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Israel/ Palestine
Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

Israel blocked all humanitarian aid for northern Gaza in November, says UN

Middle East Monitor

The UN announced yesterday that Israel has blocked or obstructed all attempts to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip throughout November. Details were provided by Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN. Haq told a press briefing that the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) attempted 41 humanitarian missions […]

France
France says it will Arrest Israel's Netanyahu on Int'l Criminal Court Warrant if he Comes to France

France says it will Arrest Israel’s Netanyahu on Int’l Criminal Court Warrant if he Comes to France

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Sunday said France would implement international law in relation to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu Agency reports. “France is committed to international justice and its independence,” Barrot said in an interview for France 3 […]

Congress
Crackpot U.S. Senator Threatens to Invade Netherlands over ICC Warrants against Israel’s Netanyahu

Crackpot U.S. Senator Threatens to Invade Netherlands over ICC Warrants against Israel’s Netanyahu

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – US Senator, Tom Cotton, has threatened military action against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, invoking a controversial US law known as “The Hague Invasion Act”. In an inflammatory statement on social media, […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel is forbidding Palestinians displaced from Northern Gaza to Return, in what they fear is a New Nakba (Catastraphe)

Israel is forbidding Palestinians displaced from Northern Gaza to Return, in what they fear is a New Nakba (Catastraphe)

Middle East Monitor

By by Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The most well-known football stadium in the Gaza Strip is chaotic, with masses of people flooding the pitch and seating. Everyone is carrying a bag on their back and some clothes. Some are helping sick people or carrying wounded relatives, while others […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel-created Fuel Shortage in southern Gaza leaves 1.2 Million Civilians without Water

Israel-created Fuel Shortage in southern Gaza leaves 1.2 Million Civilians without Water

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The southern Gaza city of Khan Younis warned Saturday that a week-long fuel shortage has left more than 1.2 million residents and displaced individuals in the area without access to clean water, amid ongoing Israeli strikes, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the city government said: “This persistent fuel […]

Israel/ Palestine
North Gaza:  Israel has blocked or delayed 85% of Humanitarian Aid Requests, says UN

North Gaza: Israel has blocked or delayed 85% of Humanitarian Aid Requests, says UN

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The United Nations reported that 85 per cent of its requests to coordinate aid convoys and humanitarian access to northern Gaza were either blocked or delayed by Israeli authorities in the past month. According to UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) […]

Israel
Saudi Crown Prince condemns Israel attacks on Palestinians as 'Genocide'

Saudi Crown Prince condemns Israel attacks on Palestinians as ‘Genocide’

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and de facto ruler condemned what he called the “genocide” committed by Israel against Palestinians during a speech at a summit of leaders of Muslim and Arab countries in Riyadh on Monday, Reuters reports. “The Kingdom renews its condemnation and categorical rejection of the genocide […]

Christianity
Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

Jordan Condemns Israeli Forces for Storming Jerusalem Church

Middle East Monitor

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Israeli occupation forces storming a church in the Sanctuary of the Eleona in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday and arresting two security guards employed by the French Consulate General in Jerusalem. The two guards were tasked with securing the area ahead of […]

Israel/ Palestine
South Africa’s Massive New Genocide case against Israel at ICJ: “The Problem is, We have too Much Evidence”

South Africa’s Massive New Genocide case against Israel at ICJ: “The Problem is, We have too Much Evidence”

Middle East Monitor

by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most appropriate. The Israeli Knesset had signalled its intent on crippling and banishing the sole agency of humanitarian worth for Palestinian welfare by passing laws criminalising its operations by 92 […]

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