Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security Israeli authorities shut down the local offices of Al Jazeera on Sunday, hours after a government vote to use new laws to close the satellite news network’s operations in the country.Critics called the move, which comes as faltering indirect...

Israel has ordered a ban on Al Jazeera, suspending the Qatari news network's broadcasts in the country and access to its website. Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet made the decision after it deemed the news broadcaster a 'national security' threat, accusing it of being a mouthpiece for Hamas. Israel police raided the broadcaster's office in Jerusalem on...

Netanyahu refuses demands of permanent ceasefire and also moves to shut down Al Jazeera networkSenior Israeli officials ramped up pressure on Hamas on Sunday, saying Israel would refuse any permanent end to hostilities and threatening a new onslaught “in the very near future” if the militant organisation did not accept recently proposed terms for a...

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...