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The Israeli military has carried out a wave of attacks across the Gaza Strip, hitting targets in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.
A school sheltering displaced families and the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in northern Gaza, were among the sites hit, killing at least 28 Palestinians overnight and into recent hours.
It comes as mediators try to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Hamas officials say a deal is closer than ever if Israel does not impose new conditions.
Concerning the strike on the school, the Israeli military said that the school was a command and control centre being used by Hamas.
The critically acclaimed feature-length documentary ‘Israelism’ investigates a movement of young American Jews who are campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel.
At the heart of the documentary are Simone Zimmerman, who grew up in Los Angeles and visited Israel on an exchange programme; and fellow American Eitan, who joins the Israeli military after graduating high school. Simone and Eitan are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs but their lives are changed when they witness the mistreatment of Palestinians with their own eyes.
Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers gave them as children.
‘Israelism’ features interviews with academics and political activists, including Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Lara Friedman and a former director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman. The film was initially released in February 2023, generating significant debate across American campuses.
Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement on their Facebook pages since October 2023.
BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service analysis of more than 100,000 Facebook posts shows that news organisations based in Palestinian territories have seen a 77% drop in engagement since the start of the war in Gaza.
The first comprehensive data analysis by territory since the start of the war on Gaza.
Analysis of similar pages from Israel and neighbouring Arabic speaking countries shows a rise in engagement – the term used for likes, reactions, comments and shares.
It comes after a year of Palestinians complaining that they are being so called ‘Shadow banned’.
On Facebook’s sister platform, Instagram, exclusive access to leaked documents exposes how a change was made to Instagram's algorithm at the start of the war in Gaza, targeting Palestinian users only.
Meta confirmed changes to Instagram’s algorithm were made, and says “temporary product and policy measures” were adopted on Facebook in response to the conflict.
But denies deliberately silencing Palestinian voices and stands by its decision to alter how many people see content from Facebook Pages on safety grounds.
A BBC News Arabic and Specialist Hub collaboration.
Reporter: Joe Tidy
Lead Journalist: Ahmed Nour, additional journalism by Yara Farag
Producer: Natalie Merzougui, additional producing by Rehab Ismail
Assistant Editor: Sarah Saey
One of the most immediate and noticeable effects of shadowban on any social media platform, like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook etc., is a sudden and unexplained drop in engagement. This includes fewer likes, comments, shares, and overall interactions on your posts.Sep 17, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the political transition in Syria, movement on a potential cease fire in Gaza, the transition to the Trump administration, and the prospect of normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Blinken spoke with David Gura on “Bloomberg Surveillance."
As the official death toll in Gaza tops 45,000 and Israel's wars throughout the Middle East continue, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in court for a long-awaited corruption trial, making him the country's first sitting leader to face criminal charges.
He is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. For more on this extraordinary case, we speak with acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary The Bibi Files features leaked behind-the-scenes footage of police interrogations of Netanyahu, his wife and those accused of bribing him.
The film has been banned in Israel, and Netanyahu even tried unsuccessfully to stop it from screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, but Gibney says it is being widely shared inside Israel through unofficial channels.
"Strictly speaking, this is a film about corruption," Gibney tells Democracy Now! "It starts with petty corruption — being bribed with gifts and cigars, champagne, jewelry — but then the ultimate corruption is how he's tried to elude a reckoning for his misdeeds, and in so doing, he wraps himself in the mantle of prime minister and then wages endless war."
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Adam Fleming is joined by the BBC’s Diplomatic Editor, James Landale, and Al-Lami, Chief Jihadist Media Specialist at BBC Monitoring. They discuss why Israel’s President, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered Israeli forces to bomb Syria, whether chaos in Syria could lead to a come back by IS and whether the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime could harm Iran.
Chief Political Correspondent, Henry Zeffman, tells Adam how Westminster has taken the news of Syria’s regime falling and why the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced a spending review.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to take the witness stand shortly, for his first appearance in his corruption trial.
Ahead of today's proceedings, demonstrators protested outside the Tel Aviv court where the trial is taking place. Netanyahu arrived at a packed courtroom where he is facing charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three cases.#netanyahu#israel#corruption
Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane explains the impact of the Syrian civil war on Israel, the Ukrainian ambassador meeting with JD Vance and Michael Waltz and a report of Israel's president calling Elon Musk to revive hostage talks.
Israel's government has been accused of increasing pressure on journalists over coverage of the war in Gaza.
Press advocates say the decision to impose economic sanctions on Haaretz is part of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's master plan to control the narrative and stomp out criticism.
In an interview with Democra TV, former Israeli chief of staff and defence minister Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon accused Israel of engaging in "ethnic cleansing" in the northern Gaza Strip.
Ya’alon, who was dismissed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016, has since emerged as one of Netanyahu’s most vocal critics.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Saturday that the death toll in Gaza has risen to at least 44,382, with more than 105,142 Palestinians injured since the beginning of Israel's military offensive on 7 October 2023.
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a deal brokered by the U.S. "to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."
Israel's government has announced it will boycott the country's oldest newspaper, Haaretz, following criticism of its war in Gaza.
At a speech in London last month, Haaretz's publisher called for sanctions against Israel and referred to Palestinian militants as "freedom fighters". The government has ordered all public entities to stop advertising with Haaretz.
The left-leaning newspaper is known for its critical coverage of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories. The paper's deputy editor has accused prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of 'trying to silence independent and critical media'.
For more, we talk to Anat Saragusti, chair of the Journalist Union in Israel.
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
It's also issued warrants for Hamas commander Mohammed Deif. Israel says he was killed in an airstrike in July. But that has not been confirmed.
Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, says it is time for the US government to penalise the ICC for its warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said that the decision to issue these warrants was “not political”, and that the court’s decision should be “respected and implemented”.
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has praised the ICC’s decision to issue long-awaited arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders.
In a latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and Unilever, the ice-cream maker has filed a lawsuit saying the parent company silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees.
The Big Picture: How Israel Won the West examines how Israel has come to occupy such a privileged and protected place in the Western world. It traces the journey of the Jewish people from biblical stories of origin through centuries of persecution and the advent of Zionism, all the way to the creation of Israel and its ensuing occupation of the Palestinian territory.
Along the way, what is revealed is a process of transformation, of how Jews went from being despised by early Christians as "Christ killers" – seeding a vile anti-Judaism that would mutate into anti-Semitism – to being considered part of the white Western world, sharing a common Judeo-Christian heritage.
Israel and France drew 0-0 in a Nations League match at Paris's Stade de France under tight security.
Around 4,000 police and 1,600 civilian personnel patrolled to prevent fan violence after recent attacks. Stewards intervened to prevent clashes between Israeli and French supporters.
Eight international aid groups said Tuesday that Israel has failed to meet US demands for greater humanitarian access to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where hunger experts say the north may already be experiencing famine.
However, the Biden administration said Tuesday it won't limit weapons transfers to Israel because the US says its key ally has done good but limited progress in increasing the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Last month, Washington told Israel to boost aid to Gaza within 30 days, or else it could trigger US laws requiring it to scale back American military support.
FRANCE 24's Chief Foreign Editor Rob Parsons tells us more.
