What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza...
Dwayne Oxford
Al-Jazeera / October 29, 2024
What are in the bills passed by Israel to ban the Palestinian refugee agency, and what services is it responsible for ?
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The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and...
Netanyahu allies push to recolonize Gaza as US election nears
Michael F. Brown
The Electronic Intifada / October 29, 2024
In the final few days before the 2024 presidential election in the United States, prominent agencies and officials with the United Nations are warning – again – of the horrors unfolding in Gaza.
They are describing the situation with what should be...
‘No one is coming to save them’: blackouts hide horrors of siege of north...
Bethan McKernan & Malak A. Tantesh
The Guardian / October 29, 2024
Journalists unable to report and rescue workers unable to save victims of Israeli offensive hindering all movement and communication.
Jerusalem/Gaza – When internet connectivity returned to Jabaliya in northern Gaza after yet another blackout last Thursday, Al-Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif...
Borrell’s ‘five-dimension plan’ aligns Israeli and EU interests
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / October 29, 2024
After the Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell outlined the reasons why peace should be given a chance. Not only was genocide completely missing from his narrative, it was also said that...
Israeli Knesset’s ban on UNRWA slammed as horrific, violation of UN Charter
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / October 29, 2024
The bills, passed on Monday, are “nothing less than collective punishment,” said UNRWA’s leader.
On Tuesday, the Israeli Knesset passed legislation banning the main aid group for Palestinians from operating in the occupied Palestinian territories — a move that world leaders, humanitarian groups and the...
South Africa files 750 pages of ‘overwhelming’ evidence in ICJ genocide case against Israel
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / October 28, 2024
"The glaring genocide in Gaza is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see."
South Africa filed 750 pages of "overwhelming" proof that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Monday,...
South Africa submits its main legal claim to the top UN court which accuses...
AP / October 28, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The document, which the International Court...
Gaza: escaping Jabaliya
Asil Almanssi
The Electronic Intifada / October 28, 2024
On the afternoon of 5 October, Israeli air strikes began to target the Al-Faluja area of Jabaliya in northern Gaza where I lived.
At first, we thought they were the “normal” raids and that they would subside. But, as night fell, the bombardment...
Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza
Lorenzo Kamel
Al-Jazeera / October 28, 2024
In 1948, Gaza became a haven for refugees. Now it may face the same fate as other depopulated Palestinian lands.
Over the past year, Gaza has become synonymous with epochal catastrophe. But in ancient times, this was a place of prosperity, a strategic crossroads known...
The aid workers who risk their lives to bring relief to Gaza
Dorothy Wickenden
The New Yorker / October 28, 2024
As the war grinds on, logistical challenges are compounded by politics, repeated evacuations, and the fear of being killed.
In an unheated warehouse in Rafah, Ahmad Najjar ran a power cable from the battery of a banged-up company car to his laptop and...
