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November 12 - 9,
2024
Food for thought: With the
genocide literally deepening onto flesh and bone
israels' western allies are also literally deepening not
only their 'moral'
support but also the deliveries of arms.
In other words: thats how low western Humanism can sink.
So yes, how are you?
Read more and decide for yourself
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November 6 - 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. |
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.
Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail
Al Jazeera - Nov 9, 2024 - By Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail - A writer from
Gaza
<<How are you? A question I struggle to answer in Gaza
When my friends outside Gaza try to check on me, I do not know how to
respond.
"How are you?" It is a simple question I get in daily messages from my
friends - Kenyan, Nigerian, Turkish, British, Jordanian, Iranian and
Moroccan. While it may seem like an ordinary question for friends to ask
each other, I feel they use it as a way to reassure themselves that I am
still alive.
I understand why they are doing it but every time I see a message with
this question, I find it hard to answer. How am I, when I keep thinking
of my home which I left in panic on the second day of the genocide? How
am I, knowing that the place I spent years building with my husband has
been obliterated by an Israeli air strike? How am I, remembering the
images I saw in media reports showing just a pile of rubble where my
home used to stand, where so many sweet memories were made?
How am I, as my dreams of completing my PhD lies under the rubble of my
home? How am I, when I hear my little girl crying and asking me what
happened to her toys? How am I, when I see my older daughter lose her
hope for an education just when she was about to start high school? How
am I, when I see my sons, who used to go to the gym every day, going
into despair, having lost their dreams of becoming sports stars?
How am I doing, as I remember that I have lost all research papers I
ever wrote in the rubble of my home? How am I doing, thinking of every
book I bought to create a beautiful library for my children? All are now
gone.
How am I doing, while I live in a tent that has been repeatedly flooded
by the rain and invaded by insects? How am I doing, while I constantly
worry about my children's health in a place where the most basic of
healthcare and the most basic of medicines cannot be found? How am I
doing, knowing my children are not eating nutritious food? How am I
doing, knowing that for a year now we have been eating canned food, that
we have forgotten the taste of meat and fish?
How am I doing when I spend hours on end hand-washing clothes and
dishes? How am I doing when I see my children running after the water
truck? How am I doing, worrying about how to keep things clean as the
price of soap reaches insane levels? How am I doing while I wonder what
my children will wear in the winter and how I will keep them warm?
How am I doing, while I look for a place to charge my phone so I can
complete my work? How am I doing, struggling to write on my phone whole
texts? How am I doing, trying to find the strength to do storytelling
amid a genocide? How am I doing, while I walk long distances in search
of a good internet connection, to check on relatives and make sure they
are OK?
How am I, as I go through the lists of martyrs and the missing, fearful
I may discover a name I know? How am I, dealing with the loss of so many
of my relatives and neighbours? How am I, amid all this pain and all
this fear of what will happen to us tomorrow? How am I, while I gather
the children of the tent camp around me to tell them stories, in a
desperate attempt to open a window of hope for them and for myself?
How am I? It is a daily question I cannot answer. Perhaps I need a
dictionary to help me find an accurate description of how I feel amid a
genocide.
Outside Gaza, "How are you?" is a simple question that does not require
much thought to answer because people have the human right "to be".
Inside Gaza, we do not know where human rights have gone.
Everywhere we turn, there is the sight and smell of death. Everywhere we
go, there is rubble, garbage and sewage.
I worked hard for many years to raise my children and give them a role
model of a strong, independent woman to look up to. Unfortunately, now I
have lost my strength. Amid this genocide, I do not have the ability to
answer even a simple question: How are you?
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not
necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial stance.>>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/11/9/how-are-you-a-question-i-struggle-to-answer-in-gaza
Al Jazeera - November 12, 2024
<<Israel fails to meet US deadline to increase Gaza aid, rights groups
say
Humanitarian situation in Gaza 'at worst point since the war began',
extracting 'enormous cost' for Palestinian civilians, they say.
International rights groups say Israel has failed to meet a deadline set
by the United States to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip
or face unspecified restrictions on military assistance. The conditions
in the war-ravaged enclave are worse than at any point in a war that
started in October 2023, eight groups said on Tuesday when the 30-day
deadline was set to expire. On October 13, the administration of US
President Joe Biden told Israel to increase the flow of humanitarian
supplies into Gaza, failing which Washington would scale back military
support to its key ally.
"Israel not only failed to meet the US criteria that would indicate
support to the humanitarian response, but concurrently took actions that
dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly in
northern Gaza," said the groups, which include the Norwegian Refugee
Council, Oxfam, Refugees International and Save the Children. "That
situation is in an even more dire state today than a month ago," they
said in a statement after the humanitarian agencies assessed Israel's
measures. They added: "Israel has failed to comply with its ally's
demands - at enormous human cost for Palestinian civilians in Gaza."
Speaking to reporters, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar seemed to
downplay Tuesday's deadline, saying he was confident <the issue would be
solved>. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is scheduled to meet Biden later
on Tuesday.
After analysing the 19 requirements outlined by the US, the rights
groups said Israel failed "to take meaningful action" and "actively
worsens the humanitarian situation" in 15 of them, including enabling
the entrance of at least 350 aid trucks per day into Gaza. On Tuesday,
the Israeli military said hundreds of food and water packages were
delivered to Jabalia and Beit Hanoon in besieged northern Gaza in
coordination with COGAT, the Israeli military body responsible for
Palestinian civil affairs. It also said that since October, 741 aid
trucks have made deliveries to northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have
pursued a major offensive. The United Nations has said the amount of aid
entering Gaza has plummeted to its lowest level in a year and has
repeatedly accused Israel of blocking attempts to deliver humanitarian
supplies, particularly to the north of the enclave. Under the US Foreign
Assistance Act, the president is required to halt security assistance to
any country that restricts US humanitarian aid. The US is Israel's key
political and military backer and recently deployed the Terminal High
Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, along with soldiers to operate
it.
Campaign of 'ethnic cleansing'
A committee of global food security experts warned of a "strong
likelihood that famine is imminent in areas" of northern Gaza.
"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 said. The eight rights groups said
Israel's failure to address urgent humanitarian needs raises questions
about its adherence to international humanitarian law and its
obligations as an occupying power. "The US government once again laid
out basic measures for how the government of Israel must follow
international law and allow for aid delivery in Gaza," Oxfam America
President and CEO Abby Maxman said. "Since then, we have seen Israeli
forces accelerate their efforts to bombard, depopulate, deprive, and
erase the Palestinian population of the North Gaza governorate. We are
witnessing a campaign of ethnic cleansing."
Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 43,603 Palestinians and wounded
102,929 since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of
Health. Since October this year, the Israeli military has escalated its
shelling and ground incursions in northern Gaza, claiming its aim is to
avoid Hamas fighters from regrouping. The UN said in a report on Friday
that nearly 70 percent of the Gaza war dead were women and children.
The youngest was just a day old and the oldest was a 97-year-old woman,
the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, having
verified 8,119 of the people reportedly killed during the first six
months of the war. The report warned that "widespread or systematic"
attacks on civilians could amount to "crimes against humanity. And if
committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national,
ethnical, racial or religious group, they may also constitute genocide,"
it said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/12/israel-fails-to-meet-us-deadline-to-increase-gaza-aid-rights-groups-say
Jinha - Womens News Agency - Nov. 12, 2024
<<People of Gaza face siege, bombardment, forced displacement
Israeli forces continue to target different parts of the Gaza Strip,
killing and injuring dozens since Tuesday morning.
News Center- Israel continues to carry out its genocidal attacks against
civilians in the Gaza Strip, ignoring UN Security Council resolution.
Palestinian media reported on Tuesday that Israeli airstrikes targeting
two houses in Beit Hanoun town, northern Gaza Strip, killed 14
Palestinians and injured dozens. According to local sources, Israeli
forces besieged a school sheltering 130 displaced families and forced
the displaced people to evacuate the school. On Monday, an Israeli
airstrike targeting a house on Al-Jalaa Street in the northern part of
Gaza City killed three civilians and injured others.
12,061 Palestinian students killed
12,061 Palestinian students have been killed and 19,467 others injured
in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank since October 7,
2023, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education said in
a statement on Monday.
Session to discuss the risk of famine in northern Gaza
The UN Security Council will hold a briefing under the "Protection of
civilians in armed conflict" agenda item to discuss the risk of famine
in northern Gaza, at the request of Algeria, Guyana, Slovenia, and
Switzerland.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/people-of-gaza-face-siege-bombardment-forced-displacement-35972
France 24 - Nov 12, 2024
<<LIVE: Hamas urges Arab, Muslim nations to force Israel to stop its
'aggression'
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit attends a press
conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 11, 2024. Palestinian
Islamist movement Hamas on Monday called on Arab and Muslim countries to
translate their pledges of support into action and take measures to stop
Israeli "aggression".Follow our liveblog for the latest developments in
the Middle East.
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Arab and Muslim leaders on Monday called on Israel to withdraw fully
from Arab territories it has occupied since 1967 to achieve
"comprehensive" regional peace, during a summit in Saudi Arabia.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)>> Read more here:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241112-live-hamas-israel
France 24 - Nov 11, 2024
<<Arab leaders call for Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem to become
unified Palestinian State
UAE Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al
Nahyan poses with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and
other arab leaders in Riyadh. UAE Vice President and Deputy Prime
Minister Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan poses with Saudi Arabia's
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Arab and Muslim leaders on Monday
called for the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Gaza Strip and annexed east
Jerusalem to become a unified Palestinian state. In a statement issued
at the closing of a summit held in Saudi Arabia, the leaders also said
Israel must fully withdraw from Arab territories it has occupied since
1967 to allow "comprehensive" regional peace.>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241111-live-israel-strike-gaza-intercepts-missile-yemen
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<At least 40 killed in Gaza as Israeli drone attacks 'safe zone' cafe
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza calls on international
organisations to protect the facility from attacks by Israeli forces.
At least 40 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza in Israeli
attacks, including a drone strike on people sitting at a café in the al-Mawasi
area in the south of the territory which was previously designated a
<safe zone> by Israel's military. Al Jazeera's correspondent in Gaza
said that at least 10 civilians were killed late on Monday in a double
missile strike by an Israeli drone on the small tent cafe, located to
the west of Khan Younis in the south of the war-torn enclave. "This is
more proof that the Israeli claims about <evacuation zones> and <safe
areas> are nothing more than false narratives," Al Jazeera's Hani
Mahmoud said, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. "People go
to this coffee shop to connect to the internet and the outside world or
to watch a football game on the big screen. A drone fired at least two
missiles at the café while people were inside. A witness said it was
packed," Mahmoud said. "Victims who arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan
Younis for treatment were completely disfigured," he said, adding that
seven people injured in the strike were undergoing surgery. Earlier,
health officials at al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, located in central
Gaza, said 20 people were killed in a series of air and ground attacks
on Monday, including Israeli tanks advancing into the Nuseirat refugee
camp from the west and opening fire on residents and displaced families
who tried to flee. A witness said the tank attack on the refugee camp
caught residents by surprise. "Some people couldn't leave and remained
trapped inside their homes, appealing to be allowed out, while others
rushed out with whatever they could carry as they fled," said Zaik
Mohammad, 25, who lives 1km (half a mile) from the area targeted in the
camp. In the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, which Israeli forces
have besieged since the beginning of October, medics said four people
were killed in an Israeli air attack. Several other people were killed
in an air attack in Gaza City. An Israeli drone also attacked Kamal
Adwan Hospital near Beit Lahiya, injuring three medical staff, health
workers report. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera's Tareq Abu
Azzoum said the hospital has appealed to international institutions to
provide protections in light of the attacks. "Since the early hours of
this morning, there has been a wide intensification of attacks in the
north of the Gaza Strip, in particular, in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan
Hospital and also on the central market in Gaza City," Azzoum said.
"These areas have been witnessing new evacuation orders that have been
passed and issued by the Israeli military," he added.
Since the war began last year, at least 43,603 Palestinians have been
killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks, Gaza's Health Ministry said.
Israel's attacks on the enclave began after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led
attack that killed an estimated 1,139 people in southern Israel.
'Horrific and shocking crimes'
Arab and Muslim countries condemned the "horrific and shocking crimes"
committed by Israel during its war in Gaza at a joint Arab League and
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Saudi Arabia on
Monday. In a statement, the leaders condemned "in the strongest terms"
the Israeli army's actions in the enclave. The statement denounced "the
crime of genocide... especially in the northern Gaza Strip during the
past weeks", citing torture, executions, disappearances and "ethnic
cleansing". Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also said
during the summit that the kingdom "categorically" rejects the "genocide
against the brotherly Palestinian people". He urged the international
community to also stop Israel from attacking Iran to respect its
sovereignty.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/11/at-least-30-palestinians-killed-in-gaza-as-israeli-tanks-enter-nuseirat
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<ICC seeks external probe into misconduct claims against chief
prosecutor
Karim Khan denies allegations of sexual misconduct and says he will
continue his duties.
The International Criminal Court's (ICC's) governing body has confirmed
it is seeking an "external probe" into allegations of sexual misconduct
by the court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. "After having consulted the
Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), I am seeking on behalf
of the ASP Presidency an external investigation into the matters related
to alleged misconduct by the ICC Prosecutor," Paivi Kaukoranta,
president of the ASP, the body overseeing the court, said in a statement
on Monday. Calling upon all parties to cooperate fully, the statement
said the external investigation was "being pursued in order to ensure a
fully independent, impartial and fair process". Khan, who had previously
denied the allegations, said on Monday he would press ahead with his
duties while the investigation is ongoing. "I welcome the opportunity to
engage in this process," Khan, 54, said in a statement, adding that he
"will be continuing all other functions as prosecutor". Kaukoranta had
issued a statement last month confirming the ASP was looking into the
allegations against Khan "on the basis of a third-party report". At the
time, the ASP stated that the ICC's Independent Oversight Mechanism
(IOM) had been in contact with the alleged victim but was not in a
position to move forward with an investigation.
The IOM's annual report, released last month, said the incident had been
reported to the IOM in early May. "The alleged affected individual
declined to pursue a formal complaint with the IOM, including when it
was suggested that any investigation could be referred to an external
entity," the report said, adding that the individual had "refused to
explicitly confirm or deny to the IOM the factual basis of what had been
reported by the third party".
'Attacks and threats'
Khan has been at the helm of the court’s prosecutions since 2021,
including war crimes probes involving Russia and Ukraine as well as
Palestine and Israel. In May, Khan requested arrest warrants against
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then-defence chief and
three Hamas leaders who have since been killed. The ICC has not yet made
a decision on whether to grant the warrants. Khan said the misconduct
allegations align with a misinformation campaign against his office.
"This is a moment in which myself and the International Criminal Court
are subject to a wide range of attacks and threats," Khan said in a
statement last month. Criticised initially for not acting fast enough to
prevent atrocities in Gaza, Khan touched off a firestorm when applying
for arrest warrants over the war. Netanyahu called it a <moral outrage
of historic proportions> while United States President Joe Biden said it
was <outrageous>. Even before Khan's application, senior US Republicans
penned a letter threatening to bar him and his family from the US. Khan
also sought and obtained an ICC warrant for President Vladimir Putin of
Russia, which promptly slapped arrest warrants on the prosecutor
himself. The ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for
war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of
aggression in member states or by their nationals.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/11/icc-seeks-external-probe-into-misconduct-claims-against-chief-prosecutor
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<Far-right Israeli minister orders preparations for West Bank
annexation
Israel's Finance Minister Smotrich hopes US President-elect Trump will
support plan to annex occupied West Bank in 2025.
Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered
preparations for the annexation of the occupied West Bank ahead of US
President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January 2025. In a
statement on Monday, Smotrich voiced his hope that the new
administration in Washington will recognise Israel's push for
<sovereignty> over the occupied territory. In addition to his finance
portfolio, Smotrich - who himself lives in an illegal Israeli settlement
- also holds a position within Israel’s Defence Ministry where he
oversees the administration of the occupied West Bank and its
settlements. <2025: the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria,>
Smotrich wrote on X, using the biblical name by which Israel refers to
the occupied West Bank. At a meeting of his far-right faction in the
Israeli parliament or Knesset on Monday, Smotrich welcomed Trump’s US
presidential election victory over Kamala Harris and said he had
instructed the Defence Ministry’s Settlement Directorate and Civil
Administration to lay the groundwork for annexation. <I have directed
the start of professional work to prepare the necessary infrastructure
to apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria,> he said, <I have
no doubt that President Trump, who showed courage and determination in
his decisions during his first term, will support the State of Israel in
this move,> he added. Smotrich said there is broad agreement within
Israel's ruling coalition for the move and regarding opposition against
the formation of a Palestinian state. <The only way to remove this
danger from the agenda is to apply Israeli sovereignty over the
settlements in Judea and Samaria,> he declared. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the
spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Smotrich's
remarks confirmed the Israeli government's intention to annex the
occupied West Bank in defiance of international law.
"We hold the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the
repercussions of these dangerous policies," he said. The United States
was also responsible for the continuous support it offered to Israel's
aggression, he said. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said that
while leaders of the settler movement may be confident that Trump could
be inclined to support such moves, the government had made no decision.
<A decision has not yet been made on the issue,> Saar told a news
conference in Jerusalem on Monday. <The last time we discussed this
issue was in the first term of President Trump,> he said. <And so let's
say that if it will be relevant, it will be discussed again also with
our friends in Washington.> The West Bank has been under Israeli
occupation since 1967. Since then, Israeli settlements have expanded
despite being illegal under international, and, in the case of
settlement outposts, Israeli law. Smotrich has previously stated his
intention to extend Israeli sovereignty over the occupied territories,
thwarting the creation of a Palestinian state. He has also threatened to
destabilise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition if a ceasefire
is negotiated with Hezbollah on Israel's northern front. "When [Smotrich]
talks about enforcing Israeli sovereignty, he is talking about the
annexation of the occupied West Bank, which is part of the Israeli
government agenda," said Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh, reporting from Amman,
Jordan because Al Jazeera has been banned from operating from inside
Israel. Odeh noted that Netanyahu has also added an observer minister
from Smotrich's party to his cabinet. "When Smotrich talks about
annexation, many observers say we have to believe him," she said. During
his first term as US president, Trump in 2017 recognised Jerusalem as
Israel's capital, overturning decades of US policy and international
consensus. He also supported policies that allowed for continued
settlement expansion and proposed a plan for a <Palestinian entity> that
would lack full sovereignty. Earlier this year, the Israeli military's
Civil Administration handed more control over the occupied West Bank to
the Settlements Administration led by Smotrich, granting it control over
a remit including building regulations and the management of farmland,
parks and forests. Since joining Netanyahu's coalition government,
Smotrich has openly advocated for expanding Israeli settlements in the
occupied West Bank as steps toward eventual annexation.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/11/far-right-israeli-minister-orders-preparations-for-west-bank-annexation
France 24 - Nov 11, 2024
<<FRANCE 24 spoke to the head of the NGO Norwegian Refugee Council
(NRC), Jan Egeland, who recently returned from a rare visit to the Gaza
Strip. Egeland compared the destroyed urban landscape in the Palestinian
enclave to that of Stalingrad or Dresden during World War II. He added:
"I don't think I can recall in my 40 years as a humanitarian worker any
place where so many people have been crammed together in such a small
area and sustaining such a continuous bombardment with no escape. This
is not self-defence. This is no targeting of fighters in the war on
terror. This is the destruction of entire cities, with 70 percent, as
the UN just correctly verified, of the dead being women and children. We
can all agree that all of them are totally innocent and many of the men
are too. So it's casualties beyond belief," the veteran humanitarian
worker said of Israel's bombardment of Gaza. "Of course, Hamas is also
having fighters that are fighting from the civilian areas, and that's a
war crime," Egeland noted.
"But that doesn't justify war crimes on the other side. Israel should be
better than this. And those who support Israel have to force them to
stop it," the head of the NRC said. Reflecting on the outcome of the US
presidential election, Egeland said that "if Donald Trump wants to put
America first, he may actually change the current policy which has been
to set Israel first". Since the start of the war in Gaza, which began in
the wake of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, the US has
provided Israel with billions of dollars in military aid. Egeland
expressed hope that the Trump administration might "see this costly this
is", "reverse policies and force Netanyahu's government (...) to lay
down arms and to negotiate a peaceful coexistence".>>
View video:
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241108-gaza-felt-like-a-movie-out-of-stalingrad-head-of-norwegian-refugee-council-says
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Saudi Crown Prince urges Israel to end wars on Gaza, Lebanon
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman urged Israel to end its wars on
Gaza and Lebanon. Speaking at a joint Arab League and Organisation of
Islamic Cooperation summit, he added that Israel must also respect
Iranian sovereignty.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/11/saudi-crown-prince-urges-israel-to-end-wars-on-gaza-lebanon
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Israeli attack in Gaza siege zone kills 36 members of same family
"Noor, the love of Dad and Mum." A Palestinian girl who wrote a message
on her arm so she could be identified was one of 36 members of the same
family killed in an Israeli air attack in north Gaza.>>
Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/11/israeli-attack-in-gaza-siege-zone-kills-36-members-of-same-family
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Video: Palestinian woman creates clothes from blankets in Gaza
University professor Nidaa Aitta creates affordable winter clothing for
displaced Palestinians by recycling blankets in Gaza, where Israel's
restrictions have stopped ready-made clothes coming in and have sent
prices soaring.
MORE FROM THE SAME SHOW>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/11/11/video-palestinian-woman-creates-clothes-from-blankets-in-gaza
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Palestinian blood will now be "on Trump's hands" >>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/quotable/2024/11/11/palestinian-blood-will-now-be-on-trumps
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Saudi Arabia's MBS demands immediate end to Israel's war in Gaza,
Lebanon
Saudi crown prince condemns 'massacre' committed against Palestinian and
Lebanese people at the Arab-Islamic summit.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has demanded that Israel
immediately stop its military aggression in Gaza and Lebanon at the
opening of a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders in Riyadh. In an address
before the joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
summit on Monday, the crown prince, also known as MBS, condemned the
"massacre committed against Palestinian and Lebanese people". He urged
Israel "to refrain from any further act of aggression" and called on
countries around the world to recognise Palestinian statehood. Ahmed
Aboul Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League, also joined MBS in
condemning Israel’s military operation in Gaza and Lebanon, saying that
"words cannot express the plight of the Palestinian people. The actions
taken by Israel against the Palestinian people are undermining efforts
to achieve lasting peace. It is only with justice that we will be able
to establish lasting peace," Aboul Gheit said.
"The world cannot turn a blind eye" to Israeli violence, he stressed.
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the summit that his country
was suffering an "unprecedented" crisis that threatens its existence, as
Israel wages war on Hezbollah. "Lebanon is going through an
unprecedented historical and existential crisis that threatens its
present and future," he said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Nigerian President
Bola Tinubu also attended the summit. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian
did not attend the meeting due to pressing <executive matters>. But in a
phone call with MBS, Pezeshkian said Iran's First Vice President
Mohammad Reza Aref would attend. The summit comes a year after a similar
gathering in Riyadh of the Cairo-based Arab League and the Jeddah-based
OIC, during which leaders condemned Israeli actions in Gaza as
"barbaric".
However, leaders were unable to agree on action against Israel despite
calls to sever economic and diplomatic ties with the country or disrupt
its oil supplies. The 57-member OIC and 22-member Arab League include
countries that recognise Israel and those firmly opposed to its regional
integration. Donald Trump's election to the United States presidency
last week - and his upcoming, second term in the White House - are
likely to be on leaders' minds in Riyadh, said Anna Jacobs, senior Gulf
analyst for the International Crisis Group think tank. "This summit is
very much an opportunity for regional leaders to signal to the incoming
Trump administration what they want in terms of US engagement," she told
the AFP news agency. "The message will likely be one of dialogue,
de-escalation and calling out Israeli military campaigns in the region."
Israel's war on Gaza began after an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel
in October 2023 that claimed more than 1,100 lives. Since then, Israel
has killed more than 43,600 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them
civilians. Israel has also killed more than 3,100 people in Lebanon
since October 7 last year as it fights Iran-backed Hezbollah.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/11/israeli-wars-in-gaza-lebanon-on-arab-islamic-summit-agenda-in-saudi-arabia
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<In Pictures|Gallery
Dutch police detained dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam
on Sunday after they defied a demonstration ban put in place in the wake
of violence instigated by Israeli football supporters. Earlier in the
day, the Amsterdam District Court upheld a decision by the mayor to ban
protests, three days after it was rocked by violence in several areas of
the city. But hundreds of protesters gathered in the city's Dam Square,
holding up placards that said "We want our streets back" and chanting
"Free Palestine". Police in riot gear moved in on the protesters in the
afternoon, shortly after the court upheld the ban on protests, detaining
dozens. Those detained were taken to waiting buses and brought elsewhere
in the city, before being released, local media outlet AT5 reported.
Police could not say whether any protesters remained in custody. Dutch
activist Frank van der Linde applied for an urgent permit to demonstrate
on the city's famous Dam Square despite a temporary ban on protests,
announced by Mayor Femke Halsema on Friday. Van der Linde wanted to
protest on the Dam against the "genocide in Gaza, but also because our
right to protest has been taken away", Dutch national news agency ANP
reported quoting him. Friday's emergency measures also included an
increase in police and a ban on wearing face masks. The Amsterdam city
council announced that the measures had been extended until Thursday.
But on Sunday afternoon, hundreds of demonstrators started gathering at
the square in the city's centre despite a heavy police presence. "This
protest has nothing to do with anti-Semitism," said Alexander van
Stokkum, 37, one of the demonstrators. Police said tensions already
built ahead of a match between Ajax and Tel Aviv Maccabi at the Johan
Cruyff Arena on Thursday. Maccabi fans burned a Palestinian flag on the
Dam central square and vandalised a taxi, Amsterdam police chief Peter
Holla said. The Europa League game on Thursday finished largely in a
peaceful atmosphere, praised by the Ajax club. Dutch Prime Minister Dick
Schoof on Saturday cancelled his trip to the United Nations climate
summit to deal with the fallout.>>
View photos here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/11/11/pro-palestinian-protesters-detained-after-defying-amsterdam-ban
Al Jazeera - November 11, 2024
<<Israel bombs northern Gaza house killing 13 children amid ongoing
siege
At least 32 killed after Israel bombs a house in Jabalia as aid agencies
say northern Gaza without aid and food amid ongoing siege.
An Israeli strike on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp sheltering
displaced Palestinians has killed at least 32 people, including 13
children, as rights groups warn of an "extremely grave situation" in
northern Gaza amid weeks of ongoing military siege. "We now have a
confirmed report that everybody in that house was killed. The last few
remains were removed from under the rubble in the past couple of hours,"
Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza,
said, adding that the strike took place at 6am. Mahmoud said the attack
took place "all of a sudden and without any prior warning". According to
a witness, the house was full of women and children who had been
displaced from different parts of northern Gaza and had ended up in this
particular building. "This is not about disarming certain groups but
it’s about a systematic destruction of an entire area and turning it
into more of a wasteland," the Al Jazeera correspondent said, referring
to the widespread destruction of northern Gaza due to nonstop Israeli
bombardment and a military siege imposed on October 6. In a separate
attack in Gaza City, an Israeli air strike on a house in the Sabra
neighbourhood killed Wael al-Khour, an official at the Welfare Ministry,
and seven other members of his family, including his wife and children,
medics and relatives said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said more than
50 people were killed in total and 164 injured in three attacks across
Gaza on Sunday.
Israel has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians since it launched its
devastating war on Gaza in the wake of an October 7, 2023 Hamas attack
that killed more than 1,100 people and about 250 others were taken
captive.
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday women and children
comprise nearly 70 percent of the thousands of Palestinian deaths it had
managed to verify.
Military siege for weeks
For the past 36 days, Israeli forces have laid siege in areas in
northern Gaza, including Jabalia and Beit Lahiya, choking the entry of
already scarce humanitarian supplies. Mahmoud Alsaqqa, OXFAM’s food
security and livelihood lead in Gaza, said the "extremely grave
situation" in the Strip is deteriorating further. This comes following a
warning by the Committee of Global Experts that famine is imminent in
northern Gaza and action is needed within days to avert a catastrophe.
"Those residing in northern Gaza are left without any essentials for
survival," Alsaqqa told Al Jazeera from Deir el-Balah, as no aid or food
supplies have entered the north for more than a month except for a small
amount of medical supplies. "The average number of trucks coming in now
is below 50. We used to have 500 trucks per day [before October 7,
2023], so you can imagine the huge needs people have compared to what's
coming in," he said. Along with stepping up the bombardment, the Israeli
army has issued new waves of forced displacement orders for residents in
the north, driving people to be displaced internally from the north.
Still, many have refused to leave despite the catastrophic humanitarian
conditions and the near-daily shelling. Many of them told Al Jazeera
that they fear leaving the area because of the risk of being attacked by
Israeli soldiers. The Israeli daily Haaretz accused Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and the military of "conducting an ethnic cleansing
operation in the northern Gaza Strip. The few Palestinians remaining in
the area are being forcibly evacuated, homes and infrastructure have
been destroyed, and wide roads in the area are being built and
completing the separation of the communities in the northern Strip from
the center of Gaza City," it wrote in an editorial. As of November 4,
the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
estimated that about 100,000 people had been displaced over four weeks
from the North Gaza governorate to Gaza City. Up to 95,000 people
remained in North Gaza, OCHA said. The Israeli army says it wants to
prevent the regrouping of Hamas fighters there. Yet, the depopulation of
the northern part of the enclave and the widespread destruction have
stoked fears of war crimes. On Thursday, the Israeli military sought to
distance itself from comments made last week by an Israeli commander,
who said Israel was closer to <the complete evacuation> of the north and
that residents from there would not be allowed back once the fighting
was over.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/10/israel-bombs-northern-gaza-house-killing-13-children-amid-ongoing-siege
Al Jazeera - November 10, 2024
<<Children among dozens killed in Israeli strike on northern Gaza house
At least 30 killed, including 13 children, in Israeli strike on a house
in Jabalia as siege of Gaza’s north continues.
At least 30 Palestinians have been killed, including 13 children, after
Israel bombed a building housing displaced people in the Jabalia refugee
camp, as the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)
warned of "'famine' in northern Gaza" after more than a month of
bombardment and military siege. The bombing of the Alloush family home,
which was packed with residents and displaced people, resulted in "the
complete destruction" of the building, the Wafa news agency reported on
Sunday. The wounded are being transferred to the Baptist Hospital, it
added.
Witnesses said the multistorey building was destroyed in the attack,
with many still trapped under the rubble. Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud,
reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, said the attack happened
at about 6am local time on Sunday. "According to an eyewitness, it was
pretty quiet apart from the buzz of drones and quadcopters and the
fighter jets that were manoeuvring in the area. All of a sudden, without
any prior warning, the house was bombed," he said. Five more people were
killed in another Israeli strike on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood
of Gaza City, according to media reports. Since October 6, the Israeli
military has been engaged in a withering air and ground assault on areas
of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, saying they are targeting Hamas
fighters. Human rights organisations and campaigners say the
overwhelming majority of casualties are women and children. The UN human
rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday women and children comprise nearly
70 percent of the thousands of deaths it had managed to verify.
"Civilians in Gaza have borne the brunt of the attacks, including
through the initial 'complete siege' of Gaza by Israeli forces," the
OHCHR said. "Conduct by Israeli forces has caused unprecedented levels
of killings, death, injury, starvation, illness and disease."
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, accused Israel again on Saturday
of weaponising hunger in its war on the Palestinian enclave.
"Famine is likely happening in northern Gaza," he said in a post on X.>>
View photos here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/11/10/children-among-dozens-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-northern-gaza-house
Alaa Damo
Al Jazeera - November 10, 2024
<<24 Hours
Palestinian filmmaker Alaa Damo, documents the events that took place
over one day in Gaza to his friend Mosab Al Nadi, who survived three
Israeli airstrikes and was buried under rubble, despite sheltering in
so-called ‘safe zones’. 24 Hours is part of From Ground Zero, a
collection of 22 short films made in Gaza initiated by Palestinian
director Rashid Masharawi to tell the untold stories of the current war
on film. From Ground Zero is the official submission of Palestine for
the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th Academy Awards
in 2025.>>
View video here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/digidocs/2024/11/10/aje-onl-dig_24_hours-101124
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024
<<Qatar has suspended mediation efforts on Gaza, Foreign Ministry says
The move comes amid growing frustration with lack of progress on a
ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Qatar says it has suspended its mediation efforts between Hamas and
Israel until the parties show "their willingness and seriousness" to end
the war in Gaza. In a statement on X on Saturday, Qatar's Ministry of
Foreign Affairs spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Qatar had informed the
relevant parties 10 days ago of its intentions. Earlier on Saturday, The
Associated Press reported a diplomatic source as saying that Hamas's
political office in Qatar "no longer serves its purpose". However, al-Ansari
said that reports regarding the Hamas political office in Doha were
inaccurate, "stating that the main goal of the office in Qatar is to be
a channel of communication between the concerned parties". A senior
Hamas official said they were aware of Qatar's decision to suspend
mediation efforts, "but no one told us to leave". In Washington, DC, a
US official said that the administration of United States President Joe
Biden had informed Qatar two weeks ago that the continued operation of
the Hamas office in Doha was no longer useful and the Hamas delegation
should be expelled. <After rejecting repeated proposals to release
hostages, [Hamas] leaders should no longer be welcome in the capitals of
any American partner. We made that clear to Qatar following Hamas’s
rejection weeks ago of another hostage release proposal,> a US senior
administration official said. The officials spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. The Israeli Prime
Minister's Office did not comment. Qatar's announcement comes after
growing frustration with the lack of progress on a ceasefire deal.
There continues to be no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
and the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon, where Israel's military said it
struck command centres and other infrastructure overnight in Beirut's
southern suburbs.
In Gaza, three separate Israeli attacks killed at least 16 people,
including women and children, on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials
said, while Israel announced the first delivery of humanitarian aid in
weeks to the territory's hungry, devastated north.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA, AP>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/qatar-suspends-mediation-efforts-on-gaza-officials-say
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024
<<Israeli attacks kill 40 as limited aid arrives in ravaged northern
Gaza
The Israeli military killed more civilians and journalists in attacks
across Gaza, especially its besieged north.
The Israeli military has killed several dozen Palestinians across the
Gaza Strip in a string of attacks as it allowed a small amount of aid
into the northern part of the enclave, the first after over a month of
intensified siege. Medics quoted by the Palestinian Wafa news agency
said Friday evening that at least 40 people were killed across Gaza
since dawn, including 24 in the north. At least six Palestinians were
killed in the targeting of the Fahd al-Sabah school sheltering displaced
people in the Tuffah neighbourhood on Saturday, according to the Al
Jazeera team on the ground in Deir el-Balah. Two local journalists, a
pregnant woman and a child, were among the dead. The Israeli military
used a common justification by saying it targeted <terrorists> but did
not provide evidence or details. Five more were killed in the Shujayea
neighbourhood of Gaza City, while Israeli sniper fire killed at least
one person in the Zeitoun neighbourhood. The death toll from the Israeli
bombing of tents for displaced people in the so-called <humanitarian
area> of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza's Khan Younis reached at least nine.
A child and two women were among the dead, according to the Nasser
Hospital, which received the casualties. An Israeli air raid that used
an attack helicopter targeted the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital,
the main healthcare facility in central Gaza. It was the eighth Israeli
attack on the compound since March. Al Jazeera's Maram Humaid, who is on
the ground, reported that at least three people were killed and 26 were
wounded. The assault took place just 20 metres (65 feet) from Al
Jazeera’s tent in the area.
On the 400th day of the war on Saturday, the Gaza Ministry of Health
announced that at least 43,552 Palestinians have been killed and 102,765
injured.
The actual number of dead is presumed to be far higher, with an
estimated 10,000 bodies buried under the vast rubble of destroyed
buildings across the enclave. The United Nations Human Rights Office has
condemned the fact that nearly 70 percent of the people killed in Gaza
are children and women. More than 1,000 health workers and at least
12,700 students have been killed. Some 86,000 tonnes of explosives have
been dropped over Gaza, destroying most of the infrastructure and
displacing some two million people or about 90 percent of the
population.
Israel-allowed aid far below US target
For the first time in over a month, since the Israeli military launched
a major ground assault on northern Gaza and cut off aid, it allowed a
limited amount of relief to enter the area. The Israeli military body in
charge of organising aid, COGAT, announced that 11 trucks containing
food, water and medical equipment were brought to distribution centres
for people still left in Jabalia and Beit Hanoon in the north. The UN's
World Food Programme (WFP), which was involved in the delivery process,
reported that not all the limited aid reached the drop-off points, with
one truck ordered offloaded by Israeli soldiers in Jabalia, a main focus
of the ground invasion. The trickle of aid was allowed in, with only
several days left for a deadline given to Israel by the United States,
after which its arms transfers to Israel could potentially be affected.
Washington has said Israel must let in a minimum of 350 trucks a day
into Gaza carrying aid, a far cry from what Israel is now allowing in
and also significantly less than up to 700 trucks a day that aid
organisations have said the enclave needs. The independent Famine Review
Committee said on Friday, in a rare alert, that there is a strong
likelihood of imminent famine in parts of northern Gaza, and immediate
action is required to ease a catastrophic situation. The Israeli
military responded by claiming that researchers with international
organisations <continue to rely on partial, biased data and superficial
sources with vested interests>. The director of the besieged Kamal Adwan
Hospital in the north sounded the alarm again over worsening conditions,
saying the facility is overwhelmed and many wounded are unable to reach
the hospital due to a lack of ambulances and the targeting of vehicles
in the region. "We have no medicines and medical supplies," Hussam Abu
Safia told Al Jazeera. "We have no surgeons. We only have [a] few
paediatricians and general internists." This comes as the Israeli army
continues to prevent international journalists from entering the Gaza
Strip to report on the situation.
Israeli strikes killed at least five journalists in October, and Israeli
forces began a smear campaign against six Al Jazeera journalists
reporting on the north, according to the New York-based Committee to
Protect Journalists (CPJ). "There are now almost no professional
journalists left in the north to document what several international
institutions have described as an ethnic cleansing campaign," it said in
a statement.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/israeli-attacks-kill-40-as-limited-aid-arrives-in-ravaged-northern-gaza
Al Jazeera - November 9, 2024
<<Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in raid on occupied West Bank town
The Health Ministry says a young man was killed and two people injured
in an assault in the town of Aqqaba.
Israeli army soldiers deploy in Tubas
Israeli soldiers have killed at least one person during a raid in the
occupied West Bank town of Aqqaba, the Palestinian Ministry of Health
said.
The body of the Palestinian man, identified as 25-year-old Adham Zayed
Ezzat Masri, was still being held by Israeli forces, the ministry said
on Saturday after the dawn assault. Aqqaba is located in the north of
the governorate of Tubas, which lies in the northwest Palestinian
territory. The man was killed after his family home in Aqqaba was
surrounded by soldiers, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa, which
also reported that a 50-year-old Palestinian was injured in the chest
after being hit by live bullets and was transferred to hospital in
critical condition. Another 49-year-old person suffered bruises, the
agency said. The director of the Palestinian Prisoner's Society in
Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, said Israeli forces arrested two other men
during the raid, according to Wafa. The Israeli military sent a number
of vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints located in the
east of Aqqaba, to surround several homes and carry out arrests, sources
told Al Jazeera. They said armed confrontations broke out inside the
town. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports.
Arrests amid surge in violence
Israeli forces arrested at least 18 Palestinians across the occupied
West Bank from Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the
Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian
Prisoner's Society. Violence has surged in the area since the start of
the war in Gaza in October 2023, with almost daily sweeps by Israeli
forces that have involved thousands of arrests. There have also been
regular gun battles between security forces and Palestinian fighters
during the Israeli army raids. Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed
more than 760 Palestinians in the West Bank over that period, according
to the Ramallah-based Health Ministry. In August, the Israeli military
launched a major offensive in northern areas of the West Bank - the
largest in two decades - sealing off areas such as Jenin, Tulkarem and
Tubas.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>>
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/9/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-man-in-raid-on-occupied-west-bank-town
Le Monde - Nov 9, 2024 - by Farah Safi and Patrick Zahnd - Law
professors
<<Arms sales to Israel: 'France's position remains timid and falls short
of its international commitments'
On October 5, President Macron called for "an end to the supply of
weapons for use in fighting in Gaza." A few days later, following the
scale of the strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, he called for "an end to the
export of arms used in these theaters of war." This stance now enables
France, like other European countries, to comply with international law:
Under Article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, France
has an obligation to "respect and ensure respect for" international
humanitarian law (IHL) "in all circumstances," including by Israel. This
means not transferring arms, munitions, spare parts and licenses to a
party to an armed conflict that is suspected of committing war crimes,
crimes against humanity or genocide.
Since October 2023, UN special rapporteurs, human rights organizations,
humanitarian actors and research collectives have been documenting the
international crimes committed by the Israeli army in the occupied
Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip. Alas, political considerations
have often taken precedence over respect for the imperative rules of IHL,
sometimes even invoking an <Israeli right to defend itself> that is
questionable for an occupying power, and which cannot exempt this
country from respecting its international legal obligations "in all
circumstances," including in the conduct of hostilities. The argument of
self-defense has, however, lost much of its credibility in the wake of
recent decisions taken by the International Court of Justice. On three
occasions in 2024, it has confirmed the existence of a plausible risk of
genocide and the commission of numerous serious violations of
international humanitarian law by the Israeli army in Gaza, therefore
supporting calls by UN experts for an arms embargo on Israel. The
advisory opinion of July 19, which strongly condemned Israeli policies
and practices and demanded an immediate halt to settlement and
discriminatory practices, has made this legal obligation even stronger.
At risk of becoming complicit
The recent statements by the French president appear to be a natural
extension of this obligation to respect IHL. However, his words can be
criticized for their lateness (why wait eight months?), vagueness (he
does not specify that France will no longer deliver offensive or
defensive weapons to Israel) and lack of transparency (no precise
information on French arms exports to Israel).>>
Read more here:
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/11/09/arms-sales-to-israel-france-s-position-remains-timid-and-falls-short-of-its-international-commitments_6732230_23.html
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