Israel

2024 - 5 - 12

Israel's Intense Military Operations and Eurovision Controversy Spark Protests

Eurovision - Gaza - Israel - Rafah

Israel's military operations in Gaza and controversy surrounding its Eurovision participation have stirred up protests and heated debates. Dive into the latest developments and reactions!

Israel has intensified its military operations in Gaza, leading to evacuations in Rafah and Jabalia as the conflict escalates. The Israeli military is expanding its presence, prompting fears of a major attack. Pro-Palestinian protests in Malmo, Sweden, have called for Israel's exclusion from the Eurovision final due to its actions in Gaza.

As tensions rise, Israel has ordered further evacuations in Rafah, vowing to use force against Hamas. The evacuation orders include densely populated areas and risk sparking international backlash. Artists in Ireland have responded by creating an alternative Eurovision event in protest against Israel's participation.

In a surprising turn of events, Israel's Eurovision performance faced both cheers and boos, reflecting the divided opinions on the country's involvement. As the situation unfolds, the world watches closely to see how the conflict and controversies surrounding Israel play out on the global stage.

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Israel Gaza war: More Rafah evacuations as Israel steps up operations (BBC News)

The Israeli military tells thousands of Palestinians to leave the city as it expands its military operation.

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Israel's war on Gaza live: Major Rafah attack feared after evacuation ... (Aljazeera.com)

Dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as fighting intensifies in northern Gaza, after Israel launches a new ground assault ...

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Thousands protest against Israel's participation in Eurovision final (Aljazeera.com)

Pro-Palestinian protesters in Malmo, Sweden say Israel should be excluded over its conduct in its war on Gaza.

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Israel orders further evacuations in Rafah and Jabalia (POLITICO.eu)

The Israeli army plans to “work with great force” against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces said.

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Israel orders more Rafah evacuations, expanding military operation (The Washington Post)

The evacuation orders included crowded neighborhoods, a hospital and two refugee camps in central Rafah, and risked angering the White House.

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Israel orders new evacuations in Rafah as it gets ready to expand ... (CBS News)

The United Nations and other agencies have warned for weeks that an Israeli assault on Rafah, which borders Egypt near the main aid entry points, ...

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Israel orders residents from more areas of Rafah to evacuate (Sky News)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to proceed with the attack with or without US arms, saying "we will fight with our fingernails" if ...

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Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault (The Guardian)

Leaflet instructs Palestinians to leave southern Gaza city as Benjamin Netanyahu shuns pressure from Joe Biden.

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Artists create alternative Eurovision in response to Israel's participation (BreakingNews.ie)

An artistic group in Ireland has created an alternative Eurovision event amid calls to boycott Israel's participation in the contest while raising money for ...

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'Wariness that voting could go in Israel's favour' in Eurovision ... (Echo Live)

There is a possibility that Cork's Bambie Thug and Israel's Eden Golan may face off in tonight's final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden, ...

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Israel performs at Eurovision amid boos and cheers (RTE.ie)

Israel's Eden Golan has performed at the Eurovision Song Contest final amid protests and loud shouts from the audience.

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Thousands flee Rafah after Israeli forces issue evacuation order (Aljazeera.com)

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are being displaced once more by the most recent evacuation order.

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Israel expands evacuation orders in Rafah as aid groups struggle to ... (NPR)

Israel's military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a ...

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Israeli fans slam Eurovision snub as 'political' (FRANCE 24)

Music fans who gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to watch the Eurovision contest decried juries' snubs of Israel as "obviously political".

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Israel orders new evacuations from Rafah (Voice of America)

A woman and child wait with belongings before evacuating from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian ...

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Eurovision 2024: Social media outrage over participation of Israel ... (Livemint)

Eurovision was won by Swiss singer Nemo, who became the first non-binary artist to win the competition. Eurovision: Thousands of people protested ...

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Israel's war on Gaza updates: Ground assaults intensify in north and ... (Aljazeera.com)

Casualties mount as Israeli troops attack Gaza City's Zeitoun district as 'rehabilitated' Hamas fighters engage them.

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Israel-Hamas war: Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants across ... (The Associated Press)

Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip, including in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared ...

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Israeli arms embargo 'not wise' - with US and UK 'in totally different ... (Sky News)

Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News, Lord Cameron said an arms embargo would strengthen Hamas and make a hostage deal less likely.

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UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says ... (BBC News)

Foreign Secretary David Cameron tells the BBC the UK should focus on getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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Israel gets top public vote from 14 countries in Eurovision – plus 'rest ... (The Times of Israel)

Voters in Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK give their ...

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Live: Israel steps up strikes in Gaza after issuing new Rafah ... (FRANCE 24)

Israel launched strikes on Gaza Sunday after it expanded an evacuation order for Rafah, with the United Nations warning an outright invasion of the crowded ...

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Israel pushes back into northern Gaza, ups military pressure on Rafah (Reuters)

Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing 19 people ...

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Banning UK arms exports to Israel would strengthen Hamas, UK's ... (Reuters)

Stopping British arms sales to Israel if it launches a ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would strengthen Hamas, Britain's Foreign Secretary David ...

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Israel defies international censure and orders more Palestinians to ... (Financial Times)

Israel has fought fresh battles with Hamas in northern Gaza and ordered tens of thousands more people to flee Rafah as it expands its assault on the densely ...

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Banning arms exports to Israel would help Hamas, warns David ... (The Guardian)

Foreign secretary argues against Rafah offensive but says real pressure should be on Hamas to accept ceasefire deal.

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Israel pushes back into northern Gaza, ups military pressure on Rafah (Voice of America)

Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing 19 people ...

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UK foreign secretary says halting arms sales to Israel would only ... (ABC News)

Britain's foreign secretary has said that halting arms exports to Israel is “not a wise path” and would only strengthen Hamas.

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Crack in US-Israel alliance for first time in decades (BBC News)

President Joe Biden upended part of one of the world's most significant strategic relationships this week. It happened in a TV interview, when Mr Biden was ...

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Coons, McCaul weigh in on Israel report, possible weapons pause (ABC News)

A key Senate ally to Joe Biden and the top House Republican on foreign affairs offered different views over Biden's warning he could suspend some military ...

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US officials continue to warn against invasion of Rafah, even as ... (CNN)

Top American officials offered stark warnings Sunday against an Israeli invasion of Rafah, predicting that a major ground offensive in the southern Gaza ...

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Sen. Lindsey Graham says Israel should do 'whatever' it has to while ... (NBC News)

The GOP senator compared Israel's military operations to the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Japan in World War II, saying, “Israel, do whatever you have to ...

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'Strategic and moral mistakes': US politicians step up condemnation ... (The Guardian)

Democrat warns Hamas could become stronger if Israel wages all-out Rafah assault, while Blinken offers more measured comments.

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Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's ... (The Associated Press)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration's strongest public criticism yet of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza.

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Biden faces bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill over Israel ultimatum (CNN)

Lawmakers in Washington, DC, on Sunday weighed in on President Joe Biden's ultimatum last week on CNN that an Israeli invasion of Rafah would cause him to ...

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Egypt says it will join South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ (Aljazeera.com)

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that Cairo intended to join the case due to escalating Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians.

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Israel advances deeper on Rafah; US says there's no plan to protect ... (Voice of America)

About 300,000 of the 1.3 million Palestinians who fled to southern Gaza months ago on orders from the Israeli military to escape the attacks on Hamas militants ...

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Israeli operations in north and south Gaza force displaced to flee again (The Washington Post)

Humanitarian agencies warned that no place was safe and that aid had nearly run out, almost a week after Israel seized and shut down the Rafah crossing.

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Egypt joins ICJ case against Israel as one official warns Rafah op ... (The Times of Israel)

As IDF deepens action in city, Cairo escalates pressure on Jerusalem to pull back troops; at the same time, country's FM insists peace treaty is 'core ...

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Israel's war on Gaza live: Israeli tanks push deeper into Jabalia (Aljazeera.com)

Palestinians fleeing Rafah have nowhere safe to go as Israel intensifies air, ground attacks in north and south of Gaza.

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US envoy denies ties with Israel have changed: Only '1 set of ... (The Times of Israel)

In interview, Jack Lew seeks to downplay Biden's much-panned threat to withhold arms if full Rafah assault goes ahead: 'I'm hoping we don't end up with real ...

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Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken (EURACTIV)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel lacked a "credible plan" to protect Palestinian civilians in Rafah and warned an Israeli attack could ...

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