A Palestinian woman reacts upon seeing the corpses of relatives killed in Israeli bombardment in Al-Zahra in the central Gaza Strip, on 21 March 2024 (AFP) From Jerusalem to Ramallah, to Haifa and beyond, all Palestinians must come together to stop Israel’s war on Gaza Israel’s continuing war on Gaza has devastated the territory, exceeding even the 1948 Nakba in terms of the …
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Gaza people inspired US activist Shaun King and his wife to embrace Islam
The 44-year old wore a Palestinian keffiyeh as he addressed the crowd, crediting his decision to convert to Islam on the first day of Ramadan to the “past six months of suffering, pain and trauma that we’ve seen in Gaza”. King has been vocal about his support for Palestine against Israel’s war on besieged Gaza, which has killed at least …
Read More »UN Secretary-General Message Marking the Beginning of Ramadan 2024
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL — REMARKS AT PRESS STAKEOUT New York, 11 March 2024 Good morning. Today marks the start of the holy month of Ramadan – a period when Muslims around the world celebrate and spread the values of peace, reconciliation and solidarity. Yet even though Ramadan has begun – the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza. We …
Read More »Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update
Key Highlights The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), supported by OCHA and the World Health Organization (WHO), have completed the evacuation of 72 critical cases from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. A UN staff member and a PRCS volunteer paramedic were reported killed in Gaza, heightening existing concerns for the safety of aid workers and medical personnel. The United Nations …
Read More »Nakba Day: What happened in Palestine in 1948? By Mohammed Haddad
This year marks 74 years of Al-Nakba, or the Palestinian experience of dispossession and loss of their homeland. Every year on May 15, Palestinians around the world mark the Nakba, or catastrophe, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948. Having secured the support of the British government for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, on May …
Read More »‘ World should be ashamed of its failure to resolve the Palestine issue’ – Sajith Premadasa at the Naqba day
ASHRAF A SAMAD COLOMBO: The world should be ashamed of it failure to resolve the Palestinian issue for the past 75 years which was a crime against humanity,Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said here in Colombo on Monday May 22. Premadasa was speaking at the Nakba Commemoration Day observed in Colombo by the embassy of the state of Palestine …
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