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Special reports: Updates February and earlier, 2025-'24: Actual: ADDED: Stories about nazis and medic-aid heroes and the PA betraying the people earlier stories: & Our ‘return’ to northern Gaza is not the end of exile and On idle talk and genocide in Gaza   & Earlier:  A thousand days of Israeli impunity, still no justice for Shireen Abu Akleh & Why has Trump hit the world criminal court with sanctions? & Trump must not be allowed to torpedo the Palestinian right to remain & Jordan faces ‘geopolitical blackmail’ &  Advocates warn Trump’s threat to deport pro-Palestine students & Overview special reports

November 28 - 24 and earler stories, 2024 Is Netanyahu immune from ICC arrest warrant-NO!   TRIBUTES TO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

Shireen Abu Akleh In commemoration of Shireen Abu Akleh, the 'voice of Al Jazeera' killed while revealing the true face of israel Updated: December 6, 2024: Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war   Click here for earlier stories/news

February 15 - 12, 2025 more fact-finding news And Stories about nazis and medic-aid heroes and the PA betraying the people

February 13 - 12, 2025 Opinion: Western democracy has lost her tongue. just read the actual and fact-finding news February 11 - 5, 2025 <<Does Israel violate the Gaza ceasefire? Yes! Together with their western allies. just read the actual and fact-finding news February 7 - 1, 2025 Fact: Gaza is not for sale... despite the continues suffering and betrayals on netanyahus' Western allies side. And more fact-finding news January 31 - 28, 2025 In pictures and words: Bittersweet homecoming for Palestinians returning to Gaza City... Read more and decide for yourself

January 28 - 24, 2025 "Now it's time to grief" If the ones guilty of the genocide let us and it doesn't look like it. By the way, did you know that during WW2 the american allies knew all about the transportation routes that brought the jews to the gaschambers but simply let the trains roll. And now there was this so-called 'holocaust remembrance day' but... too many haven't learned anything from history... Read more and decide for yourself  Pre-ceasefire & Post-Ceasefire December 30 - 26, 2024 'Betrayed' and 'abandoned' Sixth baby dies from severe cold

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
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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 - Feb 15, 2025
<<Thousands take part in London rally against Donald Trump’s Gaza plan
The protest comes after Hamas handed over three male Israeli captives as part of the ceasefire agreement
Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators have marched through central London to protest Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to “take over” the Gaza Strip. Waving Palestinian flags and brandishing placards saying “hands off Gaza”, several thousand people walked from Whitehall, in Westminster, to the US embassy in Nine Elms, in southwest London on Saturday. Protesters also held banners that read “Stand up to Trump” and “Mr Trump, Canada is not your 51st state. Gaza is not your 52nd”. Earlier this month, Trump’s suggestion that the US could redevelop the embattled enclave and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” attracted global condemnation. His proposal aims to resettle Palestinians elsewhere, with no plan for them to return. “I think it’s completely immoral, illegal, impractical and absurd,” 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos told the AFP news agency. “You simply cannot deport two million people, especially that the surrounding countries already said that they wouldn’t take them, not out of the goodness of their heart but because it would destabilise those countries. So, it’s not going to happen but it does a lot of damage simply stating that as an endgame. A man wears a mask depicting U.S. The march, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was the 24th major pro-Palestinian protest in London since October 7, 2023. A heavy police presence was deployed as officers kept protesters away from a counter-march called “Stop the Hate”, where participants waved Israeli flags. Hamas’s attack resulted in the death of at least 1,100 people. In addition, approximately 240 were taken captive. Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed more than 48,239 people while 111,676 people have been wounded. The Government Media Office has updated its death toll to at least 61,709 people, saying thousands missing under the rubble are now presumed dead. Earlier on Saturday, Hamas released captives in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons, completing the latest swap of a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal. Hamas issued a statement after the release saying it was “a renewed message” to Israel. “The release of the sixth batch of enemy prisoners confirms there is no way to free them except through negotiations and by adhering to the requirements of the ceasefire agreement,” the group said.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/thousands-take-part-in-london-rally-against-donald-trumps-gaza-plan

Al Jazeera - Feb 15, 2025 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<Four released Palestinians in critical condition, hospitalised in Ramallah
Released Palestinians report severe malnutrition and physical abuse in Israeli prisons.
A former Palestinian prisoner, released as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange, is welcomed by friends and relatives upon arriving at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip Four Palestinians released as part of a ceasefire deal are in critical condition and have been hospitalised in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Israel released 369 Palestinians on Saturday in exchange for three captives in Gaza. While the Israeli captives have generally appeared in good condition throughout the ceasefire exchange since last month, many Palestinians appeared to have lost an enormous amount of weight while in custody and some were seen struggling to walk due to their poor physical condition and physical torture. Some have described the horrors they faced while in Israeli jails, where most of them were imprisoned without any charges. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office said that the condition in which the prisoners were released shows the “extent of the crimes and violations inside the prisons”. One released Palestinian, Amir Abu Radah, told Al Jazeera that he spent 18 months in Israel’s Nafha desert prison, where authorities cut water and electricity. “Our condition in prison was extremely difficult, and no one could bear it. For a year and a half, we have not had any means of communication, and we were isolated from the world,” he said. Hazem Rajab, another Palestinian freed in the latest exchange, told Al Jazeera of the inhumane treatment he suffered since his arrest by Israeli forces in December 2023, two months after the war began. “The Israelis told us ‘Welcome to hell’. It really was hell,” Rajab recalled. “From the first day, we were beaten up badly. The beatings were brutal, tough and unbearable.” According to Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, Palestinians spoke of beatings and mistreatment, even in the last hours before their release. “Palestinians released from Israeli captivity are in very bad shape. They speak of malnutrition, of going hungry for the past 15 months, of being deprived of even hygiene products, only being allowed to shower every 10 days,” Odeh said. “Their health is clearly ailing because of those months of mistreatment.” While Abu Radah and Rajab were arrested more recently, Mohammed el-Halabi, the former head of World Vision in Gaza, was imprisoned for almost nine years before being released on Saturday. “My case was a high-profile case, and I was convicted with no evidence. They wanted to use me to undermine international assistance to Gaza,” el-Halabi, who was accused by Israel of supporting Hamas, told Al Jazeera. El-Halabi, physically weakened and losing much weight while incarcerated, said he was subjected to physical and psychological torture, which worsened after the start of the war on Gaza. “Starvation happened every day, and we only had a low-quality meal once a day. I was 95kg [209 pounds] when I went to prison. Now I weigh 45kg [100 pounds].” Since the start of the ceasefire last month, 24 captives from Gaza and 985 Palestinian detainees have been released, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which has helped facilitate the exchange.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/it-was-hell-released-palestinian-prisoners-in-poor-health-conditions

Al Jazeera - Feb 15, 2025 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<Palestinians burn ‘humiliating’ shirts after release from Israeli prisons
Freed Palestinians burn ‘racist’ shirts forced onto them by Israel in exchange for captives after tense negotiations.
A Palestinian burns a sweatshirt featuring the prison service logo, a Star of David, and the slogan: "We do not forget and we do not forgive", that was given to freed Palestinian prisoners at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip Israel’s move to force the released Palestinians to wear shirts with a Star of David logo and “we will not forget or forgive” written in Arabic has prompted anger and been slammed as a “racist crime”. On Saturday, 369 Palestinians were released in exchange for three captives in Gaza following days of tense negotiations.Before the exchange, the Israel Prison Service released photos of a few of the Palestinians dressed in those provocative shirts. As the Palestinians were being returned, a number of them wore their shirts inside out in order to cover the messages. Footage shot in Gaza by Al Jazeera showed a few Palestinians setting fire to the shirts upon their arrival at the European Gaza Hospital in Gaza’s Khan Younis. “We condemn the occupation’s crime of placing racist slogans on the backs of our heroic prisoners, and treating them with cruelty and violence, in a blatant violation of humanitarian laws and norms,” Hamas said in a statement. It added that this is “in contrast to the resistance’s firm commitment to moral values in treating the occupation’s prisoners”. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group also condemned the shirts as a “racist crime”. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority, quoting an Israeli source, there was criticism in Israel over the uniforms as well. A source was quoted as saying that Israel’s political echelon was not informed of the move. The decision to have the Palestinians don the shirts was made by Israel’s Prison Commissioner Kobi Yaacobi, the source told the broadcaster. Mohamad Elmasry, a professor in the media studies programme at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, told Al Jazeera that this was “another method” under which Israel intends to “dehumanise” Palestinians. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is facilitating the exchange, called on all parties for more “dignified” releases. “Despite repeatedly calling for all transfers to be carried out in a dignified and private manner, more must be done by all sides, including the mediators, to improve future transfers,” the ICRC said in a statement on Saturday. The furore surrounding the provocative shirts underscores a long policy of “humiliation”, according to Xavier Abu Eid, a political analyst speaking to Al Jazeera from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. “We’ve been analysing throughout these past weeks the humiliation of Palestinian prisoners,” Abu Eid said. He noted this was “nothing new” but not only damaged the prisoners but also their families.
A total of 24 captives and 985 Palestinians have been released since the ceasefire began in January, according to the ICRC.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/palestinians-burn-shirts-forced-to-wear-upon-release-from-israeli-jails

Al Jazeera - Feb 15, 2025 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<Despite ceasefire, Israel still destroying homes in Gaza
Analysis of satellite images shows Israel has destroyed dozens of homes in possible breach of the ceasefire terms. Israel has destroyed dozens of homes in Rafah, southern Gaza, despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, satellite imagery analysis conducted by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, Sanad, has revealed. The crossing between Egypt and Gaza at Rafah, which has served as a critical lifeline into the enclave for decades, was closed by Israel in May 2024. Since seizing control of the border area, in breach of its 1979 peace agreement with Egypt, Israel has been digging in in the Philadelphi Corridor, a 14-km (8.7-mile) strip of land along the boundary between Egypt and Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasised the importance of remaining in the corridor, despite the illegality. According to Sanad, the images, taken between January 19 and 21, show the Israeli army to have built sand fortifications across the Rafah crossing. Additionally, the agency said, a new military outpost has been established just to the north of the crossing. The army has also constructed a 1.7 km (1.1-mile) road surrounding the crossing, running parallel to the sand fortifications. Israeli forces have also kept thousands of Rafah residents from their homes, Israeli military vehicles shooting at dozens of people trying to go home, injuring and killing them. Israel, in essence, is constructing “a buffer zone that allows you to push any kind of fighters or, in technical terms, any hostile within an otherwise friendly environment away from you”, Palestinian defence analyst Hamze Attar said. As part of the ceasefire, which began on January 19, Israel agreed to reduce its forces in the area before completely withdrawing its troops by the 50th day of the agreement. However, analysis carried out on satellite images taken between January 19 and February 1 shows the Israeli army has continued construction in the area, demolishing and bulldozing 64 buildings within the city of Rafah, specifically in the as-Salam, Idari, and Tel Zaarab neighbourhoods. The demolitions occurred only 700 metres (766 yards) from the Egyptian border. At the same time, Sanad also identified at least six homes razed in Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah, a little more than 750 metres (820 yards) from the Egyptian border. “This is a war crime because they are destroying residential houses,” Attar said, referring to the fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits the destruction of private property. Meanwhile, Munir al-Bursh, director-general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said on Tuesday that Israeli attacks, unexploded ordnance, or fatal injuries sustained earlier have killed 118 people since the ceasefire agreement took effect. In addition to military breaches of the ceasefire, Israel has not allowed in sufficient amounts of essential humanitarian aid, such as food, fuel, tents, and emergency shelters. Rafah Mayor Ahmed al-Sufi said most of the city’s residents remain displaced, with an estimated 200,000 people sheltering in the al-Mawasi Khan Younis area and other locations across Gaza, unable to come home. According to him, initial estimates indicate that 90 percent of Rafah’s homes have been damaged, with approximately 52,000 units suffering various degrees of destruction.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/despite-ceasefire-israel-still-destroying-homes-in-gaza


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Al Jazeera - Feb 15, 2025
<<Israel frees hundreds of Palestinians after captives in Gaza released
Israel is returning 369 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails after three captives in Gaza were freed.
Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners released
Hamas released three more Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip in the sixth such exchange following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire. In return, Israel began returning 369 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails on Saturday, most without any charges or convictions. It is the largest number of Palestinians to be freed since the beginning of the truce. At least four of those freed were immediately brought to a hospital for treatment. Among the most prominent to be released is Ahmed Barghouti, 48, a close aide of iconic Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti. Most of the prisoners were arrested in Gaza and will be sent back to the besieged enclave. About 10 will be released in the occupied West Bank, one in occupied East Jerusalem, with the others being sent to Egypt and later to other countries that will accept them. A number of elderly prisoners were among those released including a 70-year-old man. A few looked gaunt and others stern as they stepped off of buses, while some smiled and flashed the victory sign. A number of Palestinians wore their shirts inside out in order to cover messages after the Israel Prison Service made them put on outfits with a Star of David logo that said, “We will not forget or forgive” in Arabic. Released Palestinian prisoner Amir Abu Radah told Al Jazeera he spent 18 months in Israel’s Nafha desert prison where authorities cut water and electricity. “Our conditions in prison were extremely difficult and no one could bear them. For a year and a half we have not had any means of communication and we were isolated from the world,” Abu Radah said.
‘Complete the ceasefire’
The three captives in Gaza – identified as American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexander Sasha Trufanov, and Argentinian-Israeli Yair Horn – were freed to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross during a brief ceremony in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. All three were among those taken by Hamas following its October 7 attack on southern Israel. Dekel-Chen, Trufanov and Horn were seen carrying certificates for their release and maps of Palestine. They were transported back to Israel for medical examinations before reuniting with their families. A crowd gathered in Tel Aviv’s “Hostages Square” to watch the exchange, with many carrying Israeli flags and posters with messages including “Sorry and welcome back” and “Complete the ceasefire.” With Saturday’s handover, the number of captives released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad has reached 25 since the ceasefire began on January 19. Dozens of armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters guarded the square where the handover took place. Hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including women, children and the elderly, gathered behind the security cordon trying to witness the release. Al Jazeera’s Tarek Abu Azzoum, reporting from the site in Khan Younis, described the release as “highly coordinated” and “marked by a strict security protocol and symbolic display of power”.
‘What is going to happen next?’
Hamas issued a statement after the release saying it was “a renewed message” to Israel. “The release of the sixth batch of enemy prisoners confirms there is no way to free them except through negotiations and by adhering to the requirements of the ceasefire agreement,” the group said.
Muhanad Seloom of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies told Al Jazeera so far both parties to the ceasefire are trying to stick to the agreement.
“The tough negotiations would be what comes after the first phase. While the focus is on the release of the hostages, the main question should be what is going to happen the next day?” he said. “What we see now is Hamas sticking to its end of the deal. Israel is more elusive about it, which signals it might not be committed to the second phase.”
‘No migration except to Jerusalem’
Uri Dromi, a retired Israeli colonel, said, “every Israeli is glued to their TV screen” watching the handover.
“At the same time, people are looking beyond the present event and asking themselves here what will happen in Gaza the next day,” he told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv. Referring to US President Donald Trump’s proposal to remove all Palestinians from Gaza, he added: “I would hope to see some change in the region – some better future for the people of Gaza. As long as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad are pulling the strings there, it is not going to happen.” Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians has been roundly rejected by Palestinian groups and countries in the region. “We say to the whole world: there is no migration except to Jerusalem, and this is our response to all the calls for displacement and liquidation launched by Trump and those who support his approach from the forces of colonialism and occupation,” said Hamas.
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SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/15/israeli-captives-story

Al Jazeera - Feb 14, 2025
<<Weaponising anti-Semitism won’t save Israel’s reputation | #AJOPINION
Donald Trump’s executive order to remove pro-Palestinian foreign students under the guise of fighting anti-Semitism will not save Israel’s reputation in the United States, according to Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Nihad Awad.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/2/14/weaponising-anti-semitism-wont-save-israels-reputation-ajopinion


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Al Jazeera - Feb 14, 2025 - Photo-gallery
<<Displaced Palestinians wait for aid amid the rubble of Gaza’s destruction
Aid groups warn that Israel blocking essential supplies to rebuild homes is worsening Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were forcibly displaced are living amid the rubble of their destroyed homes, waiting for Israel to allow entry of prefabricated temporary homes stuck at the border with Egypt, which were promised under the terms of the ceasefire. Israel is only allowing in aid trucks carrying food, water, medical supplies and blankets. But it is blocking the entry of heavy machinery and mobile houses which are still lined up on the Egyptian side of the border. “It is not quite enough for civilians who are suffering from a very drastic humanitarian situation,” said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Rafah in southern Gaza. A recent update from the United Nations aid coordination office said nearly one million displaced Palestinians are living in “substandard tents or makeshift shelters, with families resorting to sewing old rice sacks together for basic cover”. For those displaced Palestinians returning home, the streets are hard to walk on or drive vehicles over because of the rubble and rocks from destroyed neighbourhoods. “Bulldozers and trucks are much needed now to start the process of clearing areas, including much of the Gaza Strip, with close to 80 percent of it now under rubble,” said Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, also reporting from Rafah.>>
View photos: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/2/14/displaced-palestinians-wait-for-aid-amid-the-rubble-of-gazas-destruction


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Al Jazeera - Feb 14, 2025
<<Israeli raids cause widespread destruction in the West Bank
Israel’s weeks-long raid on the occupied West Bank has displaced thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction to critical infrastructure.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/2/14/israeli-raids-cause-widespread-destruction-in-the-west-bank

Al Jazeera - Feb 14, 2025 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<Trump’s Gaza takeover ‘plan’ puts Egypt in a tough spot
Egypt must balance internal stability and US foreign aid when weighing its counter-offer to Trump’s Gaza plan.
The meeting on Tuesday between Jordan’s King Abdullah II and US President Donald Trump ended in tense anticipation of what will come next for the Gaza Strip. At stake was Trump’s suggestion that the United States “take over” the enclave and expel Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan King Abdullah mentioned during an impromptu news conference that an alternative plan to rebuild Gaza without ethnically cleansing it would be crafted by Arab countries, including Egypt, which was already planning an emergency Arab summit on Gaza on February 27. Hours later, Egypt issued a statement confirming it would present “a comprehensive vision for rebuilding Gaza while ensuring Palestinians remain on their land” and reiterated its commitment to working with the US to reach “a just settlement to the Palestinian issue”.
What is at stake for Egypt?
“It’s hard to know how seriously to take Trump’s proposed US takeover of Gaza,” Jacob Eriksson, lecturer of post-war recovery studies at the University of York, told Al Jazeera. “If Trump persists, however, it could put Egypt in a difficult position,” he added, referring to Trump’s threats that he would freeze aid funds to Egypt if it does not cooperate. “At a time when Egypt continues to face mounting economic challenges linked to debt and inflation, this could have a significant impact.” Since 1946, the United States has given Egypt more than $85bn in bilateral foreign aid, including military and economic assistance, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. And Egypt was the fifth-largest recipient of US foreign aid in 2023, receiving $1.45bn, 85 percent of which was for the military sector. Egyptian journalist Hossam El-Hamalawy said that the aid Cairo receives “is a statement that Egypt is a close ally and is a partner for Washington” and signifies strong political backing from Washington.
But money isn’t everything.
Although foreign support is vital for the survival of the current Egyptian administration, so is internal political peace, which could be destabilised if the expulsion of Palestinians is allowed. “Generation after generation of Egyptian youth have had Palestine as their gateway into politics,” El-Hamalawy said. “In addition … [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi] is very worried about the replication of the Beirut scenario where Palestinian resistance operations in one way or another gave Israel a justification to go into Lebanon and occupy chunks of it for a very long time,” El-Hamalawy added, referring to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and occupation of its territory for different periods, including today.
Counter-offer
For now, until Trump stops talking about forcing the displacement of Palestinians, el-Sisi has reportedly said that he will not attend any talks at the White House. Egypt has little choice but to work with other Arab states on a counter-proposal that they can defend together. “Any drastic action could endanger important agreements,” political analyst Abdallah Nasef, who believes Cairo will have to compromise a little in the proposal, told Al Jazeera. “Egypt could, similar to Jordan, offer to take in injured individuals and their families, albeit at a larger rate and number than that proposed by Jordan,” Nasef suggested. King Abdullah said on Tuesday that Jordan could “right away” take 2,000 sick children. Egypt has been treating injured Palestinians in its hospitals since the start of the war, and will likely continue to do so in larger numbers when the crossing opens. “While any significant economic contribution to the reconstruction of Gaza is likely to prove difficult given aforementioned economic challenges, Egyptian officials … would undoubtedly continue to offer its services as a mediator and a political partner,” researcher Jacob Eriksson said, doubtful of how much Egypt could financially contribute.
Reconstruction efforts
Israel has said that it will not compensate Palestinians or help to pay to fix the damage it has wrought in Gaza. Instead, it would be up to regional countries and the international community to implement any plan put forward by Egypt and Jordan. “One can speculate that, definitely, [this plan] will involve enlisting massive amounts of cash and finances from the Gulf … to speed up the reconstruction process for the Palestinians without displacing them,” El-Hamalawy said. Egyptian construction companies do appear ready to cooperate with an international effort to rebuild Gaza. For instance, real estate and construction tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa, said in a TV interview on February 9 that he has been working on a reconstruction plan that would require the participation of about 40 to 50 construction companies from Egypt and other countries. Egypt could contribute to reconstruction efforts while simultaneously guaranteeing that Gazans don’t need to be forced out,” Nasef said, adding that “They won’t have to if caravans and tents, which Israel continues to block, are allowed into the Strip.” He agreed with El-Hamalawy, though, that Egypt’s efforts would have to be bankrolled by the Gulf, due to Egypt’s economic problems. Gulf countries have played a significant role in funding the aid reaching the Gaza Strip in the last few months, with the Gulf Cooperation Council announcing in December that its member states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – had collectively given $650m in humanitarian aid to Gaza, along with the occupied West Bank, since October 2023. The reconstruction of Gaza, where the vast majority of buildings and infrastructure has been destroyed by Israel, will cost far more. But with Trump’s Gaza displacement plan complicating matters and a ceasefire deal in Gaza that has threatened to collapse in the past week, Arab countries are under pressure to respond.>>
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/14/trumps-gaza-takeover-plan-puts-egypt-in-a-tough-spot

Al Jazeera - Feb 13, 2025
<<Australian police probe video of nurses bragging about killing Israelis
Two Australian nurses are being investigated by police over a video which showed them bragging about killing and denying treatment to Israelis.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/2/13/australian-police-probe-video-of-nurses-bragging-about-killing-israelis-2

Medyanews - February 12, 2025
<<Amnesty slams Germany over Arabic language ban at pro-Palestine protest
Amnesty International on Monday condemned the German authorities for banning the use of Arabic at a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin, calling the move discriminatory and a violation of free speech. The crackdown, which saw German police arrest demonstrators for chanting and speaking in Arabic, has sparked widespread criticism. Amnesty International has condemned the German authorities for banning the use of Arabic at a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin, calling the move discriminatory and a violation of free speech. In a video statement, the rights group urged Germany to immediately lift the language restrictions and respect the right to peaceful assembly. The condemnation followed a demonstration near the city’s Wittenbergplatz underground station, which police forcibly shut down, arresting protesters for chanting, and and even for just speaking in Arabic on Saturday. The protest, organised to demand an end to Israeli military operations in the West Bank and an embargo on arms sales to Israel, saw demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags and holding placards reading “Stop the aggression in the West Bank” and “Freedom for Palestine”. Despite being peaceful, the rally faced heavy police intervention when Arabic music and slogans were played. Officers insisted that only German and English were permitted for signs and chants, leading to a tense standoff. Over 50 demonstrators staged a sit-in, refusing to leave until several were detained. “These language restrictions must stop,” Amnesty said in its statement, criticising German authorities for infringing on fundamental freedoms. The rights group, along with other human rights organisations, has repeatedly accused Germany of suppressing pro-Palestine voices through bans, police crackdowns and protest restrictions, particularly since the escalation of violence in Gaza in October 2023. German authorities have increasingly restricted pro-Palestine demonstrations over the past year, justifying their actions by citing public order concerns. However, critics argue that the bans disproportionately target Arabic speakers and activists critical of Israel’s actions. Human rights advocates warn that Germany’s stance sets a dangerous precedent for civil liberties and the freedom of speech. The protest took place as tensions in Palestine remain high. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes and military operations since October 2023 has exceeded 48,000. The demonstration’s organisers denounced Israel’s ongoing attacks and arms shipments, calling for international intervention. Amnesty International’s condemnation of the Berlin crackdown has sparked widespread criticism of Germany’s policies. Rights groups and activists argue that the increasing constraints on the right to protest reflect a broader pattern of eroding democratic freedoms in the country. The international community continues to monitor Germany’s approach, as concerns mount over the shrinking space for political expression and dissent.>>
Video: https://medyanews.net/amnesty-slams-germany-over-arabic-language-ban-at-pro-palestine-protest/

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