MANHATTAN: The President, Dennis Francis, appealed on Monday (8th April, 2024) for “all those with leverage” to use their power to bring an end to the six-month-long war in Gaza. Francis convened the 193-member Assembly, UN’s most representative body, following the Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution put forward by the United States last […]
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WASHINGTON: World Central Kitchen founder (Spanish American chef and restaurateur) José Andrés raised questions on Sunday (7th April, 2024) over the Israeli probe into a strike that killed seven of his staff in Gaza, and warned that the conflict had become a “war against humanity itself”. “I want to thank, obviously, the Israeli Defense Forces […]
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LONDON: In the United Kingdom, six hundred members of legal profession including three former Supreme Court justices have urged the government to halt arms sales to Israel. They said arms sale to Israel would make the Britain complicit in genocide in Gaza. Prime Minister Sunak has been facing growing political pressure after seven aid workers, […]
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MANHATTAN: Aid officials called on the UN Security Council Friday (5th April, 2024) to step in to stop the carnage in Gaza as the war enters its sixth month amid a man-made famine, Israel’s constant bombardment, targeted killings of aid workers and Palestinians civilians and “zero accountability” for the perpetrators. Briefing the Council on the […]
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MANHATTAN: UN has suspended night operations in Gaza for at least 48 hours in response to the killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen by an Israeli strike on Tuesday. The move will allow for further evaluation of the security issues that impact both personnel on the ground and the people […]
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GENEVA: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just 10 barely functioning hospitals, the head of the WHO said Saturday (30th March, 2024). “With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has secretly authorized billions of dollars in new bombs and fighter jets for Israel in recent days, according to a report in The Washington Post. Israel’s war on Gaza continues to rage with widespread destruction, displacement and death throughout the besieged enclave. Tel Aviv has vowed to take its offensive […]
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MANHATTAN: According to an analysis partnered with the United Nations, since 7th October, 2023, Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has resulted in “direct hits” on 212 schools within the besieged enclave. Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed” since conflict erupted on 7 Oct. and a near nine per cent increase in attacks […]
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MANHATTAN: There are “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, said Tuesday (25th March, 2024). She was speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where she presented her latest report, […]
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BEIJING: China on Tuesday (26th March, 2024) welcomed the UNSC passing a resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, winning 14 votes in favor among the 15 members of the council, is the first Security Council resolution that demands or calls for a ceasefire in Gaza since the start of the Israeli-Palestinian […]
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