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Trump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis as Prince Mohammed visits
ByOliver Holmes November 18, 2025

Kingdom’s de facto ruler to arrive on first White House trip since killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018Donald Trump is to welcome Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman to Washington on Tuesday, in a red-carpet visit expected to re…

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Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak
ByYuli Novak November 18, 2025

The international community allowed all of this to happen. We must not look away or move onGenocide is a process, not an event. When genocide happens, its roots, and the conditions that allowed it, often become visible only in retrospect. If those cond…

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One of the oddest UN resolutions in history seeks to solidify shaky Gaza ceasefire into an enduring peace
ByJulian Borger in Washington November 18, 2025

The hazy UN resolution dictates that Trump’s ‘board of peace’ will supervise an International Stabilisation Force, whose membership is as yet undeterminedThe resolution passed by the UN security council on Tuesday evening, aimed at turning the precario…

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One of the oddest UN resolutions in history seeks to solidify shaky Gaza ceasefire into an enduring peace
ByJulian Borger in Washington November 18, 2025

The hazy UN resolution dictates that Trump’s ‘board of peace’ will supervise an International Stabilisation Force, whose membership is as yet undeterminedThe resolution passed by the UN security council on Tuesday evening, aimed at turning the precario…

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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem November 18, 2025

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive treesViolence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olive trees before the end of the season, i…

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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem November 18, 2025

UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive treesViolence has increased across the occupied West Bank as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olive trees before the end of the season, i…

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UN security council votes to endorse Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
ByJulian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour diplomatic editor November 18, 2025

The resolution, which includes references to an independent Palestine, was passed by a vote of 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining The UN security council has endorsed proposals put forward by Donald Trump for a lasting peace in Gaza, including the d…

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Trump Gaza plan: UN security council to vote on resolution to set up international stabilisation force – live
ByLucy Campbell (now) and Frances Mao (earlier) November 17, 2025

US-drafted resolution also includes reference to a future Palestinian state as US president’s plan would include international security force deploymentThe UN security council will shortly vote on a resolution that would authorise an international stab…

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UN body passes resolution – as it happened
ByLucy Campbell (now) and Frances Mao (earlier) November 17, 2025November 18, 2025

This blog is now closed. See our full report hereThe US is planning for the long-term division of Gaza into a “green zone” under Israeli and international military control, where reconstruction would start, and a “red zone” to be left in ruins.Foreign …

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UN to vote on Gaza stabilisation force plan that references Palestinian state
ByPatrick Wintour, and Jason Burke in Jerusalem November 17, 2025

Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right ministers after Saudi insistence on ‘credible pathway’ to statehoodThe UN security council is to vote on Monday on a US-drafted resolution to set up an international stabilisation force (ISF) in Gaza that include…

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