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A controversial motion calling on the City of Montreal to suspend institutional ties with the Israeli government is back before city council Monday, two months after it was originally supposed to be debated. The opposition at city hall says it wants the city to recognize and denounce what it describes as an “apartheid regime” imposed...

One day after the Government of Canada announced — in solidarity with the United Kingdom and France — that it had implemented a trade ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is applauding the feds.

There is divide across the globe as Canada and France – in solidarity with the United Kingdom – have announced a trade ban on goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Canada has joined the U.K., France and nine other nations in announcing plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Redmond Shannon explains why these countries are now taking action, and how Israel is retaliating.

A Palestinian American has returned from Ohio to his West Bank home, which is one of three that have been surrounded by Israeli settlers for more than a week. Redmond Shannon reports on the ensuing confrontation between a settler and Loui Ridi, and what Ridi is pleading for from the U.S. government.

Israeli settlers have besieged several homes in the occupied West Bank, and families trapped are beginning to run out of resources. Ruqaya Hassan, a Palestinian whose home was besieged says they “have been subjected to daily attacks… during the day and night,” adding that her “daughters were overcome with fear and panic due to the...

Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from the outskirts of the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. The settlers set up an outpost directly in front of Palestinian homes, and later, troops withdrew from the area after failing to clear the settlers, witnesses said.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in an explosion in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli military. Israel blamed Hezbollah for what it called a ceasefire violation and launched retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s health ministry said the strikes killed at least one person and wounded 12 others in the...

U.S. President Donald Trump says a major breakthrough has been reached in efforts to end the war in Gaza, announcing what he calls a “historic agreement” to disarm Hamas and other militant groups. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said negotiators in Cairo had reached a deal for the complete disarmament of Hamas. Trump...

Four Palestinians and one Israeli were killed in a deadly confrontation near the West Bank village of Tal, with Israeli and Palestinian officials offering conflicting accounts of what happened. Palestinian resident Dr. Omar Ishtaya said, “The settlers attacked the villagers and opened fire, killing four residents and injuring several others.” While the Israeli military said...

Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian village on Sunday near the southern West Bank town of Yatta, setting fires in a mosque and buildings, villagers said. CCTV cameras captured what villagers described as a coordinated raid by dozens of Israeli settlers on the village of Al Twanah. Footage obtained by Reuters showed settlers attacking a Palestinian...

The White House’s swift response to Canada’s counter-tariffs, the Canadian businesses caught in the middle, and how it’s putting pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections. Canada joins the growing condemnation against Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Plus, how the Quebec family of a 9/11 victim is honouring...

Hamas and Israel reach an impasse during talks about the militant’s group disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Amjad Iraqi, a senior Israel-Palestine analyst with the International Crisis Group, joins Miranda Anthistle for insight.

U.S. Special Envoy Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday, in hopes to make a breakthrough in a peace plan for Gaza. Netanyahu’s government has not honoured the ceasefire that formed part of the first phase of the peace plan and has continued military operations and airstrikes in the strip, with an...

It was billed as another breakthrough in the Gaza war: Hamas and other armed groups agreeing to “complete disarmament” with U.S. President Donald Trump. But it’s a deal the Israeli president rejected on Sunday. Benjamin Netanyahu stated the Israeli Defence Force won’t withdraw from Gaza until Hamas gives up all weapons entirely. Hamas had said...

A tense standoff is unfolding in the illegally occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers have besieged multiple homes belonging to Palestinian families. As Redmond Shannon reports, it’s led to a rare rebuke from Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, who’s calling the settlers “terrorists.”

Israeli troops still haven’t moved Jewish settlers away from three Palestinian houses the settlers have besieged in the West Bank since Sunday. The U.S. ambassador to Israel has called the settlers terrorists. The UN says it has recorded an average of six settler attacks per day this year, the most of any year on record....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. Netanyahu told cabinet members on Sunday that he will not withdraw troops until Hamas is completely disarmed.

With just two business days until the imposition of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, talks to avoid them are going into overtime. In a U.S. federal court today, 28-year-old Luigi Mangione admitted to the high-profile killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel almost two...

A mass funeral was held in Gaza Tuesday for 112 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike nearly three years ago. Their remains were recovered over the weekend from rubble in Gaza City – with 157 bodies still missing.