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Rights groups say the planned 1.4km route, which ends at compound run by far-right settler group Elad, will displace Palestinians and reshape the cultural landscape

A fifth foreign company has pulled out of a plan to build a cable car from West to East Jerusalem that threatens to involve the seizure of land and property rights from dozens of Palestinian families along its route, but local authorities insist the scheme is proceeding as planned.

The project appeared to have stalled for four years until late September, just weeks before Israel’s 27 October elections, when the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) issued a notice of intent to award a contract without a public tender to ROPES, a cable car engineering consultancy based in South Tyrol, Italy.

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© Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

HRF alleges that Sean Glass likely gave the order to open fire. His alleged responsibility extends across Gaza: attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital, destruction of UNRWA headquarters, and the razing of entire neighbourhoods—devastation he publicly celebrated.

Israel withholds shelter from Gazans ■ US ignores American citizens attacked in West Bank ■ Another Palestinian dies in prison ■ More.

As Israel continues to squeeze Gaza, settler violence dominates West Bank; Trump endorses war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to remain Prime Minister in next week's election

Amid police brutality allegations, inquiry hears protesters against visit of Israeli president were ‘largely peaceful’

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An inquiry into a Sydney rally against the Israeli president’s visit has so far found protesters were “largely peaceful” and there is “limited evidence of physical violence on the part of the protesters”.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (Lecc) kicked off its inquiry into the February protest at Sydney’s town hall against the visit of Isaac Herzog on Monday, outlining a number of issues it is examining, including police use of OC spray and “police boasting about gratuitous force”.

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© Photograph: Jeremy Piper/Reuters

© Photograph: Jeremy Piper/Reuters

Violent (and illegal) Israeli settlers in West Bank are not content to attack only Palestinians ■ Gazans dread spending a 4th winter in displacement ■ NAZA documentary echoes 2023 film about Nazis ■ More.

Over the course of less than 90 minutes, 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officials have fully exposed 36 months of baseless propaganda, lazy talking points, and disgusting lies.”

With Israeli rabbi's blessing, settlers are stealing Palestinians' olive harvest; with IDF support, settlers are beating both Palestinians and int'l visitors. That's not all.

Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza wins widespread praise around the world

Critics around the world have hailed the award-winning documentary NAZA as a “brilliant and harrowing” film that is “impossible to ignore”.

NAZA, which is produced by the Guardian and details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, was released in UK cinemas this week and will be shown in more than 50 countries. As well as its global cinema releases, NAZA will be available free on the Guardian’s website from late November.

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© Photograph: NAZA/The Guardian

© Photograph: NAZA/The Guardian

© Photograph: NAZA/The Guardian

Every day, Israel invents some new way to ruin Palestinians' lives (with our tax $). Catch up on the latest news and headlines – with critical context – here.

Netanyahu thwarts Board of Peace paltry effort to move forward in Gaza ■ Israeli settlers stoop to new low ■ Palestinian kids detained by the thousands ■ Kamala Harris said what now? ■ More.

More than 38,000 killed, 11,700 left with lifelong disabilities, while nearly 1 million women and girls have been forced from their homes. See the full fact sheet

Netanyahu is being sued for shifting responsibility for Oct 7th, as he demands witch hunt against NAZA whistleblowers, and calls for permanent displacement of West Bankers.

High casualties on IDF strikes were not isolated mishaps or errors, but the result of Israeli policy that turned a blind eye to a civilian toll unlike anything it had ever seen.

Indiscriminate, disproportionate bombing killed massive numbers of Gazans (as Palestinian reporters have said for 3 years); new levels of Israeli settler barbarity; more

More than 70,000 killed; even more wounded; destruction without end: Ten Israeli soldiers told Der Spiegel about their feelings of revenge, orders to shoot and “collateral damage.”

Settler violence turns West Bank harvest into a nightmare ■ More Israeli testimony implicates IDF for massive civilian casualties ■ Israel's detention, torture of Syrians ■ More

Netanyahu on the hook for at least 24 hostage deaths, possible "treason" ■ Netanyahu administration have strong words about Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay ■ More