Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu have become practically routine. This Monday, the setting for the meeting—the fifth between the two leaders—was the Mar-a-Lago residence, which on Sunday hosted the US president's meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. Analysts predicted that Netanyahu's delay in advancing the Gaza peace plan would strain relations with the White House, but Trump has closed ranks with his ally and passed the buck to Hamas. "Israel fulfilled the plan 100%," the US president asserted.

Israel has officially recognized Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia, as an "independent and sovereign state," according to a statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This makes it the first country to recognize this semi-desert territory, roughly the size of Nicaragua, with a population of 3.5 million, which declared its independence in 1991. Since then, no other country had recognized it as an independent nation. "This declaration is in the spirit of the Abraham Accords, signed at the initiative of President Trump," Netanyahu explained, referring to the agreements Israel signed in 2020 with US mediation to normalize diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Later, two other countries, Sudan and Morocco, also joined the agreement.

A few days ago, Israel's Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben-Gvir, appeared in Parliament wearing a gold gallows pin on his lapel. He was appearing before the committee debating his proposed law to implement the death penalty for Palestinians. The law, which still needs to pass two votes in the Knesset, It proposes condemning to death Palestinians who kill an Israeli for a "nationalist" motivation.And it does not contemplate the same punishment if an Israeli kills a Palestinian under the same circumstances. Ben-Gvir clarified in the session that hanging "is only one of the options," among others such as "the electric chair or lethal injection."

The Israeli government announced on Sunday the creation of an "independent" commission of inquiry into the errors that allowed the October 7, 2013, attacks—that is, Hamas's entry into Israeli territory, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. According to a public statement, the commission will not be a state body, but will have "full investigative powers," and the government will ensure its composition enjoys the broadest possible public support. In a state commission, members are appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. However, in this case, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will appoint the ministerial committee that will determine the timeline and topics to be investigated. Precisely for this reason, the opposition's reaction was swift.

Israel intensified its bombing campaign against southern Lebanon on Thursday, reportedly targeting Hezbollah. At midday, Israeli army attacks near the city of Tyre killed one person and wounded three others. In the early afternoon, Israeli forces also bombed positions in the towns of Taibeh, Tair Debba, Jabal, and Kfar Dounine. An hour before the attacks, Israeli forces had ordered the urgent evacuation of the area. "Warning to residents of southern Lebanon: In the short term, the army will target Hezbollah's terrorist military infrastructure throughout southern Lebanon to counter Hezbollah's prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area," said a statement issued by Israeli military spokesman Avichay. Specifically, maps distributed by Israeli forces highlight two buildings and urge everyone to stay at least 500 meters away. "Remaining in the designated area of the building puts you at risk," the text concludes.

“Gaza is a mirror of the future. A new world is being built, in which the rules of the game have changed. The Gaza genocide has much to do with the global drift toward the law of the strongest, led by the far right,” stated Cristina Mas, Deputy Head of International at ARA, in a meeting with subscribers. When asked by one of the attendees about the personal cost of working on the ground in conflict zones in the Middle East, she replied: “I accept the personal cost, and it is very small compared to what the citizens of the region suffer. As a journalist, it is my job and my duty to explain the Gaza genocide, and being able to explain it also helps me.”

Israel carried out a wave of bombings in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after its forces and Palestinian militants clashed in the morning near Rafah, in the south of the enclave. The Tel Aviv government also again banned the entry of humanitarian aid. After several bombings throughout Sunday, by night both Israel and Hamas claimed they were reinstating the ceasefire, and US President Donald Trump himself had criticized the temporary breakdown of the truce. "The ceasefire is still in effect," Trump said, noting that he does not believe the Hamas leadership was involved in the events that Israel had denounced as a reason for resuming the bombings.

The news continues to focus on Gaza, where it's a matter of days, or even hours, before the last hostages are freed and, thus, the first stone is laid to end the genocide. In Sunday's paper, we closely follow the minute-by-minute events, but we also focus on what might happen next. What future is expected for the Strip, what are the other pending phases, what was Gaza like before and what is it like now.

Tuesday marks two years since the Hamas attack that sparked Israel's war on Gaza. The situation in the Strip has been on the brink for months. More than 60,000 people have died, many of them children, some of whom have died of starvation. While we wait to see what may happen in the coming days, should Hamas ultimately accept the controversial peace plan proposed by Trump and Netanyahu, we review the situation today.

For months, writer and translator Sondos Sabra has been writing a diary about her personal experiences amidst the horrors of Gaza. Sabra is a Palestinian writer and translator born in Gaza twenty-six years ago. She holds a degree in English literature from the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was mentored by the poet Refaat Alareer, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. She has written works such as Voices of resistance: Diaries of genocide (2025) and regularly collaborates with The New Statesman, from the United Kingdom. He has also written for the stage, including London's Barbican Theatre.

"The suffering of civilians has surpassed all limits," The 28 countries that demanded that Israel end the war in the Gaza Strip concluded. I suppose they were looking for a way to express that what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is intolerably cruel, and they phrased it like this: "The suffering has surpassed all limits."

The Israeli army claims to be "examining" whether its soldiers have directly and deliberately fired at civilians who were seeking food at humanitarian aid points in Gaza in the last month, as reported by the Israeli newspaper. Haaretz. Journalists from the newspaper interviewed several Israeli soldiers who acknowledged that army commanders gave orders to attack Palestinian mobs to disperse them, even though they clearly posed no threat to the troops. Orders that, according to the fighters, violate the moral code of the country's defense forces.

Iran has already responded to the US bombing of its nuclear facilities. Retaliation for Washington's military action has materialized with a missile attack against the US base of Al-Udeid in Qatar. "Victory," through a message on Iranian state television. The president

The Middle East has entered one of the most dangerous, explosive, and unpredictable phases in decades. The United States' objective is to paralyze the nuclear program and pressure Tehran to yield. Have the bombings really destroyed Iran's capabilities? And how will Iran respond? The Fordow nuclear base is half-buried and can withstand days of bombing. Furthermore, Iran could have moved the nuclear material to other secret facilities, Rizk warns. The regime is faced with the dilemma of adding fuel to the fire or opting to survive. For now, it has opted for a restrained response. It will not be able to respond forcefully if new red lines are created and warns that any American presence in the region is a legitimate target.

Communication is difficult. The internet connection keeps cutting out, making WhatsApp conversations difficult. However, she doesn't give up and calls again and again. At least now she can communicate with the outside world, after three days of a total blockade that left Iran completely isolated from the world. She's speaking from Karaj, a city about 40 kilometers northwest of Tehran, where she fled like many other Iranians when Israeli bombings began in the capital.

Ten days after the start of the direct war between Israel and Iran, the conflict continues with the same intensity, or more. Israel has attacked military targets, nuclear infrastructure, and command centers in Persian territory, while Iran has responded with missiles and drones over northern and central Israel. Iran, such as Hezbollah and Iraqi militias, has avoided direct intervention. Israelis, nor has it expressed any solidarity with Iran. The diplomatic rapprochement initiated in 2023, with Chinese mediation, is at an impasse due to fear of an escalation that would destabilize the region and affect the energy market.

Ryma Sheermohammadi (Riyadh, 1971) was born in Saudi Arabia to an Iranian family. She has lived in Catalonia for over thirty years, where she works as a translator and interpreter and is an activist for Iranian women's rights. Although she has not lived in Iran, she still has a family and has traveled frequently.

When Trump canceled the Obama-era nuclear deal with Tehran in 2018, it was a blatant mistake for Israel. From that moment on, Tel Aviv demanded US support for its rearming: the Trump and Biden administrations have continuously sent the weapons Netanyahu requested, even during the past year and a half of annihilation in Gaza.

A 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy was shot dead by Israeli settlers on Sunday near the village of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, according to the mayor of the town, Lafi Shalabi. The boy was on the street with two friends, ages 13 and 14, when the settlers opened fire on them. All three were shot.

A 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy was shot dead by Israeli settlers on Sunday near the village of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah, in the West Bank, according to the mayor of this town, Lafi Shalabi. The boy was on the street with two friends, ages 13 and 14, when the settlers opened fire on them. All three were shot.