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November 9 - 4, 2024
Food for thought: 'there
are no children' Israeli "hooligans" chanted.
No wonder,
70% of all civilians killed by the idf and or israeli
settlers
were women and children, are of
45.000+ others.
Gino d'Artali
and more (f-)actual news below
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November 5 - 3, 2024
A mother whose son is being
held hostage by Hamas in Gaza
has accused Israel's government of
"a cynical deception operation that is taken from dark
regimes"
and more actual news of more-facts revealing
words and
will reveal the whole truth that will finally come out. |
November 2 - 1, 2024
Imagine: a 5-year old Gazaian girl
is begging for buscuits at a UNRWA-post.
The answer of the IDF is she and it gets bombed to as
they call her/it
'just garbage to be cleaned out'
and more actual and revealing news |
When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024
<<Boy who sleeps on his mother's grave in Gaza>>
View video and read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/9/boy-who-sleeps-on-his-mothers-grave-in-gaza
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024
<<'Strong likelihood' of imminent famine in north Gaza: Food security
experts
Famine thresholds 'may have already been crossed or else will be in the
near future', Famine Review Committee warns.
There is a "strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas" of
northern Gaza, according to a committee of global food security experts,
as Israeli forces press on with a major offensive in the area.
"Immediate action, within days not weeks, is required from all actors
who are directly taking part in the conflict, or have influence on its
conduct, to avert and alleviate this catastrophic situation," the
independent Famine Review Committee (FRC) said in a rare alert on
Friday. The warning comes just days before a United States deadline for
Israel, which started its offensive in the north of the enclave last
month, to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential
restrictions on US military aid. The United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that there are
between 75,000 and 95,000 people still in northern Gaza. The FRC said it
could be "assumed that starvation, malnutrition, and excess mortality
due to malnutrition and disease, are rapidly increasing" in north Gaza.
"Famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the
near future," it said.
'The unacceptable is confirmed'
The committee reviews findings by the global hunger monitor - an
internationally recognised standard known as the Integrated Food
Security Phase Classification (IPC). The IPC defines famine as when at
least 20 percent of people in an area are suffering extreme food
shortages, with at least 30 percent of children acutely malnourished and
two people of 10,000 dying daily from starvation or malnutrition and
disease. The IPC is an initiative involving UN agencies, national
governments and aid groups that sets the global standard on measuring
food crises. Cindy McCain, executive director of the UN World Food
Programme (WFP), said after the alert was issued: "The unacceptable is
confirmed: Famine is likely happening or imminent in north Gaza." She
posted on social media platform X: "Immediate steps MUST BE TAKEN to
allow safe, rapid & unimpeded flow of humanitarian & commercial supplies
to prevent an all-out catastrophe. NOW," she said. Reporting from Deir
el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said northern Gaza
has been under a strict siege for more than 30 days, with no food,
medicine or water allowed in. "There has been zero access by any
international organisation to deliver food in that area. Beit Lahiya,
Beit Hanoon, and Jabalia are still under endless attacks," she said. The
IPC warned last month that the entire Gaza Strip was at risk of famine,
while top UN officials last week described northern Gaza as
"apocalyptic" and said everyone there was "at imminent risk of dying
from disease, famine and violence".
US urges increase in aid trucks
The amount of aid entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level in a
year, according to data from the UN, which has repeatedly accused Israel
of hindering and blocking attempts to deliver humanitarian supplies,
particularly to the north of the enclave. Israel's UN Ambassador Danny
Danon last month told the UN Security Council that Hamas was hijacking
the assistance - a claim that the group has denied. The US says Israel
must allow a minimum of 350 trucks a day carrying food and other
supplies. In October, 57 trucks a day entered Gaza on average, according
to figures from COGAT - the Israeli military body responsible for
Palestinian civil affairs, and 81 a day in the first week of November.
The UN puts that number at 37 trucks daily since the beginning of
October. It was an average of 500 trucks daily before the war, said
Jean-Martin Bauer, WFP's director of food security and nutrition
analysis.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES incl. video>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/strong-likelihood-of-imminent-famine-in-north-gaza-food-security-experts
BBC - November 9, 2024 - By Isabelle Mandraud (Ramallah, West Bank,
special correspondent)
<<In the West Bank, Al Jazeera is half-silenced
At the end of September, the Israeli army forcibly closed the Qatari
channel's bureau in Ramallah, claiming that it was threatening the
security of the Israeli state. Despite the restrictions, journalists
continue to work, filming with their smartphones. A persistent buzzing
sound made people look up to the sky. "A drone," said Walid Al-Omari
calmly. The Al Jazeera director in the occupied Palestinian territories
has far more pressing matters than to dwell on the flying device over
Ramallah. The tall man in his sixties, a staple in the Arab media scene,
has been working tirelessly for a month and a half to ensure the Qatari
network can continue operating in the West Bank, despite the Israeli
army's closure of its Ramallah bureau. The order was issued on September
22 for 45 days, and on Wednesday, November 6, as the deadline
approached, the Al Jazeera team expected the sanction to be renewed. The
order to close the channel's East Jerusalem bureau, imposed earlier on
May 5, had been extended several times. "The Israelis want to control
all information about what's going on here. I'm not optimistic," said
Walid Al-Omari. On Wednesday evening, with no notice from the Israeli
authorities, the channel's journalists planned to remove the seals from
the entrance to the offices, at the risk of seeing Israeli soldiers
invade the premises again. On September 22, at 3 am, during the search
of the channel's offices in central Ramallah, Al-Omari was present. A
few minutes later, he found himself reading the closure notice live,
microphone in hand, in front of a squad of soldiers. The channel is
accused of <inciting terror> and <endangering security and public order
in the region and throughout the State of Israel,> he read, before
adding: <The order does not come from the Israeli judiciary but from the
Israeli command in the West Bank. I ask you to take your cameras and
leave the premises immediately,> interrupted a soldier, as seen on the
latest images broadcast by the channel.
'We are victims of a campaign'
Since then, the Al Jazeera offices, located at the top of a shopping
mall, have been closed. On the eighth floor, rusted iron plates have
been welded onto the double entrance doors, where two handwritten
notices in Hebrew remain, detailing the confiscated equipment.
"Journalism is not a crime," reads a poster next to the door. On the
seventh floor, right below, access to the offices of Al Jazeera English,
the English-speaking branch of the Qatari channel, is also restricted.
Portraits of American-Palestinian journalist
Shireen Abu Akleh
Shireen Abu Akleh, killed by an Israeli soldier on May 11, 2022, while
covering a raid by occupying forces in Jenin, in the northern West Bank,
have disappeared from the building's exterior. Al-Omari was part of the
delegation that went to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on
December 6, 2022, to report a war crime.>>
Source:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/11/09/in-the-west-bank-al-jazeera-is-half-silenced_6732204_4.html
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024 - By Mohamed Solaimane
<<UK activist's Gaza hunger strike reaches two-week mark
Lizzie Greenwood's hunger strike over the UK's support for Israel’s war
on Gaza is nearing the two-week mark. The former candidate for
parliament and Holocaust Education Trust youth ambassador told Al
Jazeera why she felt she had no choice but to take such drastic
action.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/9/uk-activists-gaza-hunger-strike-reaches-two-week-mark
Al Jazeera - November 8, 2024 - By Mohamed Solaimane
<<Israel's lucrative relationship with the US tech industry
We examine whether the genocide in Gaza will damage Israel's well-known
tech sector.>>
Read more and view video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2024/11/8/israels-lucrative-relationship-with-the-us-tech-industry
Hala Ashur
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Nov. 8 , 2024 - by RAFIF ESLEEM
<<Humanitarian aid blocked from entering Gaza
Israel continues to block humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip
as women make great efforts to help people.
Gaza- Israel has been attacking the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023,
targeting civilians, healthcare workers and women, who play an active
role in aid efforts. Hala Ashur has been volunteering with many
organizations such as the Save Youth Future Society, the Palestine Red
Crescent Society for about 17 years. Since the beginning of Israeli
attacks on Gaza, she has helped people. "The situation is difficult for
me, like everyone else," she told NuJINHA.
'Children have been dying of starvation'
Israel continues to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, she said.
"The people need food, fuel and medical supplies. The Palestinian people
were poor even before the attacks. We especially prioritize old people
and those who are unable to work. Displaced people struggle to survive
due to the lack of food. Children have been dying of starvation."
Urgent need for hygienic supplies
All people, especially children, need urgent help and aid, Hala Ashur
stressed. "The women playing an active role in aid efforts face a
deteriorating situation. We face difficulties in transferring
humanitarian aid from distant places. In addition to food, fuel and
medical supplies, women and girls need urgent hygienic supplies. They
need humanitarian relief kits containing sanitary pads, underwear and
soap." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/humanitarian-aid-blocked-from-entering-gaza-35954
Al Jazeera - November 8, 2024 - By Mohamed Solaimane
<<Israeli football fans clash with protesters in Amsterdam
Amsterdam city council member says 'Maccabi hooligans' instigated
violence and attacked Palestinian supporters. Israeli football fans have
clashed with apparent pro-Palestinian protesters before and after a
Europa League football match between their team Maccabi Tel Aviv and
Ajax in Amsterdam. The clashes took place outside the Johan Cruyff Arena
on Thursday night, the city's main arena and Ajax Amsterdam's home
stadium, as well as in other areas. Ajax won the match 5-0 after leading
3-0 at halftime. Reporting from Amsterdam, Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen
said the clashes were the result of a buildup in tensions over a few
days. "Hundreds of supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv came to Amsterdam,
held a very vocal rally in the main square before the incident, waving
Israeli flags, and also took down a Palestinian flag," she said. On
Thursday, police had said on social media that they were being
particularly vigilant in the wake of politically charged incidents,
including the tearing down of a Palestinian flag from a building. Social
media videos captured the reported incident, showing Israeli fans
shouting slogans while an individual was taking the flag down. Before
the game, videos showed crowds of Maccabi supporters chanting anti-Arab
slogans. In one video, Israeli supporters were heard singing: <Let the
IDF win, and f*** the Arabs!,> referring to the Israeli army's offensive
on Gaza. Another video captured a fan screaming: <F*** you terrorists,
Sinwar die, everybody die,> in reference to the Hamas leader who was
killed last month. The Israeli fans instigated the violence after
arriving in the city and attacking Palestinian supporters before the
match, an Amsterdam city council member said. "They began attacking
houses of people in Amsterdam with Palestinian flags, so that's actually
where the violence started," Councilman Jazie Veldhuyzen told Al Jazeera
on Friday. "As a reaction, Amsterdammers mobilised themselves and
countered the attacks that started on Wednesday by the Maccabi
hooligans." Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said 10 Israelis were
injured. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office did not clarify what
led to what it called a <very violent incident against Israeli
citizens>. Netanyahu said, in a Friday statement issued by his office,
that he <views the horrifying incident with utmost gravity and demands
that the Dutch government and security forces take vigorous and swift
action against the rioters, and ensure the safety of our citizens>.
Netanyahu also ordered the country's spy agency to draw up a plan to
prevent violence at events abroad. <I have instructed the head of the
Mossad [David Barnea] and other officials to prepare our courses of
action, our alert system and our organisation for a new situation,> he
said in a video statement during a meeting at the Foreign Ministry to
oversee the evacuation of Israelis from Amsterdam. The Palestinian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned what it called "anti-Arab chants"
and apparent attacks on the Palestinian flag. In a statement posted on X
on Friday, it called on the Dutch government to "conduct an immediate
investigation into the instigators of these disturbances and to protect
Palestinians and Arabs residing in the Netherlands". Amsterdam resident
and activist Mo Kotesh told Al Jazeera Israeli fans attacked innocent
people on the streets, property and taxi drivers on Wednesday and took
down a Palestinian flag. Kotesh, of the Palestinian community in the
Netherlands, said that they went to an area near the central Dam Square
- as instructed by the municipality - to hold a peaceful demonstration
on the day of the match. He said he saw locals trying to counter the
violence started against them and their properties by Israeli fans.
Israeli "hooligans" chanted songs swearing at Arabs, saying, <There are
no schools in Gaza because there are no children left." Israeli
political commentator Ori Goldberg told Al Jazeera the incident showed
that the Israeli narrative had taken over Europe. "The fact that Israeli
fans riot in the middle of Amsterdam, sing racist songs and climb the
walls of homes to tear down Palestinian flags ... is part of the Israeli
condition at the moment: A complete detachment between actions and
consequences," he said. On Friday, Al Jazeera's Vaessen said the capital
was calm.
Arrests and injuries
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema had banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration
amid concerns about tensions between protesters and supporters of the
Israeli football club. About 600 police were deployed after rioting
started between pro-Palestinian supporters and Maccabi fans, Al
Jazeera's Vaessen reported, adding that five people were briefly taken
to hospital with light injuries. Police said on Friday that 62 people
were arrested.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators had tried to reach the stadium, Vaessen
said. According to police, the fans left the stadium without incident,
but several clashes in the city centre were reported during the night.
Veldhuyzen, the council member, said, "The mayor says the police did
act, but I would say they acted not at the right moments." He told Al
Jazeera: "They acted only to protect the Maccabi hooligans when
Amsterdammers stood up to defend their own people and defend their own
houses. And this is when the police showed up to protect the Maccabi
fans when they ran away after attacking people." Dutch Prime Minister
Dick Schoof said he followed the news of the rioting with "horror",
adding that "the perpetrators will be tracked down and prosecuted". In a
post on Friday on social media platform X, Schoof said, "Completely
unacceptable anti-Semitic attacks on Israelis. I am in close contact
with all those involved."
UEFA condemnation
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar spoke to his Dutch counterpart,
Caspar Veldkamp, and requested the Dutch government’s assistance in
securing the departure of fans from hotels to the airport in Amsterdam.
Saar <emphasised the seriousness with which Israel views the widespread
violent attacks against its citizens throughout Amsterdam>, the Israeli
Foreign Ministry said. Goldberg, the Israeli political commentator, said
Israel's reaction to the clashes reflected a <complete rejection of the
notion that actions have consequences> given the Israeli fans’ actions
in Amsterdam.
The Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, was founded in 1906 in Jaffa, now
part of Tel Aviv. It is languishing at the bottom of the Europa League
table this season, at position 35 of 36. Its next game in the Europa
League on November 28 will be against Turkish team Besiktas, based in
Istanbul. However, following a decision by the Turkish authorities, the
match will be played in a "neutral venue". In a statement on Friday, the
Palestine Football Association (PFA) said it was "gravely concerned by
the sequence of violent events in Amsterdam", specifically the
"deplorable incitement to violence, anti-Palestinian racism, and
Islamophobia expressed by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans". The PFA called on
football's governing bodies FIFA and UEFA "to address the normalization
of genocidal, racist, and Islamophobic rhetoric among Israeli football
supporters and to implement concrete measures to combat this hostility".
European body UEFA earlier condemned the "acts of violence" before and
after the match. "We trust that the relevant authorities will identify
and charge as many of those responsible for such actions as possible,"
it said in a statement.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/8/israeli-football-fans-clash-with-protesters-in-amsterdam
CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists - November 8, 2024 - by By CPJ
Staff
<<'Catastrophic': Journalists say ethnic cleansing taking place in a
news void in northern Gaza
On Wednesday, November 6, an Israeli strike killed at least 15 people in
a house in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. But communications difficulties
meant that the Gaza health ministry struggled to determine the death
toll. This is just one example of countless others where local reporters
were able to help verify information about potential atrocities during
Israel's escalating offensive in the area, journalists tell CPJ. Israel
has stepped up systematic attack on journalists and media infrastructure
since the start of its northern Gaza campaign. Israeli strikes killed at
least five journalists in October and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
began a smear campaign against six Al Jazeera journalists reporting on
the north. There are now almost no professional journalists left in the
north to document what several international institutions have described
as an ethnic cleansing campaign. Israel has not allowed international
media independent access to Gaza in the 13 months since the war began.
Getting information about the impact of the war on journalists - and
therefore a clear picture of the impact of the war itself - was already
challenging when CPJ issued a report in May on the challenges of
verification. Journalists interviewed by CPJ in late October and early
November said that the continued attacks on the media - along with the
food shortages, continual displacement, and communications blackouts
experienced by all Gazans - placed severe constraints on coverage of the
impact of Israel's northern Gaza military offensive. The offensive began
on October 5 by targeting the town of Jabalia and its refugee camp
before spreading to all of northern Gaza in what the Israeli military
said was a bid to stop militant Hamas fighters from regrouping.
"Israel is accused of adopting a 'starve or leave' policy to force
Palestinians out of northern Gaza. It seems clear that the systematic
attacks on the media and campaign to discredit those few journalists who
remain is a deliberate tactic to prevent the world from seeing what
Israel is doing there," said CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la
Serna, in New York. "Reporters are crucial in bearing witness during a
war, without them, the world won't be able to write history." Reports
from the area say that the IDF burned schools, attacked hospitals and
medical staff, and detained and abused men. Scores of people have been
killed, tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee, and
families separated as the attack continues. The U.N. secretary general,
Antonio Guterres; Jordan’s foreign secretary; and the Israeli human
rights organization B’Tselem are among those describing the assault as
an "ethnic cleansing," with the U.N. Human Rights Office fearing it
could lead to the potential destruction of the Palestinian population. A
news void is one of the direct impacts of this campaign, potentially
leaving possible war crimes with no evidence or documentation. CPJ
documented the following threats to journalists and press freedom in
northern Gaza during the recent weeks:
Journalists killed in strikes>>
Read it here:
https://cpj.org/2024/11/catastrophic-journalists-say-ethnic-cleansing-taking-place-in-a-news-void-in-northern-gaza/
Al Jazeera - November 7, 2024 - By Mohamed Solaimane
<<Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon as US election was happening
Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Gaza continued while attention was
focused on the US elections and Donald Trump’s victory.>>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/7/israeli-attacks-on-gaza-and-lebanon-as-us-election-was-happening
556,774 children vaccinated
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Nov. 7 , 2024
<<556,774 children vaccinated against polio in Gaza
The UN announced that the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
was completed on Tuesday amid ongoing conflict and attacks, with an
overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a
second dose of polio vaccine.
News Center- The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) released a joint statement announcing that the
second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was
completed on Tuesday, with an overall 556,774 children under the age of
10 being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine. "Polio
vaccination in northern Gaza concluded yesterday with 105,558 children
receiving their second dose and 83,876 children receiving vitamin A
supplements -- amid ongoing hostilities,"Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
Director-General of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday in a
post on X. "Around 88% coverage was achieved in the north; 7,000-10,000
children couldn't be reached for their second doses and are thus
vulnerable to polio. Across Gaza as a whole, 556,774 children under age
10 -- or 94% -- received two doses as a result of this extraordinary
campaign. Efforts will continue to reach more children through regular
health services." Calling for a ceasefire for all of Gaza’s children to
be healthy and safe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "I admire the
dedication and bravery of the health workers, WHO colleagues, our
partners and the families." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/556-774-children-vaccinated-against-polio-in-gaza-35950?page=1
Al Jazeera - November 6, 2024
<<UN agency for Palestinians facing its 'darkest hour', UNRWA chief says
Philippe Lazzarini calls on the United Nations to prevent the ban on
UNRWA in Israel and the occupied territories.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
is facing its "darkest hour" and requires ongoing support from UN
members after Israel's decision to ban the organisation, its chief has
said. "Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse,
plunging millions of Palestinians into chaos," Philippe Lazzarini, the
agency's commissioner-general, told the UN General Assembly in New York
on Wednesday. He called on the UN - which created UNRWA in 1949 - to
prevent implementation of the ban on the organisation in Israel and the
occupied Palestinian territories. In a statement on Monday, the Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it cancelled a cooperation agreement
from 1967 which provided the legal basis of the country's relations with
UNRWA. <UNRWA - the organisation whose employees participated in the
October 7 massacre and many of whose employees are Hamas operatives - is
part of the problem in the Gaza Strip and not part of the solution,>
said Israel Katz, the country's newly appointed defence minister, who
was foreign minister at the time. In January, Israel claimed that a
dozen of UNRWA's Gaza employees were involved in the October 7, 2023
attack on Israel by Hamas. At the time, the UN launched an investigation
into Israel's allegations and terminated the contracts of nine staff
members who were accused. However, Lazzarini said that despite multiple
requests, Israel has not provided any evidence to support its claims.
UNRWA said it takes measures to ensure its neutrality. But the Israeli
ban has raised fears that UNRWA employees will lose their ability to
coordinate with Israeli authorities to cross checkpoints and move from
one place to another in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA provides
education, healthcare and other basic services to Palestinian refugees
displaced in 1948 during Israel's creation, and their descendants, who
now number nearly six million. Refugee families make up the majority of
Gaza's 2.3 million population. "In Gaza, dismantling UNRWA will collapse
the UN humanitarian response, which relies heavily on the agency’s
infrastructure," Lazzarini said. "In the absence of a capable public
administration or state, only UNRWA can deliver education to more than
650,000 girls and boys in Gaza. In the absence of UNRWA, an entire
generation will be denied the right to education," he said.
'Time to move on'
Since Israel's war on Gaza began last October, UNRWA itself has suffered
heavy losses, with at least 223 of its staff killed and two-thirds of
its facilities in Gaza damaged or destroyed. Riyad Mansour, the
permanent observer for the State of Palestine at the UN, told the
General Assembly that the ban on UNRWA "is proof of the Israeli genocide
in Gaza". Meanwhile, Hadi Hashim, the interim representative for Lebanon
at the UN, said Israel's ban was a "war crime" and noted that UNRWA was
crucial not only in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, but also in Syria,
Lebanon and Jordan. "We call on the General Assembly to take the
necessary and urgent measures legally and politically to stand against
this attack not only against UNWRA, but against us all," he said.
Jordan, South Africa and the European Union also condemned the Israeli
government's decision to ban the UN agency.
But Israeli ambassador Danny Danon called the agency <a failure>. <UNRWA
is shielded by a misconception that it is the backbone of humanitarian
efforts in Gaza,> he said. <It is time to move on and build a new path
so the UN can regain its integrity and deliver on its promise to support
peace and security.> Israeli authorities have long called for the agency
to be dismantled, arguing that its mission is obsolete and it fosters
anti-Israel sentiment among its staff, in its schools and in its wider
social mission. UNRWA strongly disputes this characterisation. In the
past, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also called on the
United States, Israel's top ally and the agency's biggest donor, to roll
back its support.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/6/un-agency-for-palestinians-facing-its-darkest-hour-unrwa-chief-says
Al Jazeera - November 7, 2024
<<Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif returns to Instagram despite suppression
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif says Meta shut down his
Instagram account, calling it part of a broader effort to suppress
Palestinian content. Al-Sharif created a new account, and plans to
continue sharing images and updates, stressing the importance of free
expression.>>
View video and read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/7/al-jazeeras-anas-al-sharif-returns-to-instagram-despite-suppression
Al Jazeera - November 6, 2024
<<Protesters reach Netanyahu's residence after defence minister firing
Protesters in Israel broke through security barriers and demonstrated
outside of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, expressing
their anger of his firing of Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. In Tel Aviv,
thousands blocked streets and set fires.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/6/protesters-reach-netanyahus-residence-after-defence-minister-firing
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