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Lettre de Liaison 141 – 21 octobre 2025

 

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ByPeace lines

Media October 2025

Nothing Is ‘Over,’ Not in the Gaza Strip nor in the West Bank
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, October 20, 2025

Hidden cost of war: 125,000 Israelis emigrated between 2022 and 2024
Zev Stub, The Times of Israel, October 20, 2025

This is how the Americans turned Israel into a banana republic
Ben-Dror Yemini, YNet News, October 19, 2025

What the Cease-fire Means for Israelis Who Made a Living From the Gaza War
‘I Did It for the Money, Then for Revenge’: The Israelis Profiting From Razing Buildings in Gaza
Hagai Amit, Haaretz, October 18, July 28, 2025

I Held Up This Sign at the Knesset as a Mirror of Truth – to Trump and the Public
Ofer Cassif, Haaretz, October 16, 2025

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors
Julian Borger, The Guardian, October 15, 2025

US releases full text of peace declaration signed by Trump and heads of Egypt, Qatar and Turkey
The Times of Israel, October 14, 2025

Can Trump’s ‘Peace in the Middle East’ Summit Become More Than Just a Photo Op?
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, October 14, 2025

Israel won’t reopen Rafah crossing, will limit aid, to press Hamas for remaining slain hostages
The Times of Israel, October 14, 2025

The war in Gaza is over, the battle to stop Israel from becoming Sparta is just beginning
Menachem Rosensaft, The Jerusalem Post, October 14, 2025

First group of Palestinian bodies released by Israel arrive in Gaza
Reuters, The Times of Israel, October 14, 2025 [‘Israel still holds hundreds of bodies of Palestinians killed since October 7′ + hundreds of bodies of Palestinians killed before October 7]

Egypt says Israel and Hamas approved Palestinian team tapped to govern postwar Gaza
Agencies, The Times of Israel, October 14, 2025

At Mideast summit, Trump and regional leaders pledge to resolve conflicts through diplomacy
Daniel Edelson, YNet News, October 14, 2025

EU to restart Gaza-Egypt border monitoring mission on October 15
Al Arabiya, October 13, 2025

Palestinians See Little to Celebrate Even Though the Bombs Have Stopped
Adam Rasgon, Bilal Shbair, The New York Times, October 13, 2025

Egypt’s Sisi, Trump sign ‘comprehensive document guaranteeing the war in Gaza is over
Egypt Today, October 13, 2025

Israelis and Palestinians celebrate as truce brings hope of ‘era of peace’
Julian Borger, Seham Tantesh, The Guardian, October 13, 2025

Live Updates: Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners Are Freed as Trump Hails ‘Historic Dawn’ in Mideast
Erika Solomon, The New York Times, October 13, 2025

As Donald Trump heads to Gaza ‘peace summit’ in Egypt, who is going – and who isn’t?
The Guardian, October 13, 2025

An end to 738 days in hell: all 20 living hostages are no longer in Hamas captivity | Live updates
YNet News, October 13, 2025

At This West Bank Checkpoint, ‘It’s Not Just Movement That’s Blocked. It’s Time Itself
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, October 13, 2025

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week
Angelique Chrysafis, The Guardian, October 13, 2025

Palestinians celebrate return of prisoners freed by Israel
Tom Bennett, BBC, October 13, 2025

Trump sets sights on peace with Iran as he hails ‘end of Gaza war’
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, October 13, 2025

Trump Envoys Reportedly Met With Hamas Leaders to Finalize Gaza Deal With His Approval
Haaretz, October 13, 2025

As Donald Trump heads to Gaza ‘peace summit’ in Egypt, who is going – and who isn’t?
The Guardian, October 13, 2025

First group of hostages on their way to Israel | Live updates
YNet News, October 13, 2025

Israeli families made video calls with unreleased hostages
Al Arabiya, October 13, 2025

The war is over,’ Trump stresses as he heads to Israel for the hostage release
Agencies, The Times of Israel, October 13, 2025

Iran will not attend Gaza summit in Egypt: FM
AFP, Al Arabiya, October 13, 2025

Iranian newspaper against Hamas: ‘October 7th attack is a tragedy for the Muslim world’
Israel National News, October 12, 2025

Iran says does not believe Israel will respect Gaza ceasefire
Al Arabiya, October 12, 2025 [FM Araghchi reiterated Iran’s support for the ceasefire]

Egypt, Jordan training 5,000 Palestinians to deploy in Gaza, Egyptian foreign minister tells CBS
Ben Samuels, Haaretz, October 12, 2025

Why Did It Take Two Years to Stop the War in Gaza?
Iris Leal, Haaretz, October 12, 2025

‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead
Seham Tantesh, William Christou, The Guardian, October 12, 2025

At Hostages Square, Trump’s envoys gave Netanyahu a lesson in leadership
Tal Schneider, The Times of Israel, October 12, 2025

Media in all languages receive permit to cover Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit
Egypt Today, October 12, 2025

We Must Welcome International Intervention Into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, October 12, 2025

UK to host international summit on Gaza recovery plan
Peter Walker, The Guardian, October 12, 2025

Red Cross met with hostages, says some in serious condition; release expected to begin at 8 a.m.
YNet News, October 12, 2025

After ceasefire, Abbas’s PA may regain foothold in Gaza administration – report
The Jerusalem Post, October 12, 2025

Israel vows to destroy Gaza tunnels once hostages free
Al Arabiya, October 12, 2025

Israel prepares to receive hostages’ bodies from Gaza with sensitivity and caution
Israel National News, October 12, 2025 [how many Palestinian remains still in custody in Israel ? hundreds]

Aid groups scale up relief in Gaza as Starmer prepares to join Trump at Egypt ceasefire summit
BBC, October 12, 2025

El-Sisi and Trump to chair Gaza summit in Egypt on Monday with Macron, Meloni, Sanchez, Starmer…
Al Jazeera, October 11, 2025

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans
Ronen Bergman, Adam Rasgon, The New York Times, October 11, 2025

Nova music festival massacre survivor dies by suicide: ‘Everything inside me is dead’
Tom Levinson, Haaretz, October 11, 2025

‘I want to jump for joy, but we’re dealing with Hamas and Bibi’: Gaza border communities welcome ceasefire with caution and griefUntil it’s really over, it’s not over
Oded Shalom, YNet News, October 11, 2025

‘Gateway to hell’: young reporter’s harrowing two years in besieged Gaza
Malak A Tantesh, The Guardian, October 11, 2025

Gaza truce’s fault lines: Disarmament, sovereignty, and power
Garsha Vazirian, The Tehran Times, October 11, 2025

Palestinians return to devastated Gaza City as truce holds
The Jordan Times, October 11, 2025 [“like a ghost town, not Gaza, with the smell of death lingering”]

‘Another Nakba’: UN expert says Gaza recovery will take generations
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, Al Jazeera, October 11, 2025

Gazans’ joy over ceasefire tempered by shock as they return to destroyed homes
Reuters, The Times of Israel, October 11, 2025

Thousands Return to Northern Gaza, Hopeful, but Faced With Devastation
Liam Stack, Bilal Shbair, The New York Times, October 11, 2025

Over 500,000 Gazans return to the north as Egyptian committee provides free transport
Egypt Today, October 11, 2025

Hamas mobilises fighters in Gaza as fears of internal violence mount
Rushdi Abualouf, BBC, October 11, 2025

Vatican welcomes Gaza agreement
Egypt Today, October 11, 2025

EU-monitored pedestrian crossing on Gaza-Egypt border to reopen next week
AFP, The Times of Israel, October 10, 2025

Masses begin returning to Gaza City as IDF withdraws, opens coastal road
AFP, The Times of Israel, October 10, 2025

‘I expect to find a ghost city’: Gaza residents on the long, arduous journey back home
Seham Tantesh, William Christou, The Guardian, October 10, 2025

‘They’ve destroyed everything’: Palestinians return to devastation in Gaza City
Rushdi Abualouf, Rachel Hagan, BBC, October 10, 2025

Thousands return to destroyed Gaza City after ceasefire takes effect
Einav Halabi, Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, YNet News, October 10, 2025

After a Two-year Nightmare, Israel’s Protest Movement Triumphed: The Hostages Are Returning Home
Bar Peleg, Haaretz, October 10, 2025

Gaza ceasefire pushes Israeli stocks to new high: ‘This isn’t the time to sell’
Adiel Eithan Mustaki, YNet News, October 10, 2025

King hails Gaza ceasefire as ‘key’ step to ending war
The Jordan Times, October 10, 2025

Full terms of peace agreement released: No propaganda ceremonies and hostages back in 72 hours
The Jerusalem Post, October 10, 2025

Top U.S. Officials: Mideast States to Oversee Disarming Hamas, U.S. Will Not Enter Gaza
Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, October 10, 2025

US military to send around 200 troops to establish coordination center in Israel
Joseph Haboush, Al Arabiya, October 10, 2025

Deal’s price: Marwan Barghouti won’t be released, but Ramallah lynchers will be
Israel National News, October 10, 2025

Michael Mordechai Nachmani, 26, killed in combat in the northern Gaza Strip 914 th, last killed ?
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, October 10, 2025

WATCH: Moment of respite, immense anticipation in Gaza after ceasefire agreed – UNRWA
Al Jazeera, October 10, 2025

‘Every Israeli who believes in peace is our brother’ President Abbas
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, October 9, 2025

Who Are the Hostages Believed Alive in Gaza?
Liam Stack, Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, October 9, 2025

‘Trump is like a juggernaut’: how the Gaza ceasefire deal was done
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, October 9, 2025

Hayya: Hamas received guarantees from mediators that the war is completely over
Egypt Today, October 9, 2025

Death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza today reaches 29; Trump confirms visit to Egypt on Sunday
Muntasser Abdallah, L’Orient Today, October 9, 2025

What I saw in Israel’s streets today
Rachel Sharansky Danziger, The Times of Israel, October 9, 2025

Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release
UN News, October 9, 2025

Hostage deal approval and Gaza ceasefire delayed as Cabinet yet to convene
Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari, YNet News, October 9, 2025

‘Everyone is still afraid’: ceasefire deal brings relief to Gaza but fears remain over future
Seham Tantesh, Jason Burke, The Guardian, October 9, 2025

Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
UN News, October 9, 2025

Jeremy Bowen: There’s now a realistic chance of ending the war – but it’s not over yet
Jeremy Bowen, BBC, October 9, 2025

Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres
Vibhu Mishra, UN News, October 9, 2025

World leaders welcome Gaza ceasefire deal; Erdogan says will monitor strict implementation
Egypt Today, October 9, 2025

Two years of displacement and destruction in Gaza – photo essay
Enas Tantesh, The Guardian, October 9, 2025

Why the pro-Palestinian Left Is Wrong to Reject Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan
Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz, October 9, 2025

Israel-Hamas Deal Paves Way for Gaza Cease-Fire
David Halbfinger, Aaron Boxerman, Ephrat Livni, Adam rasgon, The New York Times, October 9, 2025

UN chief calls for Israel and Hamas to ‘abide fully’ by terms of US peace plan
UN News, October 8, 2025

Grief, defiance and hope: 30,000 gather in Tel Aviv to mark two years since Oct. 7
Stav Levaton, Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel, October 8, 2025

Sisi urges building on Trump Gaza plan, recent global recognitions of Palestinian statehood
Egypt Today, October 8, 2025

You can’t unring the bell: The Israeli offensive that lost its grip
Garsha Vazirian, The Tehran Times, October 8, 2025

New documentary shows life in Gaza for AFP journalists
Iraqi News, October 8, 2025

Ceasefire talks resume in Egypt as Palestinians try to free maximum number of life prisoners: ‘This is their last chance’
Einav Halabi, YNet News, October 8, 2025

Palestinian Islamic Jihad to join Egypt talks to end Gaza war as Hamas cites prevailing ‘optimism’
Egypt Today, October 8, 2025

Through the lens: the photographer who captured the October 7 invasion, and barely escaped
Diana Bahur-Nir, YNet News, October 7, 2025

Two Years of Hell
Linda Dayan, Haaretz, October 7, 2025

Father of Gaza hostage calls for an end to war – and a two-State solution
UN News, October 7, 2025

Jeremy Bowen: Two years on, will Israel and Hamas seize the chance to end the war?
Jeremy Bowen, BBC, October 7, 2025

Hamas demands guarantees Israel will not return to aggression against Gaza
Egypt Today, October 7, 2025

Israel sees growing pressure on Hamas as Turkish spy chief enters talks
Itamar Eichner, Lior Ben Ari, YNet News, October 7, 2025

Six high-profile Palestinian prisoners at the center of Hamas-Israel negotiations
Al Arabiya, October 7, 2025

‘Turning Point in Palestinian Resistance’: Hamas Marks Two Years Since Oct. 7 Massacre
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, October 7, 2025

Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
UN News, October 7, 2025

 Luis Cunio, Father of Hostages David and Ariel: I Believed in Zionism, but Now I Ask Myself a Lot of Questions
Luis Cunio, Haaretz, October 6, 2025

What are the key sticking points in Trump’s Gaza peace plan?
Tom Bennett, BBC, October 6, 2025

Trump Shifts Into High Gear to End War, and Netanyahu Knows He Can’t Stop Him
Amos Harel, Haaretz, October 6, 2025

Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan
UN News, October 6, 2025

Looking at militia, terror groups from other places can show how Hamas can be disarmed – analysis
Esther David, Leo Freierberg Better, The Jerusalem Post, October 6, 2025

Israel Deports Greta Thunberg and 170 Gaza Flotilla Activists Amid New Abuse Allegations
Reuters, Haaretz, October 6, 2025

Trump urges mediators to ‘move fast’ as key Gaza peace talks set to begin
Rushdi Abualouf, Mallory Moench, BBC, October 6, 2025

Israeli Team to Head to Egypt for Talks With Hamas on IDF Withdrawal Lines and Palestinian Prisoner Releases
Jack Khoury, Jonathan Lis, Ben Samuels, Linda Dayan, Rawan Suleiman, Reuters, Haaretz, October 5, 2025

Land for hostages? Trump’s Gaza plan redraws the map and revives far-right settlement dream
Yoav Zitun, YNet News, October 5, 2025

Hundreds of Thousands March Across Europe in Support of Palestinians, Gaza Aid Flotilla
Haaretz, October 2, 2025

Trump warns Hamas of ‘complete obliteration’ if it refuses to relinquish Gaza control
Egypt Today, October 5, 2025

They Survived the Nova Party Massacre. Two Years On, They Are Still Hiding
Noa Shpigel, Haaretz, October 5, 2025

UN chief ‘encouraged’ by Hamas response to Trump’s Gaza proposal
The Times of Israel, October 4, 2025

UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
UN News, October 4, 2025

Gazans hail Trump for demanding ceasefire: ‘Only one who can force Israel to comply’
AFP, The Times of Israel, October 4, 2025

Tens of Thousands of Israelis Rally Nationwide for Hostage Deal Amid Progress in Gaza Truce Talks
Linda Dayan, Bar Peleg, Haaretz, October 4, 2025

Ben-Gvir threatens government exit, Smotrich attacks Netanyahu over Gaza deal: ‘Grave mistake’
Moran Azulay, YNet News, October 4, 2025

What Happens When an Israeli Meets Two Gazans on a French Buddhist Retreat
Itamar Weizman, Haaretz, October 3, 2025

Egypt’s FM: Full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Strip is a must
Egypt Today, October 3, 2025

Gaza Health Ministry: 63 Palestinians Killed by IDF Fire in Past Day
Haaretz, October 3, 2025

Trump gives Sunday deadline for Hamas to take his Gaza proposal or be ‘quickly extinguished’
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, October 3, 2025

This Bereaved Mother Has Fought for Decades to Free Israeli Hostages. This Time, ‘It’s the Hardest’
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, October 3, 2025

Mass protests erupt across Europe over Gaza flotilla interception
Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, YNet News, October 3, 2025

Heroes stopped attacker getting inside synagogue
Ewan Gawne, BBC, October 3, 2025

Doctors Without Borders says one worker killed and four wounded by IDF fire in Gaza
Haaretz, October 2, 2025

MSF denounces killing of 14th staff member in Gaza
Doctors Without Borders, October 2, 2025

Gaza Officials Say 77 Palestinians Killed by IDF in Past Day, Including Two Waiting for Aid
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, October 2, 2025

Hamas to demand key revisions to Trump Gaza plan before accepting, sources say
Jason Burke, The Guardian, October 2, 2025

Israel blocks main road to Gaza City amid final warnings for residents to flee
Al Arabiya, October 2, 2025

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
UN News, October 2, 2025

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, including Doctors Without Borders staffer
Le Monde, October 2, 2025

Guterres condemns deadly terror attack targeting Manchester synagogue
UN News, October 2, 2025

The Israeli right’s ‘time of miracles’ is over. The Palestinians are going nowhere
Meron Rapoport, +972, October 2, 2025

MI5 and counter-terror police on heightened alert after synagogue attack
Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian, October 2, 2025

Global outrage as Israel intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, detains activists
Egypt Today, October 2, 2025

List of participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_participants_of_the_Global_Sumud_Flotilla

Israel to deport intercepted Gaza flotilla activists
Al Arabiya, October 2, 2025

Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza
Lorenzo Tondo, The Guardian, October 2, 2025

Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla
Ruth Comerford, BBC, October 2, 2025

Protected by army, Israeli bulldozers create new routes for West Bank settlements
Al Arabiya, October 2, 2025

Hamas military leader in Gaza objects to ceasefire plan, BBC understands
Rushdi Abualouf, BBC, October 2, 2025

How radical kindness can renew the Jewish community this Yom Kippur [not only, all communities!]
Rabba Sarah Hurwitz, The Jerusalem Post, October 1, 2025

Social Media’s Changing Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War
Sheera Frenkel, Lee Myers, The New York Times, October 1, 2025

Navy intercepts Gaza flotilla, begins detaining activists after final call to change course
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, October 1, 2025

How Netanyahu Aims to Obstruct the Gaza Plan He Was Forced to Accept From Trump
Amos Harel, Haaretz, October 1, 2017

Jordan calls for Gaza aid, reconstruction in UN Assembly
The Jordan Times, October 1, 2025

Gaza flotilla rebuffs calls to stop, as Israel readies for complex interception
The Times of Israel, October 1, 2017

Palestinian Officials Say Hamas Inclined to Accept Trump’s Gaza Cease-fire Plan With Revisions
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, October 1, 2025

What we IDF reservists really need: Fishing rods, not fish
Lavi Zamir, The Times of Israel, October 1, 2025

Gaza doctors are starving while fighting to save lives, evacuated medic tells BBC
Caroline Hawley, BBC, October 1, 2025

‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
UN News, January 3, 2025

Leading Medical Charity Closes in Gaza City as Israeli Offensive Intensifies
Liam Stack, The New York Times, end of September 2025

ByPeace lines

Media September 2025

UN chief urges ‘all parties’ to commit to Trump’s Gaza plan
Al Arabiya, September 30, 2025

Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan in full
BBC, September 30, 2025

Forced to Submit by Trump, Netanyahu Now Looks Like a Loser on the World Stage
Joshua Leifer, Haaretz, September 30, 2025

IDF destroys over 1,000 buildings, kills under 200 Hamas terrorists in Gaza City
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, September 30, 2025

As Hamas and Islamic Jihad Decry Trump Plan, Many Gazans Say ‘Anything Is Better Than Bloodshed’
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, September 30, 2025

What is the ‘Board of Peace’ and what is Tony Blair’s plan for post-war Gaza?
Al Arabiya, September 30, 2025

Gaza: Guterres calls for ‘all parties’ to commit to US peace plan, as UN agencies stress urgent ceasefire need
UN News, September 30, 2025

Trump’s Cease-fire Plan Gives Hamas a Stark Choice: Accept Surrender or Risk Israeli Occupation
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 30, 2025

Most important points of Trump’s widely-accepted plan for Gaza
Egypt Today, September 30, 2025

What does Trump’s plan mean for the state of Palestine?
Al Jazeera, September 30, 2025

Why I walked out of Netanyahu’s UN speech
Ruby Chen, YNet News, September 29, 2025

Full text: Trump’s 20-point ‘comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict’
The Times of Israel, September 29, 2025

Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood
UN News, September 29, 2025

Eight Arab, Islamic countries say they ready to implement Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire
Egypt Today, September 29, 2025

Arab leaders decry Gaza ‘genocide,’ urge Palestinian state in impassioned UN speeches
The Times of Israel, September 28, 2025

‘Houdini of the Middle East’: Netanyahu continues to face global media backlash after UN speech
YNet News, September 27, 2025

Trump’s New Gaza Plan Has One Palpable Weak Point: It Clashes With Netanyahu’s Promises to His Voters
Amos Harel, Haaretz, September 26, 2025

Father of Israeli soldier killed on 7 October walks out during speech
Tom Joyner, BBC, September 26, 2025

Recognition Without Rescue: The World’s Hollow Gift to Palestinians
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, September 25, 2025

Heading to UN, Netanyahu dismisses Palestine recognition as ‘shameful capitulation’
Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, September 25, 2025

In UN speech, Abbas denounces Israeli ‘genocide,’ rejects ‘what Hamas did on Oct. 7’
Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg, The Times of Israel, September 25, 2025

Israeli strike on Gaza displaced home kills at least 11 people
Al Arabiya, September 25, 2025

WATCH: Jordanian King Abdullah speaks at 2025 United Nations General Assembly
Address by His Majesty King Abdullah II at the Plenary Session of the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations
King Abdullah, PBS Newshour, September 24, 2025

Palestinian displacement ‘red line’ for Egypt, Israel must stop Gaza ‘genocide’: FM
Egypt Today, September 24, 2025

A stinging defeat at the UN: Israel sinks to a new diplomatic low
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, September 24, 2025

Italy warns Israel to safeguard Gaza flotilla after drone attacks, sends warship for rescue
Agencies, The Times of Israel, September 24, 2025

Gaza: UN agencies warn of escalating attacks, mass displacement and famine
UN News, September 24, 2025

At Least 20 Palestinians, Including Children, Reportedly Killed in IDF Strike on Gaza City Building
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 24, 2025

Egypt backs int’l mission to support Gaza PA return, Palestinian state creation: PM
Amr Mohamed Kandil, Egypt Today, September 24, 2025

Trump’s meeting with Muslim countries focuses on reaching permanent ceasefire in Gaza
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, Al Arabiya, September 24, 2025

Over 20 wounded, including 2 seriously, in Houthi drone attack on Eilat
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, September 24, 2025

Full text of Abbas speech at 2-state summit: ‘We demand a ceasefire’; Hamas must hand arms to PA
Mahmoud Abbas, The Times of Israel, September 23, 2025

King calls for ending humanitarian tragedy in Gaza
Jordan Times, September 23, 2025

France’s recognition of the State of Palestine: Repairing an injustice and leading the way to a peaceful future
Frank Gellet, Ambassador of France, Jordan Times, September 23, 2025

Macron Can Tout the UN Two-state Conference as a Success, but Glaring Absences Lay Bare Its Weakness
Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, September 23, 2025

Full text of Macron speech recognizing Palestine: ‘Time has come to deliver justice’
Emmanuel Macron, The Times of Israel, September 23, 2025

Why I recognized a Palestinian state | UK prime minister in special op-ed
Keir Starmer, YNet News, September 22, 2025

The point of no return: Why accountability in Gaza is a global imperative
Ramzy Baroud, Jordan Times, September 23, 2025

‘In the interest of peace’: Macron recognizes Palestinian state at UN summit
AFP, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, September 22, 2025

Le discours d’Emmanuel Macron sur la reconnaissance de l’Etat de Palestine par la France [ intégral ]
Emmanuel Macron, Le Figaro, September 22, 2025

Palestinian president calls on Hamas to ‘surrender their weapons’
The Guardian, September 22, 2025

More and More Evidence Shows – Most of the Gaza War Deaths Are Civilians
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, September 22, 2025

NGO says starving Gaza children too weak to cry
AFP, Al Arabiya, end of summer 2025

Macron recognizes Palestinian state at UN General Assembly
YNet News, September 22, 2025

Praying for peace
Rachel Sharansky Danziger, The Times of Israel, September 22, 2025

Strike, Resist, Refuse: Israelis Must Wage Nonviolent War on the Government
Dror Mishani, Haaretz, September 22, 2025

Recommit to a two-State solution for Israel-Palestine conflict, ‘before it’s too late’: Guterres
UN News, September 22, 2025

Netanyahu: No Palestinian state west of Jordan, weighing annexation
Amichai Stein, The Jerusalem Post, September 21, 2025

French proposal envisions multinational Gaza force tasked with gradually disarming Hamas
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, September 21, 2025

Over 50 Gazans Reportedly Killed by IDF on Saturday, Including Family of Al-Shifa Hospital Director
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 20, 2025

At weekly protests, hostages’ families demand Netanyahu ‘atone’ ahead of High Holidays
Noam Lehmann, Charlie Summers, The Times of Israel, September 20, 2025

Netanyahu’s gov. must use Gaza City leverage to return to hostage negotiations – editorial
The Jerusalem Post, September 19, 2022

Netanyahu’s motorcade greeted at Jerusalem residence by protesting hostage families
Yael Freidson, Haaretz, September 19, 2025

Einav Zangauker holds bottle of son’s urine from Gaza at hostage deal rally
The Jerusalem Post, September 19, 2022

Macron says recognizing Palestinian state is ‘best way to isolate Hamas’
Al Arabiya, September 19, 2025

On this Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear the voices of Diaspora Jews
Yair Golan, The Jerusalem Post, September 19, 2022

IDF Chief Takes Rare Stance as Netanyahu’s Promised Quick Win in Gaza City Falters
Amos Harel, Haaretz, September 19, 2022

‘Another painful heartbreak that grips an entire nation’: Officials mourn four slain IDF soldiers
The Jerusalem Post, September 19, 2022

Despite promise that this time it will be different, another Gaza offensive won’t end the war
Avi Issacharoff, YNet News, September 18, 2025

Netanyahu’s quest for political survival isolates Israel despite security and diplomatic warnings
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, September 18, 2025

What one photo reveals about the struggle to flee Gaza
Saher Alghorra, The New York Times, September 18, 2025

Israeli minister touts Gaza ‘real estate bonanza’, defying international backlash
Tom Bennett, BBC, September 18, 2025

Israeli Soldiers’ Vulnerability Is a Healthy Reaction From People Who Have Committed Horrific Acts
Amira Hass, Haaretz, September 18, 2025

Dozens said killed in strikes as thousands flee Gaza City, but some vow to stay put
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, September 18, 2025

Gaza hit by telecoms blackout as Israeli tanks advance
Reuters, The Jerusalem Post, September 18, 2025

Israeli tanks, jets bombard Gaza City as Palestinians flee
The Jordan Times, September 18, 2025

GAZA LIVE: US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding unrestricted flow of aid
UN News, September 18, 2025

‘Cataclysmic’ situation in Gaza City, UN official says, as Israeli tanks advance
David Gritten, BBC, September 18,2025

Rifts Grow Between Netanyahu and His Security Chiefs
Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, September 18, 2025

Richard Gere, Benedict Cumberbatch join star-studded Together for Palestine fundraiser in London
YNet News, September 18, 2025

$1k for a Tent, $2k for a Ride to Khan Yunis: The Extraordinary Cost to Evacuate Gaza City
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, September 17, 2025

Smotrich says Gaza a ‘real estate bonanza,’ talking to the US about dividing it up
The Times of Israel, September 17, 2025

In Gaza, the So-called ‘Evacuation of Civilians’ Is a Trail of Bombs and Death
Amira Hass, Haaretz, September 17, 2025

Gaza genocide accusations: Israel in the dock
AFP, Jordan Times, September 17, 2025

Gaza Officials Say 98 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes in Past Day, Four Died of Malnutrition
Jack Khoury, Nir Hasson, Haaretz, September 17, 2025

Pope Leo denounces forced removal of Gazans again from their land
Al Arabiya, September 17, 2025

PA document shows ‘pay-to-slay’ has been scrapped, new system in place
Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, September 17, 2025


Avichai Chiim, The Jerusalem Post, September 17, 2025

‘I Saw the Bodies of Children’: Moral Injury and Mental Strain Breaking IDF Soldiers
Tom Levinson, Haaretz, September 16, 2025

‘The Sky Is Our Roof’: Tens of Thousands of Palestinians Flee Their Gaza City Homes Amid IDF Ground Offensive
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 16, 2025

Israeli Ground Forces Move Into Gaza City, Sowing Chaos
Aaron Boxerman, Lara Jakes, Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, September 16, 2025

‘The bombing has been insane’: Palestinians scramble to flee Israeli assault on Gaza City
Rushdi Abualouf, BBC, September 16, 2025

With tents and transport south in short supply, Gazans flee bombs into the unknown
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, September 16, 2025

Police close Jerusalem road ahead of planned nighttime protest by hostages families
Haaretz, September 16, 2025

Thirsty and starving, Gazans face ‘inhumane’ evacuation
UN News, September 16, 2025

Thousands Flee Gaza City as IDF Conducts Extensive Strikes, Gazans Report
Haaretz, September 15, 2025

Does Israel face a ‘South Africa moment’ over Gaza?
Paul Adams, BBC, September 15, 2025

President Sisi: Israel has brazenly crossed every red line
Egypt Today, September 15, 2025

Arab and Islamic leaders call for imposing sanctions on Israel, reviewing diplomatic and economic relations with it
Egypt Today, September 15, 2025

King delivers Jordan’s address at Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha
Jordan Times, September 15, 2025

Ben Gvir calls for ‘luxury neighborhood’ for police to be built over Gaza’s ruins
Charlie Summers, The Times of Israel, September 15, 2025

Israel seeks to make Gaza City unlivable, says UN expert Francesca Albanese
Al Arabiya, September 15, 2025

IDF attacking Gaza City with warplanes, artillery and drones, Palestinians report
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, September 15, 2025

Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ speech jolts Israeli stocks
YNet News, September 15, 2025

UN condemns ‘deadly escalation’ in Gaza City
UN News, September 15, 2025

Officials warn of ‘PTSD crisis’ among Gaza veterans: ‘We don’t want to be next suicide case’
Shira Kadari-Ovadia, YNet News, September 15, 2025

Nearly 30 haredi draft dodgers detained at Ben-Gurion Airport on way to Uman
Avi Solomon, The Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2025

Israel bombards four towers in Gaza City as residents continue to evacuate area
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, September 14, 2025

More than 10,000 IDF soldiers have been treated for mental health issues since Oct. 7
The Times of Israel, September 14, 2025

Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza City Kill Over 32, Including 12 Children, Medics Report
Haaretz, September 13, 2025

Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
UN News, September 12, 2025

UN general assembly to back Hamas-free government for Palestine
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, September 12, 2025

UN General Assembly votes for Hamas-free Palestinian state
Al Arabiya, September 12, 2025

UN General Assembly to vote today on a Hamas-free Palestinian state
AFP, The Times of Israel, September 12, 2025

Gaza City: Daily bombardment, more displacement amid escalating military offensive
UN News, September 11, 2025

Without naming Israel: All 15 UN Security Council members, including US, condemn Doha strike
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, September 11, 2025

The Doha Strike Against Hamas Proves Israel Has Become Completely Deranged
Uri Misgav, Haaretz, September 11, 2025

Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official, in call to uphold diplomatic norms
UN News, September 11, 2025

Gaza Officials Say 72 Palestinians Killed by IDF in Past Day, Seven Die of Hunger
Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, September 11, 2025

School delayed and wages unpaid, Palestinian Authority faces deep economic crisis
Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, September 11, 2025

‘There will be no Palestinian state’: PM signs plan cementing E1 settlement expansion
Agencies, The Times of Israel, September 11, 2025

Two far-right Israeli ministers barred from 29 EU states after Netherlands declares them persona non grata
Liza Rozovsky, Haaretz, September 10, 2025

‘Netanyahu, we’re not leaving’: Defiance in Gaza City as Israel shows aid sites planned for evacuees
Lucy Williamson, BBC, September 10, 2025

Israel’s Doha Strike Grabbed the Spotlight, but the Real Story Is in Gaza City
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 10, 2025

EU reviewing deals with Israel, citing two-state solution threats, European diplomats tell ‘Post’
Amichai Stein, The Jerusalem Post, September 10, 2025

Maps: Israel has attacked six countries in the past 72 hours
Marium Ali, Al Jazeera, September 10, 2025

Anti-Muslim US biker gang runs security at deadly Gaza aid sites: Report
Al Arabiya, September 10, 2025

‘Shameful’: Freed hostages chide lawmakers for lack of support and compassion
Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel, September 9, 2025

‘World watches our slaughter’: Gazans flee Israeli assault on urban hub
Al Arabiya, September 9, 2025

Gaza Health Ministry says 83 killed by Israeli strikes, six die of starvation over past 24 hours
Haaretz, September 9, 2025

IDF orders all Gaza City residents to evacuate amid intensified strikes
Einav Halabi, YNet News, September 9, 2025

FM warns against military escalation in Gaza, rejects attempts to displace Palestinians
Egypt Today, September 9, 2025

Israel says to act with ‘great force’ in Gaza City
AFP, The Jordan Times, September 9, 2025

Cairo slams Qatar’s attack, says Israel’s aggressive approach reflects intention to destroy calm chances
Egypt Today, September 9, 2025

Trump feels ‘very badly’ about strike on Hamas targets in Qatar
Lior Ben Ari, Itamar Eichner, YNet News, September 9, 2025

‘Months of preparation’ for attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar: The secret battle plan, the green light and the heavy bombing
Elisha Ben Kimon, Yoav Zitun, YNet News, September 9, 2025

Israel launches airstrikes against top Hamas members in Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Peter Beaumont, Andrew Roth, The Guardian, September 9, 2025

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez says Israel is ‘exterminating a defenceless people’
Sam Jones, The Guardian, September 8, 2025

Netanyahu says IDF razed 50 Gaza ‘terror towers’ in 2 days, vows bigger assault coming
Amir Ettinger, YNet News, September 8, 2025

VIDEO: Israel strikes Al-Roya building in Gaza City
ABC, September 8, 2025

Six killed by Palestinian gunmen at Jerusalem bus stop
David Gritten, BBC, September 8, 2025

Swiss medics launch anti-Israel hunger strike over Gaza outside parliament in Bern
Agencies, The Times of Israel, September 8, 2025

IDF Strikes Gaza City High-rise as Authorities Say 65 Palestinians Killed in Past Day
Haaretz, September 8, 2025

Israel bombs third Gaza City residential high-rise in as many days
William Christou, The Guardian, September 7, 2025

IDF Hits Third Gaza City High-rise as Officials Say 87 Palestinians Killed in Past Day
Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, September 7, 2025

‘Traitor’: Mass Jerusalem crowd pans PM as hostage’s mom calls him worst foe of Jewish nation
Charlie Summers, Noam Lehmann, Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, September 7, 2025

Less than half of Jordanian aid trucks allowed Into Gaza — JHCO
The Jordan Times, September 7, 2025

Homeless and Hungry, Gazans Fear a Repeat of 1948 History
Raja Abdulrahim, The New York Times, September 7, 2025

Israeli attacks on school, tents and homes kill at least 21 in Gaza
Tim Hume, Edna Mohamed, Al Jazeera, September 7, 2025

For 2nd day, after warning, IDF strikes Gaza City high-rise it says served Hamas terror
Stav Levaton, The Times of Israel, September 6, 2025

After 700 days, I shouldn’t be begging for the hostages to be free
Doron Steinbrecher, YNet News, September 5, 2025

‘The gov’t is waging a war of attrition against its citizens’: Families mark 700 days of captivity
The Jerusalem Post, September 5, 2025

Israel Steps Up Attacks on Gaza City Ahead of a Planned Wider Offensive
The Israeli military destroyed a landmark building, the Mushtaha Tower
Liam Stack, The New York Times, September 5, 2025

Israel destroys dozens of buildings in Gaza City as new offensive intensifies
Sebastian Vandermeersch, Matt Murphy, BBC, September 5, 2025

IDF blows up a Gaza City high-rise building, says it housed Hamas infrastructure
Nurit Yohanan, Stav Levaton, AFP, The Times of Israel, September 5, 2025

‘The gov’t is laying groundwork for killing of hostages,’ wife of hostage says at protest
The Jerusalem Post, September 5, 2025

Hosting Herzog, pope calls for permanent Gaza ceasefire to be reached ‘with urgency’
Lazar Berman, Reuters, The Times of Israel, September 4, 2025

Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Dominates Headlines, but Most Deaths Come From Israel’s Airstrikes
Nir Hasson, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, September 5, 2025

US and UN discuss Gaza reconstruction plan before general assembly
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, September 5, 2025

A Rogue Force Operates in Gaza Under IDF Cover, Endangering Soldiers and Unarmed Palestinians
Yaniv Kubovich, Josh Breiner, Haaretz, September 4, 2025

Gaza war kills 84, starves 3 as Israel launches phase 2 of Gaza City offensive
Egypt Today, September 4, 2025

‘Gaza Started as a Legitimate War. It Became Merciless, Cruel Vengeance’: Israeli Ex-foreign Minister Ben-Ami Speaks His Mind
Haaretz Podcast, September 4, 2025

UN rights office alarm over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank
UN News, September 4, 2025

The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
UN News, September 4, 2025

Israel says controls 40 pct of Gaza City, plans to expand operation in coming days
Al Arabiya, September 4, 2025

FM reaffirms Egypt’s rejection of forced displacement, military escalation in Gaza
Egypt Today, September 4, 2025

Smotrich Isn’t Bluffing: Israeli Minister’s Plan to Annex 82% of the West Bank Is a Road Map
Amira Hass, Haaretz, September 4, 2025

UAE warns Israel: Annexing West Bank is a ‘red line’ that would ‘end regional integration’
Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel, September 3, 2025

Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
UN News, September 3, 2025

Gaza Officials Say 113 Palestinians Killed by IDF in Past Day, Six Die of Hunger
Jack Khoury, Rawan Suleiman, Haaretz, September 3 , 2025

Iran urges Europe to adopt ‘credible’ stance on Israel 
Tehran Times, September 3, 2025

If You Want to Know What Gaza’s Future Will Be, Just Look at the West Bank
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, September 3 , 2025

Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
UN News, September 2, 2025

‘Astonishing Backlash’: Hear the Orthodox Rabbi Who Spoke Out Against Gaza’s Famine and Settler Violence
Haaretz Podcast, September 2, 2025

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
Annie Kelly, The Guardian, September 1, 2025

Defense Chiefs Tell Netanyahu: Gaza City Takeover Won’t Defeat Hamas, Push for Limited Hostage Deal
Amos Harel, Haaretz, September 1, 2025

The Disengagement is dead!’ Settlers open first kindergarten in Homesh in 20 years
Aaron Reich, The Jerusalem Post, September 1, 2025

Brothers, cousins, sons: the human stories behind four of the war’s fallen journalists
Aseel Mousa, The Guardian, September 1, 2025

IDF chief backs hostage deal in cabinet despite Netanyahu’s refusal to hold vote
Amir Ettinger, YNet News, September 1,

IDF report said to find Israel made ‘every possible mistake’ in recent Gaza offensive
Nava Freiberg, The Times of Israel, September 1, 2025

How the IDF Central Command Chief Enables Crimes Against Humanity in the West Bank
Amos Shocken, Haaretz, September 1, 2025

NGO: Israel’s 11,000 Palesinian security prisoners breaks record
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, September 1 , 2025

100,000 Dead: What We Know About Gaza’s True Death Toll
Nir Hasson, Haaretz, June 26, 2025

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News from Gaza City, June 29, 2025

Warm greetings. Starvation and killing still going on. They distribute food parcels in a savage way.
Prices are incredible, especially flour and sugar. Hard times again. Shortage in everything.
Please make Dua and don’t forget us.

ByPeace lines

News from Gaza City, May 9, 2025

Sorry for late reply due to hard times conditions.

Starvation is evident everywhere.

ByPeace lines

News from Gaza City, April 24, 2025

Greetings from Gaza where the attacks are still ongoing everywhere. The siege is very tight and the crossings are closed since Second of March. They don’t allow any food or fuel supply or drugs to enter Gaza. This increases the prices for all food staff, especially flour, oil and sugar.

Very high commission when withdrawing money from money shops, almost fifty percent today.

It is undeclared starvation and famine.

We made use of pasta and made bread out of it.

We eat once a day.

ByPeace lines

U2 Statements, August 11, 2025

On Gaza

Everyone has long been horrified by what is unfolding in Gaza – but the blocking of humanitarian aid and now plans for a military takeover of Gaza City has taken the conflict into uncharted territory. We are not experts in the politics of the region, but we want our audience to know where we each stand.

Bono on Gaza

Apart from the attack on the Nova music festival on October 7th, which felt like it happened while U2 were on stage at Sphere Las Vegas, I have generally tried to stay out of the politics of the Middle East… this was not humility, more uncertainty in the face of obvious complexity… I have over recent months written about the war in Gaza in The Atlantic and spoken about it in The Observer, but I circled the subject.

As a cofounder of the ONE Campaign, which tackles AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa, I felt my experience should be on the catastrophes facing that work and that part of the world. The hemorrhaging of human life in Sudan or Ethiopia hardly makes the news. Sudan alone is beyond comprehension, with a civil war that has left 150,000 dead and 2 million people facing famine.[1]

And that was before the dismantling of USAID in March and gutting of PEPFAR, life-saving programs for the poorest of the poor that ONE has fought for decades to protect… the cuts to which will likely lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children over the next few years.[2]

But but but… there is no hierarchy to such things.

The images of starving children on the Gaza Strip brought me back to a working trip to a food station in Ethiopia my wife Ali and I made 40 years ago next month following U2’s participation in Live Aid 1985. Another man-made famine. 

To witness chronic malnutrition up close would make it personal for any family, especially as it affects children.Because when the loss of non-combatant life en masse appears so calculated… especially the deaths of children, then ‘evil’ is not a hyperbolic adjective… in the sacred text of Jew, Christian, and Muslim it is an evil that must be resisted.

The rape, murder, and abduction of Israelis at the Nova music festival was evil.

On that awful Saturday night/Sunday morning of October 7/8 2023, I wasn’t thinking about politics. On stage in the Nevada desert, I just couldn’t help but express the pain everyone in the room was feeling and is still feeling for other music lovers and fans like us — hiding under a stage in Kibbutz Re’im then butchered to set a diabolical trap for Israel and to get a war going that might just redraw the map from ‘The river to the sea’… a gamble Hamas’ leadership were willing to play with the lives of two million Palestinians… to sow the seeds for a global intifada that U2 had glimpsed at work in Paris during the Bataclan attack in 2015… but only if Israel’s leaders fell for this trap that Hamas set for them.

Yahya Sinwar didn’t mind if he lost the battle or even the war if he could destroy Israel as a moral as well as an economic force. Over the next months as Israel’s revenge for the Hamas attack appeared more and more disproportionate and disinterested in the equally innocent civilian lives in Gaza… I felt as nauseous as everyone, but reminded myself Hamas had deliberately positioned themselves under civilian targets, having tunneled their way from school to mosque to hospital. When did a just war to defend the country turn into an unjust land grab? I hoped Israel would return to reason. I was making excuses for a people seared and shaped by the experience of Holocaust… who understood the threat of extermination is not simply a fear but a fact… I re-read Hamas’ charter of 1988[3]… it’s an evil read (Article Seven!)

But I also understood that Hamas are not the Palestinian people… a people who have for decades endured and continue to endure marginalization, oppression, occupation, and the systematic stealing of the land that is rightfully theirs. Given our own historic experience of oppression and occupation, it’s little wonder so many here in Ireland have campaigned for decades for justice for the Palestinian people.

We know Hamas are using starvation as a weapon in the war, but now so too is Israel and I feel revulsion for the moral failure. The Government of Israel is not the nation of Israel, but the Government of Israel led by Benjamin Netanyahu today deserves our categorical and unequivocal condemnation. There is no justification for the brutality he and his far right government have inflicted on the Palestinian people… in Gaza… in the West Bank. And not just since October 7, well before it too… though the level of depravity and lawlessness we are seeing now feels like uncharted territory.

Curiously those who say these reports are not true are not demanding access for journalists and seem deaf to the revealing rhetoric. Examples that sharpen my pen include: Israel’s Heritage Minister claiming that the government is racing to wipe out Gaza[4]… his Defense Minister and Security Minister arguing no aid should be let into the territory.[5],[6] “Not one grain of wheat.”[7] And now Netanyahu announces[8] a military takeover of Gaza City… which most informed commentators understand as a euphemism for the colonization of Gaza. We know the rest of the Gaza Strip… and the West Bank are next. What century are we in?

Is the world not done with this far, far right thinking? We know where it ends… world war… millenarianism… Might the world deserve to know where this once promising bright-minded democratic nation is headed unless there is a dramatic change of course? Is what was once an oasis of innovation and free-thinking now in hock to a fundamentalism as blunt as a machete? Are Israelis really ready to let Benjamin Netanyahu do to Israel what its enemies failed to achieve over the last 77 years? And disappear it from membership in a community of nations built around even a flawed decency?

As someone who has long believed in Israel’s right to exist and supported a two-state solution, I want to make clear to anyone who cares to listen our band’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s immoral actions and join all who have called for a cessation of hostilities on both sides. 

If not Irish voices, please please please stop and listen to Jewish ones – from the high mindedness of Rabbi Sharon Brous, to the tearful comedy of the Grody-Patinkin family – who fear the damage to Judaism, as well as Israel’s neighbours. Listen to the more than 100,000 Israelis who this week in Tel Aviv protested for an end to the war.

Our band stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine who truly seek a path to peace and coexistence with Israel and with their rightful and legitimate demand for statehood. We stand in solidarity with the remaining hostages and plead that someone rational negotiate their release. Could it be Marwan Barghouthi who the former head of Mossad Efraim Halevy described as “probably the most sane and the most qualified person” to lead the Palestinians?[9]

Wiser heads than mine will have a view, but surely the hostages deserve a different approach — and quick.

We urge more good people in Israel to demand unfettered access by professionals to deliver the critical care needed throughout Gaza and the West Bank that they best know how to distribute… and to let the correct number of trucks through. It will take more than 100 trucks a day to take seriously the need – more like 600[10] – but the flooding of humanitarian aid will also undercut the black marketing that has been happening to benefit Hamas.

The band is pledged to contribute our support by donating to Medical Aid For Palestinians.

-Bono

[1] Sudan War, BBC, 4 July 2025
[2] USAID Cuts, The Lancet, 19 July 2025
[3] Hamas Covenant: Yale Law Library, 18 August 1988
[4] Israeli Heritage Minister Statement: The Times of Israel, 24 July 2025
[5] Israeli Security Minister Statement: Israel National News, 27 July 2025
[6] Israeli Defense Minister Statement: The Guardian, 16 April 2025
[7] Israeli Finance Minister, Grain of Wheat Statement: Ynet, 7 April 2025  
[8] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Statement: BBC, 8 August 2025
[9] Former Mossad Director Efraim Halevy Statement: France24, July 17 2025
[10] Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown – Aid Trucks Statement, BBC Radio 4 – Today, 8 August 2025

The Edge on Gaza

We are all deeply shocked and profoundly grieved by the suffering unfolding in Gaza. What we are witnessing is not a distant tragedy—it is a test of our shared humanity.

I have three questions for Prime Minister Netanyahu. I ask them in the hope of engaging the conscience and sanity of the people of Israel.

First: Do you truly believe that such devastation—inflicted so intentionally and relentlessly on a civilian population—can happen without heaping generational shame upon those responsible? Do you not see that the longer this continues, the more Israel risks becoming isolated, mistrusted, and remembered not as a haven from persecution, but as a state that, when provoked, systematically persecuted a neighbouring civilian population?

Second: If the end goal is, as the Likud platform suggests, the removal of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank to make way for a “Greater Israel,” then that is not peace—it is dispossession; it is ethnic cleansing, and, according to many legal scholars, colonial genocide. It is an injustice on a massive scale. And injustice, as we learned in Ireland, is never the path to security: it breeds resentment, it hardens hearts, and it guarantees that future generations will inherit conflict rather than peace. The oppressed do not forget. How can this course of action possibly make your people safer?

Third: If you reject the two-state solution—as your government now openly does—then what is your political vision? Simply perpetual conflict? A future of walls, blockades, military occupation? A state of permanent inequality? And if this apartheid state transpires don’t you destroy the very argument for Israel’s existence as a moral response to the horrors of the Holocaust? For if Israel comes to be seen as a state that systematically denies another people their rights, then the world will inevitably ask whether the only just and sustainable future, the only tolerable future, is a shared state—one where Jews and Palestinians live together as equals under the law.

We know from our own experience in Ireland that peace is not made through dominance.
Peace is made when people sit down with their opponents—when they recognise the equal dignity of all, even those they once feared or despised.

There can be no peace without justice. No reconciliation without recognition. And no future unless we refuse to let the past be repeated.

The road to peace is difficult. 
But it is never too late, or too early, to begin walking it.

-The Edge

Adam on Gaza

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by Israel’s aid blockade and bombing looks like revenge on a civilian population who are not responsible for Hamas’ murderous attack on October 7. If Israel moves to colonise the Gaza Strip, it will permanently undo any possibility of lasting peace or solution for hostilities. Forgetting the morality of the situation for a moment, doesn’t the technical superiority of Israel’s modern army make a boast of its precision targeting of individuals from thousands of miles away? And if so why are the IDF bombarding a civilian population from the skies indiscriminately destroying any bit of shelter and infrastructure?

Preserving civilian life is a choice in this war.

-Adam

Larry on Gaza

The images of the Hamas-led massacre of Israelis on October 7th and in particular the footage of innocent music fans being slaughtered, beaten and abused at the Nova Music Festival were harrowing to watch.  Nothing was achieved except more misery for the region at the hands of Hamas and its allies. 
So what did Hamas expect would happen when they committed mass murder and took the hostages?

Israel’s response was expected.

After those attacks the total obliteration of Hamas was called for by Israel and its allies and was expected.

A ground war was expected. 

Aerial bombardment and destruction were expected .

The indiscriminate decimation of most homes and hospitals in Gaza, with a majority of those killed being women and children, was not expected.
Imposing famine was not expected.

It’s difficult to comprehend how any civilised society can think starving children is going to further any cause and be justified as an acceptable response to another horror. To state the obvious, starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war is inhumane and criminal.

Where is the outrage from within Israel, outside of a small, if increasingly vocal, minority?

Where is the outrage from the diaspora?

Beyond some reluctant and muted acknowledgement of a famine inflicted, nothing.

Silence.

The power to change this obscenity is in the hands of Israel

I undoubtedly support Israel’s right to exist and I also believe Palestinians deserve the same right and a state of their own.

Silence serves none of us. 

-Larry

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Lettre de Liaison 140 – 14 juillet 2025

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