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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leads a newly elected Fatah Central Committee meeting in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Reuters

Tactical alliances emerging ahead of first Palestinian elections in two decades

Abbas's ruling Fatah party says it is ready to face any coalitions 'built on hostility'

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New UK Middle East Minister calls for more aid for Gaza

UK
Officials look at school and stationery supplies included in a shipment bound for Gaza. Sharjah International Airport, 19th August 2026. Photo: Ahmed Ramzan / The National
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UAE sends school supplies for thousands of Gaza children in latest humanitarian drive

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Palestinian refugee family drown in sea off English coast

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Hind Rajab and six members of her family were killed in Gaza in January 2024. Handout

Israeli army opens criminal case over Hind Rajab killing

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Child among six dead as Israel bombs seaside cafe in Gaza

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Israel agrees to working groups in Gaza after Kushner meeting

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What we know about Israeli settlers' siege on Palestinian homes in Qusra

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As settler siege continues, Israel advances de facto West Bank annexation

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British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has condemned an Israeli West Bank development. Reuters

UK summons Israel’s charge ‌d'affaires over ‘destructive’ West Bank settlement tender

Ed Miliband says UK will not accept moves that would endanger viability of two-state solution

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CommentThe situation in the West Bank is so dire even Huckabee is condemning settlers

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US 'working on deconfliction mechanism' between Turkey, Syria and Israel

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Pro-Palestine protesters participate in the 'Not Another Bomb' rally outside the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta. EPA

CommentIn the US, the elite consensus on Israel is a structural problem

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Snakes on a plate: Reptiles eaten by foragers in the Levant for 3,000 years

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Israel agrees to working groups in Gaza after Kushner meeting

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Israel's Ben-Gvir calls for killing of '30 to 40' Gazans each night

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A home in the southern Lebanese village of Ansar damaged by the strike on August 15, 2026. EPA

Israeli strikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon

Latest strike marks one of deadliest attacks in Lebanon since June's truce

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Gaza's beekeepers put the buzz back into their business

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Kushner and Mladenov to visit Israel after Netanyahu stalls Gaza plan

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Egypt considering issues around joining regional defence pact

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As settler siege continues, Israel advances de facto West Bank annexation

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on Israeli settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian land

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Israeli drone strike kills Gaza city police official

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The air bridge 'builds on Dubai Humanitarian’s long-standing efforts to aid humanitarian operations in Gaza, guided by the directives of the UAE'. Photo: Dubai Media Office / X

Dubai establishes route for aid flights to Gaza Strip

Four flights have already been made to Al Arish carrying crucial medical supplies

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Palestinian support for armed groups and Mahmoud Abbas plummets

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Israeli settlers continue West Bank village siege despite outcry

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Eurovision bars countries in 'armed conflict' from hosting song contest

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Settlers maintain siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank as army withdraws

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Syria submits protest letter to UN over Colombia's announcement

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CommentLebanon's outreach to the region shows it isn't putting all its eggs in the US basket

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Israeli settlers gather in front of Palestinian houses in Qusra, south of Nablus. AFP

Settlers maintain siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank as army withdraws

Israeli military fails to disperse settlers who set up camp near homes in village of Qusra

MENA

Syria submits protest letter to UN over Colombia's announcement

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Gaza children win battle to move to UK with grandfather after parents killed

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