Israeli drone attacks hits southern Lebanese town
Our colleagues are reporting that an Israeli drone launched a raid on the vicinity of the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon.
Last week, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam denounced a wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, calling on the international community to pressure Israel to respect a ceasefire reached in November with Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health says one person has been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the outskirts of the town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, in the south of the country.
‘We want Israel out yesterday, not tomorrow:’ Lebanon’s leader urges US to pressure Israel to withdraw troops
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/middleeast/lebanon-pm-nawaf-salam-us-israel-withdraw-latam-intl
Israel’s military occupation in parts of southern Lebanon is undermining Beirut’s attempts to restore sovereignty over a nation reeling from decades of conflict, the country’s prime minister has told CNN. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he would like to see the current United States administration put pressure on Israel to withdraw from five locations in southern Lebanon.
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Israeli NGOs sound alarm on controversial 80 percent tax bill
Israel’s parliament is debating a bill that would levy an 80 percent tax on funds sent by foreign governments to Israeli nongovernment organisations deemed “political”.
“This means groups that advocate for Palestinian rights, document occupation-related abuses, or promote peace and equality will be taxed into collapse,” the Israeli-Palestinian organisation Combatants for Peace said in a statement.
On the contrary, NGOs that receive funding from the Israeli government will be fully exempt if they receive foreign state funding.
The group said the bill was “a deliberate and targeted attack on human rights and peace organizations” and “an attempt to silence dissent”. “It is designed to decimate independent civil society and eliminate any remaining checks on government power,” it added.
More than 300 public figures call on UK premier to end ‘complicity’ in Gaza
Actors, singers, writers and intellectuals have signed an open letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling on his government to end its “complicity” in Gaza.
More than 300 public figures, including Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch, singer and activist Annie Lennox and sports broadcaster Gary Lineker have signed the letter led by refugee charity Choose Love.
“You can’t call it ‘intolerable’, yet do nothing … Prime minister, what will you choose? Complicity in war crimes, or the courage to act?” the letter read, before calling on the government to take steps to “prevent and punish genocide”.
