ALL HEARTS WITH GAZA
- At least 37 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave since dawn, including 30 in Gaza City.
- France and Saudi Arabia are due to convene dozens of world leaders to rally support for a two-state solution, with several of them expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state – a move that could draw harsh Israeli and US .
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Recognizing Palestine comes with obligations under international law;
“All states have an obligation to do nothing to assist Israel in its unlawful presence in the State of Palestine, and so they must do everything they can to change their relationship with Israel,” including bringing to bear the “full raft of sanctions” imposed on a state perpetrating an aggression, he said.
Imseis said the same measures taken against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine would also be warranted in the case of Israel, which the International Court of Justice found to be occupying Palestinian territory unlawfully.
Israeli army tightens restrictions in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have tightened restrictions on movement in several areas west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The Wafa news agency reported that soldiers closed the gates at the entrances to Ni’lin, Shuqba and Deir Ammar, blocking Palestinians from crossing.Troops also restricted the movement of vehicles and individuals across at least 10 other towns and villages in the area, creating long queues and disrupting daily life.
Israeli forces have increased the use of military gates, barriers and concrete blocks to isolate West Bank cities and governorates from one another.
Military restrictions have been accompanied by settler attacks aimed at displacing Palestinians from their land.
Israel now operates about 898 checkpoints and gates across the West Bank, including 18 installed since the start of the year and 146 added after October 7, 2023, when the war in Gaza started, Wafa reported.
The restrictions have been implemented amid threats from Israeli ministers, including Netanyahu, to annex the West Bank in response to the moves by the UK, Canada and Australia to recognise a Palestinian state.
Global pressure needed as Israel defies UN order to end occupation: Analysis - 1h ago(16:50 GMT)
‘Netanyahu doesn’t want peace’: Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader
The head of the armed group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Mohammed al-Hindi, tells Al Jazeera that “Netanyahu doesn’t want peace” but rather seeks to pursue his own “illusions”.
“The horizon for a solution in Gaza is blocked, and there are no new or old ideas on this matter,” al-Hindi said. “Recognising the State of Palestine is a diplomatic defeat for Israel, but what comes next?”
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Palestinian officials meet German diplomats amid recognition push
Hussein al-Sheikh, Palestinian vice president, says he has met German officials to discuss efforts to secure international recognition of Palestine.
In a post on X, he said the meeting covered the “most prominent challenges facing our people, in light of the ongoing war of extermination in the Gaza Strip and the military and economic blockade imposed on the West Bank”.
“I emphasized the need for the international community to take urgent action to halt this aggression, lift the blockade, and support our people’s right to freedom and independence, based on international legitimacy resolutions.”
Earlier, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul reaffirmed Berlin’s stance that it would not recognise Palestine until a negotiated two-state solution is reached. Germany remains one of Israel’s closest allies, often citing its historical responsibility for the Holocaust as the basis for its position.
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WATCH: How international recognition for Palestinian statehood has grown and shifted
How international recognition for Palestinian statehood has grown and shifted | Explainer - 1h ago(16:20 GMT)
US public opinion on Israel is changing, US policy will have to as well
The Zionist narrative has been a dominating force in the US for more than seven decades.
Promoted by powerful lobbies, nurtured by Christian evangelicals and echoed by mainstream media, it remained largely unchallenged until the outbreak of the genocide in Gaza.
In nearly two years, the unyielding images of horror, the scale of devastation and the shocking loss of human lives have created an indomitable record of horror that has challenged the Zionist narrative.
Poll after poll is registering a shift in public opinion vis-a-vis Israel. On both sides of the political divide, Americans are growing less enthusiastic about blanket support for the longstanding US ally. So what does this mean for US-Israeli relations?
Read the full opinion piece here.
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry threatens Gaza-bound aid flotilla
Israel’s Foreign Ministry has threatened the Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and trying to break its blockade of the Palestinian territory, warning that it will “not allow the naval blockade of Gaza to be breached”.
“Israel will not allow vessels to enter an active combat zone,” the ministry said in a statement, repeating its accusation that delivering aid to Palestinians serves Hamas’s purposes.
“We call on the ships of the Steadfastness Flotilla to dock at the port of Ashkelon and unload their cargo there,” it said, referring to an Israeli port.
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Scotland calls for more sanctions on Israel
Scottish First Minister John Swinney has urged the British government to go beyond its recognition of a Palestinian state by imposing sanctions and halting arms sales to Israel.
“This is a historic moment for the people of Palestine, which should have come long ago,” Swinney said while speaking at a ceremony outside the Palestinian Mission in London.
He added that while the UK’s decision was “welcome news”, it was “just the first step towards establishing the two-state solution”.
“I have been clear that the UK’s recognition of the State of Palestine should have been unconditional, but this decision goes some way towards acknowledging the UK’s solemn and historic responsibility towards all peoples of the region,” he said.
Swinney called on the UK government to withdraw from its trade deal with Israel, ban imports from settlements, end defence exports and all military cooperation, and impose sanctions on members of Israel’s security cabinet.
He also urged London to join South Africa’s genocide case at the International Court of Justice and facilitate the evacuation of injured children from Gaza for treatment in Scotland.
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney outside the Palestine mission in the UK after the flag-raising ceremony to mark the UK’s recognition of a Palestinian state on September 22, 2025 [Leon Neal/Getty Images] - 2h ago(15:45 GMT)
Recognition of Palestinian statehood ‘just the beginning’: UK MP
British independent MP Shockat Adam says that the UK’s recognition of Palestine’s statehood is “just the beginning” of a process to realising a viable Palestinian state.
“Hopefully it’s a turning point in history,” said Adam, who in October presented a bill in the British parliament calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state.
“We must use this as a first step to achieve everything else” required, he said, from a peace process to agreed-upon borders.
He said that supporters of the Palestinian cause in the UK would not allow the British government to treat the recognition as a “tick-box exercise” but would maintain pressure on the government to push for further action required.
“My election in part was because … of what was happening in Gaza,” he said. “There are millions of people out there … and there are parliamentarians on both sides of the house … which will hold this government to account.”
Husam Zomlot, Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom, during a ceremony in London marking Britain’s recognition o
Israel’s military said Tuesday that it expects its Gaza City offensive to take “several months” to complete, marking the first timeline it has given for its plan to take control of the enclave’s largest population center.
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said Israel is determined to “go up to the end” in its Gaza military campaign and is not open to a serious negotiation for a ceasefire.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel needs to create an “independent weapons industry” that can “withstand international constraints”.
Netanyahu also said that Trump invited him again to the White House for a meeting that will follow his speech at the UN General Assembly later this month.
The president of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, spoke about the UN Commission of Inquiry’s report that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, describing it as a “very important document” that should spark international action.
