Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The autonomous Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq has been attacked by around 1,000 missiles and drones since February, when the Us and Israeli war on Iran began. This has impacted the Kurdistan region greatly, leading to deaths and injuries of dozens of people and causing energy companies to suspend operations.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lawyers for more than 8,000 people seeking to hold the Palestinian Authority responsible for harm caused by the October 7 massacre and the war that followed are expected to file written arguments with the Jerusalem District Court by the end of Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A joint written submission has been presented to the Irish parliament's Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade by the Ireland Israel Alliance (IIA) and UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), raising significant legal challenges regarding proposed trade legislation.
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[2026-08-02 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been reported to a standards watchdog following his recent public remarks concerning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-08-02 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Countries across the Middle East are sweltering under a summer heatwave with temperatures expected to approach 50°C in the days ahead.
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[2026-08-02 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli attack in southern Lebanon has injured five Lebanese soldiers, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA).
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[2026-08-02 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Opec+ has agreed to increase crude oil output for a sixth consecutive month in September, as the Middle East teeters on the verge of an all-out war, and Houthi rebel attacks on Red Sea shipping compound threats to global energy supplies.
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[2026-08-02 21:31 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history
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[2026-08-02 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s latest move in the Iran conflict has added another chapter to a pattern critics have called “Taco” — short for “Trump always chickens out”.
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[2026-08-02 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The 43rd Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) ran from July 9-19 with an estimated 70,000 total attendees.
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[2026-08-02 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-08-02 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Book of Samuel pauses, in the middle of a war, to name two rocks. Jonathan is about to climb toward a Philistine garrison above a ravine, with no one beside him but his armor-bearer, and the text stops to record that a crag stood on either side of the pass, one called Botzetz, the other Seneh.
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[2026-08-02 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Longtime Magazine contributor Rabbi Moshe Taragin is an educator at Yeshivat Har Etzion, founded in 1968 to foster the love of God, of learning Torah, and of the people and the Land of Israel.
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[2026-08-02 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Monday will hear arguments in a petition challenging a series of laws that have sharply restricted the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) over the past two years.
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[2026-08-02 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ultra-orthodox (haredi) draft evaders who do not study Torah will either "enlist or go to prison," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a closed-door meeting, Israeli public broadcaster KAN News reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ask Mike Pompeo if there is a risk of an all-out Middle East war, and he not only corrects you; he raises the stakes.
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[2026-08-02 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he would hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a deal could be reached quickly on Iran's nuclear programme and reopening the Strait of Hormuz completely.
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[2026-08-02 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has canceled a planned attack on Iran after saying the outlines of an agreement had been reached that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and address what he described as Tehran’s “nuclear threat.”
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[2026-08-02 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Netivot resident in his 40s was arrested overnight on suspicion of involvement in the Saturday-night shooting in Netivot that left one man dead and another lightly wounded, police said Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The deadly confrontation in Tell near Nablus last week and the conflict that followed have intensified competing claims over settler violence and Palestinian attacks, while raising a broader question: how much further can the West Bank deteriorate before localized confrontations develop into a sustained uprising in the form of an intifada?
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[2026-08-02 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At a cabinet meeting at Camp David, US President Donald Trump declared that the United States is prepared to significantly escalate military pressure on Iran.
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[2026-08-02 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Islamic Jihad has agreed to the disarmament deal set forth by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported on Sunday afternoon, citing a source familiar with the matter.
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[2026-08-02 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Colombia’s incoming president, Abelardo de la Espriella, is preparing to reverse nearly every major element of Gustavo Petro’s Israel policy after taking office on August 7.
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[2026-08-02 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel began requiring all smoking products across the country to carry graphic images of the harms caused by smoking on Sunday, joining approximately 140 countries worldwide.
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[2026-08-02 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The disarmament plan announced by the Board of Peace and approved by Hamas "will not be implemented," a Palestinian source in Gaza affiliated with Israeli-backed militias told The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-08-02 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump says the US and Israel have agreed to halt new attacks on Iran, provided a deal to end the months-long conflict is reached “rapidly”.
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[2026-08-02 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has spoken to US President Donald Trump over the phone on developments in the region.
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[2026-08-02 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he was canceling planned strikes on Iran pending a rapid agreement with Tehran to end the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-08-02 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Boy George says the backlash over his pro-Israel song has now cost him the manager of his record label, days after he withdrew from the West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar.
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[2026-08-02 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For many, summer is a time for travel and discovery. I encourage readers of this column to visit galleries and museums and to immerse themselves in art while traveling in Israel. Local artists have so much to offer.
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[2026-08-02 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other members of OPEC+ are expected to raise their oil production quotas for September when they meet online Sunday as the Middle East war continues to disrupt global energy supplies.
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[2026-08-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry leaders expect more Hongkongers to choose Europe via mainland transit, but warn cheaper fares may be offset by higher fuel charges
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[2026-08-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry leaders expect more Hongkongers to choose Europe via mainland transit, but warn cheaper fares may be offset by higher fuel charges
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[2026-08-02 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, sale del Air Force One en el Aeropuerto Municipal de Morristown, Nueva Jersey, el viernes 31 de julio de 2026, tras un viaje a Camp David, la residencia de descanso presidencial. (AP foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-08-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian military officials denied US President Donald Trump's claims that Iran asked the US to stop the attacks, the IRGC-affiliated Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Police opened an investigation into a Saturday incident where an Arab Superbus driver was beaten into unconsciousness by a group of teenagers while stopping for a red light at the Ramot intersection in Jerusalem.
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[2026-08-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hamas began distributing individual weapons to the terrorist group’s operatives in the Gaza Strip amid the Board of Peace’s (BoP) Hamas disarmament deal, Kan News reported on Saturday, citing a Palestinian source.
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[2026-08-02 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Givati Brigade's Tzabar Battalion will be made to take part in a combat processing program after returning from leave, decided Brig.-Gen. Sagiv Cohen, commander of the IDF's 162nd Division.
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[2026-08-02 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Three children are among nine Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since dawn, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
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[2026-08-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pakistan requested the $10 billion currency backstop after it helped mediate between the U.S. and Iran, led by the country's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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[2026-08-02 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pakistan requested the $10 billion currency backstop after it helped mediate between the U.S. and Iran, led by the country's military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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[2026-08-02 17:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump said early Sunday he has canceled a planned attack on Iran following a request by Tehran and its regional neighbors.
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[2026-08-02 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The recently published reports about the Mossad’s alleged plan, under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to overthrow the Iranian regime through a coordinated operation involving Kurdish forces and the “installation” of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have been revealing.
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[2026-08-02 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It’s taken nearly three years to come to the obvious conclusion: The horrific massacre of October 7 happened by foolishly enabling a vicious enemy whom we preferred to view as potential peace partners, believing they could be steered in the right direction with enough enticing incentives.
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[2026-08-02 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Iranian regime “has to change,” claiming that Tehran must abandon its efforts to dominate the Middle East in an interview with Fox News on Saturday.
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[2026-08-02 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel First party chair MK Sharren Haskel on Sunday provided testimony to Lahav 433 in connection with the election of the state comptroller, which the High Court of Justice ruled invalid; Haskel’s spokesperson confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-08-02 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Una doliente corea un lema mientras sostiene un cartel con un dibujo del líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Moytabá Jamenei, en un funeral por el fallecido líder supremo Alí Jamenei, en la Gran Mezquita Imán Jomeini en Teherán, el martes 14 de julio de 2026. (AP Foto/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-08-02 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said it has killed two Hamas commanders during air strikes on Friday and Saturday in Gaza.
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[2026-08-02 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Hamas delegation met officials from Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Cairo, with the two groups stressing the need to force Israel to end its military offensive and fully withdraw from Gaza.
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[2026-08-02 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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