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CONFLICTOct 8Israeli settlers take Palestinian olives, and their harvest traditionsAs Israeli settlers harvest olives on Palestinian land, farmers face growing violence and loss of an ancient tradition.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Israeli settlers systematically target the Palestinian olive harvestIsraeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are destroying olive trees.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Israel and Turkey are not natural rivals. It’s time to stop treating them that way.The West should find ways of managing rather than entrenching both countries further into this competition. The post Israel and Turkey are not natural rivals. It’s time to stop treating them that way. appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
MILITARYOct 8Israel opens first-ever pavilion at Morocco defence showIsrael opened its first national pavilion at Morocco's Marrakech Air Show, joined by Israel's top military contractors.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Colombian embassy to open in Jerusalem, Israeli FM saysColombian President Abelardo De la Espriella had promised closer ties with Israel on the campaign trail.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8U.K., Israel both claim a moral win with apparent truce in diplomatic feudIsrael had threatened to close the U.K.'s century-and-a-half-old Jerusalem consulate over new British sanctions, but they found a way to avoid "blowing the whole relationship up."CBS News
POLITICSOct 8King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tensionIsrael's order to shut UK's Jerusalem consulate is the latest downturn in a relationship strained since before 1948.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Has Israel shut the UK consulate in East Jerusalem – or downgraded it?British Foreign Secretary Miliband said the consulate building would remain but would be called 'UK Mission, Jerusalem'.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Israel downgrades U.K. consulate in East Jerusalem over settler sanctionsLast-minute negotiations staved off a full closure of the office that handles Britain’s relations with Palestinians in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.Washington Post World
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Israel says British consulate in East Jerusalem downgraded and other news in the Middle EastClarín
POLITICSOct 8UK scales back Jerusalem consulate after Israel disputeBritain says its diplomatic mission will remain open with reduced staff, despite Israel's order to close the nearly 200-year-old consulate.DW News [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Israeli army continues to devastate Gaza, many missing bodies will never be foundNOS Buitenland
POLITICSOct 8Anti-Israel protesters label Mamdani a 'traitor,' accuse him of 'genocide' outside Oct 7 vigilNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was called a 'traitor' by anti-Israel protesters who accused him of genocide at an Oct. 7 vigil near Union Square.headtopics · united states of america
POLITICSOct 8How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of IsraelA top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.NYT World
POLITICSOct 8How Gaza war sped up India’s shift towards Israel under ModiAs even Israel's traditional allies are distancing themselves from Netanyahu, Modi's India has embraced the country.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8UK and Israel broker compromise over East Jerusalem consulateBoth sides claim a win — but relations have soured over British plans to sanction West Bank settlements.Politico Europe
CONFLICTOct 8Why Israel loves skunk waterIsrael’s foul-smelling weapon turns Palestinian repression into a sales pitch.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSOct 8Israel and U.K. Cut Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Full Closure of British Consulate in East JerusalemIsrael had threatened to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, a center of outreach to Palestinians for decades. A last-minute agreement means a smaller diplomatic service will remain.NYT World
POLITICSOct 8'Most Israeli citizens lost confidence' in govt: Leaders 'shift' blame, 'block' commission inquiryOliver Farry welcomes Guy Poran, a former Israeli Air Force officer and member of Mistaclim (Looking the Occupation in the Eye). Poran sees October 7 as a profound rupture in Israeli society following the unprecedented Hamas attack, which targeted civilians across generations. He argues that responsibility for the failures cannot be separated from the policies that preceded the attack, including the Netanyahu government's approach toward Hamas. Without political change, Poran sees little prospect of repairing relations between Israelis and Palestinians or creating the conditions for a lasting France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 8Britain downscales and renames Jerusalem consulate after Israel orders closureBritain said on Thursday its ⁠nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem ⁠would remain operating at a smaller scale, renamed ⁠as the “UK Mission” in the city, after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements. Israel last month issued a 30-day deadline for Britain to close the consulate after London announced sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a dispute that has strained relations between the long-time allies. The deadline expired on...South China Morning Post
POLITICSOct 8Israel says British consulate in East Jerusalem 'ceasing operations'British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband stressed that the consulate would not be closing and that it would instead become the UK Mission, Jerusalem, from Thursday.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 8Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says 'vital services' to remainIsrael said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.BBC World
POLITICSBREAKINGOct 8Israel to close British consulate in East Jerusalem today after sanctions on illegal West Bank settlementsThe Independent World
POLITICSOct 8British consulate in Jerusalem to become 'UK Mission, Jerusalem' after Israel announces closure of facilityThe UK government said it will retain its presence in East Jerusalem as Israel insisted the British consulate in the city had "ceased to function".Sky News World