Tag: war on gaza
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Hamas announces ‘national unity’ deal with Palestinian rivals
Hamas announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement in Beijing with other Palestinian organizations, including rivals Fatah, to work together for “national unity”, with China describing it as a deal to rule Gaza together once the war ends. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who hosted senior Hamas official Musa Abu Marzuk, Fatah envoy Mahmud al-Aloul…
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Maldives to ban Israeli tourists
MALE: The Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives will ban Israelis from the luxury tourist hot spot, the office of the president said on Sunday, announcing a national rally in “solidarity with Palestine”. The Maldives, a tiny Islamic republic of more than 1,000 strategically located coral islets, is known for its secluded sandy white beaches,…
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Israel pounds Gaza after Biden outlines ceasefire plan
Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery on Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire. Shortly after Biden’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country would still pursue the war until it had reached all its aims. He…
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GCU students protest against American band concert
Students of Government College University (GCU) held Palestinian flags while protesting against a US Consulate-sponsored concert of the American band Raining Jane in Lahore. University administration canceled the concert after the students protested by raising the Palestinian flag at the US Consulate concert. In videos that emerged from the protest, it can be seen that…
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Asma Jahangir Conference receives flak for expelling pro-Palestinian protestors
Asma Jahangir Conference that was held in Lahore over the weekend was disrupted by protests of pro-Palestine students during the German Ambassador’s speech. The Ambassador was there to speak about civil rights. He was interrupted by students calling him out for his country being complicit in the genocide by Israel in the Gaza Strip. To…
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Baby girl born after pregnant mother martyred died
The daughter of a pregnant woman who was martyred in the Israeli attack at Rafah in the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza, has also died. Last week, a pregnant woman, Sabrin Al-Sakini, her husband and three-year-old daughter were martyred as a result of the Israeli attack in the Rafah area of Gaza. The doctors saved…
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Iran launches drone attacks on Israel in response to attack on consulate in Syria
Iran has launched more than 200 drones and missiles on Israel in an unprecedented attack late on Saturday “in response” to a deadly airstrike on its Damascus consular annexe earlier this month. Iran’s allies also carried out coordinated attacks on Israeli positions as sirens sounded in many places and blasts were heard in the skies…
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How humanitarian aid reaches war-torn Gaza
Most aid bound for war-ravaged Gaza arrives overland from neighbouring Egypt but Israel and UN agencies clash on how much actually makes it inside the Palestinian territory. The volume of aid entering Gaza by road each day through the Rafah crossing from Egypt is insufficient, aid workers say, blaming rigorous Israeli inspections at least in…
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Stop the war on Gaza; thousands in Israel call for end to war on Palestinian Land Day
The protesters, led by Arab members of the Israeli parliament, marched through the northern town of Deir Hanna waving Palestinian flags and carrying banners reading: “Stop the war on Gaza”. Most of the demonstrators were Arab citizens of Israel-Palestinians who evaded displacement during the 1948 war that led to Israel’s creation and who, with their…
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‘Shame on you Biden’; Pro-Palestine protestors interrupt glamorous presidential fundraiser
Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted President Joe Biden‘s conversation with his predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, at a glamorous fundraiser in New York for the Presidential re-election campaign. The disruption isn’t surprising, given that many of Biden’s events have seen protestors calling for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza. This time, according to a pool…