Australia’s Palestinian community is demanding answers after a dentistry student was struck by shrapnel in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Ranem Abu Izneid, 20, was studying in her room on 15 November at Al Quds University in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, when she heard gunshots. The Australian citizen said bullets fired by Israeli forces penetrated […]
UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (AP) — Israel’s yearlong crackdown against Palestinian citizens who speak out against the war in Gaza is prompting many to self-censor out of fear of being jailed and further marginalized in society, while some still find ways to dissent — carefully. Ahmed Khalefa’s life turned upside down after he was charged with […]
Traditional clay pottery is seeing a resurgence in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinians are forced to find solutions for a shortage of plates and other crockery to eat from in the territory ravaged by more than a year of war. “There is an unprecedented demand for plates as no supplies enter the Gaza Strip,” 26-year-old […]
Will the whiny socialist kids please stop throwing tantrums about a global system that’s functioning just fine, thank you? That’s essentially the gist of Kevin Bloom’s article in The Daily Maverick, where he dismisses the critiques of the upcoming World Movement for Democracy conference as nothing more than a fit of “incandescent rage”. His piece, […]
An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Iran-backed group. Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah staff who do not have clear military roles, and its air strikes have mostly targeted […]
WARNING: The story contains graphic details of wounded children and people. As one of the few paramedics left in northern Gaza, Niveen Al-Dwawsa, 21, is often one of the first on the scene in the aftermath of an airstrike, running to help as many wounded people as she can. Even though there are few resources […]
Hamas and Fatah, bitter rivals, aim to create an apolitical committee acceptable to Israel to oversee aid distribution and rebuilding. Source link
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada ‘They chose an Arabic song about peace for Gaza as the only song to play for a Remembrance Day service’ said a disappointed parent Get the latest from Adrian Humphreys straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Nov 11, 2024 • Last updated 4 hours ago • 5 minute read You […]
President-elect Trump told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a phone call on Friday — their first since 2017 — that he will work to end the war in Gaza, according to a statement from the Palestinian presidency and a Palestinian official briefed on the call. Why it matters: Abbas and Trump had not spoken since […]
The new laws effectively ban Unrwa from operating in Israeli territory and will make it harder for the agency to lead the humanitarian response to the war in Gaza. Source link