Category: 2. Palestine
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Day 201 Update: Israel’s Missiles Kills Dozens In Gaza |
On Day 201 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing dozens and wounding hundreds. In central Gaza, a Palestinian woman was killed, and many were injured when the Israeli army fired artillery shells at homes in…
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How can we reduce global food insecurity? | Hunger
New report warns that 282 million people faced acute hunger last year. Hunger around the world has reached alarming levels, according to a new multi-agency report on global food insecurity. For the fifth year, acute food insecurity has increased, impacting hundreds of millions of people. The issue is posing a major challenge to the United…
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a Columbia student organizer on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment – Mondoweiss
One week ago hundreds of students at Columbia University set up Solidarity Encampment to protest the school’s connection to Israel’s war on Gaza. In recent days students have been suspended and arrested, while pro-Israel groups have pushed for the National Guard or the NYPD to shut the protest down. The movement has also spread across…
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‘Using US-Made Munitions’ – Amnesty Says Israel Makes a Mockery of Intl. Law
The US continues to provide weapons to Israel. (Image: Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Staff Amnesty’s report points to “the USA’s brazen use of its veto to paralyze the UN Security Council for months”. The executive director of Amnesty International in the US has said that the organization’s research revealed that Israeli forces are…
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Pentagon Still Weary of Israel’s Plans – Will Israel Invade Rafah?
Senior US officials have warned against the invasion of Rafah. (Image: Palestine Chronicle) By Palestine Chronicle Staff “According to the plan, the operation will move forward in stages, based on a regional division of the Gazan city into defined areas.” The Pentagon has said that while it shares Israel’s “objective to see Hamas defeated…
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Remembering Walid Daqqa, a prisoner with a ‘heretical belief in life’
In partnership with On the wall in my study hangs a large picture. Swirling silver Arabic letters, delicately drawn on black cloth and decorated with green leaves, spell out a phrase based on the commandment of Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib: لا تستوحشوا طريق الحق لقلة السائرين فيه — “Do not despair of the path…
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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 201
GAZA, (PIC) As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 201 on Wednesday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas, and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women. A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to launch attacks across…
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Israeli police allow hundreds of settlers to defile Aqsa, amid restrictions on Muslims
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Hundreds of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning on the second day of the week-long Passover festival, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site in Occupied Jerusalem. The Administration of Jerusalem’s Awqaf and al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs said…
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US top diplomat Blinken visits China amid escalated tensions over Taiwan | Conflict News
The trip comes after US Senate’s approval of a bill that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China for a three-day trip, following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine,…
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AIPAC stayed out of Pennsylvania so they wouldn’t lose to Summer Lee again – Mondoweiss
On Tuesday night, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) won the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 12th district, defeating challenger Bhavini Patel. With 95% of the vote in, Lee is up by over 20 points. Patel, an Edgewood Councilmember, was backed by Moderate PAC, which was formed to target progressive candidates and is primarily funded by the Republican billionaire Jeffrey…