An armada of aging oil tankers is helping to keep Russian oil flowing. Hundreds of vessels are part of a “shadow fleet” that’s allowed the Kremlin to dodge Western sanctions over its war on Ukraine. Bloomberg set out to uncover the traders, intermediaries and investors that make up this network, and how they’re getting rich…
One of the latest Israeli air strikes has targeted Gaza city, first responders and displaced people are among the dead. One strike killed at least 10 people. Palestinians say the air strikes are deliberately targeting civilians. There’s also been intense street-to-street battles. The Israeli army says it’s engaged in the heaviest fighting since it began…
A memorial in a village in the northern occupied West Bank signifies a tragic event involving a Palestinian carpenter killed by Israeli settlers on Dec 3. Six expanding illegal settlements and an adjacent Israeli army base escalated violence. The UN reports 308 settler attacks since October 7, resulting in 8 Palestinian deaths. Unchecked settler attacks,…
In the last 12 hours, the Israeli military has escalated attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp, an area subjected to repeated targeting throughout the war. Massive air strikes and continuous artillery shelling characterize the intensified assault, involving coordinated attacks by air, land, and sea in the densely populated region. Thousands remain stranded in Jabalia, unable…
The Biden administration’s new visa restrictions for Israeli settlers represent a “shift in the stance” on the conflict, according to Youcef Bouandel, a professor of political science and international relations at Qatar University. Bouandel told Al Jazeera the move shows the international community is signalling “enough is enough” and “settlers in particular need to stop…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated the goals for the war: The complete dismantling of Hamas’s military and political capabilities to ensure that Israel feels no future threat coming from the Gaza Strip and to bring back all of the captives currently being held inside of Gaza. While [Netanyahu] did not necessarily mention anything new,…
The US Department of State has said that it will impose visa restrictions on Israeli settlers involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the occupied West Bank. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the move on Tuesday, one day after the State Department said that Israel has not taken sufficient steps to address settler…
Traditional festivities during the Christmas season have been called off in Bethlehem. The city in the Occupied West Bank usually attracts thousands of followers of the Christian faith over the period, because of its religious significance. But this year residents in Bethlehem are mourning the killing and displacement of Palestinians in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Nida…
Presidents of elite universities have faced questions from an American Congressional panel investigating anti-Jewish discrimination on campuses. The House Committee on Education says anti-Semitism has been rapidly growing since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. But little was said about Islamophobia, which is also on the rise in the US. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Jo-Castro…
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the health situation in the northern part is “totally disastrous” as the main hospitals are out of service due to the war. Dr. Saleh El-Hams , the Nursing Director at European Gaza Hospital, joins Al Jazeera live on Skype from Khan Younis. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow…