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Hamas leader in Gaza met fighters, inspected battle sites

The leader of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, has recently inspected areas that saw clashes between the militant group and Israeli forces, a senior Hamas official told the Qatar-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper. Al-Sinwar has been leading the movement in the field and reports about him “isolated in the tunnels” […]

Hamas leader in Gaza met fighters, inspected battle sites

The leader of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya al-Sinwar, has recently inspected areas that saw clashes between Hamas and Israeli forces, a senior official in the movement told the Qatar-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper. Al-Sinwar has been leading the movement in the field and reports about him “isolated in the tunnels” […]

Minister ‘deeply concerned’ by Met protest row

The policing minister has said he is “deeply concerned” after a Met Police officer described an antisemitism campaigner as “openly Jewish” during a pro-Palestine march. Gideon Falter was wearing a kippah skull-cap when he was stopped in the Aldwych area of London and threatened with arrest on 13 April. The Campaign Against Antisemitism chief executive […]

Met Police apologises for ‘openly Jewish’ comment

The Met Police has apologised after an officer said an antisemitism charity leader looked “openly Jewish” as he was threatened with arrest for being near a pro-Palestine march. Gideon Falter was wearing a kippah skull-cap when he was stopped in the Aldwych area of London on Saturday. He was told by police his presence was […]

Fall in number of pubs met with rise in off-licences

Three in four Irish people live within walking distance of a premises licenced to sell alcohol, a new study shows. The Health Research Board (HRB) found that despite a decline in the number of pubs in the country, Ireland has the third-highest number of pubs per person. The research also revealed that the reduction in […]