INTERNATIONAL

Israel-Palestine war: Patients face ‘inevitable death’ as Israeli troops besiege Gaza hospitals for third day

On war’s 37th day, hospitals run out of fuel, civilians continue to flee the fighting, while Israel’s security minister hints at occupation of enclave   Newborns share a bed after being taken off incubators in Gaza City’s under-siege al-Shifa hospital after a power outage, 12 November 2023 (Reuters) By Maha Hussaini and Aseel Mousa in Gaza, occupied Palestine and Areeb Ullah in London   Thousands of …

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Israel-Palestine war: In the West Bank we are under siege – and see the West’s hypocrisy

As settlers and Israeli forces kill Palestinians with impunity, the state is intensifying our physical and social repression Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on 8 November, 2023 (AFP) While the world is preoccupied with the fierce Israeli war on Gaza, there is less interest in what is happening …

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Craig Murray: The Right of Self-Defense

By not acting against Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinians, the U.K., U.S. and European Union are failing an obligation in international law spelled out in a 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice.    International Court of Justice in The Hague. (R Boed, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) By Craig MurrayCraigMurray.org.uk Israel does have the right of self-defence, but only in precisely the same …

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Blades of Grass

Israelis joke about needing to decimate each generation of Palestinian militants as “mowing the grass,” an ugly metaphor that’s penetrated think-tanks in Official Washington, Elizabeth Murray first reported in 2012.   A blade of grass being brought to Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023.(Wafa (Q2915969) in contract with a local company APAimages/Wikimedia Commons) By Elizabeth MurraySpecial to Consortium NewsNov. 16, …

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Israel-Palestine war: Indian unions call for end to labour deal with Israel

Israel requests Indian workers to replace thousands of Palestinian workers whose work permits were revoked after 7 October attacks   Palestinian day labourers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought back by Israeli authorities Friday, 3 November 2023 (AP) By Aina J Khan   Major trade unions in India have called on their government to …

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Child killed every 10 minutes in Gaza – WHO chief

The situation in the Palestinian enclave is “impossible to describe,” the head of the UN health watchdog says   The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (C, front), speaks at a Security Council meeting in New York, US, on November 10, 2023. ©  Global Look Press / Xinhua / Xie E The continued Israeli military campaign in Gaza has devastated the Palestinian enclave’s …

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