Palestinian singer Zeyne talks about Palestine at London music festival

Palestinian singer Zeyne spoke about growing up Palestinian during the Mahrajan Festival in London on Saturday.

“I remember feeling like being Palestinian was something I had to justify,” she said on stage  at the Crystal Palace Bowl where the festival was taking place.

Mahrajan Festival, an entirely Arabic music event organised as a collaboration between Live Nation and ABU Recordings, has been described as a platform to "honour Arabic music across all generations". It includes a mix of established artists as well as rising stars.

Mass funeral for Palestinians in Gaza killed during war

Palestinians in Gaza City held a mass funeral for more than 100 people whose remains were recovered from the rubble after nearly three years of war.

At least 73,375 Palestinians have been killed and 174,220 wounded by Israel in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

The bodies of approximately 8,000 Palestinians killed during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza remain under the rubble, even after carrying out extensive recovery operations, Gaza's Civil Defence has said.

Iranians voice distrust of US, demand deal that guarantees Tehran's rights

Iranians on Monday expressed deep distrust of the US, saying any future agreement must guarantee Tehran’s rights after a history of what they described as broken promises by Washington.

Iran said on Monday there were no talks under way with America and no plans for any meetings, contradicting US President Donald Trump, who had said that talks will take place on Monday afternoon as justification for calling off attacks against the Islamic Republic.

Over the weekend Trump repeated a pattern that has emerged throughout the past five months: announcing plans for "massive attacks" on Iran, only to cancel them at the last minute.

Iranians voice distrust of US, demand deal that guarantees Tehran's rights

Iranians on Monday expressed deep distrust of the US, saying any future agreement must guarantee Tehran’s rights after a history of what they described as broken promises by Washington.

Iran said on Monday there were no talks under way with America and no plans for any meetings, contradicting US President Donald Trump, who had said that talks will take place on Monday afternoon as justification for calling off attacks against the Islamic Republic.

Over the weekend Trump repeated a pattern that has emerged throughout the past five months: announcing plans for "massive attacks" on Iran, only to cancel them at the last minute.

Gaza holds large mass funeral for over 100 members of two extended families

Palestinians in Gaza City held one of its largest mass funerals since the beginning of the war in October 2023 on Tuesday.

The 112 members of two extended families belonging to a single clan were killed in a single Israeli strike in 2023 and their bodies were recovered from rubble nearly three years later.

At least 73,375 Palestinians have been killed and 174,220 wounded by Israel in Gaza since 7 October 2023. Thousands more remained buried under the rubble.

Representative Ilhan Omar explains the $70m campaign against Abdul El-Sayed

Representative Ilhan Omar explains why she believes millions in outside spending are being used against Abdul El-Sayed's campaign, arguing his independence threatens special interests while also warning that Islamophobia continues to be normalised in American politics.

Millions gather in Karbala for Arbaeen despite recent US strikes

“Bombings do not frighten us, and nothing can deter or affect us. We would sacrifice our souls for Hussein.”

Millions of Shia Muslim pilgrims have gathered in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, one of the world's largest annual religious pilgrimages.

The pilgrimage commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and a central figure in Shia Islam.

The commemorations come after months of heightened regional tensions and recent US and Israeli strikes on Iran-aligned militias in Iraq.

Pilgrims said they would not be deterred by the strikes.

There have been reports of clashes between supporters of the Iranian government and followers of Grand Ayatollah Sadegh Shirazi, a prominent critic of Iran.

How Israel capitalised on the Ceuta migrant crossing

Speaking to MEE Live's Mathilda Mallinson, Palestinian political analyst Ahmed Najar says Israeli officials were quick to seize on the recent mass migrant crossing into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. He says they are using the incident to reinforce the narrative that Israel and Europe face a common threat from "radical Islam."

Najar says that, regardless of whether Israel played any role in the events leading up to the crossing, Israeli officials rapidly amplified the incident after it happened, linking it to a supposed threat posed by Muslim migration into Europe.

He argues the episode became another opportunity to frame Israel's wars in the Middle East as part of a wider civilisational struggle against “radical Islam”.

Gaza families bury 112 people recovered nearly three years after Israeli strikes

Palestinians on Tuesday buried 112 members of a single clan killed in Israeli air strikes in November 2023, after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month.

Relatives of the Abu Shari'a and al-Hasayna family gathered in Gaza City to bid a final farewell to their loved ones, whose bodies lay in rows draped in Palestinian flags.

For many, it was a moment of both relief and renewed grief after nearly 1,000 days of waiting to recover the bodies of their relatives.

How Israel and Europe's far right have found common cause

Speaking to MEE Live's Mathilda Mallinson, Palestinian political analyst Ahmed Najar argues that Israel and Europe's far right have forged a mutually beneficial relationship despite the far right's long history of antisemitism.

Najar says Europe's far right benefits by using support for Israel to legitimise anti-immigration and anti-Muslim politics, presenting itself as defending Europe from what it calls an "Islamic invasion". He argues that Israel, in turn, benefits by portraying its war as part of the same struggle and by labelling critics of its policies as antisemitic.

He warns that the relationship reinforces both sides' political narratives while fuelling growing Islamophobia across Europe.

"They're benefiting from building up this sort of relationship," he says. “We will probably see more Islamophobia attacks."

Qatar calls out Israel for delayed implementation of Gaza peace plan

Mediator Qatar calls out Israel for delays in implementing a Gaza peace plan, after US President Donald Trump said militant group Hamas had agreed to disarm, as Israel refuses to leave the territory.

"It is clear to the international community who is obstructing the implementation of the agreement," Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari tells reporters. "The full responsibility lies on the Israeli side," he added.

The UN special rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, highlighted the "patterns of dehumanisation" in mainstream media coverage of Palestine in a Tweet on Monday.

Responding to academic Nicola Perugini, who posted that the Reuters news agency was "doing its best to frame the Israeli bombardment of one of the few remaining Palestinian medicine warehouses as something legally ambiguous", Albanese said that the "documented patterns of dehumanisation" in legacy media "nearly three years into a genocide are beyond shocking".

The post comes as Israeli military attacks continue in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement announced in October.

The Palestinian health ministry said that July was the deadliest month in the Palestinian enclave since the beginning of the year, with at least 152 people killed. Since the start of the nominal ceasefire, at least 1,250 Palestinians have been killed and another 4,100 wounded.

📰 The Trump administration seems to be struggling to figure out how to get out of its self-made Iran quagmire.

According to a CNN report on Monday, the US military is now crowdsourcing ideas among military experts for what to do next in order to push Iran into a deal that is to President Donald Trump’s liking.

“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an email from an officer in US Central Command’s (Centcom) intelligence branch read last week, according to the CNN report.

A Centcom spokesperson said the move is not unusual, and that it “has a long history of thinking and working in innovative ways”.

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Palestinian man mourns generations of his family killed by Israel

“I don’t know what to say to this world.”

Mahmoud al-Hassaina’s son, grandsons, daughter-in-law, sisters and brothers, as well as many extended family members, were all killed by Israel in air strikes in the Sabra neighbourhood in November 2023, wiping out multiple generations of his family. 

Palestinians buried 112 members of a single clan on Tuesday after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month, almost three years after the attack. 

The strike on the Sabra neighbourhood was one of the deadliest single-strike casualty events of the two-year genocide.

Israeli warplanes flattened an entire residential block where hundreds of members of the Abu Shari’a and al-Hassaina families had been living and sheltering.

Palestinian man mourns generations of his family killed by Israel

“I don’t know what to say to this world.”

Mahmoud al-Hassaina’s son, grandsons, daughter-in-law, sisters and brothers, as well as many extended family members, were all killed by Israel in air strikes in the Sabra neighbourhood in November 2023, wiping out multiple generations of his family. 

Palestinians buried 112 members of a single clan on Tuesday after their remains were recovered from beneath the rubble last month, almost three years after the attack. 

The strike on the Sabra neighbourhood was one of the deadliest single-strike casualty events of the two-year genocide.

Israeli warplanes flattened an entire residential block where hundreds of members of the Abu Shari’a and al-Hassaina families had been living and sheltering.

Qatar calls out Israel for delayed implementation of Gaza peace plan

Mediator Qatar calls out Israel for delays in implementing a Gaza peace plan, after US President Donald Trump said militant group Hamas had agreed to disarm, as Israel refuses to leave the territory.

"It is clear to the international community who is obstructing the implementation of the agreement," Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari tells reporters. "The full responsibility lies on the Israeli side," he added.

Rubio says progress made in talks with Iran to reopen Hormuz

US Secretary Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that  "there's been progress" in the negotiations with Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, "but not finality yet".

Rubio says progress made in talks with Iran to reopen Hormuz

US Secretary Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that  "there's been progress" in the negotiations with Iran and Oman on the Strait of Hormuz, "but not finality yet".

Democratic candidate EL-Sayed vows to ‘keep fighting back’ against ‘special interests’

“When we come through this, Inshallah, that we’ll have taken $70 million on the chin and kept fighting back.”

Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, speaking at his watch party as votes were still being tallied across Michigan, said there was a high voter turnout despite facing $70 million in opposing spending from outside groups, including Aipac, the pro-Israel lobby.

Democratic candidate EL-Sayed vows to ‘keep fighting back’ against ‘special interests’

“When we come through this, Inshallah, that we’ll have taken $70 million on the chin and kept fighting back.”

Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, speaking at his watch party as votes were still being tallied across Michigan, said there was a high voter turnout despite facing $70 million in opposing spending from outside groups, including Aipac, the pro-Israel lobby.