Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-20 20:17 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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[2026-09-20 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a terrorist who attempted to commit a car-ramming attack against soldiers stationed in the Ganim area of the Menashe Brigade's sector of the West Bank, the military said on Sunday afternoon.
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[2026-09-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Kawa Junad began building Iraq's first digital bank, the biggest challenge was not technology. It was persuading Iraqis of the value of banking itself when most of them had never needed one.
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[2026-09-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 19:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thousands of Israelis, including government officials and ministers, entered the Western Wall area in occupied East Jerusalem early Sunday, the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine said.
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[2026-09-20 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An official source in the United Arab Emirates rejected claims on Saturday evening that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warned him of a possible Hamas attack in the weeks leading up to October 7, 2023.
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[2026-09-20 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least one person was wounded in a suspected shooting attack in the area of Neveh Tzuf in the West Bank, north of Ramallah, on Sunday afternoon.
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[2026-09-20 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Sunday said that Tehran must fight and negotiate as its near seven-month war with the United States drags on.
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[2026-09-20 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia has pulled out of a China-led digital currency platform aimed at facilitating cross-border payments outside the US dollar, the Financial Times (FT) reported.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Central Elections Committee decided on Thursday that on election day (October 27) public transportation services on intercity bus lines (over 15 km) and Israel Railways will be free for the general public.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Moroccan Front for Support of Palestine and Against Normalization (FMSPCN) called for nationwide protests against the government's "decision to deepen and expand official normalization with the Zionist entity [Israel]" from September 25 to 27, the group posted on its official social media on Friday.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A 49-year-old Breslov Hassid from Betar Illit, a father of six, was arrested at the Ukraine-Romania border crossing while returning to Israel after spending Rosh Hashanah in Uman, and was drafted into the Ukrainian army, according to a report first published in haredi (ultra-Orthodox) media by journalist Yanki Farber.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed visited a Jewish home for Rosh Hashanah last week in the wake of widespread controversy surrounding his stance on Israel and allegations of antisemitism made against him.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi said Saturday that members of the Islamic Republic’s military and civilian establishment were already quietly breaking with the regime, describing Iran as having entered an “active defection” phase in the struggle to overthrow the country’s rulers.
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[2026-09-20 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two thousand years ago, as the high priest entered the Holy of Holies on Yom Kippur, Jews throughout the Land of Israel and across the Diaspora were fasting. But what else were they doing?
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[2026-09-20 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States fulfils its commitments under a June agreement and meets Tehran’s conditions.
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[2026-09-20 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Saturday that a senior police officer was wounded in clashes with suspected drug dealers in southern the country.
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[2026-09-20 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday to demand the release of jailed pro-Palestinian activists accused of money laundering when they helped organise a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.
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[2026-09-20 17:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has warned of divisions within the country's political establishment over how to handle the war with the US, as officials disagree over the balance between military pressure and negotiations.
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[2026-09-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As emotive art showings go, Voices from the Gaza Envelope has most of them beat. The voluminous group exhibition opened at the Amiad Center in Jaffa on September 14 and features more than 200 works from some 75 artists. The vast majority of them come from our southern communities near the border with Gaza and, hence, experienced the horrors of Oct.
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[2026-09-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three-quarters (74%) of all Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur while over half (57%) participate in the day’s prayers, a new survey from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) found.
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[2026-09-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hundreds of thousands of Iranians participated on Friday in a rally organized by the regime in Tehran, in the largest display of defiance of its kind since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February.
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[2026-09-20 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 16:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have detained at least 27 Palestinians in a raid on the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
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[2026-09-20 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Good morning Middle East Eye readers,
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[2026-09-20 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Children's entertainer Ms. Rachel said on Thursday that she would donate $1 million to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) to match singer Macklemore's donation of the same amount, which represented his total net earnings from the Ed Sheeran Loop Tour.
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[2026-09-20 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tai Baribo has already scored 14 goals this MLS season, putting the Israel international among the league's leading scorers.
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[2026-09-20 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: World leaders gather in New York this week for the UN General Assembly, bracing for US President Donald Trump's return to the rostrum for a second year running, with talks centering on the widening conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and the risks of artificial intelligence.
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[2026-09-20 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A senior Palestinian official rejected the United States’ decision to bar PA President Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN General Assembly in New York to deliver his speech in person.
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[2026-09-20 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yom Kippur is uncomfortable at its core.
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[2026-09-20 16:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dozens of Palestinian supporters demonstrated outside Ed Sheeran concert in Philadelphia, denouncing promoters’s decision to drop US rapper Macklemore over his “Free Palestine” calls.
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[2026-09-20 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Neutrality amid US-Israel war on Iran cited as an advantage, as well as location of ports away from Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-09-20 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Neutrality amid US-Israel war on Iran cited as an advantage, as well as location of ports away from Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-09-20 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Palestinians were injured in an attack by Israeli settlers on Sunday east of the town of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.
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[2026-09-20 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump cut short a weekend at Camp David to return unexpectedly to the White House on Saturday, as tensions rose in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-20 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm
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[2026-09-20 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two back-to-back Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh, while a third strike targeted an ambulance team responding to the attacks, according to Al Jazeera.
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[2026-09-20 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Six French nationals are due to stand trial in Iraq on Sunday, as the country assumes responsibility for prosecuting thousands of suspected Islamic State group members.
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[2026-09-20 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-09-20 13:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Activist groups are using artificial intelligence to target the ABC’s coverage of the Middle East with accusations of bias, contributing to a sharp rise in the number of coordinated complaints detected by the public broadcaster’s independent ombudsman.
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[2026-09-20 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Among global sovereign wealth funds, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and other Middle Eastern entities have significant presence as money providers.
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[2026-09-20 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Heavy reliance on artificial intelligence, staff cuts, and rushed targeting procedures contributed to a US missile strike on an Iranian girls’ school in Minab, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing officials involved in a Pentagon investigation.
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[2026-09-20 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Heavy reliance on AI, staff cuts, and rushed targeting procedures contributed to a US missile strike on an Iranian girls’ school in Minab, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing officials involved in a Pentagon investigation.
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[2026-09-20 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says its forces have killed a Hamas commander, Muhammad Suleiman Byouk, in Khan Younis in Gaza on Thursday.
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[2026-09-20 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Singer Ed Sheeran apologised to fans during his Philadelphia concert on Saturday over the recent controversy involving US singer Macklemore and his remarks on Palestine.
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[2026-09-20 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Qatar's International Media office denied reports that the nation provided funding for Hamas in Gaza in the form of "humanitarian aid" in an official statement on Friday, claiming that "these allegations are being promoted by elements of Israel’s far right and political figures in an attempt to deflect attention from domestic political failures and portray Qatar as a convenient scapegoat."
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[2026-09-20 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thousands of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Buraq Wall plaza, west of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Jerusalem, and performed Talmudic rituals, according to Quds News Network.
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[2026-09-20 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: British pop star Ed Sheeran has made his first comments on the controversy that plunged his North America Loop Tour into turmoil, saying that the situation in Gaza is “catastrophic”, “unjustifiable” and “disproportionate”.
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[2026-09-20 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli hostages were beaten in front of a camera on October 7, 2023, and the photographer withheld the footage to protect the Palestinians in it. That was the account Gazan photojournalist Motaz Azaiza gave in a podcast interview reported by The Jerusalem Post.
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