<article data-history-node-id="448096" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-defence-chief-threatens-evacuate-one-million-palestinians-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-defence-chief-threatens-evacuate-one-million-palestinians-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel defence chief threatens to evacuate one million Palestinians from Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has threatened to force about a million people in Gaza City to flee south if an Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped, citing what he called “various intentions and intelligence”.</p> <p>Katz made the remarks at an annual memorial ceremony for Israeli soldiers killed in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.</p> <p>“In light of various intentions and intelligence, I warn the terror organisation and its supporters, from Iran to Erdogan: if even one Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped, the entire Gaza City’s… one million residents will be evacuated southward,” Katz said.</p> <p>The threat comes as Israeli forces continue their military operations in Gaza and as the country prepares for elections next month.</p> <p>Katz has made a series of increasingly genocidal statements in recent weeks.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinian children walk to school past the rubble of a destroyed building as the academic year begins in Bureij, central Gaza, 19 September 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9be58157-69e6-4330-a015-7a783f1315cc" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestinian%20children%20walk%20to%20school%20past%20the%20rubble%20of%20a%20destroyed%20building%20as%20the%20academic%20year%20begins%20in%20Bureij%2C%20central%20Gaza%2C%2019%20September%202026%20%28Eyad%20Baba%20AFP%29.jpg" width="1440" height="810" alt="Palestinian children walk to school past the rubble of a destroyed building as the academic year begins in Bureij, central Gaza, 19 September 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinian children walk to school past the rubble of a destroyed building as the academic year begins in Bureij, central Gaza, 19 September 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Irish people demand accountability for those who profess to understand our history and trauma. Ed Sheeran failed

Orangemen banned from nationalist area for almost 30 years

Far-right leader Tommy Robinson has called a demonstration in central London on 16th May - the same day as the annual march commemorating the Palestine Nakba or 'catastrophe'. Scandalously, the Metropolitan Police have allowed Tommy Robinson the whole of Whitehall, Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square, while refusing to give the Palestine movement their route, officially requested before Xmas 2025. Take action by emailing Met Police Commissioner Mark Rowley and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

A pro-Israel Labour MP has been cancelled by parents protesting his visit to the secondary school their children attend, Skawkbox has more

<article data-history-node-id="431617" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ex-un-official-decries-resolution-backing-gaza-force-colonial-outrage" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ex-un-official-decries-resolution-backing-gaza-force-colonial-outrage" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A former senior UN human rights official has denounced the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution backing a US plan for foreign forces and governance in Gaza, calling it a “colonial outrage”.</p> <p>Craig Mokhiber, former director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), described the vote as a “day of shame” for the UN and accused governments worldwide of being “on their knees before the US empire and its violent Israeli client”.</p> <p>He criticised the "horrific" resolution as a violation of international law.</p> <p>“This proposal has been rejected by Palestinian civil society and factions, as well as by defenders of human rights and international law everywhere,” Mokhiber said on X.</p> <p>He concluded: “The struggle for Palestinian freedom will continue undeterred.”</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-un-official-slams-security-council-adoption-trump-gaza-plan-colonial-outrage">Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/063_2246644332%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=qrKxanZu"></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="431239" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-october-marked-highest-number-israeli-settler-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-agency-says-october-marked-highest-number-israeli-settler-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">October marks highest number of Israeli settler attacks since records began</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The&nbsp;United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a report saying that&nbsp;October marked the highest number of settler attacks&nbsp; in a single month in the West Bank since records began.</p> <p>The agency has been tracking settler attacks since 2006.&nbsp;</p> <p>Accxording to the report, more than 260 Israeli settler attacks took place in the West Bank in October.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and Arab and Muslim majority countries in a move aimed at boosting the initiative that was a hallmark of President Donald Trump’s first administ...

<article data-history-node-id="431188" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/i-saw-death-arab-bus-drivers-israel-fear-their-lives-amid-football-fan" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/i-saw-death-arab-bus-drivers-israel-fear-their-lives-amid-football-fan" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'I saw death': Arab bus drivers in Israel fear for their lives amid football fan violence</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Drivers and labour representatives told Middle East Eye that they were seeing a recurring pattern in Jerusalem's Malha area, close to Beitar Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium, with chants and jeering regularly escalating into spitting, threats and beatings.</p> <p>Majid Mabrouk, a senior representative of the drivers' union, said that the pattern had become so entrenched that workers dread working match days.</p> <p>"What happens there is blatant racism against Arabs," he told MEE.&nbsp;</p> <p>"It starts with shouts of 'Death to Arabs!' and 'Go to Gaza!' and then it becomes spitting, insults and physical assault. It has become routine."</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/arab-bus-drivers-fear-their-lives-israel-football-fan-violence">Read more:&nbsp;'I saw death': Arab bus drivers in Israel fear for their lives amid football fan violence</a></h3> <div alt="Beitar Jerusalem" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6f768861-2075-46be-b7d1-99afa63d8ee9" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-beitar-jerusalem-fans-attend-training-session-11-dec-2020-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Beitar Jerusalem" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>

A Palestinian flag is expected to fly at City Hall later this month, a Sinn Fein councillor has said.

A big question for the incoming president is how she can reconcile her radical anti-establishment politics with a position as first citizen

<article data-history-node-id="430520" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/forensic-tests-confirm-torture-bodies-54-palestinians-bodies-returned" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/forensic-tests-confirm-torture-bodies-54-palestinians-bodies-returned" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Forensic tests confirm torture on bodies of 54 Palestinians returned by Israel, says Gaza officials</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that 54 bodies of Palestinian bodies, previously held by Israeli forces, will be laid to rest after being returned bearing clear signs of torture.</p> <p>According to the statement, the Israeli occupation handed over the bodies with visible evidence of abuse. Official forensic examinations confirmed that the deceased had been subjected to brutal violations while in Israeli custody.</p> <p>Gaza authorities condemned these acts, describing them as "horrific crimes," and called on international organisations to pursue justice. The statement urged global institutions to hold those responsible for these "massacres" accountable under international law.</p> </div> </div> </article>

UK court to hear challenge to the pro-Palestine group&#039;s ban under &#039;anti-terrorism&#039; laws after government loses appeal.

<article data-history-node-id="430421" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-school-west-bank-shelling-gaza-continues" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-storm-school-west-bank-shelling-gaza-continues" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers storm school in West Bank as shelling in Gaza continues</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli settlers on Monday stormed a school in Khirbet Ibziq, north of Tubas, Wafa news agency reported.&nbsp;As per the report, the head of Ibziq village council, Abdul Majeed Khdeirat, said settlers were under the protection of Israeli soldiers.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, Israeli forces fired artillery in areas east of Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera reported.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>