📰 Marji Mansfield, a 70-year-old grandmother of seven, has been waiting for British counterterrorism police to show up at her door.
Mansfield is among scores of activists, many of them elderly, who are awaiting dawn raids from counterterrorism police after publishing videos of themselves inviting support for the banned direct action group Palestine Action.
Since the government proscribed the organisation in July 2025, over 3,000 people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for participating in silent vigils in support of Palestine Action.
But in June, after the Court of Appeal quashed a High Court ruling and found the ban to be lawful, Defend Our Juries (DOJ) - the group helming the campaign to reverse the ban - called for an "escalation" in activism.
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Mansfield is among scores of activists, many of them elderly, who are awaiting dawn raids from counterterrorism police after publishing videos of themselves inviting support for the banned direct action group Palestine Action.
Since the government proscribed the organisation in July 2025, over 3,000 people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act for participating in silent vigils in support of Palestine Action.
But in June, after the Court of Appeal quashed a High Court ruling and found the ban to be lawful, Defend Our Juries (DOJ) - the group helming the campaign to reverse the ban - called for an "escalation" in activism.
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Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt's inclusion in Mecca agreement, sources say
Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt joining the security pact signed with Turkey and Pakistan last week, despite Ankara's push for Cairo to be included, three Saudi sources familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye.
One of the sources, a former senior adviser to the Saudi monarchy, said Riyadh did not want Egypt to join the agreement "at least for now".
All three sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said the Saudi position was driven by a growing frustration with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's government and a belief in Riyadh that Egypt no longer offered the strategic or military value it once did.
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which was signed in the Holy Muslim city of Mecca on Friday, commits Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to regard an armed attack against any one of the three countries as an attack against all three.
Saudi Arabia opposed Egypt joining the security pact signed with Turkey and Pakistan last week, despite Ankara's push for Cairo to be included, three Saudi sources familiar with the discussions told Middle East Eye.
One of the sources, a former senior adviser to the Saudi monarchy, said Riyadh did not want Egypt to join the agreement "at least for now".
All three sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said the Saudi position was driven by a growing frustration with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's government and a belief in Riyadh that Egypt no longer offered the strategic or military value it once did.
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, which was signed in the Holy Muslim city of Mecca on Friday, commits Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan to regard an armed attack against any one of the three countries as an attack against all three.
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📰 “Three of the most important Sunni Muslim states, alarmed by Iran's strategic ascendancy and the turmoil engulfing the region, were finally banding together, the argument went, to establish a military alliance that could eventually become a "Sunni" Islamic version of Nato…
Yet the Nato analogy obscures a more fundamental question: after more than seven decades of overwhelming American military predominance in the Middle East, why does Saudi Arabia believe it needs Turkey and Pakistan to help guarantee its security?
The Mecca Agreement could prove to be less about constructing a new alliance against Iran than about the gradual unravelling of the American-centred security order that has dominated the region since the end of the Second World War”
✍️ Opinion by Sami al-Arian
🔗 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mecca-pact-war-iran-end-us-hegemony-middle-eas
Yet the Nato analogy obscures a more fundamental question: after more than seven decades of overwhelming American military predominance in the Middle East, why does Saudi Arabia believe it needs Turkey and Pakistan to help guarantee its security?
The Mecca Agreement could prove to be less about constructing a new alliance against Iran than about the gradual unravelling of the American-centred security order that has dominated the region since the end of the Second World War”
✍️ Opinion by Sami al-Arian
🔗 https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mecca-pact-war-iran-end-us-hegemony-middle-eas
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Sailors try to jump overboard as morale on USS Abraham Lincoln plummets
Multiple American sailors deployed to the Middle East on the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid reports of worsening conditions and food shortages aboard the aircraft carrier.
The deployment, which has lasted more than eight months, has been repeatedly overextended without an end date, pushing sailors’ morale down.
Multiple American sailors deployed to the Middle East on the USS Abraham Lincoln have tried to jump overboard amid reports of worsening conditions and food shortages aboard the aircraft carrier.
The deployment, which has lasted more than eight months, has been repeatedly overextended without an end date, pushing sailors’ morale down.
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Israel using 'explicitly genocidal language' against Lebanon's Shia community
Israeli officials and the military are using explicitly genocidal language about about Lebanon's Shia community.'
MEE's Special Correspondent Daniel Hilton speaks to @mathildamall about the real threat the Shia community in Lebanon face over religious affiliations with Iranian-backed resistance group Hezbollah.
He continues to highlight though that the community is left with little choice, and no strong opposition to represent them.
Israeli officials and the military are using explicitly genocidal language about about Lebanon's Shia community.'
MEE's Special Correspondent Daniel Hilton speaks to @mathildamall about the real threat the Shia community in Lebanon face over religious affiliations with Iranian-backed resistance group Hezbollah.
He continues to highlight though that the community is left with little choice, and no strong opposition to represent them.
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Gaza cancer patients face rising death rate amid Israeli curbs
Gaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before the start of the war, as Israel blocks many from travelling for treatment after destroying the only local specialised facility, Gaza doctors said.
Israel blew up Gaza's specialised cancer hospital last year after saying troops found a tunnel used by Hamas militants running beneath it. That means that an estimated 17,000 Palestinians from Gaza with cancer have no local option for chemotherapy or other advanced therapy.
Few Palestinians can afford to travel for treatment, and those who can face Israeli restrictions. The military imposes strict caps on daily crossings to Egypt, despite a 2025 Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that requires free movement in and out of the strip.
Gaza cancer patients are dying at two to three times the pace they did before the start of the war, as Israel blocks many from travelling for treatment after destroying the only local specialised facility, Gaza doctors said.
Israel blew up Gaza's specialised cancer hospital last year after saying troops found a tunnel used by Hamas militants running beneath it. That means that an estimated 17,000 Palestinians from Gaza with cancer have no local option for chemotherapy or other advanced therapy.
Few Palestinians can afford to travel for treatment, and those who can face Israeli restrictions. The military imposes strict caps on daily crossings to Egypt, despite a 2025 Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that requires free movement in and out of the strip.
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Israeli minister says war with Syria inevitable
“This is Gaza on steroids, and this is the next war.”
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, speaking to Gadi Taub, says that Israel will go to war with Syria, describing it as an "absolute certainty" from which there is "no escaping."
“This is Gaza on steroids, and this is the next war.”
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, speaking to Gadi Taub, says that Israel will go to war with Syria, describing it as an "absolute certainty" from which there is "no escaping."
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Israeli minister says war with Syria inevitable
“This is Gaza on steroids, and this is the next war.”
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, speaking to Gadi Taub, says that Israel will go to war with Syria, describing it as an "absolute certainty" from which there is "no escaping."
“This is Gaza on steroids, and this is the next war.”
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli, speaking to Gadi Taub, says that Israel will go to war with Syria, describing it as an "absolute certainty" from which there is "no escaping."
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Abdelatty says Egypt needs to review commitments before joining defence agreements
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
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📰The UK's Charity Commission has issued "regulatory advice" to trustees of the Edgware United Synagogue in London, which hosted a real estate event that promoted properties in illegal Israeli settlements in June, Middle East Eye can reveal.
On 15 June MEE reported that properties in illegal Israeli settlements were advertised at the Great Israeli Real Estate Event.
The event's organisers later admitted properties in Israeli settlements were promoted at the synagogue, saying it happened "by mistake".
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), a UK-based legal group, submitted a formal complaint to Britain's charity regulator on 15 June, requesting that it "open an urgent regulatory compliance case into Edgware United Synagogue" in connection to the event on 14 June.
🔗https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/charity-commission-issues-regulatory-advice-synagogue-which-hosted-great-israeli-real-estate
On 15 June MEE reported that properties in illegal Israeli settlements were advertised at the Great Israeli Real Estate Event.
The event's organisers later admitted properties in Israeli settlements were promoted at the synagogue, saying it happened "by mistake".
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), a UK-based legal group, submitted a formal complaint to Britain's charity regulator on 15 June, requesting that it "open an urgent regulatory compliance case into Edgware United Synagogue" in connection to the event on 14 June.
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Abdelatty says Egypt needs to review commitments before joining defence agreements
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
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Abdelatty says Egypt needs to review commitments before joining defence agreements
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
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Abdelatty says Egypt needs to review commitments before joining defence agreements
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Thursday that Cairo was "engaging" in a regional defence pact announced last week among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
His comments came during a joint news conference held in Egypt's New Alamein city with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan.
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Fidan says Turkey, Qatar and Egypt may take ‘radical steps’ if Israel stalls Gaza peace deal
“We naturally expect the United States to exert the necessary pressure on Israel.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Thursday that Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt may be compelled to take "radical steps" if the United States does not pressure Israel to comply with the Gaza peace deal.
Fidan emphasised that while the Palestinian side has fulfilled its commitments, Israel has shown no progress in advancing to the second phase of the agreement.
“We naturally expect the United States to exert the necessary pressure on Israel.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Thursday that Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt may be compelled to take "radical steps" if the United States does not pressure Israel to comply with the Gaza peace deal.
Fidan emphasised that while the Palestinian side has fulfilled its commitments, Israel has shown no progress in advancing to the second phase of the agreement.
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Fidan says Turkey, Qatar and Egypt may take ‘radical steps’ if Israel stalls Gaza peace deal
“We naturally expect the United States to exert the necessary pressure on Israel.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Thursday that Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt may be compelled to take "radical steps" if the United States does not pressure Israel to comply with the Gaza peace deal.
Fidan emphasised that while the Palestinian side has fulfilled its commitments, Israel has shown no progress in advancing to the second phase of the agreement.
“We naturally expect the United States to exert the necessary pressure on Israel.”
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned on Thursday that Turkey, Qatar, and Egypt may be compelled to take "radical steps" if the United States does not pressure Israel to comply with the Gaza peace deal.
Fidan emphasised that while the Palestinian side has fulfilled its commitments, Israel has shown no progress in advancing to the second phase of the agreement.
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📰Turkey confirmed on Thursday for the first time that it had joined efforts to establish a multinational maritime defence coalition aimed at ensuring freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
The announcement signals increased cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Ankara after the signing of a trilateral pact between the states and Pakistan in Mecca last week.
“At the invitation of Saudi Arabia, a technical meeting was held in Riyadh on 28 July to ensure freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, followed by a meeting of the chiefs of general staff on 30 July 2026,” the Turkish Ministry of National Defence said in a statement.
The ministry added that Turkey was participating in another coordination meeting on the establishment of the maritime defence coalition in Jeddah on Thursday.
🔗https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-backs-saudi-led-maritime-defence-coalition-red-sea
The announcement signals increased cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Ankara after the signing of a trilateral pact between the states and Pakistan in Mecca last week.
“At the invitation of Saudi Arabia, a technical meeting was held in Riyadh on 28 July to ensure freedom of navigation through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, followed by a meeting of the chiefs of general staff on 30 July 2026,” the Turkish Ministry of National Defence said in a statement.
The ministry added that Turkey was participating in another coordination meeting on the establishment of the maritime defence coalition in Jeddah on Thursday.
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