Security forces in Israel were on high alert on Friday after many Palestinians were shot and killed during a massive protest in West Bank against Israel’s military assault on Gaza. According to security and medical sources, five Palestinians were killed on Friday in West Bank in two different incidents involving Israeli settlers and Israeli troops. Three Palestinian men participating in …
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On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the a ceasefire deal for the conflict in Gaza has not been reached yet as he and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged for a week-long halt to the violence which has already caused the death of 848 Palestinians in 18 days . At a joint conference with Ban in Cairo, …
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The ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has flooded the internet with often disturbing images of Palestinian victims of Israeli attacks. Although such pictures succeed in shocking you, they fundamentally can’t evoke empathy. Humanize Palestine “attempts to restore the humanity that is often stripped away when Palestinians are reduced to calculative deaths, forgettable names, and burned and mutilated bodies, rather than …
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On Friday, the World Health Organization appealed for the formation of a “humanitarian corridor” in Gaza to allow for evacuation of people wounded by the conflict in the region. “WHO is calling for the creation of a humanitarian corridor … to reach various crossings and to help in the evacuation of the large number of injured people.There’s a daily increase …
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On Friday, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu flew into Qatar amid mounting calls from the US for the two allies to use their influence with Hamas to end the violence. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has led Western efforts to end the conflict, has repeatedly called Turkish and Qatari leaders to try and negotiate a truce. On his …
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Iranians on Friday rallied together in solidarity for Palestinians struggling in Gaza due to Israel’s lethal assault. Iran holds Jerusalem Day, also known as Quds day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan to support Palestinians every year; this Friday’s demonstrations, however come on the 18th day of the lethal Israeli campaign in Gaza. Iran does not …
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Naomi Wolf, author of many books, wrote the following at Facebook yesterday. It is being widely shared; she gave us permission to publish. Wolf is part of a rising chorus of folks who are describing the latest Israeli onslaught as genocide. Challenged below for why I am mourning genocide in Gaza. I mourn genocide in Gaza because I am …
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Thousands of people on Twitter, both Muslims and Christians, have expressed solidarity for Christians being persecuted in Iraq using #WeAreN. Last week, members of extremist group Islamic State (IS) drove Christians out of the Iraqi city of Mosul – Christians have been living in the city for over 2,000 years. They were given the option of fleeing the city, paying …
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By Jehan Alfarra The third recipient of the annual Gaza Oxford Brookes Scholarship founded in the aftermath of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in 2009 is fighting for his life in Al-Shifa Hospital after his home was bombed by Israeli forces in the latest assault on the Gaza Strip. Hassan Alhallaq’s 8 months pregnant wife, his 2 young children, his mother …
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On Thursday, 15 people were killed when Israeli forces struck a UN shelter in Gaza, medics said, bringing the Palestinian death toll over the past 17 days to 798. According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, at least 15 people were killed and 200 people were wounded by an Israeli strike on a school looked after by the UN agency …
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