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The grouping, which has previously focused on economic issues, called for an end to ‘war crimes’ in the Gaza conflict. China’s President Xi Jinping and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 24, 2023 [Alet Pretorius/Reuters] By Shola Lawal Published On 21 Nov 202321 Nov 2023   Leaders of major emerging economies called for an …

MEE photojournalist Mohammed al-Hajjar describes the moment he and his two nephews ‘miraculously’ escaped a deadly air strike   A Palestinian man next to the bodies of his wife and daughter who were killed by Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 26 October 2023 (Reuters) By Mohammed al-Hajjar in Gaza, occupied Palestine Mohammed al-Hajjar is a freelance photojournalist and …

Israel readily accepts it is occupying Palestinian land and denying Palestinian statehood. Therefore Gaza and the West Bank, under UN Article 51, cannot be classed as a ‘foreign state’   A Palestinian woman reacts as people inspect the damage following Israeli strikes on Rafah, on the southern Gaza Strip, on 20 November 2023 (AFP) Since the Hamas-led attack of 7 October, British Prime …

After a long overnight deliberation, the Israeli government approved a hostage release deal and ceasefire today with Hamas. The main details of the agreement, brokered by Qatar, will include the gradual release of 50 to 80 Israeli women and children held in the Gaza Strip. That’s only a fraction of the 240 hostages who were abducted on October 7 during Hamas’ violent …

Since the February 2022 outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, there has been global debate about whether war crimes have been committed by Russian soldiers, military leaders and politicians. Regular protests have been held in Canberra, outside the Russian embassy, where signs proclaim “Putin is a War Criminal”. Australia has also been focusing on war crimes, highlighted by the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation …

Who is Rami Ungar – the billionaire whose vessel was recently hijacked – and what does Israeli intelligence have to do with him? © RT / RT This week a new ‘front’ in Israel’s war with Gaza was opened, when Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement seized an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Red Sea. Prior to that, Brigadier General Yahya Saree had stated that the …