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Amid Tensions Over Aid Worker Deaths, Joe Biden To Speak With Benjamin Netanyahu Today

April 3, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak by phone with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden will speak by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, three days after Israel launched an attack in which seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were killed, a U.S. official said. The White…

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Israel-Hamas war | Israel’s repeated attacks leave Iran in a strategic dilemma

April 3, 2024 admin

Posters depicting victims of an air strike on the consular annex of the Iranian embassy’s headquarters in Damascus are displayed during a memorial service for them at the premises in the Syrian capital on April 03, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP “We are in a multi-front war, offensively and defensively,” Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant…

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Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills seven workers

April 3, 2024 admin

Some of Israel’s closest allies, including the United States, on April 2 condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation. The deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers threatened to set…

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Could The Palestinians Become A Full United Nations Member?

April 3, 2024 admin

The Palestinians are a non-member observer state at the United Nations. United Nations: The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday formally asked for renewed consideration by the United Nations Security Council of its 2011 application to become a full member of the world body. Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour told Reuters on Monday that the aim was…

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Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Israelis’ Anger Over Gaza War

April 2, 2024 admin

Anti-government protesters gathered as they stage a four-day sit-in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands of protesters on the streets every night this week demanding his resignation, and growing anger at his handling of…

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US Slams Israeli Strike That Killed Aid Workers In Gaza

April 2, 2024 admin

“There’s accountability to be held here,” the White House official said after Israel killed aid workers. Washington: The White House said on Tuesday it was “outraged” by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that killed seven people working for World Central Kitchen (WCK), and that President Joe Biden called the charity aid group’s founder to share…

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WHO reports sharp rise in newborn deaths in Gaza

April 2, 2024 admin

A woman carrying a baby walks at the site of an Israeli airstrike on a building, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on April 02, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Newborn mortality is rising sharply in the Gaza Strip, with babies being…

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Cyprus says aid ships have turned back from Gaza with over 200 tonnes of undelivered aid after Israeli strike

April 2, 2024 admin

A cargo ship, right, and a ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group, are loaded with 240 tonnes of canned food destined for Gaza prepare to set sail outside the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Cyprus, on March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP An official in Cyprus says aid ships that arrived in Gaza…

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Israel Hamas War, Israeli Man Who Lost Parents In Oct 7 Attack By Hamas Calls For Peace

April 2, 2024 admin

Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed more than 32,800 Gazans Israeli businessman Maoz Inon lost both his parents to the October 7 attacks by Hamas but while some bereaved have been baying for vengeance, the 49-year-old has been preaching peace. “We didn’t want to take revenge,” Inon told AFP at a small peace rally in Shefa…

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Anti-Muslim Incidents Hit Record High In US Amid Israel-Gaza Conflict

April 2, 2024 admin

Washington: Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. Complaints totaled 8,061 in 2023, a 56% rise from the year before and the…

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