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Yesterday 22:54
By Sahar Dadjoo
Gaza media blackout deepens as Israeli strikes kill five more journalists
TEHRAN – The killing of journalists in Gaza has reached an unprecedented and alarming scale, as highlighted by the recent report from the Palestine Chronicle detailing the deaths of five more journalists in Israeli airstrikes, bringing the confirmed total to at least 219 Palestinian journalists and media workers as of May 19, 2025.
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2025-05-18 22:33
By Amir Hossein Saremi
Growing rift between Trump and Netanyahu
TEHRAN - The tensions between Trump and Netanyahu are growing day by day during Trump’s second presidential term. At the beginning of his presidency, Trump lifted the arms export bans imposed by the Biden administration and provided Netanyahu with the heaviest and most lethal bombs, so they could, as he put it, “finish the job.”
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2025-05-17 22:13
Netanyahu cancels Vatican visit over fears of ICC arrest
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly canceled plans to attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican due to concerns over a possible arrest linked to a pending warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to Israeli media outlet Ynet.
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2025-05-13 22:12
Israel expects 50% of Gazans to flee during full-scale assault
Israel expects half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people to leave as its military prepares an all-out assault in the next few days to defeat Hamas once and for all, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns.
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2025-05-11 22:43
Netanyahu’s messianic government’s priority is to annex West Bank, expel Gazans: Thomas Friedman
NY Times columnist says Netanyahu is not a US friend
TEHRAN - The famous New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says Benjamin Netanyahu’s “ultranationalist” and “messianic” government is not America’s ally.
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2025/05/10
By Mansour Barati
Beyond Netanyahu: Towards a new right in Israel
As Netanyahu's dominance over Israeli politics steadily diminishes, a new political landscape is beginning to emerge in the Zionist right. The era of Netanyahu—a leader whose influence shaped Israel's political scene for over a decade—seems to be drawing to a close.
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2025-05-07 22:48
The West’s shameful silence on Gaza
After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes against Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu is once more preparing to escalate Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
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2025-05-06 20:24
By Farhad Pashavand
Start of internal rupture: Israel on brink of social collapse
TEHRAN - The official approval of a plan for the complete occupation of the Gaza Strip by the cabinet of the Zionist regime has sparked a wave of protest and concern among the families of the hostages.
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2025-05-06 20:23
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s backing for Israel's Gaza strategy dashes last hopes for peace
TEHRAN - President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are walking down a path toward Gaza with a controversial and fateful plan that amounts to smashing not a glass ceiling but the hopes of millions of Palestinians and sculpting the future of the region in a manner that not even its harshest critics could have predicted would be decided under U.S. auspices.
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2025-05-05 23:39
Israel may seize all Gaza in expanded operation, officials say
Israel may seize the Gaza Strip and control aid in an expanded offensive against Hamas that was approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet on Monday, officials said, according to Reuters.
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2025-05-04 23:01
Netanyahu abandons Azerbaijan visit after Turkey denies access to its airspace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to abandon his planned visit to Azerbaijan earlier this week after Turkey refused to allow his plane to enter its airspace, New Arab reported.
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2025-05-04 22:49
By Sahar Dadjoo
Netanyahu’s survival strategy fuels internal revolt
TEHRAN - In a major sign of growing divisions in Israeli society, tens of thousands of citizens are protesting across the country. They are demanding that hostages taken by Hamas in Gaza be brought home quickly. They are also strongly speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership.
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2025-04-30 22:04
Turkey to allow Netanyahu's plane to use its airspace
Turkey will allow the use of its airspace for the plane of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will visit Azerbaijan on May 7, Report News Agency said.
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2025-04-28 22:02
Iran FM blasts Netanyahu’s ‘brazen’ interference in Iran-US diplomacy, vows reciprocal response
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued a scathing rebuke of Israeli regime’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, denouncing the remarks as “detached from reality” and a brazen attempt to sabotage Tehran’s diplomatic engagements.
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2025-04-27 23:02
Ex-Shin Bet chief calls for nonviolent revolt at weekly anti-government rally
Thousands gathered at demonstrations across Israel on Saturday night to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and to call for a deal that would return the remaining 59 hostages and bring an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, Times of Israel reported.
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2025-04-25 22:29
By Sahar Dadjoo
Israel is exempt from accountability for the Gaza war crimes
Israel is now the most hated entity in the world
TEHRAN - As the war in Gaza deepens and regional tensions escalate, the global community faces urgent questions about the failure of diplomacy, the erosion of international law, and the political motivations driving continued violence.
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2025-04-25 22:16
Israeli reservist killed in northern Gaza combat, two wounded
The Israeli military announced Thursday that a tank driver in the 14th Reserve Brigade was killed by sniper fire in the northern Gaza Strip.
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2025-04-25 16:11
Netanyahu, Gaza, and the collapse of international law part 03
Elijah J. Magnier ;correspondent and political analyst
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2025-04-25 16:10
Netanyahu, Gaza, and the collapse of international law part 02
Elijah J. Magnier ;correspondent and political analyst
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2025-04-25 16:08
Netanyahu, Gaza, and the collapse of international law part 01
Elijah J. Magnier ;correspondent and political analyst
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2025-04-22 22:24
Israeli spy chief accuses Netanyahu of demanding illegal operations
Israel’s spy chief has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to fire him for his refusal to commit illegal acts aimed at protecting the leader’s personal and political interests, Al Jazeera reported.
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2025-04-18 22:25
ICC opens inquiry into Hungary for failing to arrest Netanyahu
Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month, Euro News reported.
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2025-04-16 21:59
By Batool Subeiti
The well-balanced arms and diplomacy
LONDON - A military confrontation with Iran remains unlikely for now, but negotiations are expected to be lengthy and complex. Whether the United States continues its talks with Iran or instructs the Israeli occupation entity to initiate a military offensive, in both scenarios, it will be the entity that ultimately bears the cost.
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2025-04-15 22:29
By Sahar Dadjoo
The cultural frontline: Israeli authors call out the human cost of endless war
TEHRAN - The recent petition from hundreds of prominent Israeli literary figures demanding an end to the Gaza war represents a rare public display of dissent by Israel’s cultural elite and a gap in Israeli society over the current conflict and its human costs.
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2025-04-11 21:23
By Sahar Dadjoo
Netanyahu’s crackdown on reservists risks deepening division in Israeli society
TEHRAN - The Gaza war has not only drawn international attention to Israel's military actions but also sparked a rare internal opposition from one of the nation's most elite institutions: the military reservists.
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2025-04-08 21:50
By Sahar Dadjoo
How Trump undercut Netanyahu in one visit
TEHRAN - On April 6, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., for what was billed as a critical meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The visit, hastily arranged following Trump’s imposition of new tariffs on Israeli goods, was intended to address a range of pressing issues, including U.S.-Israel trade relations, the ongoing war in Gaza, the release of prisoners, tensions with Iran, and Israel’s fraught relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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2025-04-07 23:25
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Is Trump-Netanyahu summit geared toward escalation or de-escalation?
BEIRUT — Analysts have focused on the result of the Monday meeting between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, given the convergence of interests between the two men in the next phase.
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2025-04-07 22:49
By Sahar Dadjoo
Diplomatic armor: How Netanyahu uses Washington as a shield
TEHRAN - Netanyahu’s journey to Washington came on the heels of a four-day visit to Hungary, where he was hosted by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a vocal critic of the ICC. Hungary, despite being an EU member and theoretically obligated to enforce ICC warrants, openly defied the court’s authority, allowing Netanyahu to attend without risk of arrest.
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2025-04-06 22:05
‘Netanyahu belongs behind bars, not podiums’, Iran’s embassy condemns Israeli PM’s remarks
TEHRAN – The Iranian Embassy in Hungary has fiercely rejected anti-Iran statements by the Israeli regime’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Budapest, describing them as “baseless” and “hypocritical” given Tel Aviv’s documented record of war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
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2025-04-03 14:41
Hungary decides to withdraw from ICC during Netanyahu visit
Hungary on Thursday announced its intention to withdraw from the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a state visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.