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2026-02-28 18:31
UN: Israel aims to bring 'permanent demographic change' to West Bank and Gaza
Israel's actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating "permanent demographic change", UN rights chief Volker Turk said, Arab News reported.
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2026-02-27 23:16
Israeli airstrikes kill seven Palestinians in Gaza despite declared ceasefire
Gaza health officials reported seven Palestinians killed in new Israeli airstrikes since midnight, as the conflict persists despite a declared ceasefire, Al Mayadeen reported Friday.
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2026-02-27 23:16
American sympathies shift dramatically toward Palestinians per new Gallup poll
New Gallup polling reveals a dramatic shift in American sympathies toward Palestinians, marking the first time support has reached parity after decades of lopsided favor for Israel, AP reported Friday.
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2026-02-27 23:12
By Wesam Bahrani
From denial to doctrine: The Zionist approach to Palestinians
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime’s approach to the Palestinian Nakba has shifted from denying it happened to using indiscriminate force as a deliberate policy tool.
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2026-02-25 16:16
Islamic Jihad: ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza fails to halt Israel’s war
Mohammed al-Hindi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said the proposed Peace Council — officially known as the “Board of Peace” in Gaza — was “a theatrical show” that had failed to stop Israel from continuing a war of genocide in the enclave, Middle East Monitor reported.
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2026-02-23 16:19
Economic catastrophe haunts Gaza during Ramadan
Palestinians in Gaza are observing Ramadan amid a profound economic catastrophe, as Israel maintains strict limitations on food and supplies despite a nominal ceasefire reached in October, Al Jazeera reported Monday.
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2026-02-21 18:10
By Wesam Bahrani
Trump’s “Board of Peace” sparks UN fears
TEHRAN – Concerns are mounting that U.S. President Donald Trump’s new initiative for Gaza could sideline the United Nations and reshape global governance.
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2026-02-20 19:47
By Ranjan Solomon
Governance in the rubble: Why Hamas still holds Gaza
GOA - A recent Reuters investigation citing internal Israeli military assessments offers an unexpected snapshot of post-war Gaza administration - one that complicates the official narrative of Hamas’ dismantlement.
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2026-02-20 17:15
By Wesam Bahrani
Military analysts: Palestinian resistance reposition forces in Gaza
TEHRAN - Reports suggest that the Palestinian resistance has begun quietly redeploying fighters closer to the frontline in Gaza.
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2026-02-20 16:33
Trump’s Gaza Riviera: Repackaging ethnic cleansing as coastal development
TEHRAN – President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is being presented as a bold plan to rebuild Gaza and secure stability after a devastating war. With a $10 billion U.S. pledge and glossy presentations of futuristic cities, luxury hotels and a “Mediterranean Riviera,” the initiative is designed to project power and optimism. But beneath the branding and spectacle lies a project that advances U.S. and Israeli strategic goals while sidelining Palestinian rights and political reality.
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2026-02-18 18:28
Ramadan in Gaza: Palestinians' spirit unbroken despite all hardships
TEHRAN – Ramadan has arrived in Gaza, and as the first crescent moon appeared, people welcomed the holy month with the same devotion felt across the Muslim world. But in Gaza, Ramadan never comes quietly. It arrives under the long shadow of Israel’s occupation and the deep wounds left by years of blockade, bombardment, and displacement. It is a month of prayer and patience, but also a reminder of everything people have endured under Israeli control.
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2026-02-18 18:16
By Wesam Bahrani
Will Netanyahu resume genocidal war on Gaza?
TEHRAN – The Gaza Strip does not appear to be on the brink of a full-scale genocidal war anytime soon.
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2026-02-17 21:04
Indonesia’s role in the Gaza Board of Peace lacks strategic weight: Philippine scholar
Julkipli Wadi says the board is a political masquerade that shields Israeli regional aggression
TEHRAN- Amid growing controversy surrounding Washington’s so-called Gaza “peace plan” and the proposed Board of Peace, questions persist over its real objectives and the role assigned to non-Western actors, including Indonesia. In this interview, Tehran Times speaks with Julkipli Wadi, dean of the Institute of Islamic Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman, one of Southeast Asia’s most respected Islamic scholars.
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2026-02-17 18:24
Major Irish party continues White House boycott over Gaza ‘genocide’
Mary Lou McDonald, president of the Irish republican party Sinn Féin, has confirmed that the party will not attend St Patrick’s Day events at the White House for a second consecutive year, Al Maydeen reported Tuesday.
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2026-02-16 22:49
UN staff and human rights groups defend Francesca Albanese against disinformation
TEHRAN – UN personnel and advocacy groups have rallied in defense of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967.
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2026-02-15 18:37
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza truce fails Palestinian hopes and Israeli goals
TEHRAN – The situation in the Gaza Strip remains volatile, failing to meet the hopes of its residents or the strategic objectives of the occupying Israeli regime.
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2026-02-15 16:28
Israel kills at least ten Palestinians in fresh Gaza ceasefire violations
Israeli forces killed at least ten Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including five in Khan Younis and four in an al-Faluja displacement tent, marking further violations of the October 10 ceasefire, Al Jazeera reported.
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2026-02-14 19:13
Cultural icons and Hamas rally behind UN expert Francesca Albanese
TEHRAN – More than 100 cultural figures, including actors Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem and Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux, have signed an open letter defending United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese against an intensifying campaign for her resignation.
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2026-02-14 17:17
By Sahar Dadjoo
Peace must be shaped by Palestinians, says rights activist
Rifat Odeh Kassis says the Trump-backed Gaza Board of Peace lacks UN legitimacy and meaningful Arab engagement
TEHRAN- In an interview with the Tehran Times, Palestinian Christian human rights activist Rifat Odeh Kassis offers a critical assessment of the Gaza “Board of Peace” amid growing international controversy over Gaza’s post-war governance and security arrangements.
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2026-02-13 19:42
By Wesam Bahrani
The fate of the Palestinian technocratic committee
TEHRAN – Despite being announced several weeks ago, the Palestinian National Committee established to manage the Gaza Strip has yet to begin operating in the enclave.
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2026-02-13 19:39
European powers face backlash over ‘misinformation’ campaign against Francesca Albanese
TEHRAN — The United Nations Human Rights Office issued a warning on Friday regarding the escalation of “personal attacks, threats, and misinformation” leveled against independent experts, specifically targeting Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
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2026-02-11 17:01
Gaza faces catastrophic civilian loss as death toll mounts
TEHRAN – The human cost of Israel’s war on Gaza has reached staggering levels, with the death toll now reported at 72,045 and 171,686 injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The figures only partially reflect the scale of devastation, as thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble or have died from starvation, disease, and lack of medical care due to Israel’s siege.
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2026-02-09 16:09
Forensic crisis in Gaza leaves over 1,100 bodies unidentified
TEHRAN — More than 1,100 bodies recovered in Gaza since the war’s onset remain unidentified due to severe shortages of forensic equipment and Israeli restrictions on DNA testing, according to Gaza’s forensic evidence department.
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2026-02-08 16:37
Somali president vows military confrontation over Israeli base in Somaliland
TEHRAN — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has issued a warning against Israeli “interference” in the Horn of Africa, vowing to militarily “confront” any attempt by Israel to establish a foothold in the breakaway region of Somaliland.
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2026-02-07 19:07
By Wesam Bahrani
Zionist regime expands Gaza aggression
TEHRAN – Escalating attacks by the occupying Zionist regime are reshaping Gaza’s truce, forcing the resistance into choices.
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2026-02-07 19:07
By Shahab Sarmadi
Israel’s uncounted massacre in Gaza: The 200,000 death estimate and the silence on genocide
TEHRAN – The scale of death in Gaza has reached a level that is almost impossible to comprehend, yet the world continues to treat it as an abstraction. In comments reported by Anadolu, Stuart Casey Maslen, head of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, warned that Gaza’s population has declined by more than 10 percent since Israel launched war on the enclave on October 7, 2023.
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2026-02-06 17:40
By Wesam Bahrani
Rafah crossing: Symbolic gesture or start of a new era?
TEHRAN – After two years of closure, the Rafah land crossing has once again come into the spotlight.
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2026-02-04 12:55
Israel kills 18 Palestinians in Gaza bombing
TEHRAN- Israeli fighter jets bombed the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, killing at least 18 Palestinians, including three children, according to local media.
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2026-02-02 18:30
The gap between ceasefire claims and reality in Gaza
TEHRAN – For many Palestinians, the word “ceasefire” has become little more than a diplomatic illusion amid Israel’s unrelenting strikes in the Gaza Strip. Since a truce was announced in October, Israeli attacks have killed more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza.
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2026/02/02
By Ranjan Solomon
The new exodus of Israelis: Decolonizing Palestine beyond territory
GOA — Zionism required the creation of what its founders called the “New Jew” - a radical reengineering of Jewish identity severed from centuries of ethical, diasporic, and humanist traditions. Judaism, historically shaped by moral restraint, community life, and learning, was recast into a nationalist and militarized project. In this transformation, Jewish ethics were subordinated to the imperatives of conquest, settlement, and permanent war.