Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he cannot accept ending war in Gaza now because it would keep Hamas in power. His remarks come as Hamas officials held a second day of ceasefire talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo, where one of the main sticking points appeared to be whether any deal would be temporary or permanent....

Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, demanding the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accept a ceasefire agreement with Hamas that would see the remaining Israeli hostages brought home from Gaza. Israeli authorities estimate that 129 hostages, who were abducted during a Hamas-led attack on 7 October, are still being held captive....

Pro-Palestine protesters hope encampments at universities will contribute to an ‘international student revolt’ Students across Britain have said they hope pro-Palestine protests will reach the same scale as those seen on US campuses as they call for universities to divest from companies supplying arms to Israel.Protests have spread across university...

Word of the demonstrations that have spread across the west has cheered some in Gaza’s southernmost cityMiddle East crisis – live updatesIn the tented camps and crowded streets of Rafah, the pro-Palestinian campus protests in the US have been followed closely.“We hear a lot of news about students’ demonstrations in American universities … When I saw...

The protests sweeping US universities have brought intense division, but some students have treasured hope, unity, solidarity and loveSeven months ago, before Hamas stormed into Israel, killing roughly 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostage, Eleanora Ginsborg and Samar Omer had never met.But in the attack’s violent aftermath, Ginsborg and Omer,...

Annual tour shows war-torn capital is still alive with invention and reflectionA buzz is building in the Bab al-Sharji neighbourhood in central Baghdad where preparations for an annual contemporary arts festival are underway. The city has long been considered one of the most dangerous in the world but artists in the Tarkib collective want to send a...