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By staff writer
From truce to tragedy: 310+ dead in Gaza after Oct 10 ceasefire
TEHRAN — The death toll in Gaza continues to climb as Israeli forces intensify military operations despite the ceasefire agreement with Hamas that came into effect on October 10. Israel’s army has advanced beyond the designated “yellow line,” pushing tanks and armored vehicles into areas where displaced Palestinians had cautiously begun to return.
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2025-11-19 22:37
Iran, Jordan warn Gaza crisis deepening as Israel continues ceasefire violations
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi have reviewed the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza and discussed the implications of the newly adopted UN Security Council resolution.
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2025-11-19 22:30
Tehran condemns UN Gaza resolution over violation of Palestinian rights
TEHRAN – Iran has expressed serious concern over the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 2803 on Gaza, saying a major part of the resolution’s text runs counter to the legitimate rights of Palestinian people.
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2025-11-19 22:21
By Sahar Dadjoo
International law has collapsed under great-power pressure, UN observer warns
Thomas G. Weiss says geopolitical paralysis has left the UN unable to restrain U.S.-Israel actions against Iran
TEHRAN – The recent 12-day U.S.-Israel assault on Iran has reignited debates about whether the global legal system retains any real authority or has collapsed under the weight of great-power politics. For Thomas G. Weiss, a leading thinker on international governance and long-time observer of the UN, the crisis is symptomatic of a much deeper breakdown.
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2025-11-19 14:26
Israeli attacks in Gaza during ceasefire kill 279 people
The Gaza Government Media Office reports that Israeli forces have carried out 393 attacks despite the ceasefire declared on October 10, killing 279 Palestinians and wounding 652 others.
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2025-11-18 21:11
By Shahrokh Saei
A Trojan Horse for Gaza
10 reasons the UN Gaza resolution masks injustice behind diplomacy
TEHRAN – The United Nations Security Council has approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on Gaza, hailed in Washington as a diplomatic breakthrough. But for Palestinians and many around the world, it's another failed plan—one that prioritizes policing over justice and control over freedom.
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2025-11-18 16:08
South Africa calls Palestinian refugee flight a ‘clearly orchestrated operation’
South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said Monday that the arrival in Johannesburg last week of a plane carrying Palestinian refugees was a “clearly orchestrated operation” to displace Palestinians, Anadolu reported Tuesday.
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2025-11-17 22:19
Iran condemns new Israeli bloodshed in Gaza, West Bank
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has denounced the ongoing killings and blatant violations of human rights in Gaza and the West Bank.
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2025-11-17 16:15
Nearly 100 Palestinians have died from torture, starvation in Israeli prisons since Oct. 2023
A stark report from Physicians for Human Rights–Israel (PHRI), published Monday, finds at least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war on Gaza began in October 2023, with the true toll likely far higher amid mass detentions and missing detainees.
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2025-11-16 21:41
By Sahar Dadjoo
Osprey V: Rock, resistance, and survival in Gaza
TEHRAN- The story of Osprey V does not begin in a studio or on a stage—it begins in the ruins, during blackouts, under the sound of drones, and in the shadows of war. As Gaza’s first and only English-speaking internationally recognized rock band, Osprey V has become both a witness and a voice for a people under siege. Their music, forged through trauma and resilience, now crosses borders as an urgent echo from a place the world has rarely listened to.
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2025-11-16 20:05
Gaza’s rock pioneers: Osprey V turn struggle into song
Meet Osprey V, Gaza’s pioneering rock band, and their powerful song dedicated to the flotilla movement. While some members remain trapped in Gaza, the band stands as a symbol of Palestinian resilience, resistance, identity, and hope. Through their music, they transform grief and trauma into a call for global solidarity—bridging the gap between those fighting for Palestine and those within it.
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2025-11-16 19:01
By Wesam Bahrani
Bombing and coming winter worsen plight of Gaza survivors
TEHRAN — Israeli strikes and bitter cold are driving Palestinians into deeper hardship as humanitarian needs surge.
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2025-11-16 18:53
By Shahrokh Saei
Decoding the deception: How Trump’s ceasefire blocks Palestinian statehood
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan for Gaza has been promoted as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and eventual statehood. Yet Israeli officials have made clear that such statehood will never be accepted, exposing the truce plan as a diplomatic pretense designed to advance U.S. and Israeli agendas under the guise of peace.
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2025-11-15 19:13
By Shahrokh Saei
BBC at a crossroads: From Trump dispute to Gaza bias allegations
TEHRAN – The recent dispute between US President Donald Trump and the BBC has drawn renewed attention to the broadcaster’s editorial practices, highlighting questions of accountability and internal oversight.
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2025-11-15 18:53
By Wesam Bahrani
U.S. blueprint envisions divided Gaza
TEHRAN – The future of Gaza is being shaped by external powers rather than the people who live there.
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2025-11-15 17:52
UNRWA warns of impending winter disaster in Gaza as aid remains blocked by Israel
Gaza faces a worsening crisis as winter approaches, with vital shelter and supplies blocked by Israel from entering the enclave, Anadolu reported Saturday, citing the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
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2025-11-15 17:24
South Africa admits 130 Palestinians after chaotic entry
South Africa admitted 130 Palestinians on November 13 after initially blocking their entry at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo Airport, The Cradle reported Saturday, citing border authorities.
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2025-11-14 20:43
By Shahab Sarmadi
U.S. proposal for Gaza: ‘Board of Peace’ or cover for occupation?
TEHRAN – President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, presented by Washington as a blueprint for stability and reconstruction, has drawn significant criticism for functioning as political cover for Israel’s ongoing military campaign.
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2025-11-11 21:52
By Sahar Dadjoo
‘When the world closes in, art becomes our only window to survive,’ says Ezzedine Shallah
Founder of Gaza Women’s Film Festival says blockade turned into a source of creative power
TEHRAN- Amid the devastation of war and displacement, Gaza has given birth to an extraordinary act of cultural resilience — the First Gaza International Women’s Film Festival. Founded by Ezzedine Shallah, a Palestinian filmmaker and researcher, the festival brings together 79 films from 28 countries, celebrating women’s voices through cinema even as bombs fall and cities crumble.
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2025-11-10 15:57
Israeli forces kill two more Palestinians in Gaza
TEHRAN – In another stark violation of the October 10 ceasefire, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Monday near the so-called “Yellow Line” in southern Gaza. The Israeli military claimed the Palestinians posed an “immediate threat” and were targeted by an airstrike. No independent evidence has been provided to support this claim.
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2025-11-09 18:28
By Shahab Sarmadi
Ceasefire as camouflage: Israel’s continued assault on Gaza
TEHRAN – The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, brokered by the United States and officially put into effect on October 10, was intended to pause the violence in Gaza. However, recent developments suggest the truce may have served as a strategic cover for Israel to continue its military operations with reduced international scrutiny.
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2025-11-07 19:27
By Wesam Bahrani
Truce with no peace for Palestinians
TEHRAN – Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, the Israeli regime continues to trample on the rights of Palestinians in Gaza.
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2025-11-07 14:42
By Batool Subeiti
The end of the New Middle East project
LONDON - The New Middle East project is over. So are the maps the occupation entity’s Prime Minister flaunted at every summit, like a prophetic vision in a book after 3,000 years.
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2025-11-05 17:45
Gaza launched 1st International Festival for Women’s Cinema in October 2025
In a powerful act of cultural defiance and with the support of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, Gaza has inaugurated its first International Festival for Women’s Cinema, bringing together voices of female filmmakers from across the world despite the ongoing siege and devastation.
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2025-11-05 14:48
By Professor Hossein Askari
Quintessential rogues gallery — US, Western Europe, Canada, Australia, with Arab and Muslims in tow
PORTLAND - The fact that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip is beyond a doubt. For the human and physical fallout, simply look at the results on the ground and read the South Africa filing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And as for intent (critical to proving genocide) listen to and read the statements of Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Gallant and senior military leaders.
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2025-11-04 18:11
By Wesam Bahrani
Gazans still face death, misery and starvation
Only about 24% of humanitarian aid agreed under the truce has been allowed into Gaza
TEHRAN – Developments in Gaza show that the occupying Israeli regime continues its attacks across the besieged Gaza enclave, despite a fragile truce agreement. The al-Ahli Hospital reported that a Palestinian was killed by the Israeli fire in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
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2025-11-03 21:14
By Garsha Vazirian
Gaza’s shadow over NYC: How a mayoral race turned into a moral referendum
Calling genocide by its name, Zohran Mamdani forced a reckoning and unleashed a fierce counterattack
TEHRAN – Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the Ugandan-Indian son of a postcolonial scholar who was born in Uganda, has done something the pundit class assumed impossible: his campaign dragged the once-distant politics of Gaza into the center of a New York mayoral election and forced voters to decide whether American power remains accountable.
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2025-11-03 21:12
Israeli fire kills three north of Rafah despite ceasefire
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire north of Rafah, Nasser Medical Complex staff told Al Jazeera, in what many observers consider a breach of the fragile ceasefire.
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2025-11-03 18:52
By Shahrokh Saei
From Gaza to Darfur: Mossad’s strategic footprint in Sudan’s genocide
TEHRAN – As the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) consolidate control over western Sudan with the fall of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, questions are growing about the involvement of foreign actors—particularly Israel and the United States—in shaping the trajectory of the country’s civil war.
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2025-11-02 19:37
By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza reels under renewed bombings
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime escalates Gaza strikes as blockade tightens, aid restricted, and casualties rise.