Iran executes three men accused of collaborating with Israeli Mossad Fars News Agency reported that Iran has executed three men accused of collaborating with Mossad and inciting unrest in the city of Mashhad during protests in January. The agency identified them as Mehdi Rasouli, Mohammadreza Miri and Ebrahim Dolatabadi. According to Fars, the men faced charges including involvement in the killing of a security force member, destruction of property and actions against national security.
Medicine prices surge in Iran after war, shortages reported Doctors Without Borders said medicine prices in Iran have risen sharply due to disruptions from the war and ongoing supply constraints, Al Jazeera reported. “The healthcare system has been quite sufficient in covering needs, even with locally manufactured [medical supplies]. But the disruption of war goes beyond that,” said Grigor Simonyan.
Israel extends detention of 'tortured' Gaza flotilla activists An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, their lawyer said on Sunday. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Swedish national of Palestinian origin, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian national, were detained by Israeli authorities late on Wednesday and brought to Israel, while more than 100 other pro- Palestine activists aboard the Global Sumud flotilla were taken to the Greek island of Crete. According to the Brazilian embassy, Avila said he had been subjected to torture, beatings and mistreatment in Israeli detention.
Israel extends detention of 'tortured' Gaza flotilla activists Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 05/03/2026 - 15:55 Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Avila of the Global Sumud Flotilla were both mistreated in Israeli detention Activist Thiago Avila, a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla detained by Israel, sits in a Magistrate's Court during a hearing on the extension of his detention in Ashkelon, southern Israel, on 3 May 2026 (Amir Cohen/Reuters) Off An Israeli court has extended by two days the detention of two activists arrested aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters, their lawyer said on Sunday. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish-Swedish national of Palestinian origin, and Thiago Avila, a Brazilian national, were detained by Israeli authorities late on Wednesday and brought to Israel, while more than 100 other pro- Palestine activists aboard the Global Sumud flotilla were taken to the Greek island of Crete. According to the Brazilian embassy, Avila said he had been subjected to torture, beatings and mistreatment in Israeli detention.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski condemns 'vile antisemitic caricature' in The Times Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Sun, 05/03/2026 - 11:30 Spokesperson for party accuses 'media and politicians' of mounting 'further attacks towards Zack in the wake of a violent attack on his community' A cartoon published in The Times appears to depict Green Party leader Zack Polanski with a hooked nose (Screengrab/X) Off Green Party leader Zack Polanski has accused The Times of publishing "a pretty vile antisemitic caricature" of him, after the newspaper featured a cartoon of Polanski with a hooked nose kicking a police officer. The Green Party said it has submitted a complaint to The Times editor Tony Gallagher over the caricature, which it said displays "tropes so clearly associated with antisemitic depictions of Jewish people". It said in a statement that it was "astonishing" given the "rising climate of antisemitism in the UK " that a "national newspaper has chosen to publish a cartoon of the only Jewish political leader in the country using tropes so clearly associated with antisemitic depictions of Jewish people".
Greta Thunberg says activists are being tortured in Israel Human rights activist Greta Thunberg has condemned Israel’s illegal interception of more than 20 civilian vessels from the Global Flotilla in international waters, saying around 200 participants were taken over 1,000 kilometres from Gaza during the operation. In a video statement, she said many of those detained were later released in Crete after being injured, with some requiring hospital treatment, and described coordination between Israeli and Greek authorities. She said at least two activists remain in Israeli custody after being forcibly taken to Israel, where she stated they are being tortured, and that they are being held on fabricated accusations linked to their Palestine solidarity activism.
'Aparthied Israel': UN rapporteur calls for release of Gaza flotilla activists UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, condemned Israel over the interception of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, calling for the release of two activists. In a post on X, she wrote: “It is an abomination that Apartheid Israel, while continuing its genocide undisturbed, is allowed to patrol European waters, seize boats, kidnap people. Hostage taking is a crime.
Israel is making Palestinians disappear in more ways than one Submitted by Belen Fernandez on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 14:30 Reports of missing children and 'evaporated' bodies reveal a widening pattern of erasure in Gaza, where entire families are killed, lost under rubble or reduced to biological traces Civil defence teams search for the bodies of the Salem family under the rubble of their home destroyed by Israeli forces in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City, 7 February 2026 (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP) Off On 23 April, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that "dozens of children go missing each week" in the Gaza Strip "against the backdrop of the postwar chaos" - a curious euphemism, no doubt, for the ongoing US-backed genocide in the Palestinian territory, which proceeds apace despite the ceasefire that was ostensibly implemented last year. The article begins with four-year-old Mohammed Ghaban, who disappeared in early April in northern Gaza: "[H]e had been playing with his brother in front of his displaced family's tent. He went inside, asked for a hug, put on his sandals and went out.
London police refuse to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 05/02/2026 - 11:15 Rights groups condemn decision on UK citizens fighting for Israel in Gaza Israeli soldiers seen in Gaza in a picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on 3 October 2025 (Jack Guez/AFP) Off London's Metropolitan Police will not investigate 10 British nationals accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity while fighting with the Israel i military in Gaza. The decision comes after the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) filed a 240-page dossier to the Met's War Crimes Team in April last year. The PILC said the report detailed the alleged involvement of the 10 British nationals, including dual citizens, in the “targeted killings of civilians and aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, attacks on hospitals and protected sites, and the forced transfer and displacement of civilians”.
'Completely off limits': Britain considers restrictions on pro-Palestine rallies UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said banning some pro-Palestinian marches could be justified, citing concerns about public safety and anti-Semitic incidents. Speaking to BBC, Starmer said he supports peaceful protest but added that certain chants are “completely off limits” and may require tougher action. The comments follow recent incidents in Golders Green, a north London area with a large Jewish community.
Turkish activist slams Israel’s illegal interception of Gaza aid flotilla, calls it ‘piracy’ Turkish activist Suayb Ordu says Israeli forces “kidnapped” Global Sumud Flotilla activists in international waters, calling it an “outright piracy. ” Ordu emphasised that they were subjected to torture and abuse by Israel, being forced to cram into containers and treated like “animals. ” On Wednesday, Israeli forces seized 22 Gaza-bound ships carrying humanitarian aid and detained over 180 activists, in what organisers from the Global Sumud Flotilla described as an act of “piracy”.
As Gaza is destroyed, a VR project preserves what Israel tried to erase Submitted by Azad Essa on Tue, 04/28/2026 - 22:46 The experience gives people a chance to immerse themselves in Gaza, and provides evidence of Israel's indiscriminate annihilation of the enclave A person is immersed in The Phoenix of Gaza XR project (Supplied) Off Naim Aburaddi was homesick. It was 2022, and it had been about seven years since he last saw Gaza. As a graduate student in media studies, cut off by a long siege on the enclave, home had become but a memory.
Met Police chief accused of misinformation over Palestine marches synagogues claim Submitted by Areeb Ullah on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 15:12 Organisers accuse Mark Rowley of dishonesty over claim they were 'intent to march near synagogues', while a leading rabbi highlights Jewish presence among protesters Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley pictured in central London heading to a Cobra meeting to discuss Wednesday's stabbing attack in Golders Green (AFP) Off The organisers of the pro-Palestine marches that take place in central London have strongly criticised remarks by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley, accusing him of spreading “dangerous misinformation” about the intentions of the marches calling for a ceasefire in Gaza . Earlier on Friday, Rowley responded to intense questioning over how his police force is keeping the Jewish community safe after a man stabbed two people in Golders Green, a predominantly Jewish area of London. Rowley told Good Morning Britain that he was “really troubled” by claims that protest organisers intended to march near synagogues.
How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists “We’re going to find you, we’re going to rape you, we’re going to kill you. ” This is just one of hundreds of messages that Arjang Alidai, an Iranian - British engineer based in the UK, has received from monarchist compatriots in recent months. Alidai first became a target after he voted in the 2024 Iranian presidential election, which many anti-government Iranians boycotted.
UK law professors set out why they signed open letter in support of Palestine Action Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 04/30/2026 - 16:49 Seven of the more than 100 academics to sign an open letter submitted to the High Court said they support 'nonviolent action' that might be required to stop genocide An elderly man in a wheelchair (C) is escorted away by police as protesters gather to call for the lifting of the ban on the Palestine Action group during a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London on 11 April 2026 (AFP) Off Several UK -based law professors have explained their decision to submit a letter to the Court of Appeal in support of the proscribed direct action group Palestine Action, as the court began hearing a government bid to keep the group banned under UK terror laws. Law Professor Neve Gordon at Queen Mary University of London and Professor Yvette Russell at the University of Bristol were among more than 100 academics to sign Tuesday's open letter, composed of only seven words, which read: "We oppose genocide, we support Palestine Action. " Activists in support of Palestine Action hand-delivered the seven-word letter to the court on Tuesday, the same day that the government lodged its appeal against February's ruling, which found the ban to be unlawful.
How Iranian monarchists have targeted anti-war activists Submitted by Amara Sophia Elahi on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 14:47 Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, have gone to extraordinary lengths to silence their critics Iranian pro-monarchy supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last shah, demonstrate near Reichstag building in Berlin on 23 April 2026 (Christian Mang/Reuters) Off “We’re going to find you, we’re going to rape you, we’re going to kill you. ” This is just one of hundreds of messages that Arjang Alidai, an Iranian - British engineer based in the UK, has received from monarchist compatriots in recent months. Alidai first became a target after he voted in the 2024 Iranian presidential election, which many anti-government Iranians boycotted.
Fifa Congress: Infantino tried to stage an Israel-Palestine handshake. He failed Submitted by Dalia Anis on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 11:33 'I cannot shake the hand of someone the Israelis have brought to whitewash their fascism and genocide,' the Palestinian Football Association chief reportedly said Fifa President Gianni Infantino speaks with the president of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, as the vice president of the Israel Football Association, Basim Sheikh Suliman, looks on during a heated moment in the 76th Fifa Congress in Vancouver, Canada, on 30 April 2026 (Don Mackinnon/AFP) Off The president of the Palestinian Football Association declined to be photographed alongside the vice president of the Israel Football Association after Fifa President Gianni Infantino attempted to orchestrate a handshake between the two representatives. Infantino had invited both men onstage and gestured to Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian representative, to move closer to his Israeli counterpart, Basim Sheikh Suliman, at the international football body's gathering in Vancouver on Thursday.
UN says Israel death penalty law targets Palestinians, erodes rights A United Nations anti-racism body has warned that new Israeli legislation introducing the death penalty for certain attacks deepens discrimination against Palestinians and undermines fundamental rights. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said the measure “perpetuates racial discrimination against Palestinians and amounts to a grave erosion of human rights”. In a statement, the committee said: “The new law is a severe blow to human rights, rolling back Israel’s long-standing de facto moratorium on executions since 1962 and expanding the use of the death penalty in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The Route Back Home: How Gaza's children use art to express the nightmares of genocide Submitted by Joe Gill on Thu, 04/30/2026 - 08:48 The project at Old Palestine House in Brighton features paintings by children who have lived through Israel's atrocities in the besieged territory A painting by one of the children that features in the project shows a girl walking amid the shrouds of the dead in Gaza (Joe Gill/MEE) Off Amid the remarkable, moving artwork and written testimonies of children from Gaza on display at the Old Palestine House in Brighton, there is one blank canvas suspended among the others. It belongs to Ghazi Ramadan. The eight-year-old Palestinian boy wanted to draw a shopping mall where he could go and buy things.
Palestinian football chief refuses to pose next to Israeli counterpart at Fifa event The President of the Palestine Football Association Jibril Rajoub has denied posing alongside Vice-President of the Israeli Football Association Basim Sheikh Suliman. "I cannot shake the hand of someone the Israelis have brought to whitewash their fascism and genocide. We are suffering," Rajoub told Reuters.
