INTERNATIONAL

In Pictures: Palestinian solidarity rallies around the world

Large demonstrations around the world in support of Palestine.People gather during a demonstration to express solidarity with Palestinian people in Tehran, Iran. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters] Members of Islamic organisations and trade unions demand that the unloading of goods from Israel be halted in the port of Durban, South Africa. [Rogan Ward/Reuters] Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestine protest in Sarajevo, Bosnia …

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The uneven killing fields of the Middle East By Thalif Deen

Scenes of the current conflict. The violence has claimed many lives. In most civil wars and military conflicts across the politically-volatile Middle East, including in Syria, Yemen and Palestine, the ongoing battles are being fought not on a level playing field but on an uneven killing field. And it is more so in the current fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, …

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PM says Palestinian people’s legitimate right to statehood must be upheld

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that the Palestinian people’s legitimate right to statehood must be upheld amidst escalating tension between Palestine and Israel which had claimed many lives in recent weeks.Rajapaksa said he was deeply concerned about the latest outbreak of hostilities within the Israeli-Palestinian region, which had already caused untold suffering for the people on both sides of …

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Hell let loose, heavens cried, helpless Muslims watched When Jerusalem was grabbed and Palestinians slaughtered By Latheef Farook

Response   of Muslim countries to the recent Israel massacre of peaceful Palestinian demonstrators   is deeply disgusting. Their silence showed that they have become slaves of United States and Zionist Jews whose agenda they implement to remain in power.     On Monday 14 March 2018 Palestinians came out on peaceful demonstration to express their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s decision …

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The bare facts about the Gaza demonstrators are correct, but the rest of the story is missing

Media coverage of Israel’s massacre of Palestinian protesters during the first weekend of multiweek demonstrations in Gaza offered textbook examples of how syntax and word choice shape, and even distort, representations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even if the facts are accurately stated, the ways in which sentences are constructed, and the extent to which details are contextualized, can subtly lead …

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Gaza Screams for Life

MALAKA, Gaza Strip — The five veiled women were gesturing, confidently, at other women to get closer. They wanted more voices to join in. My friend and I had already made it past the designated protest line and were next to the journalists and the ambulances standing by. We got closer still. Rhythmically, the women chanted “Going Back,” a cult …

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