Israel & Occupied Palestine
The best of dispatches, features and analysis.
Scroll down for the rest of the best, including many news stories.
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DISPATCH
‘People in Gaza shouldn’t leave their homes. Dying is better than the situation we’re in’
The Times
20 November 2020
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FEATURE
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DISPATCH
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FEATURE
We survived the Hamas terror attack – 24 hours later, we reported for duty
The Telegraph
19 October 2023
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FEATURE
People in Gaza hate the night. All they can see are explosions
1843 Magazine/The Economist
10 October 2023
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FEATURE
The world’s fastest Covid inoculation drive: Israel vaccinates half a million in nine days
The Telegraph
29 December 2020
The best of the rest
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US pressures Israel to accept ceasefire deal (Telegraph)
Israel cuts off Hamas ‘lifeline’ by seizing Gaza side of Rafah crossing (Telegraph)
UN urges Israel to reopen Rafah crossing (Telegraph)
Northern Gaza now in ‘full-blown famine,’ top UN official warns
British troops could be sent to Gaza to help US deliver aid (Telegraph)
Hamas refuse to ‘back down’ in fresh peace deal talks (Telegraph)
US quietly transfers hundreds of 2,000lb bombs to Israel despite Rafah invasion concerns (Telegraph)
First food aid shipment by sea to Gaza is unloaded on beach (Telegraph)
Rocket attacks as Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire over border (Telegraph)
Three killed in Houthi missile attack (Telegraph)
IDF targets Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon for first time (Telegraph)
Israel rejects allies’ two-state solution and sets date for Rafah ground offensive (Telegraph)
Netanyahu: We will take Rafah and achieve victory (Telegraph)
UK and US fuelling Middle East chaos and disorder, Iran claims (Telegraph)
Israel faces Hamas resurgence in northern Gaza (Telegraph)
Netanyahu rules out freeing 'thousands of terrorists' in a Gaza truce (Telegraph)
Joe Biden blames Iran for deaths of US troops in drone strike (Telegraph)
Gaza tunnel system still ‘80 per cent intact’ (Telegraph)
Biden draws up plan for ‘sustained’ military action against Houthis (Telegraph)
America’s relaxed attitude in the Middle East has come back to bite it (The Times)
US does not want war in Yemen (The Times)
Britain and US launch airstrikes on Houthi targets (The Times)
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President Erdogan describes Netanyahu as ‘no different from Hitler’ (The Times)
Drone that hit tanker off India was launched from Iran, says US (Telegraph)
Merchant ship linked to Israel struck by drone off coast of India (Telegraph)
Keep fighting to destroy Hamas, bereaved mother urges IDF (The Times)
Almost half of Israel’s Gaza strikes ‘use unguided missiles’ (The Times)
Israel 'fired US-supplied white phosphorous' into Lebanon in possible war crime (Telegraph)
Agencies warn of ‘apocalyptic’ situation in Gaza as half of population go hungry (Telegraph)
Israel urges Gazans in Khan Younis to evacuate ‘urgently’ (Telegraph)
Palestinians mourn Gazan poet Refaat Alareer killed in airstrike (The Times)
US pressures Israel to end war against Hamas ‘in a month’ (The Times)
Reuters journalist ‘killed by shell from Israeli tank’ (The Times)
US warship among vessels attacked in Red Sea (Telegraph)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed wing hands over Israeli hostages (Telegraph)
Three year old twins released by Hamas in latest hostage exchange (Telegraph)
IDF kill seven Palestinians in West Bank despite Gaza ceasefire (Telegraph)
Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand, 9, among hostages released by Hamas (Telegraph)
Israeli cargo ship hit in attack by Iranian kamikaze drone (Telegraph)
First Hamas hostages released under ceasefire deal — as it happened (The Times)
13 Israeli hostages set to be freed as Gaza ceasefire begins (The Times)
Israel releases list of Palestinians it will exchange for hostages (The Times)
Hamas hostage release hope as US talks of ceasefire deal (The Times)
Hostage deal is 'near,' Biden says (Telegraph)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seize Israel-linked cargo ship in Red Sea (The Telegraph)
Shani Louk: Hamas terrorist who paraded body is dead, says mother (The Times)
Biden says hospitals ‘must be protected’ (The Telegraph)
Netanyahu urges Middle East to stand against Hamas (The Telegraph)
Video of two hostages released by allies of Hamas (The Times)
US and Israel bomb Iran-linked targets in Syria (The Times)
Qatar in talks with CIA and Mossad over Hamas hostages deal (The Times)
Blinken meets with Palestinian president as US pushes for ‘significant pause’ in war (The Telegraph)
Hamas claims Israeli strike on refugee camp killed seven hostages (The Times)
Israeli airstrike kills 50 in refugee camp, Hamas claims (The Times)
Israel defends Gaza internet blackout (The Telegraph)
IDF ground forces ‘expanding activity’ in Gaza (The Times)
Al Jazeera reporter told on air that strike killed family (The Times)
Queen Rania of Jordan accuses West of hypocrisy on Palestinians (The Times)
Israel to intensify strikes on Hamas ahead of Gaza invasion (The Telegraph)
Hamas releases two American hostages (The Times)
We survived the Hamas terror attack – 24 hours later, we reported for duty (The Telegraph)
US intercepts missiles fired from Yemen (The Times)
Palestinians protest in Ramallah in Hamas-inspired ‘day of rage’ (The Times)
Biden backs IDF account of hospital blast (The Times)
British teenager missing since Hamas attack was murdered, says family (The Telegraph)
Hamas hostage negotiation chief ‘killed in Gaza airstrike’ (The Telegraph)
Israel kills Hamas kibbutz attack mastermind (The Telegraph)
Reuters journalist killed in Israeli strike at Lebanon border (The Telegraph)
Inside Gaza where entire neighbourhoods are being flattened (The Telegraph)
We failed to protect Israel from Hamas attack, army chief admits (The Times)
Netanyahu vows revenge if 'even a single hair' is harmed on Israeli hostages (The Telegraph)
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Israel and militants agree to fragile Gaza ceasefire (The Telegraph)
Gaza farmer unearths Byzantine mosaics (The Times)
Khashoggi murder mightn’t get a mention when Joe Biden meets Saudis (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu eyes comeback as Israel’s government collapses (The Telegraph)
Three killed in suspected terror attack on Israel’s Independence Day (The Telegraph)
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Israel may have to pause lightning vaccination programme as Pfizer stocks dwindle (The Telegraph)
Israel announces full diplomatic relations with Bhutan (The Telegraph)
Israeli PM reportedly holds secret talks in Saudi Arabia amid normalisation rumours (The Telegraph)
Three dead as hundreds of wildfires ravage the Middle East (The Telegraph)
Coronavirus infections reach 60,000 in Israel as protests continue (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu pledges to annex West Bank if he wins Israeli election on Monday (The Telegraph)
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Israeli female soldiers banned from prison work after ‘Palestinian terrorist affair’ (The Telegraph)
Saudi Arabia seeks Palestinians’ support for Israel deal (The Times)
Israel will not allow Saudi Arabia to open Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu undergoes surgery to have pacemaker fitted (The Telegraph)
Israel deploys facial recognition cameras to ‘supercharge segregation’ (The Telegraph)
Funeral held for British-Israeli sisters killed in West Bank (The Telegraph)
Israel bombs Syria after rockets hit occupied Golan Heights (The Telegraph)
Two British sisters shot dead in West Bank terrorist attack (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu faces revolt from his own party against judicial reforms (The Telegraph)
Israel carries out airstrike in Damascus suburbs (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu calls for looser gun laws after synagogue attack (The Telegraph)
Damascus airport hit and four killed in Israeli strikes on Syria (The Telegraph)
Israel ‘cannot be an occupier’ in its own land, Netanyahu counters after UN ruling (The Telegraph)
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Israel unveils $300m plan to double settlers in occupied Golan (The Telegraph)
Five Palestinian 'terrorists' killed in Israeli raids across West Bank (The Telegraph)
Israel accuses spoon-tunnel fugitives of plotting terror attack (The Telegraph)
Israel threatens fresh lockdown as vaccine front-runner faces delta surge (The Telegraph)
Netanyahu on cusp of being replaced by far-Right leader Naftali Bennett (The Telegraph)
Benjamin Netanyahu struggles on two fronts as corruption trial begins (The Telegraph)
Israeli experts discover new Dead Sea scrolls for first time in 60 years (The Telegraph)
Israel 'funded Covid vaccine' for Syria to secure prisoner swap deal (The Telegraph)
Israel expands vaccination drive to include 16 to 18-year-olds in bid to save exams (The Telegraph)
Israel forced to tighten lockdown measures despite world-beating vaccine drive (The Telegraph)
Sudan normalises relations with Israel in return for help accessing World Bank funds (The Telegraph)