Tag: Israel-Palestine conflict
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Jewish academic arrested in UK over ‘terrorism’ after Gaza speech | Gaza
NewsFeed Retired Jewish professor Haim Bresheeth, a child of Holocaust survivors and founder of the Jewish Network for Palestine, was arrested under a UK anti-terrorism law after speaking at a recent pro-Palestinian protest in London. Published On 4 Nov 20244 Nov 2024 Source link
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US election 2024: Arab Americans united in grief, divided on strategy | US Election 2024 News
Dearborn, Michigan – For more than a year, Layla Elabed says she and other Arab Americans have been at a “collective funeral”. “We’re grieving. We’re frustrated. We’re angry. We’re heartbroken. We feel betrayed,” Elabed said, finally taking a breath as she reflected on Israel’s raging wars on Gaza and Lebanon. And now, with bombs still…
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Gaza polio vaccination drive resumes as Israel continues attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict News
WHO says six people, including four children, injured in strike on polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza. United Nations agencies have begun a new phase of a polio vaccination campaign for children in northern Gaza amid concerns that Israeli attacks and access constraints could make it impossible to reach some areas. The UN’s agency for…
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Conservative Christians, Israel and the US vote | US Election 2024 News
Trump and the Republican party continue to connect with several segments of Christian voters, a diverse group of denominations that spans racial identities and political perspectives. A Pew Research poll released in September found Trump commanded 82 percent of white evangelical Protestant voters, 58 percent of white non-evangelical Protestant voters, and 52 percent of Catholics.…
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Israeli soldiers in Gaza surprised to be identified by their online posts | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeed Israeli soldiers in Gaza are seemingly surprised that they are being identified through their social media posts. Some are now worrying about possible consequences. Published On 31 Oct 202431 Oct 2024 Source link
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Conflict-induced famine, hunger deaths likely in Gaza, Sudan in months: UN | Hunger News
The Palestinian territory, Sudan and South Sudan, as well as Mali and Haiti, have been identified as the top five places most likely to see deadly hunger levels in the coming months, according to a new report by United Nations food agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme said in a…
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Why is Israel banning the UN’s relief agency for Palestinians? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Israel’s parliament passed bills that would ban UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory. Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has provoked widespread international condemnation. A deeper catastrophe looms for millions of people, many of them already under Israeli attack. What will be the legal, diplomatic and…
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What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, as well as…
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Iran plans to increase military budget by 200 percent | Military News
Defence spending boost needs parliament nod, comes as Iran and Israel exchanged tit-for-tat missile strikes in October. Iran plans to triple its military budget, a government spokeswoman has said, as tensions with rival Israel rise amid the Israeli military’s offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. The planned defence budget increase is part of a proposal submitted…
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America is a decomposing myth | US Election 2024
The world, we are told, is on the eve of witnessing the most consequential US presidential election since witnessing the last most consequential US presidential election. The hyperbole has a familiar ring because the so-called “stakes” have a familiar ring. Anyone with even a passing understanding of American history knows that presidential elections have always…