Former UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag speaks to Talk to Al Jazeera about delivering aid under Israeli siege, amid what many world leaders call genocide. She discusses blocked aid, famine, the collapse…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Families of Israeli captives call for nationwide strike to pressure Israeli government to reach Gaza swap deal – Middle East Monitor
Families of Israeli captives and army soldiers called on Sunday for a nationwide strike on Aug. 17 to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to secure a prisoner swap deal with Palestinian factions,…
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UN report says its female staff in Afghanistan have received death threats | Women’s Rights News
Taliban rulers say they are not behind the threats and are investigating, according to the United Nations.
Explicit death threats have been made against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, according to a new UN…
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Palestinian boy crushed to death by falling aid pallet in Gaza | Gaza
NewsFeed Distressing video shows the moment a 15-year-old boy was killed by a falling aid pallet in Gaza. Aid agencies warn airdrops cannot deliver food safely or quickly enough to address starvation in Gaza, which has now killed 100 Palestinian…
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Antiwar activists storm Big Brother stage to disrupt broadcast in Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeed Watch the moment a group of Israeli activists stormed a live television broadcast to protest Israel’s war on Gaza. Members of Standing Together, wearing ‘Leave Gaza’ T-shirts, jumped onto the stage during the airing of the Big…
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8 European countries ‘strongly condemn’ Israeli plans to occupy Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Eight European countries on Sunday “strongly” condemned the Israeli government’s plans to fully occupy Gaza City and “firmly” rejected any demographic or territorial changes, Anadolu reports.
In a joint…
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Southern Europe battling worst wildfires in decades amid huge blazes | Climate News
France has been suffering its largest wildfire in at least 50 years, according to disaster officials.
Firefighters in southern France have warned that a huge fire they have been battling, which spread across an area bigger than Paris, could…
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Israel faces growing calls to scrap new Gaza offensive plans
By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s far-right finance minister has demanded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrap his plan to seize Gaza City in favour of a tougher one, while Italy said on Sunday the plan…
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Wildfires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them | Climate Crisis
We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far East. Last month, wildfires broke out throughout Turkiye, Greece, Cyprus and…
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UN rapporteur calls on European football body to expel Israel to make sport ‘genocide free’ – Middle East Monitor
The UN special rapporteur for human rights in the Palestinian territories called on the European football governing body (UEFA) on Sunday to expel Israel from competitions over its war crimes and crimes against…
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