UN SECURITY COUNCIL PASSES GAZA CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION; NETANYAHU CANCELS AIDES’ DC TRIP

Mon 25 March 2024: The United Nations Security Council has demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages as the United States abstained from the vote. The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution on Monday. Speaking after the vote, […]

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‘BLEEDING DIRT’: A DRAMA SERIES ABOUT THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE

Mon 25 March 2024: Resistance to Israeli colonialism was the central focus of the Palestinian drama series, “Bleeding Dirt” (“Nazeef Al-Turaab”), set in the post-Oslo Convention era. The series addresses the daily challenges, injustices and human rights violations facing Palestinians under the brutal Zionist occupation. It highlights the resilience, courage and determination of Palestinians in […]

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ISRAEL PREPARED TO FREE CLOSE TO 800 PALESTINIAN SECURITY PRISONERS FOR 40 HOSTAGES: REPORT

Sun 24 March 2024: Israel has conveyed a detailed document to Hamas setting out its positions on all three phases of a deal for the release of all hostages, Channel 12 reports, saying that Israel has shown new flexibility in several key areas. It quotes unnamed sources saying Israel anticipates a response from Hamas’s Gaza […]

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ISRAELI SETTLERS STORM JERUSALEM’S AL-AQSA TO CELEBRATE PURIM

FILE PHOTO Sun 24 March 2024: More than 100 Israeli settlers forced their way into the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Sunday to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, according to a Palestinian agency. In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department, which oversees the holy sites in Jerusalem, said the settlers entered the site […]

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ISRAELI OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES BILL EXEMPTING ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS FROM CONSCRIPTION

Sun 24 March 2024: Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid attacked on Sunday the draft conscription law that will be introduced later this week considering it a reflection of “the most terrible government in the country’s history.” “The exemption bill that will be introduced this week is the face of the most terrible government in the […]

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FITCH RATINGS UPGRADES QATAR TO THIRD-HIGHEST ON BACK OF GAS EXPANSION

Sat 23 March 2024: Fitch Ratings has upgraded Qatar to AA, its third-highest rating, on the back of revenues expected from its expanded gas fields, the agency has said. Revenues from Qatar’s liquified natural gas (LNG) fields will ensure that the country posts budget surpluses until the 2030s, Fitch said in a release on Wednesday […]

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SAUDI ARABIA PREVENTED US USING ITS TERRITORIES STRIKE HOUTHIS, OFFICIAL SAYS

Sat 23 March 2024: Saudi Arabia has put measures to limit the American forces’ use of its lands and airspace to strike the Houthis in Yemen, a US defence official said, Sky News Arabia reported. The official was quoted as saying some of these measures included “allowing American fighter planes to refuel only at military airbases in […]

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SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW 35% OF GAZA’S BUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN ISRAELI AGGRESSION, UN SAYS

Sat 23 March 2024: Satellite images analyzed by the United Nations Satellite Centre show that 35% of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. In its assessment, the United Nations Satellite Centre, UNOSAT, used high-resolution satellite images collected on Feb. 29 and compared […]

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EURO-MED MONITOR: ISRAEL ‘SYSTEMATICALLY KILLING’ PALESTINIAN TECH EXPERTS (VIDEO)

  Angham Abu Abed, a Palestinian web developer, works at the Gaza Sky Geeks office in Gaza City on March 16, 2020 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters] Fri 22 March 2024: The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says the Israeli army has systematically assassinated dozens of programmers, information technology experts, and computer engineering analysts in the Gaza Strip. […]

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NEWBORNS IN GAZA DYING BECAUSE ‘TOO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT’, WHO SAYS

Fri 22 March 2024: The World Health Organization on Tuesday said the effects of starvation in the GazaStrip are getting heavier each day as doctors and medical staff are seeing “newborn babies simply dying because they’re too low birth weight.” “They’re seeing the pregnant women who are coming in also underweight and suffering, the complications that […]

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