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Gaza, Palestine | Xinhua | The poverty rate in Palestine will soar by 34 percent, thrusting nearly half a million additional people into poverty, if the war in Gaza continues for a second month, warns a UN report. In such a scenario, Palestine’s gross domestic product (GDP) will plummet by …

It wants either an apartheid state or an ethnic cleansing process and both are crimes under international law COMMENT | VIJAY PRASHAD | On October 30, 2023, Israeli authorities said that they had killed “dozens” of Hamas fighters in the first days of their ground invasion. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health …

Lessons for the Israeli government from the mistakes the U.S. made after the Sept.11 terror attacks COMMENT | CHARLES A. KUPCHAN | In the wake of the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, Israel has every right and reason to pursue a sustained military campaign aimed at dismantling the terrorist …

Amman, Jordan | Xinhua  | U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that reaching an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would enable the Hamas movement to regroup its forces, Jordan’s state-run Petra News Agency reported. He made the remarks during a joint press conference in Jordan’s capital Amman with Jordanian …

  Gaza, Palestine | Xinhua | The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 9,488 on Saturday, as the Israel-Hamas conflict that started four weeks ago shows no sign of ending, according to the Gaza-bases Health Ministry. Meanwhile, 24,000 others were wounded in the …

How Netanyahu and Hamas have worked hand-in-glove to undermine the peace process in the Middle East THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Israel’s genocidal bombing of Gaza continues with merciless impunity. Thousands of innocent children are being bombed in their homes, in hospitals and restaurants. Meanwhile, Western leaders, who spent most …

Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egypt warned on Saturday of the grave risks and unprecedented humanitarian and security repercussions that could be caused by an Israeli large-scale ground attack on the Gaza Strip. In a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Egypt held the Israeli government responsible for violating a resolution …

How Israel’s plan to enter Gaza ignores the lessons of history and will only lead to tears THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Gaza in a vain effort to destroy Hamas. It is incredible how stupid human beings can be, especially our inability to …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israeli tanks and infantry raided the northern Gaza Strip in a predawn attack Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement. The military said that forces conducted “a targeted raid” using tanks in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the statement, the raid …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza on Monday, as more planes carrying humanitarian aid landed at Egypt’s al-Arish Airport in North Sinai, waiting to be sent into war-torn Gaza. As Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza and its …