https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hamas-arrests-in-cyprus-raise-security-and-tourism-concerns
Information surrounding the recent arrests of two Palestinians by Cypriot police is emerging only in dribs and drabs, with authorities revealing very little about the case....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-arrests-lead-to-hamas-suspect-s-capture-in-crete
The 37-year-old man confessed that he is a member of Hamas, that he had contact with the suspects arrested in Cyprus, and that they intended to carry out a large-scale attack against Israeli-linked targets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/what-antisemitism-really-is
Racism is when “the well-known anarchist group, dressed uniformly almost like a militia, once again marched in formation through the Psyrri neighborhood with the goal of identifying Jewish tourists and business owners.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/palestinian-suspects-held-after-anti-terror-raids-uncover-explosive-materials
Cypriot police are investigating two Palestinian men, ages 32 and 38, on allegations linked to terrorism offenses and participation in a criminal organization following their arrest under court warrants....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/gaza-aid-flotilla-boat-arrives-in-paphos-after-reported-attack-near-crete
A boat linked to the ''Global Sumud Flotilla,'' an international activist mission carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, arrived Tuesday at the harbor in Kato Paphos after what crew members described as a tense journey across the eastern Mediterranean....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/gaza-as-a-riviera-and…-iran-as-texas
The map of the Middle East is being redrawn. The Gulf states are in shock and looking for new alliances, uneasy about relying on what used to be called the American umbrella. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/climate-progress-hinges-on-peace-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-says-jeffrey-sachs
Professor Jeffrey Sachs emphasized that meaningful climate action in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East depends heavily on achieving political stability and cooperation across the region....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-paranoid-side-of-history
Since March 2 of this year, invoking its familiar pretext of “combating terrorism,” the Israeli army has killed in neighboring Lebanon, at least up to the moment these lines are being written, more than a thousand people, including 118 children and 40 healthcare workers. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/alleged-hamas-member-arrested-in-cyprus
Cypriot authorities have arrested a man allegedly linked to the Palestinian group Hamas, who is wanted in Germany for supplying weapons and ammunition for attacks on Israeli or Jewish targets, German federal prosecutors said....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/corbyn-cyprus-base-used-to-transit-weapons-to-israel
Cyprus is increasingly involved in the Israel-Palestine conflict, with the British base at Akrotiri reportedly serving as a transit point for weapons deliveries to Israel, according to Jeremy Corbyn, former UK Labour leader and co-founder of Your Party....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/corbyn-claims-akrotiri-base-used-as-transit-hub-for-arms-deliveries-to-israel
Cyprus is being drawn deeper into the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, according to British MP Jeremy Corbyn, who claims that the UK’s Sovereign Base Area at Akrotiri is being used as a stopover point for transferring weapons to Israel....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-to-reopen-gaza-s-rafah-crossing-after-nearly-two-years
Israel announced Friday that it will reopen the Rafah border crossing with Egypt over the weekend, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave Gaza for the first time since May 2024. The move comes nearly two years after the crossing was largely shut down amid ongoing conflict....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/international-protection-revoked-for-palestinians-after-larnaca-violence
The Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection has withdrawn international protection from a group of Palestinian nationals linked to violent incidents that took place in Larnaca on 17 January, according to information from official sources....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-greece-and-israel-strengthen-strategic-axis-at-jerusalem-trilateral-summit
Cyprus, Greece and Israel took another step toward closer coordination on Monday, reaffirming their strategic partnership during a trilateral summit held in Jerusalem against the backdrop of mounting geopolitical pressures in the Eastern Mediterranean ....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-racism-we-refuse-to-see-islamophobia
While antisemitism has reentered public discussion over the past two years, driven by bloody events and the propaganda surrounding them, Islamophobia is the issue that should demand our attention if we truly want to talk objectively about racism, discrimination, and injustice....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/in-muslim-majority-turkey-pope-leo-presses-erdogan-to-be-a-source-of-stability
Pope Leo XIV opened his first foreign trip on Thursday by choosing a destination loaded with symbolism: Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country sitting at the crossroads of some of the world’s biggest conflicts....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/pope-leo-xiv-begins-historic-turkey-visit-set-to-pray-with-patriarch-bartholomew-in-nicaea
Pope Leo XIV commenced his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, arriving in Ankara, Turkey, before continuing a six-day journey that will also take him to Lebanon. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/u-s-plan-would-split-gaza-in-two-redrawing-the-map-after-two-years-of-war
The United States is floating a plan to redraw the map of Gaza, carving the war-battered enclave into two distinct zones, one under Israeli and international military control, and another left to the Palestinians along the coast, according to U.S. military documents obtained by The Guardian....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-to-present-six-point-gaza-plan-to-eu-council
Cyprus is expected to present a ''six-point plan'' to the European Council today, outlining concrete steps for the next phase of implementing the Gaza peace agreement signed earlier this year at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-war-isn-t-televised
If the goal of the October 7, 2023, attack, as I personally believe, was to prevent regional cooperation and achieve an Arab coalition under a new jihad, the result has been a complete failure. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/hollywood-cheap-scary-and-tasteless
From Panayiotou’s clownish party announcement to Trump’s Hollywood-style peace show in Sharm El-Sheikh, politics reached peak circus last week in Cyprus and beyond....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-years-first-hostages-finally-come-home
After two years of relentless war, a rare moment of relief arrived Monday as Hamas released seven Israeli hostages into Red Cross custody, the first freed under a fragile ceasefire deal that could signal the beginning of the end to the conflict in Gaza....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-and-el-sisi-to-lead-gaza-peace-summit-in-egypt-greece-and-cyprus-among-invited-nations
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to co-chair an international peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/israel-approves-gaza-ceasefire-deal-in-first-phase-of-peace-plan
Israel’s government has approved the first phase of a long-awaited Gaza deal that is set to bring a ceasefire and the release of hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced early Friday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-announces-breakthrough-gaza-cease-fire-deal-between-israel-and-hamas
President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of what he called his Gaza peace deal, marking a potential turning point in the two-year conflict....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hamas-accepts-trump-s-gaza-peace-plan-israel-freezes-offensive
Hamas said Friday it has accepted the framework of a U.S. peace proposal presented by President Donald Trump and is ready to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, prompting Israel to freeze its military campaign in the Gaza Strip....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/netanyahu-slams-door-on-palestinian-state-after-trump-s-peace-plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that he had agreed in principle to a Palestinian state, insisting instead that Israel’s army will remain in much of Gaza....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/can-the-slogan-free-palestine-be-considered-antisemitic
Can the slogan “Free Palestine” be considered antisemitic? Three academics attempt to clarify the issue based on international law and conclude that the slogan does not fall under the definition of antisemitism....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/disy-statement-equating-palestinians-with-israel-draws-ambassador-s-rebuke
Palestinian Ambassador to Cyprus condemned a DISY announcement, saying it “equates the struggling Palestinian people with a state which, along with its prime minister and ministers, is internationally accused of genocide and war crimes.”...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/genocide
''Some of the strongest members of the EU choose to remain silent while seeing emaciated children, a truly horrific human abuse, caused by humans.''...
