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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: Israel-Palestine

Israel must internationally annihilate Hamas. Just destroying their military won’t be enough

International support has bought Israel time to plan and execute a response to Hamas. But the window for action will close over time.

Assembly polls on the way & ‘along a Middle East intersection’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Guest’ who cheated death 5 times — Mohammed Deif, shadowy Hamas chief behind deadly attack on Israel

In his 60s, Deif has been the leader of Hamas’s military wing since 2002. Tel Aviv came close to eliminating him in an air strike in 2014 that killed his wife & his child.

UN Secretary General urges Israel to halt, reverse settlement decisions in West Bank

Calling the decisions 'troubling and alarming,' UN deputy spokesperson stated that UN Chief Guterres reiterates the settlements as flagrant violation of international law.

Israel, Palestine officials pledge moves to curb violence ahead of Ramadan

In previous years, Ramadan has occasionally seen clashes between Israeli police & Palestinians, particularly around Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site.

At least seven killed in synagogue attack as West Bank violence spirals

Police said the gunman arrived at around 8:15 PM and opened fire before he was killed by police. TV footage showed several victims lying on the road outside the synagogue.

Israel goes to polls again but it’s not Palestine bothering voters. The ‘elite’ question is

Looking at the political camp led by Netanyahu, it will be difficult to see who will replace the Israeli elite, if the Right-wing front comes to power.

Israel ends Netanyahu’s 12-year reign & ushers in a fragile new coalition govt

Religious Jewish nationalist Naftali Bennett, a former Netanyahu ally who opposes Palestinian statehood, will serve until August 2023, before making way for centrist Yair Lapid.

Kashmir issue is riding on Palestinian cause to gain global support. But who is behind it?

In Kashmir and elsewhere, the plight of Palestinians is suddenly being talked, written about, and even sung along with the Kashmir issue.

India’s abstention at UNHRC on Gaza violence resolution not new, says MEA spokesperson

The Palestinian foreign minister wrote to S Jaishankar on India's abstention. Palestine wrote similar letters to all countries who abstained, MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?