Israel and Hamas are moving slowly toward a new deal that would release some of the 130 hostages still held captive in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a week-long ceasefire. US President Joe Biden said an agreement could take effect as early as Monday, ahead of what is seen as an unofficial deadline: the […]
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The “miracle” of making art in Palestine
The physical and material restrictions, and the psychological and motivational state that living in a conflict zone entails, make making art a Palestine in a “miracle” for authors like Motasem Siam and Lara Salous, capable of reflecting that context in their work. Salous and Siam are in Madrid carrying out artistic residencies as part of […]
“Miracle” of the release of Argentine hostages in Gaza leaves their relatives “in shock”
The two hostages of Argentine origin released in Gaza by Israeli forces were able to reunite with their families on Monday, “a miracle“for which they are still”shocked” after four months of uncertainty. Fernando Marman60 years old, and Louis Har70, had been kidnapped for 128 days when they were freed during a large night operation in […]
McDonald’s sales plummet after supporting Israel in attacks on Palestine
With information from BBC and Forbes Colombia Alonyal Ltd., the owner of the McDonald’s franchise in Israel, announced in mid-October that its store would feed free of charge to soldiers participating in the incursion and attacks on Palestine, within the framework of the conflict with Hamas. Since then, the movement was created from social networks. […]
US and Israel, 75 years of relationship at a turning point
USA and Israel celebrate 75 years of relations marked by a close political and military alliance that is at a turning point due to the Gaza war and the disagreements over the future of the Palestinian people. The US government was the first to recognize ‘de facto’ to the State of Israel just eleven minutes […]
War in Gaza: this is how the negotiations on ceasefire and release of hostages are going
U.S. and Middle Eastern mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they were close to a deal for a two-month ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of more than 100 hostages held by Hamas. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday rejected Hamas’s two main demands — that Israel withdraw its forces […]
UK proposes five-point plan to end war in Gaza
He British government has proposed a five-point plan to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Loop and pave the way towards a Palestinian state, the ‘Financial Times’ (FT) newspaper revealed this Sunday. The initiative was presented by the Foreign Minister, David Cameron, to the Israeli and Palestinian authorities on his tour this week in the Middle […]
21 Israeli soldiers die in Gaza, in deadliest attack against Israel since start of war
Palestinian fighters carried out the deadliest attack against Israeli forces in Loop since the start of the war and killed 21 soldiers, the Israeli army reported Tuesday. This is a significant setback that could add to growing calls for a ceasefire. Hours later, the Israeli army announced that ground forces had surrounded the southern city […]
EU outlines ten-point peace plan to end Israel-Palestine conflict
The European Union (EU) is preparing a peace plan made up of ten points to end the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and which contemplates the creation of two States and the normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab world, as published this Saturday by the information portal Euractiv, partner of EFE, who had […]
Hundreds of people demonstrate in Lisbon for “the end of the massacre” in Palestine
Hundreds of people demonstrated this Sunday in Lisbon to request “the end of the massacre” in Palestine, where the Israeli offensive against Loop It has caused almost 24,000 deaths, of which 70% are minors and women. The march, which was called by the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), the Movement for the Rights of the Palestinian […]