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French-Israeli academic Eva Illouz denied top prize over ‘anti-Israel ideology’

Renowned sociologist Eva Illouz has been disqualified from receiving the Israel Prize, the country’s top cultural award, over her past support for a petition asking the International Criminal Court to investigate possible war crimes in Gaza, in a move cr

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Forbidden Stories: 'Journalism is so crucial during conflict: War crimes can multiply with impunity'

Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023, sparked by the Palestinian militant group's most deadly attack on Israel since 1948, 173 journalists and media professionals have been killed in the Gaza Strip. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF

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Yesterday

Egypt sees encouraging signs in Gaza ceasefire talks, sources say

Israel sent positive signals to mediator Egypt over a potential renewed ceasefire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, security sources said on Thursday, after Israel renewed its offensive in the enclave at the fallout of the original truce on March 18.

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US, France are 'guarantors of ceasefire deal', Lebanese President Joseph Aoun says

On the eve of his first visit to France and his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24. He discussed the conditions imposed by Paris on the holding of a conference in supp

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Israeli parliament passes law expanding political control of judicial appointments

Israel's parliament on Thursday approved a controversial judicial reform law that increases political control over judicial appointments by a vote of 67 in favour and one against. The opposition boycotted the vote and several parties immediately filed an

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Wednesday, march 26, 2025

Rebrand: Europe’s far right in Jerusalem for conference on anti-Semitism

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella landed in Israel on Wednesday for the start of the two-day International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem. It’s the first time that the far-right National Rally has been invited to speak at the eve

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Europe's far right in Jerusalem as 'new friends' of Israel

European politicians from the far right are gathering in Israel for a conference on anti-Semitism this week, sealing an alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government that would have been unthinkable in the past. Meanwhile demonstrators gat

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Tuesday, march 25, 2025

Hundreds of Palestinians rally against Hamas in Gaza, demanding end to war with Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians protested in northern Gaza on Tuesday, demanding an end to the war with Israel and chanting anti-Hamas slogans, witnesses said. The crowd, mostly men, shouted "Hamas out!" and "Hamas terrorists" in Beit Lahia.

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Israel says Al Jazeera journalist it killed in Gaza was Hamas 'sniper'

Israel on Tuesday said it had killed an Al Jazeera employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing the journalist, Hussam Shabat, of being a "sniper terrorist" for Hamas. The network said Shabat was killed Monday in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza

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Turkish court jails journalists covering Istanbul protests, France expresses 'deep concern'

Critics of Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest continued their defiance Wednesday despite a growing crackdown on protests and the arrest of nearly 1,500 people. France on Wednesday voiced concern over the detention of seven journalists, inc

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Palestinians protest against Hamas, Oscar-winning director Ballal is released

Hundreds of mostly male Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. Israeli police released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday, afte

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Amid Riyadh ceasefire talks, Russia continues attacking Ukraine's civilian, energy infrastructure

Washington and Kyiv held brief talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a day after hours of US-Russia negotiations on halting the fighting in Ukraine ended without any breakthroughs announced. US President Donald Trump is pushing for a rapid end to Russia's in

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Monday, march 24, 2025

Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker beaten by Israeli settlers released from detention

Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal and two others have been released by Israel, a day after he was badly beaten by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Witnesses say settlers stormed the village of Susiy

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Pushing effort to sack security chief, Netanyahu alleges anti-government plot

Israel's prime minister, pushing to dismiss internal security chief Ronen Bar, alleged on Monday there had been an attempt to bring down his government after Israeli media reported Bar's agency, Shin Bet, spent months probing far-right infiltration of th

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Turkey detains 1,100 protesters and several journalists after Erdogan rival arrested

Officials said on Monday that Turkish police have detained several journalists and more than 1,100 citizens who protested against the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Erdogan's main political rival. The arrest has drawn international co

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Imprisoned Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival Ekrem Imamoglu named presidential candidate

Turkey's main opposition party on Monday officially nominated deposed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as its presidential candidate for 2028. The announcement came after Imamoglu – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival – spent his first nig

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Explosions heard over Jerusalem as IDF says it intercepted missile fired from Yemen

Air raid sirens and explosions were heard over Jerusalem on Monday evening after the Israeli military said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen. Yemen's Houthi rebels have fired a handful of long-range missiles at Israel since Israeli forces

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Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser hospital kills five including Hamas official

Israel’s military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza on Sunday night. The airstrike killed five people including a Hamas official, wounded others and caused a large fire, the territory's Health Ministry said.

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Sunday, march 23, 2025

Political upheaval in Turkey: Istanbul mayor Imamoglu arrested and deposed

A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence ear

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Israeli cabinet moves to remove attorney general

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's cabinet on Sunday approved a motion of no confidence on the attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara in its latest move against officials deemed hostile to the government. The move came after the attorney general warned tha

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Opposition primaries: Voter turnout likely high following Istanbul mayor's arrest

Sunday's voter turnout is likely to be high as Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People's Party, held a primary election for the 2028 presidential vote, FRANCE 24’s Jasper Mortimer said, citing the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as

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Israel launches new wave of strikes on Lebanon despite ceasefire

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Lebanon in response to a rocket attack from across the border on Saturday, as militant group Hezbollah denied responsibility for the launch. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Ka

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Israeli army calls for Gazans to evacuate after resuming strikes

Israel's military pressed ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, urging Palestinians to flee an offensive in Rafah city nearly a week into a renewed assault on the Hamas-ruled territory. The latest evacuation warning follows a deadly flare-up

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Israeli opposition calls for general strike as Netanyahu seeks to oust security chief

Israel's opposition leader on Saturday called for a general strike if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu refuses to obey a Supreme Court decision freezing the government's dismissal of the internal security chief. If the government "decides to disobey the

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Turkish court jails Istanbul mayor Imamoglu pending trial

A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence ear

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Israeli cabinet approves no-confidence motion against attorney general

Israel's cabinet approved a no-confidence motion against attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara on Sunday in its latest move against officials deemed hostile to the government. It marked a step towards her potential dismissal, which must be approved by the

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Israel targets southern Gaza with strikes, orders Palestinians to evacuate Rafah

Israeli strikes across the southern Gaza Strip killed at least 26 Palestinians overnight into Sunday, including a Hamas political leader and several women and children. The military sent ground troops into part of the southern city of Rafah as thousands

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Saturday, march 22, 2025

Protests against Netanyahu surge amid attempt to fire security chief

Since Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Natanyahu's attempt to fire security chief Ronen Bar – despite a court ruling against the move – regular protests against the Israeli leader are growing "and they are being joined by major forces in Israeli society",

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Israeli court freezes Netanyahu's bid to oust internal security chief

Israel's attorney general said on Friday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cannot name a new internal security chief, following a supreme court decision freezing the government's bid to oust him. The unprecedented move to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen B

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Gazans resort to burning books for fuel amid spiralling humanitarian crisis

Palestinians are resorting to burning books in Gaza for fuel amid a spiralling humanitarian crisis after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas broke off. Israel had already cut off the supply of food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Gaza’s roughly 2 million

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Israel launches deadly strike on Lebanon in retaliation for rocket attack

Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing two, including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah almost four months ago. The rockets fired from

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Israel launches fresh waves of strikes on Lebanon in response to rocket fire

Israel launched deadly strikes on Lebanon on Saturday in response to six rockets fired into Israeli territory, which the militant group Hezbollah denied launching. The group said Israel's accusations were a pretext "for its continued attacks on Lebanon".

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Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Lebanon amid ceasefire

Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, in the heaviest exchange of fire since the ceasefire. Earlier, rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel for the second time since December, sparking concern about whether t

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest sparks mass protests

After his third night in custody, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was to appear before prosecutors Saturday, just hours after hundreds of thousands hit the streets across Turkey in a massive show of defiance. It was the third straight night that protesters

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Netanyahu orders strikes on ‘terror targets’ in Lebanon

The Israeli military said it conducted strikes in neighbouring Lebanon on Saturday after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to “act forcefully” against Hezbollah targets. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has

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Erdogan likely to win another term if Imamoglu removed from elections, expert says

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was arrested this week on suspicion of corruption, has been the “most viable candidate against President Erdogan”, said Guney Yildiz, visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, adding that Imamoglu is also the o

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Friday, march 21, 2025

Israeli forces advance further into Gaza and destroy its only cancer hospital

The Israeli military said its forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialised cancer hospital in the war-torn territory. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday that his country would carry out operations in Gaza “w

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Women in Syria: Could the future be female?

In a special edition, we focus on Syria, a nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration, laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. This after his

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Hundreds of thousands march in support of arrested Istanbul mayor, defying Erdogan

Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul on Friday in support of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan's chief political rival – who was detained on Wednesday, just days before he was to be formally named as a candidate in Turkey's 2028 president

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Exclusive: Syria's Latakia province reels after massacre of Alawites

Our Syria correspondents travelled to the country's western coastal province of Latakia, which was the scene of the shocking massacre of civilians from the Alawite minority between March 7 and 9. They bring us this exclusive report.

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Two French nationals 'seriously injured' in strike on UN buildings in Gaza

Israel's military said on Friday that it had killed the head of Hamas' military intelligence, Osama Tabash, in southern Gaza on Thursday. The IDF said Tabash was also the head of the militant group's surveillance and targeting unit. The announcement came

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Israeli government dismisses Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar over 'lack of trust'

The Israeli government on Friday sacked Ronen Bar, the head of its Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, "unanimously" approving a proposal put forward by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Poor relations between Bar and Netanyahu originating be

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Netanyahu says government ‘will decide’ new intel chief, ignoring court freeze

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted on Friday that "the government of Israel will decide" who heads the domestic security agency Shin Bet. The statement on X did not mention the decision of the court and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who sa

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Thursday, march 20, 2025

Did the Israeli army drop leaflets into Gaza warning of Trump's 'forced displacement' plan?

ABC News, Haaretz and other media outlets reported on March 20 that the IDF dropped leaflets into Gaza with disturbing messaging to Palestinians in the war-torn enclave, warning that "the world map will not change if all the people of Gaza cease to exist

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US empowering Israel's most hard-right wing as IDF resumes operations

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Dr H.A. Hellyer, Senior Fellow in Geopolitics and International Security at the Royal United Services Institute about the war in Gaza and the resumption of military operations by the IDF. He says that the US administr

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Israel expands Gaza ground offensive into Rafah as missiles intercepted

Israel's military on Thursday said it had resumed its ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip while continuing activity in other parts of the enclave. This comes after reporting it had intercepted missiles from Yemen and Hamas militants said they had

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In West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, Israelis and Palestinians unite against settlers

Located in the southern West Bank, the village of Masafer Yatta was made famous by the film "No Other Land", which won the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film. The movie, the joint brainchild of Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra and Israeli direc

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'Netanyahu is seen as acting with complete malfeasance to protect his personal interests alone'

A coalition of hostage families and protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's moves against the judiciary and parts of the security establishment is coming together again after war returned this week to Gaza. For in-depth analysis an

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'The world is no longer buying Netanyahu’s rhetoric': Papers react to Israel's renewed bombardment

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, March 20: The papers in the Arabic world react with anger as Israel resumes its bombardment of Gaza, although many of the Israeli dailies defend the move. Elsewhere, several candidates vie to be the new president of the Internati

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Thousands protest outside Netanyahu's home over 'anti-democratic' policies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday sacked Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, the country's domestic intelligence agency – a culmination of increasingly strained relations between the two. Thousands rallied outside Netanyahu's private resid

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'Erdogan trying to play a bigger role internationally but he's not reliable, nor is he predictable'

Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and terrorism allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated "coup". For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, F

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Wednesday, march 19, 2025

Israel-Hamas: Back to war? Over 400 Palestinians killed and fears for Israeli hostages

Israel is bringing the war back to the people of the Gaza Strip, notably launching a ground operation to take back control of the Netzarim Corridor. This follows the extensive bombardment of March 18, in which more than 400 Palestinians lost their lives.

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Israelis take to streets in anger as Netanyahu resumes air strikes on Gaza

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Jerusalem on Wednesday to call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to end the war on the Gaza Strip and return the hostages. Israel resumed a series of deadly air strikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave o

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Israel begins 'limited ground operation' in northern Gaza after massive strikes

The Israeli military on Wednesday said it launched a "limited ground operation" in northern Gaza to retake part of the Netzarim Corridor, which bisects the Gaza Strip. The operation comes after the Israeli military denied carrying out an air strike on a

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Tuesday, march 18, 2025

Future negotiations with Hamas 'will take place only under fire', says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that overnight air strikes across Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinian women and children, were "only the beginning" and that Israel would not stop fighting until it had achieved all of its war aims

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'I wish I could be more hopeful, but I'm not', conflict mediator says after airstrikes on Gaza

FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Oliver McTernan, Director at Forward Thinking, about the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. He says that this month is crucial for the political survival of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and a return to war in G

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Netanyahu warns Hamas Israeli strikes on Gaza 'only the beginning'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a wave of deadly overnight strikes on Gaza was "only the beginning" of Israeli action in the Palestinian territory. Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 4

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A game of political survival: Netanyahu’s personal vendetta against Shin Bet chief

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced this weekend that he was seeking to dismiss the top brass of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, he claimed that it was down to a lack of trust in bureau chief Ronen Bar, and to clear out offic

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Families urge Netanyahu to 'stop the killing' of Gaza hostages as Israeli launches deadly airstrikes

The families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials on Tuesday of having planned the "explosion" of the ceasefire struck with Hamas in January, even at the cost of sacrificing their f

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Fresh Israeli strikes in Gaza are 'only the beginning', says Netanyahu

In a recorded statement broadcast on national television, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday’s air strikes in Gaza are “only the beginning” and that all ceasefire negotiations will take place “under fire". Netanyahu added that Israel

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