Night night https://t.co/gesOhiPmi6

British Doctor, Eastland Staveley, who endorsed the killing of Palestinian babies, is still licensed to practice When asked: “how many babies have you sniped?” Eastland Staveley replied: “not enough”. Despite public outcry, Staveley remains on the medical register and https://t.co/axNYWQU1bG

Editorial: A landmark ruling set back the right Congress granted – of racial equality in electoral opportunity – to keep Republicans in power

Objection after museum removes word ‘Palestine’ from list of countries of ancient Levant and Egypt and from some explanatory panels