Nitzan Alon says 'political and personal considerations' prevented signing of hostage deal, says Israel 'could and should have shortened the war,' prevented deaths on both sides

TEHRAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin is not alone in saying that Iran’s resilience in the war with the United States and Israel has surprised the world. From a former head of Britain’s MI6 to sen...

Israeli forces target areas across Gaza, with residents and displaced Palestinians among those affected | Anadolu

Pro-Palestine groups hail a 'major breakthrough' after the Royal College of Nursing ends its commercial partnership with leading pharmaceutical firm Teva

This month’s polling breakdown is being written shortly after Andy Burnham’s big speech to Labour’s annual conference. One of the cornerstones of which was his announcement of a Na

<article data-history-node-id="448595" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-condemns-israels-treatment-palestinian-prisoners" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-condemns-israels-treatment-palestinian-prisoners" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">UN condemns Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Deputy head of UN Human Rights in Palestine Neil Tobin said on Wednesday that, as of September 2026, more than 9,000 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons.</p> <p>Speaking at the 63rd session of the Human Rights Council, Tobin said a third of Palestinians in Israeli prisons are being held under administrative detention, while more than 1,000 from Gaza are detained as "unlawful combatants", also a form of administrative detention.</p> <p>"The routine use of administrative detention – on security grounds without criminal charge or trial - continues to expose Palestinian detainees to prolonged arbitrary deprivation of liberty, torture and other ill-treatment and enforced disappearance,"&nbsp;Tobin was quoted as saying in a post on X.</p> <p>Tobin said the situation has deteriorated since October 2023, citing 92 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody, including 17-year-old Walid al-Basha, who died in an Israeli prison in March 2025 with severe signs of starvation.</p> <p>“Unless and until each death is the subject of an investigation that meets international standards and disproves allegations of wrongdoing, Israel remains responsible for every single death in custody,” Tobin added.</p> <p>He called for “regular and unhindered access by independent monitoring bodies with confidential access” to all Palestinian detainees, and for the release of all Palestinians held arbitrarily in Israeli prisons.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">"The reality for Palestinian detainees is horrific. As of September 2026, Israel held 9,329 Palestinian prisoners, among them about one third are under administrative detention, and 1,393 Palestinians, most of them from Gaza, detained as “unlawful combatants”, also a form of…</p> — UN Human Rights Palestine (@OHCHR_Palestine) <a href="https://x.com/OHCHR_Palestine/status/2105300925858394451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="448591" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-says-unprecedented-level-israeli-settler-violence-cannot-be" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/switzerland-says-unprecedented-level-israeli-settler-violence-cannot-be" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Switzerland says ‘unprecedented level’ of Israeli settler violence 'cannot be tolerated'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Switzerland's Ministry of Foriegn Affairs condemned Israeli settler violence on Wednesday following an attack on the village of Jalud by around 100 settlers the day before.</p> <p>"The unprecedented level of settler violence cannot be tolerated," the foriegn office wrote in a post on X, adding that "Israel must protect Palestinian civilians and bring those responsible to justice".</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://x.com/hashtag/WestBank?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WestBank</a> | The unprecedented level of settler violence cannot be tolerated.<a href="https://x.com/hashtag/Switzerland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Switzerland</a> condemns yesterday's attack on the village of Jalud by around 100 settlers.<br> <br> Israel must protect Palestinian civilians and bring those responsible to justice.</p> — Swiss MFA (@SwissMFA) <a href="https://x.com/SwissMFA/status/2105314748313284899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

Reform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave...

Composed of interviews with 24 anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, the documentary NAZA is a haunting exposé of the tools that the Israeli military uses to carry out the remote killi...

Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’

Editorial: Bill payers should not fund another rescue for financiers of the water industry. Public ownership can end the cycle of extraction and failure

The Bank has predicted that inflation will increase to around 3.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of this year and 4.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2027.

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population