Tag: gaza
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Blinken says Palestinians displaced in Gaza must be able to return home
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Palestinian civilians must be able to return home and rejected statements by Israeli officials calling for the mass displacement of Gaza residents. Speaking at a press conference in Doha on Sunday alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Blinken said the United…
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Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns territory ‘uninhabitable’
Israel bombed Gaza on Saturday (Jan 6) as the United Nations warned that the Palestinian territory has become “uninhabitable” after three months of fighting that threatens to engulf the wider region. AFP correspondents reported Israeli strikes early Saturday on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought shelter from the…
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Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘response’ to Hamas leader’s killing
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said it targeted a vital Israeli military post with a barrage of 62 rockets as a “preliminary response” to the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut this week. This comes as the European Union foreign policy chief met the Lebanese prime minister in Beirut on Saturday, and warned against Lebanon being…
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Crackdown on Palestine in education goes far beyond universities
In November, two teachers at the Citizens of the World Charter School in Los Angeles were suspended and subjected to an investigation after they made social media posts about giving lessons to first graders on the genocide in Palestine. “LOL but I did a lesson on the genocide in Palestine today [with] my first graders,’”…
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US offers $10 million for Hamas financial information
The United States is offering up to $10 million for information on five Hamas financiers or anything leading to the disruption of the Palestinian militant group’s financial mechanisms, the State Department said on Friday. The reward offering follows four rounds of U.S. sanctions on Hamas after the group’s deadly incursion into Israel on Oct. 7, which Israel…
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Family of key case in New York Times October 7 sexual violence report renounces story, says reporters manipulated them
On December 28, the New York Times published an “investigative” report on gender-based violence allegedly committed by Palestinians during the October 7 attack. The newspaper says the story was based on over 150 interviews conducted by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jeffrey Gettleman, along with Anat Schwartz and Adam Sella. The story concludes that Hamas fighters engaged in systematic rape and…
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US slams Israeli ministers’ statements on resettlement of Palestinians outside Gaza
“We have been clear, consistent, and unequivocal that Gaza is Palestinian land and will remain Palestinian land, with Hamas no longer in control of its future and with no terror groups able to threaten Israel.” Right. Of course. So, you’re just funding and backing the indiscriminate genocide of all Palestinians for giggles, USA? Is this…
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Maersk suspends shipping through key maritime route Red Sea ‘until further notice’
Maersk has suspended shipping through the Red Sea and Suez Canal “until further notice” as it continues to review security following an attack on one of its vessels, as one of the world’s most important maritime trade routes has seen growing attacks on transiting ships. The extended suspension reflects international shipping giants’ concerns with growing…