December, 2023

• 29 December

  Gaza is a Public Health Disaster in the Making – UN Official

  

  Israel has intensifed its attacks against Gaza hospitals. (Photo: Waleed Musleh, via Social Media) By Palestine Chronicle Staff Hospitals are barely functioning in Gaza, according to the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths. The United Nations relief chief, Martin Griffiths, has warned that Gaza is a public health disaster in the making, with the World Health …

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• 29 December

  Gaza genocide and a world order robbed of humanity greet 2024

  

  A child cries as people mourn loved ones killed during Israeli bombardment at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP Three months of relentless attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip confirm that there is little place for compassion and values in world politics. The world is being robbed of its humanity. The biggest culprit is …

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• 25 December

  Einstein was a genius; 75 years ago, he predicted Israel’s fall by Yvonne Ridley

  

  Clouds turning red with the reflection of the sunset lights are seen over the buildings as Israeli attacks on Gaza continue on December 21, 2023 in Rafah, Gaza [Abed Zagout – Anadolu Agency]   “Why?” is one of the most loaded and powerful questions in anyone’s language, and it is the first that springs to mind when journalists face breaking …

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• 22 December

  New COVID strain JN.1 is spreading fast. How worried should we be?

  

  The new variant has spread across 41 countries as the WHO categorises it as a ‘variant of interest’. JN.1 has been detected in the US, India, China, France, Canada and many other countries [File: Petr David Josek/AP Photo] By Areesha Lodhi Published On 22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023   A new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the coronavirus pandemic four years …

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• 22 December

  Former Chief Minister – Najeeb Abdul Majeed passes away at 73

  

  A L. ASHRAFF  KINNIYA  : Former Chief Minister – Najeeb Abdul Majeed, 73,passed away at a Leading private hospital around 6.30 am in Colombo on Friday, Dec 22 .  Janaza will take place in his hometown Kinniya at 10 pm same day. Najeeb was the son of former parliamentarian A L Abdul Majeed from Kinniya.  Najeeb was the first Muslim …

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• 22 December

  Price Israel pays for its war crimes

  

  By Latheef Farook Settler colonial state of Israel,planted by US-European imperialism in the heart of Middle East to destabilize the region, seems to be paying a heavy price for its war crimes and ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians in  Gaza . To begin with  Hamas’  surprise  attack on October 7 pricked the arrogance of Israel    since the US-European backed  June …

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• 22 December

  ‘Without work and hope’: Bethlehem’s Christmas economy bleeds from Gaza war

  

  The West Bank city loses Christmas tourism amid daily Israeli raids and the continuing assault on the Gaza Strip. There are no tourists on Bethlehem’s streets and churches have announced the cancellation of all Christmas festivities amid the continuing Israeli assault on Gaza [Mosab Shawer/Al Jazeera] By Mosab Shawer Published On 22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023   Bethlehem, occupied West Bank …

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