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Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza humanitarian crisis

May 3, 2024 admin

File picture of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Photo Credit: AP Turkey has halted all exports and imports to and from Israel, citing the escalating humanitarian situation in Gaza, announced the Turkish Ministry of Trade, Al Jazeera reported. “Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” the Ministry said…

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Colombia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel but its military relies on key Israeli-built equipment

May 3, 2024 admin

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the International Workers’ Day march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” and announced his government would end diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday. | Photo Credit: AP Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it…

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as ceasefire talks with Hamas continue

April 30, 2024 admin

File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on April 30 to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Mr. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions…

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Ahead of visit to Israel, U.S.’ Antony Blinken presses Hamas to accept new proposal for Gaza cease-fire

April 30, 2024 admin

The United States stepped up pressure on April 29 for a cease-fire deal in Gaza as the Secretary of State said a new proposal had been put to Hamas, whose officials were in Cairo talking to Egyptian mediators. Israeli airstrikes killed 26 people in Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah, according to hospital records. U.S. Secretary…

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India set to sign trade deal with Oman to expand its Middle East ties

April 27, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tarik hold bilateral talks at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI India and Oman will sign a trade deal in the coming months, two Indian government officials said, as New Delhi seeks to expand its ties in the Middle East, where rising…

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French police break up pro-Palestinian university protest

April 25, 2024 admin

French police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of university students in Paris, officials said on Thursday, as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across college campuses in the United States. The police intervened as dozens of students gathered on a central Paris campus of the prestigious Sciences Po university on…

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Empty chairs for hostages as Israel at war marks Passover

April 23, 2024 admin

Jewish people marked April 22 the start of Passover, a celebration of freedom, and around many holiday tables in Israel chairs stood empty for hostages still held captive in Gaza. The week-long Jewish festival, also known in Hebrew as the “holiday of freedom”, celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, as told in the Bible….

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Palestinian baby in Gaza born an orphan in an urgent caesarean section delivery after an Israeli strike

April 22, 2024 admin

A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. on April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her…

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Israel To Summon Ambassadors Of Nations That Voted For Palestine At UN

April 21, 2024 admin

Jerusalem: Israel will summon ambassadors of countries that voted for full Palestinian UN membership “for a protest talk” on Sunday, a foreign ministry spokesman said. It came after the Palestinian Authority said it would “reconsider” its relationship with the United States after Washington vetoed the Palestinian membership bid earlier this week. Thursday’s vote saw 12…

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14 Killed In Israeli Strike In West Bank, Says Palestinian Red Crescent

April 20, 2024 admin

Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7 (File) The Palestinian Red Crescent said Saturday at least 14 people had been killed in an Israeli raid on Nur Shams refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army said troops had killed 10 militants during the operation, which it said…

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