Palestinian health officials have called for a humanitarian corridor to three hospitals in northern Gaza that have come close to collapse after Israeli troops have cut off the area during almost two weeks of a renewed ground assault. Doctors at the Kamal Adwan, al-Awda and Indonesian hospitals have refused to leave their patients despite evacuation orders issued by the Israeli …
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How do Palestinians in Gaza resist Israel’s attacks on education? | Inside Story
Israel has targeted education in its war on Gaza. It is destroying schools and universities and has killed thousands of students and teachers. Yet learning and teaching still go on, in tents and makeshift classrooms. How and why does Gaza’s educational spirit remain so strong? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Omar Salah, English teacher at University College of Applied Sciences in …
Read More »What’s Mawasi, the Israel-designated Gaza ‘safe zone’ it bombed overnight?
Palestinian women stand helplessly amid the destruction left by 2,00-pound bombs dropped by Israel on the tents of a displacement camp in al-Mawasi Khan Younis in Gaza on September 10, 2024 [Bashar Taleb/AFP] Israel has killed at least 19 people in an attack on a tent encampment within the so-called humanitarian, or “safe”, zone in al-Mawasi, Gaza. About 65 more …
Read More »Palestinians’ UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months
A general view shows voting results during a UN General Assembly meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on October 12, 2022. (AFP) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told The Associated Press on Monday that International Court of Justice rulings “should be accepted and should be implemented” In the sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands …
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 …
Read More »Australia reverses recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Australia says the status of Jerusalem should be resolved in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian people [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters] Foreign Minister Penny Wong says government ‘regrets’ decision made by previous administration and reiterates commitment to two-state solution. Australia says it will no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing a decision taken by the government …
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