Category: 2. Palestine
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Gaza municipality issues “urgent appeal” amid acute water shortage
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Municipality issued an “urgent appeal” on Thursday pleading with all relevant parties to act immediately to send fuel to provide citizens with water supplies and prevent acute thirst and environmental and health emergencies brought on by water shortage. The Gaza Municipality stated in its appeal, “Due to the exhaustion of the…
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Israel Fears ICC Arrest Warrants over Gaza War Crimes – What We Know So Far
Why does the ICC keep failing Palestine? (Image: Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Staff According to The Times of Israel, Tel Aviv fears “the arrest warrants would be sought on the basis of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza”. Israeli officials convened for an “emergency discussion” on Tuesday to address the potential issuance of arrest…
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UNSC postpones vote on Palestinian UN membership
NEW YORK, (PIC) The UN Security Council (UNSC) held an open session on Thursday evening, during which it discussed the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue. The UNSC was scheduled to vote in today’s session on a Palestinian request for full UN membership. However, the vote was postponed to Friday for further…
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Pogroms surge across West Bank
In partnership with Israeli settlers embarked on a murderous rampage across the occupied West Bank over the weekend, killing at least three Palestinians and destroying property in more than a dozen villages and towns. The immediate trigger for the attacks was the disappearance on Friday, April 12 of Binyamin Ahimeir, a 14-year-old Israeli who went…
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Columbia disciplined professors over Gaza views – Mondoweiss
Columbia University’s president says the school has disciplined and terminated professors over their views on Palestine. On Wednesday, President Minouche Shafik became the latest school leader to be grilled by the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The probe is ostensibly focused on antisemitism on college campuses but has been almost entirely dedicated…
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Students rename Canadian university buildings after Palestinian places | Newsfeed
NewsFeed Student activists at a university in Canada have ‘renamed’ dozens of campus buildings to places in Palestine. Published On 18 Apr 202418 Apr 2024 Continue Reading News Source: www.aljazeera.com
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Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
In partnership with Just over six months have passed since October 7, and life here in Tel Aviv has strangely returned almost completely to normal. But the fear has not gone away. Since January, I no longer find myself stopping the car at the sound of a rocket siren, pulling out my 4-year-old son Carmel,…
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Israeli army withdraws from Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, says Rafah is next – Mondoweiss
Casualties 33,970 + killed* and at least 76,770 wounded in the Gaza Strip.* 468+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.** Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,139. 604 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7, and at least 6,800 injured.*** *Gaza’s Ministry of Health…
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Hamas warns of attempts to dismantle UNRWA
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has warned that the Israeli occupation regime, with the support of Western parties, is trying to have the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) replaced with other international bodies and parties. In a statement on Thursday, Hamas’s refugee affairs office said that the UNRWA commissioner-general’s warning of…
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Killings, Rapes, Torture – Report Reveals Blinken’s Inaction on Calls to Hold Israel Accountable
Blinken deliberately ignored recommendations to hold Israel accountable for human rights violations. (Design: Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Staff A report has surfaced, indicating that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had been presented with a recommendation urging Washington to take action against Israel over allegations of human rights violations. However, no action was…