Tag: Gaza

Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.

Scholars’ group cites mass civilian killings, starvation, and official incitement as evidence, while Israel and the United States reject the genocide label.

“Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”

Fourteen member nations back IPC famine finding, call for ceasefire and aid access while US rejects the analysis.

Attack on Khan Younis hospital leaves at least 19 dead as rights groups denounce a pattern of systematic targeting of media and medical facilities.

The “E-1” settlement would see the construction of about 3,400 new housing units and would sever one of the last remaining territorial links between major Palestinian cities like Ramallah in the northern West Bank and southern cities including Bethlehem, as well as cut off East Jerusalem.

Record killings of humanitarian staff highlight global surge in attacks and lack of accountability

State Department suspends temporary humanitarian visas after right wing backlash, leaving thousands of Palestinian children without access to urgent treatment.

A British doctor and major humanitarian groups accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally targeting children near aid sites, as reports show more than 100 children have died from hunger during Israel’s siege of Gaza.

Al Jazeera calls deadly strike on press tent “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom” as press freedom groups warn of pattern of killings and smear campaigns against reporters in Gaza.