August 31 + September 2 Event Palestinians could each be offered $5,000 cash to leave the Gaza Strip as well as subsidies to cover four years’ worth of rent “elsewhere” under a White House plan to take over and reconstruct the ravaged territory, according to reports. The plan would involve Gaza’s two million populationContinue reading “Netanyahu says that Trump told him to ‘go into Gaza with full force’ and ‘finish’ the war”
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Pope Leo criticises Israeli plans for forced evacuation of Gaza City
The Times, August 28, 2025 Event The Pope has attacked Israel’s plans to evacuate Gaza City by force as Catholic priests and nuns caring for the sick in the war zone refused to leave and the UN secretary-general condemned the “endless catalogue of horrors”. Speaking at the Vatican, Leo criticised the “forced displacement” of GazanContinue reading “Pope Leo criticises Israeli plans for forced evacuation of Gaza City”
Trump wants a Nobel prize. Europe can exploit that to help Ukraine
Preceding: Trump wishing to get the Nobel Peace prize The Economist, August 21, 2025 Event Mr Trump wants his dealmaking skills to be recognised in endeavours beyond the building of gaudy skyscrapers, and there is no greater arena than diplomacy. The global elites sneer at mere moneymaking. But recognition from Oslo is worth much more than theContinue reading “Trump wants a Nobel prize. Europe can exploit that to help Ukraine”
Germany suspends arms sales to Israel
The Telegraph, August 8, 2025 Event Germany has suspended the sale of weapons to Israel that could be used in Gaza, Friedrich Merz has announced. The German chancellor said it was “increasingly difficult to understand” how Israel’s operations in the Strip, which now include seizing Gaza City, would help achieve its aims. The European nationContinue reading “Germany suspends arms sales to Israel”
Israel condemns Keir Starmer over plan to recognise Palestine
The Times July 30 Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will join France in formally recognising a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel takes action to end the “appalling” situation in Gaza. The announcement was met with criticism by Israel. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said that the decision “rewards Hamas’s monstrous terrorismContinue reading “Israel condemns Keir Starmer over plan to recognise Palestine”
Blessing from America to Israel
“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” (Ge 12:3 AV) Is this verse the main reason so many Americans, like their president, want to bless Israel so that blessings may also come over them? This verse isContinue reading “Blessing from America to Israel”
Around the Israel-Iran war 2025
Trump’s Yemen Ceasefire Leaves Israel Alone Against The Houthis At the beginning of May, mere hours after Israel retaliated against a Houthi missile strike on Tel Aviv airport with airstrikes in Yemen, President Donald Trump announced a surprise ceasefire with the group, halting a two-month American air campaign. Israel took a direct hit from aContinue reading “Around the Israel-Iran war 2025”
Inside Trump’s high stakes nuclear gamble with Iran
Before the start of the Israel-Iran war 2025 With the bombing of Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, Israel had been involved in an attempt to disrupt negotiations between the US and Iran over the future of its nuclear programme. At the beginning of May, US President Donald Trump blindsidedContinue reading “Inside Trump’s high stakes nuclear gamble with Iran”
The ignition of a new blaze
Event Iran’s highest-ranking military officer, the head of its elite Revolutionary Guards Corps and its air force and a former national security chief have all been killed in Israel’s unprecedented Operation Rising Lion. Their deaths will send shockwaves through the nation’s military establishment and could seriously hamper the Islamic Republic’s ability to respond to Israel’sContinue reading “The ignition of a new blaze”
Israel and the Golan heights Druze community
At the beginning of May, Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday May 2, in its clearest warning yet to Syria’s new Islamist-led authorities of its readiness to ramp up military action in the name of the country’s Druze minority. Israel has escalated military operations in Syria since rebelsContinue reading “Israel and the Golan heights Druze community”
Some View on the World 