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Updates March and earlier, 2025-'24 Actual: The arrest of Makmoud Khalil and aftermath & Inside the Ramallah hotel housing Gaza’s cancer patients & Beauty in Gaza: Noor’s tent salon in the rubble   Earlier: Why is America afraid of ‘No Other Land’?... & For Israel, ceasefire is a continuation of war by other means... Opinion: & Netanyahu’s plan to deprive and rule in Gaza will fail again & Ramadan in Gaza: Ruins and unshakable faith & 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

March 19 - 18, 2025 Stories of children killed in Israel’s attacks in Gaza... and Two-thirds of people Israel killed in Gaza strikes were women and children... and more bestial attack crimes stories by the nazi-idf leaded by 'ober-stuermbahnfuhrer' netanyahu March 18, 2025 Israel resumed its relentless bombing of Gaza Read more about "The unmistakable sounds of genocide" i.e. acts of inhumanity of the idf nazis and their co-killers of the innocent. And 'I was a human shield'

March 15 - 13, 2025 Food for thought: 'genocidal' targeting of reproductive facilities in Gaza Remember mengele and ask yourself: who are the 'non-humans'? Or does your 'collective memory' censors yours? Read more here March 13 - 11, 2025 Food for thought: Nobody interrupts the psychopaths whom keep bombing; killing civilians and with it also of Palestinian women who only want to give birth to a new generation. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself and March 10 - 12, 2025 Release Mahmoud...

March 11 - 9, 2025 <<Starvation as a weapon... Question: who really are The non-humans? Read more and decide for yourself March 13 - 11, 2025 Food for thought: Nobody interrupts the psychopaths whom keep bombing; killing civilians and with it also of Palestinian women who only want to give birth to a new generation. Gino d'Artali Read more and decide for yourself

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 - March 13, 2025 - by Nour Odeh
<<What were Israel’s ‘genocidal acts’ against reproductive health in Gaza?
The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry has accused Israel of committing “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by using sexual violence and targeting women’s health facilities in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh details the allegations.
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/3/13/what-were-israels-genocidal-acts-against-reproductive-health-in-gaza


Video footage - Forced malnutrition as a genocidal weapon
Al Jazeera - March 15, 2025 - By Usaid Siddiqui and Stephen Quillen
<<Acute child malnutrition in northern Gaza doubles in one month, UNICEF says
The UN agency warns malnutrition crisis worsens across Gaza, with dramatic rises in affected children under two and under five.
One in three children under the age of two in the northern Gaza Strip suffers from acute malnutrition, the United Nations’ children agency has warned, as Israel’s total blockade of aid enters its third week. In a statement on Saturday, UNICEF said fast-spreading malnutrition among children in Gaza is reaching “devastating and unprecedented levels” due to the deep effects of Israel’s war and ongoing curbs on the delivery of aid into the territory.The agency said acute malnutrition had doubled in a month, affecting 31 percent of children under two in February, compared with 15.6 percent in January. Among children under five, acute malnutrition has surged from 13 to 25 percent, it added, citing nutrition screenings carried out by UNICEF and its partners. “The speed at which this catastrophic child malnutrition crisis in Gaza has unfolded is shocking, especially when desperately needed assistance has been at the ready just a few miles away,” said Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive director. She added that despite repeated attempts to deliver aid, the situation for children in Gaza “is getting worse by each passing day”. “Our efforts in providing life-saving aid are being hampered by unnecessary restrictions, and those are costing children their lives,” Russell said.
Israel’s aid blockade prompts outcry
Israel halted the entry of all aid supplies to Gaza on March 2, hours after the first phase of its fragile ceasefire deal with the Palestinian group Hamas expired, raising fears of “deepening hunger” and more hardships for the territory’s population. Israel has also cut electricity to a crucial water desalination plant, threatening Gaza’s potable water supply. Rights organisations have accused Israel of crimes against humanity and violations of international laws for cutting off aid to Gaza. Palestinian health officials say nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed in Israel’s war on the enclave, with thousands more missing under the rubble and presumed dead, and 70 percent of Gaza’s buildings and roads damaged after 15 months of Israeli bombardment. “At least 23 children in Northern Gaza Strip have reportedly died from malnutrition and dehydration in recent weeks, adding to the mounting toll of children killed in the Strip in this current conflict,” UNICEF said. It added that 4.5 percent of children in health centres and shelters suffered from severe wasting – the deadliest form of malnutrition, “which puts children at highest risk of medical complications and death”. Screenings in the southern city of Khan Younis found that 28 percent of children under two are acutely malnourished, with 10 percent suffering from severe wasting. “Even in Rafah, the southern enclave with the most access to aid, the results from screenings among children under 2 years doubled from 5 per cent who were acutely malnourished in January to about 10 per cent by the end of February,” the UN agency noted. “Acute malnutrition among children has continued to rise rapidly and at scale and there is a high risk it will continue to increase across the Gaza Strip, costing more lives, in the absence of more humanitarian assistance and the restoration of essential services.” UNICEF’s Russell said while they were “doing everything” to avert a major humanitarian crisis, it was not enough.
“An immediate humanitarian ceasefire continues to provide the only chance to save children’s lives and end their suffering.”
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/15/acute-child-malnutrition-in-northern-gaza-doubles-in-one-month-unicef-says

Al Jazeera - March 15, 2025 - Inside Story By Nils Adler
<<LIVE: Israel attack kills 9 in north Gaza as humanitarian conditions worsen
At least nine people have been killed and several wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza.
One in three children under the age of two in the northern Gaza Strip suffers from acute malnutrition, UNICEF warns.>>
Read more/video: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/15/live-israeli-attacks-kill-5-in-north-gaza-tanks-fire-in-southern-rafah

France24 - March 15, 2025
<<Israel accused of 'violation' of Gaza truce by Hamas after deadly air strikes
MIDDLE EAST
Hamas has accused Israel of a 'blatant violation' of a fragile Gaza ceasefire in the Palestinian territory after around nine people were killed, including journalists, in Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. Gaza's civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory. Following the reported strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire took hold on January 19, Hamas accused Israel of a "blatant violation" of the truce which largely halted more than 15 months of fighting. The first phase of the truce ended on March 1 without agreement on the next steps, but both Israel and Hamas have refrained from returning to all-out war. A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday fresh talks had begun in Doha, with Israel also sending negotiators. On Saturday, Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP that "nine martyrs have been transferred (to hospital), including several journalists and a number of workers from the Al-Khair Charitable Organisation". He said the killings were "as a result of the occupation (Israel) targeting a vehicle with a drone in the town of Beit Lahia, coinciding with artillery shelling on the same area". The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said "nine martyrs and several injured, including critical cases" were taken to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza. In a statement, the Israeli military said it hit "two terrorists... operating a drone that posed a threat to IDF troops in the area of Beit Lahia". "Later, a number of additional terrorists collected the drone operating equipment and entered a vehicle. The IDF struck the terrorists," it added. Israel has carried out near-daily air strikes in Gaza since early March, often targeting what the military said were militants planting explosive devices. "The occupation has committed a horrific massacre in the northern Gaza Strip by targeting a group of journalists and humanitarian workers, in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement.
'Systematic targeting'
A separate Hamas statement said the attack was "a dangerous escalation", adding that it "reaffirms (Israel's) intent to backtrack on the ceasefire agreement and intentionally obstruct any opportunity to complete the agreement and carry out the prisoner swap". During the truce's initial six-week phase, militants released 33 hostages, including eight who were deceased, in exchange for about 1,800 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons.
Hamas said Saturday that "the ball is in Israel's court" after offering to release an Israeli-US hostage and return the bodies of four others as part of the truce talks. Gaza's civil defence agency said that among the nine killed were at least three photo journalists, one a drone photography specialist, and a driver. It said two of the photographers worked for the Oman-based Ayn television channel. Two members of the Al-Khair charitable organisation were killed, including a spokesperson, the civil defence agency said. "This heinous crime comes in the context of the systematic targeting of Palestinian journalists, who pay with their lives to convey the truth and expose the crimes of the occupation to the world," a Palestinian Journalists Syndicate statement said. "The continuation of these brutal attacks against journalists constitutes a war crime and a blatant violation of international laws, especially the Geneva Convention, which guarantees the protection of journalists during conflicts."
Journalists killed
The director of Hamas-affiliated media in Gaza, Ismail Thawabteh, told AFP that local photo journalists were killed while "using a drone to capture images of a Ramadan dining table in Beit Lahia". He said they were "directly targeted by the occupation in two air strikes, despite their work being clear". The Committee to Protect Journalists said in February that a total of 85 journalists had died in the Israeli-Hamas war, "all at the hands of the Israeli military", adding that 82 of them were Palestinians. In November, Reporters without Borders said that more than 140 journalists had been killed in Gaza by the Israeli military since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel which sparked the war. The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, while Israel's military retaliation in Gaza killed more than 48,543, according to figures from the two sides. There are still 58 hostages held in Gaza, 34 of whom the Israeli army has declared dead.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)>> Source: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250315-israel-accused-of-violation-of-gaza-truce-by-hamas-after-deadly-air-strikes

Al Jazeera - March 12, 2025
<<Israel kills at least nine Palestinians, including journalists, in Gaza
The attack targets a relief team in the north of the enclave that was accompanied by journalists and photographers.
At least nine people, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian media. The attack on Saturday reportedly targeted a relief team that was accompanied by journalists and photographers. At least three local journalists are among the dead. The Palestinian Journalists’ Protection Center said in a statement that “the journalists were documenting humanitarian relief efforts for those affected by Israel’s genocidal war” and called on Gaza ceasefire mediators to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with implementing the agreed truce and prisoner exchange. Israel has rejected opening talks on the second phase of the ceasefire between it and Hamas, which would require it to negotiate over a permanent end to the war, a key Hamas demand. Reporting from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said that since the implementation of the first phase in January, different humanitarian organisations and charities have started to ramp up their efforts to provide humanitarian support for Palestinians, specifically during the holy month of Ramadan. “The attack [on Beit Lahiya] has triggered a huge swathe of condemnation, but it has not been the first one. Here in the southern part of Gaza, we have seen Israeli drones hovering above while in Rafah city we have got confirmation from eyewitnesses that they have been exposed to Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours,” Abu Azzoum said. Hamas called the attack on Beit Lahiya a “horrific massacre” and “a continuation” of Israeli “war crimes against our people and a dangerous escalation that reflects its insistence on continuing its aggression and disregard for all international laws and conventions”. In a statement, the Israeli military said it struck “two terrorists … operating a drone that posed a threat” to Israeli soldiers in the Beit Lahiya area. “Later, a number of additional terrorists collected the drone operating equipment and entered a vehicle. The [Israeli military] struck the terrorists,” it added without providing any evidence about its claims. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said at least 48,543 Palestinians have been confirmed killed and 111,981 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office has updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of Palestinian people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
‘Crisis that has no end in sight’ due to aid blockade
In addition to its ongoing drone attacks in Gaza, Israel halted the entry of all aid into the enclave on March 2, hours after the first phase of its fragile ceasefire with Hamas expired, raising fears of “deepening hunger” and more hardships for Gaza’s people. Israel has also cut electricity to a crucial water desalination plant, threatening Gaza’s potable water supply. “People right now have been forced to depend on alternative, negative coping mechanisms, including the reduction of the meals they have on a daily basis,” Abu Azzoum reported. “Families right now are struggling to afford the meal to break their fast during Ramadan, another sign of a crisis that has no end in sight,” he added. Rights organisations have accused Israel of crimes against humanity and violations of international law for cutting off aid to Gaza. One in three children under the age of two in the northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition, UNICEF warned on Saturday. In a statement, the United Nations agency said fast-spreading malnutrition among children in Gaza is reaching “devastating and unprecedented levels” due to the effects of Israel’s war and ongoing curbs on the delivery of aid into the territory. Israel’s “deliberate” curtailing of Gaza’s access to water amounts to “acts of genocide”, according to Niku Jafarnia, a researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW). Israel is reducing Gaza’s water supplies “not only [by] attacking desalination facilities but also by cutting off water through the pipelines that go into Gaza from Israel, by cutting off fuel or restricting access to fuel, and by also destroying and attacking wastewater facility plants”, the researcher told Al Jazeera, speaking from Beirut, Lebanon. “It’s also a matter of not allowing any repair materials that are required in order to actually reconstruct and repair a lot of the water infrastructure and attacking a warehouse that belonged to the water municipality which stored … millions of dollars of repair equipment.”
Ceasefire talks in limbo?
Israel’s aid blockade and recent attacks in Gaza come as ceasefire talks continue. Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh says the truce negotiations appear to be in limbo because each of the negotiating parties is firmly standing their ground. “Hamas has offered to release one Israeli captive who holds dual citizenship along with the bodies of four captives. Israel has its own proposal while the US envoy Steve Witkoff has proposed something more aligned with Netanyahu’s position – but certainly neither here nor there,” she said. “Hamas insists that the end of the war must be discussed, not just the particulars of an agreement or a bridging proposal, so there’s still a very big gap,” she added.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/15/israel-kills-at-least-nine-palestinians-including-journalists-in-gaza


Video footage - Mahmoud Khalil
Al Jazeera - March 14, 2025 - By Shola Lawal
<<Columbia expels, suspends students after government threats: What we know
Move comes after Columbia was targeted in federal funding cuts last week. Columbia University has expelled, suspended or revoked degrees of students who occupied a campus hall during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in April 2024, the university said on Thursday. Students were issued with punishments based on the “severity of behaviour at these events” and past infractions, if any, a statement from Columbia read. The move is the university’s response to a crackdown on student activists in the United States who led pro-Palestine demonstrations last year amid Israel’s war on Gaza, and called for their schools to cut financial ties with Israel. It also comes after the government cut $400m in federal funding for Columbia on March 7. The university was one of 60 institutions threatened with further cuts in a letter from US authorities this week. Here’s what we know about the threat to Columbia and how it has responded:
What does the US government’s letter to Columbia and other universities say?
On March 10, the US Department of Education sent letters to 60 institutions, informing them they were under investigation for “antisemitic harassment and discrimination” and warning them of potential law enforcement actions if they don’t “protect Jewish students”. Prominent institutions such as Columbia, Harvard and Princeton were among the schools which received the notice. All 60 schools benefit from US federal funding. The letter cited Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which the education department said mandates universities to “protect Jewish students on campus, including (by providing) uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities”. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon was quoted as saying in the missive: “The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite US campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better.” Earlier, on March 7, the Department of Education announced a $400m funding cut to Columbia specifically, citing a “failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment”. The school was a major hub during a wave of campus protests that swept the US last year as Israel’s war on Gaza escalated. On April 30, a group of students, staff and alumni occupied Hamilton Hall, an academic building on campus, before being forcibly cleared by New York police on request of the university’s leadership.
How has Columbia responded? What action has it taken against students?
Columbia has not publicly responded to the letter from the education department. However, in a statement to staff and students on March 10, Columbia’s interim president Katrina Armstrong said funding cuts would impact “research and critical functions of the University”, and would affect staff and students. About a quarter of the university’s more than $6bn yearly operation costs are met by federal grants. Then, on Thursday, Columbia announced that students involved in last year’s Hamilton Hall protest have received multiple-year suspensions or outright expulsions following the university’s investigations. The months-long process was carried out by the school’s University Judicial Board, and included hearings for each student involved. “Columbia is committed to enforcing the University’s Rules and Policies and improving our disciplinary processes,” the university said.
Others who have since graduated will have their degrees revoked, it added. The names and precise number of students sanctioned by the judicial board were not revealed. According to The Associated Press news agency, several other students have been notified by university officials that they are also under investigation for sharing social media posts in support of Palestinian people or joining “unauthorised” protests.
‘Dangerous times’: How have students and others reacted?
In an opinion published in the university’s publication Columbia Daily Spectator in February, a body of student workers accused the university’s leadership of not taking a stand. “The Student Workers of Columbia sent you a letter asking for assurance that Columbia would protect noncitizen students, faculty and staff. In response we received a vague reply from your office, which seemed to reference a completely different topic. Rather than standing up for the Columbia community, the University’s leadership has stood by or, worse, accelerated and enabled these threats,” the body wrote. Columbia University authorities this week warned students at the institution’s journalism school about posting on social media, according to reporting by The New York Times. Non-US citizens were especially warned to avoid publishing about Gaza or Ukraine. “If you have a social media page, make sure it is not filled with commentary on the Middle East,” the journalism school’s dean, Jelani Cobb told students. “Nobody can protect you … these are dangerous times,” he added. “History shows that a university that does not advocate for the academic freedom of its own members is opening itself to further attacks on academic freedom in the future,” said historian Eraldo Souza dos Santos, who is currently affiliated with Cornell University. “Columbia seemingly not only ignored Khalil’s calls for protection, but also has been willing to collaborate with the current administration in its efforts to criminalise dissent on campus. “It should, instead, be trying, within its own capacities, to offer legal and public-facing support to a generation of students who belong to the same long struggle against segregation and apartheid that took shape between the 1960s and 1980s,” he told Al Jazeera.
What happened in the lead-up to all this?
Authorities have also cracked down directly on students involved in pro-Palestine demonstrations. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student who acted as student negotiator with university authorities until his graduation in December, was arrested and detained by immigration authorities on Saturday, March 11. Khalil is Palestinian and was raised in Syria. He holds permanent residency in the US and is married to a US citizen, but now faces deportation. Khalil’s lawyer Amy Greer told reporters that he was inside his Columbia University-owned home when officials of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency arrived to take him into custody. Posting on his Truth Social platform after Khalil’s detention, Trump said it would be the “first arrest of many”. Republicans in the US Congress have scrutinised and criticised Columbia’s disciplinary process since the Hamilton Hall event. In a February letter to the institution, Republican representatives demanded that Columbia hand over records of students involved in campus protests or face funding cuts. This week, Khalil and seven other unnamed students at Columbia and the affiliated Barnard College filed a lawsuit in a federal court in Manhattan in an attempt to permanently block a US congressional committee from obtaining student records from the institutions.
Meanwhile, protesters have been gathering in support of Khalil. On Thursday, dozens of demonstrators who flooded the lobby of Trump Tower in New York with banners that read “Free Mahmoud,” were arrested by police.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/14/columbia-expels-suspends-students-after-government-threats-what-we-know
Read more here:
www.cryfreedom.net/Palestine-2025-march-wk2P3-The-arrest-of-Makmoud-Khalil-and-aftermath.htm

Al Jazeera - March 14, 2025
<<US, Israel want to displace Palestinians from Gaza to East Africa: Report
Officials from US and Israel say governments of Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland have been asked to take in people of Gaza.
The United States and Israel have discussed with three East African governments the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland, according to US and Israeli officials quoted by The Associated Press news agency. Friday’s report said officials from Sudan claimed to have rejected overtures from the US, while officials from Somalia and Somaliland told AP they were unaware of any contacts. Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a secret diplomatic initiative, US and Israeli officials confirmed the contacts with Somalia and Somaliland, while the US officials confirmed Sudan as well. They said it was unclear how much progress the efforts made or at what level the discussions took place. The development comes more than a month after US President Donald Trump floated the idea of forcibly displacing Palestinians and “taking over” the Gaza Strip. It was roundly rejected by Palestinians and countries in the Middle East, with many describing it as ethnic cleansing. Separate outreach from the US and Israel to the three potential destinations began last month, days after Trump floated the Gaza plan alongside Netanyahu, according to the US officials, who said Israel was taking the lead in the discussions.
There was no immediate reaction to the report from the US or Israel.
But Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a longtime advocate of what he calls “voluntary” emigration of Palestinians, said this week that Israel is working to identify countries to take them in. He also said Israel is preparing a “very large emigration department” within its Ministry of Defense.
‘Red line’
Tamer Qarmout, an associate professor at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, told Al Jazeera the forced displacement of Palestinians is “a red line that should not be crossed”. He said governments around the world have a responsibility to stop the “outrageous” proposal and “should not be engaging with Israel on any of these scenarios”, especially the displacement of Palestinians to African countries, “many of which continue to struggle from colonial legacies”. “Sudan and Somalia are still ravaged by wars due to the colonial legacy. They [the Israeli government] have to be exposed and put on a shame list,” Qarmout added. In exchange for accepting resettled Palestinians, it is thought that a variety of incentives – financial, diplomatic and security – would be offered to the East African governments. A US official involved in the efforts confirmed to AP that the US was “having a quiet conversation with Somaliland about a range of areas where they can be helpful to the US in exchange for recognition”. The US could offer the breakaway region of more than 3 million people international recognition, which is a priority for Somaliland’s new president, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi. Abdirahman Dahir Adan, Somaliland’s foreign minister, told the Reuters news agency denied the breakaway region’s authorities having received a proposal. “I haven’t received such a proposal, and there are no talks with anyone regarding Palestinians,” he said.
‘Hidden agenda’
Meanwhile, it is difficult to understand why Somalia would want to host Palestinians given the country’s strong support for Palestinian self-rule, Sambu Chepkorir, a lawyer and conflict researcher in Nairobi, told AP. “The realignments keep changing, and so maybe there is a hidden agenda in why Somalia,” Chepkorir said. Two Sudanese officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic matter, confirmed the Trump administration has approached the military-led government about accepting Palestinians. One said the contacts began even before Trump’s inauguration, with offers of military assistance against the RSF paramilitary group, assistance with postwar reconstruction and other incentives.
Both officials said the Sudanese government rejected the idea. “This suggestion was immediately rebuffed,” said one official. “No one opened this matter again.”
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES>> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/14/us-and-israel-look-to-africa-for-resettling-palestinians-uprooted-from-gaza

Jinha - Womens News Agency - March 13, 2025 - By Al Jazeera Staff
<<What’s happening with talks between Israel, the US and Hamas?
Talks for extending ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue amid backlash over US envoy’s direct engagement.
An Israeli negotiating team has reportedly extended its stay in the Qatari capital Doha, a day after the US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff was in town to try and find a path forward between Israel and Hamas. The deal reportedly on the cards is an extension of the ceasefire for up to 60 days in exchange for between five and 10 living Israeli captives held in Gaza. While Hamas has previously rejected a similar deal, they may be more amenable after direct meetings between US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and top Hamas officials in recent weeks. Boehler had said that the meetings went well and suggested a deal was on the cards for a potential long-term ceasefire, prompting a backlash from Israel and pro-Israeli US politicians. There are even reports that Boehler has been taken off the Israel-Gaza file, but those reports may be premature.
Let’s take a closer look.
What is the deal currently being negotiated?
A deal between Israel and Hamas had already been reached, which included three phases and was eventually to lead to a permanent ceasefire. The first phase involved a limited swap of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, as well as a temporary ceasefire and Israel allowing an increased amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The details of the second phase were still to be negotiated, but the previous US administration of President Joe Biden made it clear that the first phase would continue until the second phase could be agreed upon. Israel has ignored that, and while it has not restarted an all-out war on Gaza, it has threatened to do so, and blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid, as well as electricity. At the start of March Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced a new proposal, which he said had come from Witkoff – although the US envoy never publicly took ownership of it. Netanyahu’s office said the deal would see the ceasefire extended for six weeks and half of the captives in Gaza – dead and alive – released on the first day of the extension. While that was initially rejected by Hamas, the current deal being negotiated in Doha appears to be similar, although critics still say that Netanyahu has no desire to end the war permanently, as he fears his government will collapse if he does so.
What about Boehler’s negotiations?
While Boehler’s remit only extended to the five Israeli-American captives, four of whom are believed dead, it seems that the direct talks held the possibility of not just securing a lasting ceasefire, but potentially the release of all captives held by Hamas. Speaking to both Israeli and US media last Sunday, Boehler indicated that he had used the opportunity to engage with Hamas directly, gaining a commitment to maintaining a ceasefire of between five and 10 years, laying down its arms and relinquishing control of the Gaza Strip. Boehler made clear that he had not coordinated with Israel before holding talks with Hamas, and added in an interview that the US was “not an agent of Israel” and had its own “specific interests at play”.
How has Israel reacted to news of the direct talks?
Not well.
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio that unspecified Israeli officials had “made it clear to him [Boehler] that he cannot speak on our behalf, and if he wishes to negotiate on behalf of the United States, then good luck to him”. Ron Dermer, Israel’s strategic affairs minister and a close confidante of Netanyahu, was reported to have repeatedly “lashed out” at Boehler the night before news of the talks became public. The former head of the Israeli security service, the Shin Bet and current agriculture minister, Avi Dichter, also criticised the US initiative, telling Israeli radio the direct US-Hamas talks undermined Israeli negotiations. “It’s very dangerous when you undertake moves without knowing and without coordinating with the Israeli side,” Dichter said. The Israeli campaign against Boehler continued in the press, with a Times of Israel editorial picking apart Boehler’s comments, branding the envoy “complacent, confused and dangerously naive”.
Has Trump abandoned Boehler?
When news of the US-Hamas talks emerged at the start of the month, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Trump backed them because they were “the right thing for the American people”. But following Boehler’s comments to the press last Sunday, Israeli news reports emerged saying that the hostage envoy did not represent the White House’s position, and that Witkoff would continue to take the lead on negotiations. Then, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose most important portfolios in Ukraine and the Middle East appear to have been taken by Witkoff, said on Monday that the talks were a “one-off situation” that had failed. Reports on Thursday alternated between claims that said that Boehler would not be dealing with Israel and Gaza any more, and others that said he would continue to support Witkoff. A report from Jewish Insider included quotes from several anonymous Republican senators berating Boehler, with one suggesting he had “lost all trust”.
Does that matter?
Until Trump himself speaks, it is hard to gauge what his true position on the matter is. It may be the case that he simply hasn’t decided yet. But either way, the fact that the senators quoted did not want their names published may show that they are still hedging their bets and avoid being seen as second-guessing Trump. The talks with Hamas, even if the US does not repeat them, are a sign that the Trump administration is taking the lead on Gaza, and is dragging Israel and Netanyahu along with them. Israel is entirely reliant upon the US for both military and diplomatic support. Moreover, in light of Trump’s unexpected shrugging off of traditional US alliances, such as those with Canada and Europe, many within Israel are worried that Trump’s support for their war on Gaza may prove equally fickle. Responding to news of the direct talks, the Israeli daily Haaretz speculated that the existence of US negotiations with Hamas was evidence of both Trump’s “frustration” with Netanyahu, as well as revealing of the US administration’s own objectives, principally: “freeing the hostages, ending the war, regional peace [and] Saudi capital”, which it was willing to “achieve … by any means”.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>> https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/13/what-is-happening-with-talks-between-israel-the-us-and-hamas


Video footage - Jewish activists protest at Trump Tower
Jinha - Womens News Agency - March 13, 2025
<<Jewish activists protest at Trump Tower in support of Mahmoud Khalil
Dozens of activists, including a Hollywood actress occupied Trump Tower in New York City to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The Trump administration is threatening to deport Khalil who took a leading role in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/3/13/jewish-activists-protest-at-trump-tower-in-support-of-mahmoud-khalil


Video footage - Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
Jinha - Womens News Agency - March 13, 2025
<<Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s lawyer reveals abuse he faces in Israeli prison
The lawyer acting for the former director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital says he’s being subjected to abusive and degrading treatment in an Israeli jail. Ghaid Qassem, told Al Jazeera that Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is being denied medication for his various health issues.>>
Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/3/13/dr-hussam-abu-safiyas-lawyer-reveals-abuse-he-faces-in-israeli-prison

Al Jazeera - March 13, 2025 - By Mat Nashed
<<The Palestinians Israel displaces in the West Bank have nowhere to go
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are anxious about the future as Israel steps up aggression against refugee camps.
In early February, Israeli forces stormed Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and began bulldozing homes, demolishing shops and tearing up roads. Nur Shams is located just outside the northern coastal city of Tulkarem, which has been subjected to increasingly violent Israeli raids in recent years, particularly in the Tulkarem refugee camp. Israel’s quick, deliberate destruction of the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps has uprooted thousands of inhabitants and upended countless lives in days. Hamdan Fahmawi’s shop was damaged and vandalised in the raids – the third time in a year. On February 26, the 46-year-old, who had left the area, made the risky decision to return with his 17-year-old son and some staff to inspect his shop in Nur Shams and retrieve some cash and important paperwork. “Israeli soldiers eventually told us to get out [of the shop and leave the camp], so we did. One of them raised his gun at us and we felt we were in danger, but thankfully nobody got hurt,” said Fahmawi.
Displacement
Since Israel’s assaults began on the West Bank on January 21 – days after it had to pause its devastating war on Gaza – Israeli soldiers have forcefully expelled at least 40,000 Palestinians from their homes in the camps. The stated aim of Israel’s new raids, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, is to root out “Iranian-backed groups” affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in three refugee camps: Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams. In 2021, desperate and aggrieved Palestinian youth formed ad-hoc armed groups to resist Israel’s ever-entrenching occupation, according to a report by the International Crisis Group. However, they hardly pose a threat to Israeli soldiers or illegal settlers, instead clashing with Israeli security forces when they raid the camps. Israel has still tried to exaggerate the armed groups’ capabilities – framing them as Iranian proxies – to justify destroying camps and uprooting thousands of Palestinians as part of a greater plan to make Palestinian life unbearable in the occupied West Bank, analysts, inhabitants and human rights monitors say. “I think people [who have been displaced] are lost and they are not sure what to do or what their next steps will be,” said Murad Jadallah, a human rights researcher with Al-Haq, a Palestinian rights group.
“We have reached a new level of uncertainty,” he told Al Jazeera.
Nourdeen Ali, 17, said many families fled or lost their homes in Nur Shams and ended up staying with relatives and friends just outside the camp.
But then many were uprooted for a second time when Israeli forces raided the homes surrounding Nur Shams and kicked more families out. Israel typically converts homes in and around the camp into makeshift “interrogation” centres, Ali told Al Jazeera. “What happens is the Israelis will [come into a neighbourhood] and take over one random house … and then nobody in that area is able to enter or leave their house without risking being shot and killed or searched and arrested,” he said.
‘People will go back’
Israel’s indiscriminate attacks are forcing thousands of people to seek shelter in schools, mosques and football pitches, say inhabitants, who add that the only help available to them is coming from Palestinians who mobilised to provide basic relief – donating blankets, bedding, food and water.
Ali believes that most Palestinians will return to their homes in the camps once Israel halts its raid. “The way I see things, no matter what the Israelis do, people will go back to the houses where they grew up because a life without the camp is impossible for them,” he told Al Jazeera.
Fahmawi adds that most people from the camp are too poor to afford life in the larger cities, so they will return to Nur Shams even if Israel entrenches its presence to intimidate and harass Palestinians. “Everywhere in Palestine is dangerous, not just the camps … there is no law and [the Israeli army] can shoot any Palestinian at any time. However, we don’t have any other place to go. We have no choice,” he told Al Jazeera.
More affluent Palestinians have different considerations.
Jadallah said a close friend relocated to Jordan with his family out of fear that Israel will soon attack and destroy Palestinian cities – such as Tulkarem, Jenin and Ramallah – in the same way they are attacking the camps. “My friend used to live in Jenin camp, but then he got a good income, so he moved with his family to Jenin city,” Jadallah explained. “They recently decided to go to Jordan and put their children in school there, because Jenin city is becoming too dangerous,” he added, referring to the Israelis’ frequent military raids that often target civilians.
Fahmawi doesn’t think leaving will make Palestinians safer.
He refers to the recent abduction of Palestinian PhD student Mahmoud Khalil by US Immigration and Custo
ms Enforcement on March 8, despite Khalil having legal permanent residence in the United States. The administration of US President Donald Trump revoked Khalil’s permanent residency as punishment for him leading Columbia University student protests against what many experts and rights describe as Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“There is no alternative to the homeland,” Fahmawi told Al Jazeera. “In the end, there is no place else for all of us to go … if we die, then we’ll die on our land.”
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA>> https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/3/13/palestinians-displaced-by-israeli-aggression-hit-new-levels-of-uncertainty


My hijab-My choice
Al Jazeera - March 13, 2025
<<My Hijab, My Choice
Five British women share their personal experiences of suffering discrimination in the UK because they wear the hijab.Read more>>
and Video: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2025/3/13/my-hijab-my-choice
 

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