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Since the October 7 attacks and the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, no part of life in the region has been left untouched - least of all, the three great religions whose histories are rooted there.

While Israeli Jews struggle to celebrate holidays or even find common ground with one another, Palestinian Muslims and Christians are struggling to reach their holy sites at all.

A nationwide strike aimed at ramping up pressure on Israel's government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza was set to begin Monday.

Amid the Gaza crisis, Alexis Haritsis, president of Greece's New Left Party, calls for urgent action, declaring, "The eyes of the world are on martyrized Rafah."

He demands a parliamentary debate on Palestinian recognition, accusing Israel's government of genocide and labeling Greece's silence as complicity, insisting, "Greece must stand on the right side of history."

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli authorities for their decision to speed up illegal settlement activities and plan new constructions in West Bank.

Omer Easa is watching the violence roiling his native Sudan with deep trepidation. The further Sudan sinks into chaos and violence, he fears, the longer he is likely to remain an unrecognized asylum-seeker in Israel, where he has few protections.

Türkiye condemned on April 5 that Israeli forces stormed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City and called on Israel's government to immediately cease "provocations."

Israel on Aug. 22 launched antibody testing for children aged as young as three, seeking information on the number of unvaccinated youths who have developed protection against coronavirus ahead of the new school year.

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Israel's decision to remove the metal detectors from the entrance to the Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Israelis as the Temple Mount, seems to have assuaged recent tensions. The issue, however, still has the potential to upset the shaky regional order.

The United Kingdom scolded U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for describing the Israeli government as the "most right-wing in Israeli history," a move that aligns British Prime Minister Theresa May more closely with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. 

Israel's government has given the go ahead to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt, signaling a potential improvement in relations between two countries which have been at loggerheads over energy supplies.