Muslim Issues

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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Gaza: A Showcase of West-led War Crimes and the Ethnic Cleansing

Firoz Mahboob Kamal A showcase of pure evil Gaza now stands as the glaring showcase of the US-led western barbarism, occupation and genocidal war crimes. It is a showcase of pure colonial evil. It is indeed the only existing replica of colonialism that fights to have its last breaths in a civilised world. Like any colonial occupation of the past, …

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Chris Hedges: Letter to the Children of Gaza

At night you lie in the dark on the cold cement floor. The phones are cut. The internet is off. You do not know what is happening. There are flashes of light. There are waves of blast concussions. There are screams. It does not stop.   ‘Children of Gaza’ — Mr. Fish By Chris HedgesOriginal to ScheerPost Dear child. It is past midnight. I am flying …

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Illegal Settlers’ Reign of Terror in the West Bank

Peter Oborne reports from Hebron in the southern part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where illegal settlers, backed by Israel’s military, are forcing Palestinians off their land with impunity. Shepherds near at-Tuwani, Palestine, in Khoruba Valley, the South Hebron Hills, September 2007. (Jill Granberg via delayed gratification, Flickr,CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) By Peter OborneDeclassified UK It is the same story in every village …

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The language of genocide: How Israel dehumanises Palestinians

When the existence of an entire people is denied, when their humanity is denied again and again and again, when they are simultaneously cast as non-existent and terrorist — we see what is happening in Gaza.   Yumna Fatima Published November 7, 2023  Updated 3 days ago When the Soviets liberated the Majdanek concentration camp from the Nazis in the summer of 1944, it was …

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