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How interpretations of the phrase 'from the river to the sea' made it so divisive

It's a nod to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and the tensions between Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews who live there. But what does it actually mean?

WEKU

With no freshwater left, displaced Gaza families wash in polluted sea

Escaping overcrowded schools, families displaced by Israeli bombs are bathing in ocean polluted with untreated sewage.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid

Tunisia has announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years

The Independent UK

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Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships

Germany’s government has rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

4 environmental, human rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel' prizes

The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to two environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

Former Italian premier claims French missile downed passenger jet in 1980, presses Paris for truth

A former Italian premier is contending that a French air force missile brought down a passenger jet over the Mediterranean Sea in 1980 and is appealing to France's president to respond

The Independent UK

Offshore drilling rig arrives in Lebanese waters ahead of work near Israel border

Lebanese Cabinet ministers say an offshore drilling rig has arrived at its location in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas

The Independent UK

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Italy probes a migrant boat disaster that left 41 feared dead. Four survivors tell a harrowing tale

Prosecutors in Sicily are investigating the capsizing of a boat that left 41 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

The Famous Superyacht on Which Dodi Fayed Courted Princess Diana in the Summer of 1997 Sinks to the Bottom of the Mediterranean Sea

If you were around that summer 26 years ago, you remember this vessel well from the hordes of photos taken of it with the Princess of Wales aboard.

Marie Claire

EU watchdog opens probe in role of bloc's border agency in Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy

The European Union’s official watchdog says it has opened a probe into the role of the bloc’s Frontex border agency in the shipwreck off Greece last month that is feared to have killed hundreds of people in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migration

European leaders and Tunisia’s president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

This architect's home features a seriously dramatic matte black kitchen that's tempted me to the dark side

The coastal home also features a travertine staircase, concrete columns, and unbridled views of the Mediterranean sea

Livingetc

The Greek shipwreck was a horrific tragedy. Yet it didn’t get the attention of the Titanic story

Last week’s shipwreck in Greece is one of the worst tragedies there has ever been on the Mediterranean Sea. The coverage it received has been scant

The Guardian - US

France, Germany join forces against migration from Tunisia in wake of latest Mediterranean tragedy

Ministers from Germany and France tasked with regulating migration are joining forces to try to curb deaths on dangerous routes across the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

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Search for survivors, bodies from sunken migrant boat continues in the Mediterranean off Greece

Greek authorities are continuing their search and rescue operation following the sinking of a trawler overcrowded with migrants in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea

The Conversation

Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures

Marine sponges have started dying in vast numbers in coastal areas around the globe. Just this year, thousands of sponges turned white and died in New Zealand and in the Mediterranean Sea. This has been happening when the water gets too warm, but the underlying cause has remained a mystery.…

Radio France Internationale

EU offers Tunisia massive aid deal to reduce migration and boost economy

The European Union on Sunday offered millions of euros in financial support to Tunisia, to boost its economy and reduce the flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.

The New Daily

Rescues save more than 1400 migrants off southern Italy

More than 1400 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded vessels in four separate operations in the Mediterranean Sea off southern Italy.

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Al Jazeera

Greek NGO leads ‘crazy’ bid to rid Mediterranean of plastic waste

A fifth-generation fisherman finds an innovative way to remove and recycle plastic waste from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Independent UK

2 dead, 20 missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

German aid group ResQship says at least two migrants have died and about 20 others are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy

WEKU

2 people are dead, 20 missing, as a migrant boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia

The boat sank over the weekend in the Mediterranean Sea between Tunisia and Italy. About 25 people were rescued. Thousands of migrants have reached Italy's tiny Lampedusa island in the past few days.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Storm Kills 4 People, Injures Several in War-torn Syria

A storm in central Syria on Wednesday collapsed building walls in two villages, killing four people, including two children, a pro-government radio station reported. The heavy winds forced Syrian authorities to close all ports on the Mediterranean Sea while in the war-torn country’s rebel-held northwest, dozens of tents collapsed in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Launches Latest-generation Ofek Spy Satellite

Israel launched a new version of its Ofek spy satellite on Wednesday, saying it would enhance around-the-clock regional monitoring as the country braces for a possible showdown with Iran, Reuters reported. The Ofek-13, manufactured by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd, is the latest in a series of locally produced…

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