July, 2021

• 5 July

  Muslim Aid donates vital medical equipment worth Rs 30 million

  

  Muslim Aid Sri Lanka has donated a consignment of medical equipment worth Rs. 30 million for the treatment of patients affected by the Covid epidemic. The consignment was symbolically handed over to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday (02). Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Minister of Justice Ali Sabry PC; State Minster of Prison Reforms Lohan …

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• 5 July

  Israel: Racist, violent policing is at the heart of apartheid By Jonathan Cook

  

  Police made sweeping arrests of Israel’s large minority of Palestinian citizens after protests rocked the country in May during Israel’s 11-day attack on Gaza. Officers were documented beating demonstrators, and in some cases torturing them while in detention. Police also failed to protect the Palestinian minority from planned, vigilante-style attacks by far-right Jewish extremists. This was the damning verdict of an Amnesty …

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• 2 July

  Hope for Palestine By Zoglul Husain

  

  The 11-day war between Gaza and Israel   The shock waves of the recent 11-day war between Gaza and Israel, between 10 May and 21 May 2021, have still been reverberating throughout the world. Demonstrators around the world thronged the streets in support of Palestine; there were about 200,000 protesters in a London demonstration on 22 May 2021, which was the largest in British history …

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• 2 July

  Yale Students Adopt Statement Denouncing Israeli ‘Apartheid’, ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

  

  The student council in one of America’s most prestigious universities has approved a statement denouncing Israel for “genocide”, “ethnic cleansing” and “apartheid” in occupied Palestine. The Yale College Council, the undergraduate student government, approved the statement earlier this week. The vote was 8-3 in favor, with four abstentions.   “As students at one of the most privileged academic institutions in …

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• 2 July

  Bennett’s Political Theater: The Decisive Israeli-Palestinian Fight Ahead By Ramzy Baroud

  

  Many Palestinians believe that the May 10-21 military confrontation between Israel and the Gaza Resistance, along with the simultaneous popular revolt across Palestine, was a game-changer. Israel is doing everything in its power to prove them wrong. Palestinians are justified to hold this viewpoint; after all, their minuscule military capabilities in a besieged and impoverished tiny stretch of land, the …

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June, 2021

• 30 June

  Arrivals from Middle Eastern countries no longer restricted: CAASL

  

  Passenger arrival restrictions imposed on Middle Eastern countries has been lifted from today, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka said (CAASL). Accordingly, the decision was taken based on the instructions received from the Ministry of Health and the National Operations Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO). The CAASL yesterday issued a statement stating that anyone with a travel …

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• 29 June

  Passengers from Gulf temporarily banned

  

  The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of the COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) has decided to temporarily ban passengers from Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait. Cabinet was today briefed on the decision to temporarily ban passengers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The National Operations Centre for the Prevention of the COVID-19 Outbreak had reached …

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