Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
Religion news 29 August 2025
Religion Media Centre
·
August 28, 2025
Ed Davey says his Christian faith leads him to decline invitation to Trump state banquet The Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has spoken of the impact of his Christian faith on his politics, saying he decided to decline an invitation to the...
Israel builds new aid centers in Gaza while troops target Hamas
Long War Journal
·
August 28, 2025
One of the two new humanitarian sites the IDF is building in Gaza. (IDF) On August 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that two new humanitarian aid centers are being constructed in Gaza. The method of building these large open-air sites is...
Israeli minister Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to annex Gaza Strip if Hamas resists surrender
Malay Mail
·
August 29, 2025
JERUSALEM, Aug 29 — Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich yesterday called on the government to begin annexing parts of the Gaza Strip if Palestinian militant group Hamas stands by its refusal to lay down its weapons. The far-right minister,...
Israel’s exhausted soldiers complicate plans for Gaza assault
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
·
Besides the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces are also still fighting on several other fronts: Israeli soldiers now patrol parts of southern Lebanon and Syria, in addition to mounting major incursions into Palestinian cities in the West Bank. The Israeli...
Israel Foreign Minister Slams Iran’s Nuclear Pursuit, Says UN Sanctions Are ‘Inevitable’
News24
·
August 28, 2025
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Thursday attacked Iran for not giving up on its nuclear ambition. He stated that despite joint efforts by Israel and the United States to curb Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran continues to pursue its...
Israeli army's manpower crisis worsens ahead of Gaza occupation: Report
Press TV
·
A US media report reveals that the exhaustion and disillusionment facing the Israeli army have threatened to “complicate” Tel Aviv’s plans for the upcoming assault to seize and occupy Gaza City. Around a dozen officers and soldiers told The New...
Falconer says UK government clear-eyed to threat posed by Tehran to UK Jews
The Jewish News
·
August 28, 2025
Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new...
Israeli strikes in Yemen said to target gathering of Houthi leaders near Sanaa
The Times of Israel
·
August 28, 2025
The Israeli Air Force on Thursday carried out a targeted strike seemingly aimed at wiping out the military and political leadership of the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, in what Hebrew media outlets said was its most dramatic strike in the country...
Minneapolis Jewish Mayor Jacob Frey Shares Powerful Message After Deadly Catholic School Shooting
Kveller
·
August 28, 2025
News "Don’t just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying.” via Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Minneapolis’ Jewish mayor, Jacob Frey, shared incredibly powerful words at a press conference this Wednesday,...
Israel approves vast settlement plan
Heritage Florida Jewish News
·
August 28, 2025
Israel has approved a long-delayed settlement project that would build 3,400 housing units for Jews in Judea and Samaria, in a move that both its backers and its many critics say would undercut Palestinian ambitions to control the region. The E1...
Smotrich Proposes Annexing Gaza and Carrying Out Trump Ethnic Cleansing Plan
Common Dreams
·
August 28, 2025
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday proposed the systematic annexation of Gaza over the coming months if Hamas keeps fighting, as well as the implementation of US President Donald Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse the...
Netanyahu tells UN food chief that Israel will ‘redouble efforts’ to boost Gaza aid
The Times of Israel
·
August 29, 2025
Prime Minister Netanyahu met United Nations World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain in Jerusalem for a “constructive meeting concerning the ongoing and continued provision of humanitarian aid to Gazan civilians,” they announced in a...
Exclusive – Netanyahu: You Can’t be ‘MAGA’ If You’re Anti-Israel
Breitbart
·
August 28, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Breitbart News on Wednesday in an exclusive interview that the antisemitism that has grown on the political right is not only anti-Israel, but anti-American and anti-Trump. Netanyahu addressed the...
Despite the Israeli army’s full incursion into Gaza, priests and nuns will remain in the city as witnesses of charity
Zenit
·
August 28, 2025
Darío Salvi (ZENIT News – Asia News / Milan, 08.28.2025).- The Greek Orthodox Primate of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, and the Primate of the Latins, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, issued a joint statement (available on their websites). In it they...
11 killed after Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza: Report
Hindustan Times
·
August 28, 2025
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 11 people, including five aid seekers, medical sources said, as reported by Al Jazeera on Thursday. All members of the UN Security Council, except the United States, jointly backed the IPC's declaration...
After Sanaa attack: These are the senior Houthi leaders in Israel's crosshairs
Ynet
·
August 28, 2025
Israel is still assessing the results of an airstrike in southern Sanaa, Yemen, and examining whether it succeeded in killing Defense Minister Mohammed al-Atifi and Chief of Staff Mohammed Abdul Karim al-Ghamari — hours after the Houthis launched...
Jews and Israelis harassed
Heritage Florida Jewish News
·
August 28, 2025
(JNS) — A Jewish family was allegedly kicked off a taxi in Austria last week and called “murderers” by the driver, who reportedly assaulted one of the passengers. In France, “Free Palestine” graffiti was sprayed on Jewish-owned cars on Wednesday....
Sweden, Netherlands call for EU trade suspension with Israel over ‘extremely disturbing’ Gaza crisis
Middle East Monitor
·
August 28, 2025
Sweden and the Netherlands on Thursday jointly called on the European Union to suspend trade with Israel over the “extremely disturbing and intolerable” humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israel’s plans for a new settlement in the West Bank,...
Texas State University Silent on Status of Professor Who Incited Violent Attack on Jews at Public Library
Algemeiner Journal
·
August 28, 2025
Texas State University is refusing to disclose whether it still currently employs a far-left professor who was filmed inciting a riotous assault on three pro-Israel individuals who peacefully spectated an anti-Israel presentation that was held in...
Exclusive – Netanyahu: How Freeing Israel’s Economy Boosted Birth Rate, Military Strength
Breitbart
·
August 28, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Wednesday that he had strengthened Israel’s military and grown its birth rate by freeing its economy from “semi-socialist” policies. In his biography, Bibi: My...