The international community intensified its condemnation of Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a strike close to a UN school harboring civilians killed 10 people and sparked worldwide outrage. As the Israeli military operation entered day 28 on Monday, the international community seems to be losing patience with Israel. Over 1,800 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza …
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Abigail Disney, philanthropist, filmmaker and great-niece of the legendary Walt Disney, has publicly forsaken her share in her family’s profits from an Israeli enterprise she claimed is exploiting “occupied natural resources”. She donated her profits and funds equal to the worth of her shares in Ahava, the Dead Sea minerals cosmetics firm, to “groups working to end this illegal exploitation”. …
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The United States has blamed Hamas for the failure of the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on Friday, and accused it of launching a “barbaric” attack to apprehend an Israeli soldier. “This is an outrageous action and we look to the rest of the world to join us in condemning it”, Tony Blinken, House Deputy National Security Adviser, said in …
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Latin American nations have vehemently denounced the Israeli aggression in Gaza, and several of them have taken actions to that effect, including recalling ambassadors and offering support to Palestine. Eco Morales, President of Bolivia and one of the far-left leaders from Latin America, put deemed Israel as a “terrorist” nation and removed its visa waiver program with Israel. Brazil’s President …
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Israel has ended its three-day truce with Hamas on Friday only hours after it had begun, saying that it fears an Israeli soldier was captured in Gaza. The peace ended when intense shelling struck southern Gaza, killing several dozens of people in the process. Hamas had accused Israel of ending the truce, while Israel has said that it was responding …
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On Friday, a fierce battle between extremist group Islamic State (IS) and federal forces caused the deaths of seventeen Iraqi soldiers, while bombing in and around Baghdad killed 16 others. The clashes in the town of Jurf al-Sakhr, a settlement situated alongside the Euphrates River and a road that links Sunni militant strongholds to Shi’ite holy sites to the south …
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On Thursday, Israel promised to keep its soldiers in Gaza and completely destroy network of tunnels connecting Gaza and Israel, as the death toll in the Palestinian enclave hit 1,435. At an Israeli cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he was not ready to accept a ceasefire which didn’t allow for soldiers to continue destroying …
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On Thursday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s Prime Minister, launched a strong verbal attack on Israel, and accused it of showing “Hitler-like fascism” against Palestinians in its offensive in Gaza. The Turkish premier, speaking at a rally in Turkey during his Presidential campaign, said that he we willing to part with an award given to him by the American Jewish Congress …
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Several Spanish filmmakers, actors, writers and musicians, led by Pedro Almodovar, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz have denounced the Israeli aggression in Gaza, and have signed an open letter which they describe Israel’s actions as “genocide”. They also urged the EU to “condemn the bombing by land, sea and air against the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip”. In …
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Leader of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea denounced the ongoing Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. “What is happening in Gaza is unacceptable by all accounts… from a humanitarian perspective this is unacceptable.It is about time for the Arab League to convene … and join its political capabilities to take steps and stop the Gaza war”, Geagea said. He added …
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