Topic: Middle East — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be summoned to give open testimony at the midnight meeting affair, according to reports by Israeli media on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, in Geneva on Thursday for what has been described as a “decisive” meeting.
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[2026-02-26 06:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Authority transferred approximately half a billion shekels to terrorists in 2025 under its “pay-for-slay” mechanism, which provides payments to imprisoned terrorists and to the families of attackers, The Jerusalem Post learned on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 06:06 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 06:05 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Organizers scramble for new venue after University of Southern Maine cites sanctions over Francesca Albanese’s virtual talk
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[2026-02-26 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The man who modestly “settled eight wars,” “completely and totally obliterated” the Iranian nuclear threat, and brought peace to the Middle East “for the first time in 3,000 years” – all that in less than a year – and then said, “I never get credit, but that’s OK,” now wants to share his gifts with the rest of the world.
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[2026-02-26 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, habla en una entrevista después del discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump ante una sesión conjunta del Congreso en el Capitolio, Washington, el martes 24 de febrero de 2026. (AP Foto/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-26 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The enemies that threaten Israel - like Iran - are also threats to the United States, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said at the Israel–US Relations Caucus in the Knesset on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 05:40 UTC+10:00] [Immigration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There are thousands of women and children interned at the al-Roj displacement camp in north-eastern Syria, for their alleged or confirmed links to the self-proclaimed IS group. Source: AAP / Baderkhan Ahmad
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[2026-02-26 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical nuclear talks in Geneva, with Tehran's parliament speaker warning that negotiations may yield an agreement through "honorable diplomacy"—but that an attack would draw a "firm blow" from Iranian forces.
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[2026-02-26 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) have condemned an announcement by the United States that it will offer consular services at a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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[2026-02-26 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Commuters drive past Saint Sarkis church and a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-26 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke faces growing calls to ban a controversial Israeli journalist from entering Australia over inflammatory remarks, including his assertion that 100,000 Palestinians should have been killed at the start of the war in Gaza.
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[2026-02-26 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have rejected reports that a former president tried to grab power at the height of last month’s nationwide protests and characterised the claims as “purely fictional narratives”.
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[2026-02-26 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has deployed a squadron of advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to an Israeli Air Force base in the country’s south, multiple media outlets claimed on Tuesday, citing US officials and flight tracking data. The reported move comes as part of a major US military buildup in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran.
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[2026-02-26 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In his State of the Union address Trump said his preference was to use diplomacy in dealing with Iran. But, he added, “I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror — which they are, by far — to have a nuclear weapon.”
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In any private business, if you doubled the budget and got a decrease in output, the CEO would be fired. In the Israel Police and justice system, it’s exactly the opposite: failure is the engine for requesting more budgets.
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The estimates of defense deals that Israel and India are expected to sign as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Jerusalem are eye-popping, with some reaching $8 billion-$10b., according to Indian media reports.
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Among the most important foreign policy statements of President Trump's during his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Tuesday night came in discussing his Iran red lines.
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[2026-02-26 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US issued new sanctions against Iran on Wednesday, targeting more than 30 individuals and companies connected to its so-called shadow fleet.
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[2026-02-26 04:22 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent state
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[2026-02-26 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It’s not every day that you see a match that ends in an 8-2 scoreline. It’s rare in the game of ice hockey, but in soccer? It’s nearly impossible.
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[2026-02-26 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The police commissioner’s recent admission is a deeply unsettling moment of truth – yet one that surprises no one who lives the reality on the ground. When he calls for “legal courage” and laments the lack of technological tools for intelligence-gathering, he is effectively raising a white flag over the existing working methods of the Israel Police.
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[2026-02-26 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first-ever recipient of the Knesset Medal on Wednesday, after his speech at the Knesset.
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[2026-02-26 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Opposition parties boycotted the majority of the special plenum session on Wednesday that hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi because Supreme Court Chief Justice Isaac Amit was not invited.
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[2026-02-26 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State prosecutors on Wednesday filed an indictment at Jerusalem District Court against Israel Harpaz, 19, of Ma’alot-Tarshiha, accusing him of taking part in an organized, racially motivated riot that included assaults, arson, and widespread property damage in the Palestinian village of Jaba, allegedly carried out in retaliation after the evacuation of an illegal outpost last November.
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[2026-02-26 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has issued a new wave of sanctions against Iran, targeting ships that it said are selling Iranian oil to help fund the country’s ballistic missile programme.
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[2026-02-26 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “The year 2025 once again demonstrated that there is no ‘ceasefire’ in cyberspace,” Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) Director-General Yossi Karadi said this week while issuing the agency’s annual report for 2025.
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[2026-02-26 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel killed at least 84 media workers and journalists in 2025 – far more than any other country in what was the deadliest year on record for the news media.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Several countries have begun withdrawing dependents of diplomatic personnel and non-essential staff from some locations in the Middle East, or advising citizens to defer travel to Iran, amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-02-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The upcoming round of diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran may be the last realistic chance for a negotiated outcome before a war breaks out, former Israel Navy commander, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Eliezer “Chayni” Marom said during a Wednesday interview with 103FM.
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[2026-02-26 02:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE said on Wednesday that the governance of Gaza must remain under the control of the Palestinian people, as it reaffirmed its commitment to a two-state solution to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict.
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[2026-02-26 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has rejected accusations that it is seeking nuclear weapons, denouncing US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks as false and misleading.
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[2026-02-26 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Jewish settlers carrying clubs, rocks and bottles of flammable liquid strode into the Palestinian hamlet of Susiya and set fire to vehicles, security camera footage obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday shows.
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[2026-02-26 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Oil prices are sliding this morning following as an over-supplied market (API reported a huge 11.4mm barrel build last week) beats the geopolitical risk premia (with the US poised to attack Iran).
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[2026-02-26 02:32 UTC+10:00] [Journalist safety] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Committee to Protect Journalists report says Israel also to blame for 81% of ‘intentionally targeted’ journalist killings
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Knesset plenum passed, in a preliminary reading on Wednesday, a controversial bill that seeks to grant the Chief Rabbinate authority to determine prayer arrangements at the Western Wall.
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Australian government has told dependents of Australian diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave the two Middle East countries, citing a deteriorating security situation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over 1,000 councilors from across Britain and from different political parties have pledged to uphold Palestinian rights and stand against Israel's "genocide."
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran is prepared for a diplomatic approach with the US or “a remorseful response that would make any aggressor regret their malicious behavior,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)
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[2026-02-26 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel was responsible for the deaths of around two-thirds of all journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) said in a report on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: In a world on edge waiting to see what US President Donald Trump does next in the Middle East, he provided no clear signal when he presented the longest ever State of the Union address.
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[2026-02-26 02:06 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hamas to almost certainly reject plan described in Israeli press, say experts, as no guarantee Israel will withdraw on surrender of weapons
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[2026-02-26 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel must never cease its efforts to bring Ron Arad to burial in Israel, President Isaac Herzog said at Tuesday’s missing fallen soldiers memorial ceremony.
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[2026-02-26 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Hezbollah official said that the Lebanese terror group will not get involved militarily if the United States carries out "limited" strikes against Iran, AFP reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sheba Medical Center said on Wednesday that it rose to seventh place in Newsweek and Statista’s 2026 World’s Best Hospitals ranking, extending its streak to eight consecutive years on the list.
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[2026-02-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has praised Ecuador for withdrawing from the United Nations' "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People" (CEIRPP).
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