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Rafah, Gaza Strip – About 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them displaced, are squeezed into the small city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. They have been expelled from their homes in other parts of Gaza during Israel’s assault on the besieged enclave, which has killed more than 28,000 people. Israel had designated Rafah a “safe zone”, but now, it is threatening a ground invasion, leaving more than a million people trapped there, terrified, with nowhere else to go. Rafah is the latest in a series of areas that Israel has said would be “safe zones” for civilians to…

Washington, DC – “Confirmed receipt.” That is the only message Yasmeen Elagha received from the United States government after two of her cousins — both Palestinian Americans — were detained by Israeli forces as they sheltered near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Now, she is calling on the administration of US President Joe Biden to do more to assure their safety and secure their release. Elagha said her two cousins, 18-year-old Borak Alagha and 20-year-old Hashem Alagha, are being held without charge. “We’ve pleaded with the US government,” Elagha, a law student at Northwestern University in Chicago, explained. “The administration…

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New York City – Rachel S lives in a walkable neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York. Most days she is able to live comfortably without a car. She works remotely often but occasionally she needs to go into the office. That’s where her situation gets a bit challenging. Her workspace is not easily accessible by public transportation. Because she doesn’t need to drive often she applied for the car-sharing platform Zipcar to fulfill her occasional need. The application process is pretty fast allowing consumers to get on the road using its fleet of cars relatively quickly. Unfortunately, that was not the…

Joe Biden is getting frustrated with Israel. That is what unnamed sources have been telling media outlets in the United States, as the president faces widespread condemnation over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza. But as Israel presses on with its military campaign, Biden is nearing “a breach” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Washington Post said on Sunday. And he has increasingly voiced anger towards the far-right Israeli leader, even calling him an a**hole on a few recent occasions, NBC News reported on Monday morning. Yet, despite Biden’s supposed frustrations, analysts say the US president’s comments behind…

NewsFeedPro-Palestinian activists have been sharing a video in response to an Israeli advert timed to the Super Bowl pledging to bring home captives held in Gaza.Published On 12 Feb 202412 Feb 2024 Source link

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged allies of Israel, primarily the United States, to stop sending it weapons as “too many people” are being killed in Gaza. Pointing to US President Joe Biden’s comment last week that Israel’s military action was “over the top”, Borrell said on Monday: “Well, if you believe that too many people are being killed, maybe you should provide less arms in order to prevent so many people having been killed.” “Is [it] not logical?” he asked, in a Brussels news conference alongside Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works…

Rafah, Gaza – In a little tent in Rafah, 15-year-old Nagham al-Yaziji and her brother Mohammad, 14, are holding down the fort as best they can, keeping house and caring for their seven younger siblings, the youngest of whom is six-month-old sister Toleen. The children have lost both their parents over the past four months and had to bring their younger siblings south on their own, set up a tent, and struggle through every day as best they can. Holding Toleen in his arms and bouncing her gently, Mohammad tells Al Jazeera about the day they lost their mother, Shouq…

PodcastPodcast, The TakeWith Israel keeping Palestinian workers out of the country, some Israeli companies are bringing Indian workers in. More than 100,000 Palestinian workers are banned from entering Israel amid its ongoing war on Gaza. Now, Israeli companies are recruiting in India. What is India’s relationship with Israel four months into the war? In this episode:  Arbab Ali (@arbabali_jmi) – freelance journalist Clifton D’Rozario (@clifroz) – national secretary, All India Central Council of Trade Unions Azad Essa (@azadessa) – author of Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel Episode credits: This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and…

EXPLAINERIsrael has carried out air strikes in Rafah where 1.4 million Palestinians are sheltering, raising fears of a humanitarian disaster.Here’s how things stand on Monday, February 12, 2024: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza Israel has carried out overnight air strikes in Rafah in southern Gaza, killing at least 67 people. Israeli forces hit houses, hospitals and three mosques, Palestinian officials said. Rafah hosts 1.4 million Palestinians, most of whom were displaced by Israeli offensives in northern and central Gaza. The total death toll of Palestinians in Gaza stands at 28,340 since the start of the war on October 7. The Israeli…