Israel-Palestine conflict

There are corners in the world where history follows neither a predictably linear nor sinuously zig-zag detour, but a cyclic, circular path. These are also the places where endless deliberations come to a naught, and struggles, hopes, and aspirations vaporise like ether into thin air.  This is the perennial dilemma in the tragedy of geopolitics, […]

ERNAKULAM: In a tragic turn of events, Kerala bore witness to a series of blasts on Sunday at a Jehovah’s Witness congregation in Kalamassery has resulted in the death of a woman while another 52 have been reported to have been injured.  Four coordinated blasts were reported along the Yahova Convention Centre, a meeting where […]

NEW DELHI: Israel initiated preparations for a ground incursion into Gaza shortly after facing an attack on October 7. This attack was in response to a surprise land-air-water assault by Hamas militants. On Friday, the Israeli military confirmed that troops and tanks conducted a brief operation in northern Gaza overnight, engaging with Hamas fighters and […]

NEW DELHI: The US has, in retaliation to attacks on its forces, launched strikes against two locations in eastern Syria that are linked to Iran on Friday. The sites were used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and organisations it supports, the Pentagon stated. This came in retaliation for a series of assaults against US forces […]

The Israel-Palestine war commenced on October 7, with a surprise assault by Hamas-led militant groups. The attack included the launch of over 5,000 rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the breach of a border security fence by thousands of armed Hamas fighters, indiscriminate gunfire targeting Israeli civilians and soldiers, and a coordinated land, sea, and […]

The two hostages have been identified as Nurit Yitzhak and Yochved Lifshitz, who had been captured and taken off to the Gaza Strip NEW DELHI: Palestinian militant group Hamas released two hostages through “Egyptian-Qatari” mediation while alleging that the Israeli authorities were refusing to accept the hostages into its territory, “neglecting the safety of their […]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Israel on October 19 to show solidarity with the Israeli people.

The Northeastern Jewish community, also called Bnei Menashe, have now found themselves on Israel's frontlines.

Among the council of 15, it was only the US that vetoed the resolution, while Russia and the UK abstained from voting NEW DELHI: As the conflict between Israel and Palestine reaches its second week, the US uses its veto power to shoot down a peace resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). According […]

One name you are unlikely to see in the deluge of information and disinformation on what’s happening in and around Israel/Palestine is China. While Russia may occasionally come into focus concerning Syria, and references to ‘the global South’ emerge from time to time, as evident in the public statement made by South African President Cyril […]