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Support from lecturers and no arrests as Spanish students rally for Gaza
By Graham Keeley | 8 May 2024 | Al Jazeera
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Madrid, Spain – Huge Palestinian flags are hanging on campuses across Spain as thousands of students protest against Israel’s war in Gaza.

Some classes have stopped this week as students demonstrate in Barcelona, Valencia, the Basque Country and Madrid.

Across Europe, similar sit-ins have taken place at universities in the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom, Finland, Denmark and Germany, as young people join their United States peers who are facing a violent police response.

In Amsterdam, police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Amsterdam on Tuesday. Dutch police said their action was necessary to “restore order” after protests turned violent. There were no reports of injuries. Footage aired by national broadcaster NOS showed a mechanical digger smashing down barricades and tents.

But in Spain, a country that historically supports the Palestinian cause, police have so far not been involved in trying to break up the protests.

“We have to show we care. We have to take a stand against what is happening in Gaza and the way Israel is acting,” Maria Angeles Lopez, 21, a psychology student, told Al Jazeera outside the University of Barcelona.

“If students here and elsewhere show we don’t agree with what is happening, then perhaps it will make people in power think again.”

In many Spanish universities that have witnessed protests, more than 2,000 lecturers have come out in support of the rallies.

Scholars at the University of Malaga are also expected to start demonstrating on Wednesday. (...)

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Aucune preuve pour l’instant confirmant certaines allégations d’Israël contre l’#UNRWA (rapport Colonna) | ONU Info
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Les autorités israéliennes n’ont pour l’instant fourni aucune preuve après avoir affirmé il y a trois mois qu’un nombre important d’employés de l’agence des Nations Unies chargée des réfugiés palestiniens (UNRWA) étaient membres d’organisations terroristes, selon le rapport final du groupe d’examen indépendant dirigé par l’ancienne ministre française des Affaires étrangères, Catherine Colonna.

US Congress to vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: What’s the deal? | Politics | Al Jazeera
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The bill would allocate $26.38bn to “support Israel in its effort to defend itself against Iran and its proxies”, as well as reimbursing US military operations in response to recent attacks.

It stipulates that funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA is prohibited. Last month, Congress approved a funding bill banning assistance for the United Nations agency until 2025, following Israeli allegations – reportedly obtained under torture – that employees participated in the October 7 Hamas attack.

Funding includes:

$5.2bn to replenish and expand Israel’s missile and rocket defence system
$3.5bn for purchasing advanced weapons systems
$1bn to enhance weapons production
$4.4bn for other supplies and services to Israel
$9.2bn in humanitarian aid

A la Biennale de Venise, le pavillon israélien sera fermé
par Sonya Faure
publié le 16 avril 2024 à 15h42 – Libération
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A la Biennale de Venise, le pavillon israélien n’ouvrira pas ses portes cette année. En tout cas pas tant qu’un cessez-le-feu et qu’un accord pour libérer les otages ne seront pas actés. En raison de la guerre opposant le Hamas à Israël, une campagne médiatique pro-palestinienne avait tenté, en vain, de faire annuler l’ouverture du pavillon qui accueille l’exposition de Ruth Patir. C’est finalement l’artiste israélienne elle-même, soutenue par les deux curatrices du pavillon, qui a décidé ce geste fort de protestation mardi 16 avril.

Toutes les trois, « nous sommes devenues l’actualité et non plus l’art, déplore Ruth Patir sur son compte Instagram. Je m’oppose fermement au boycott culturel, mais comme je pense qu’il n’y a pas de bonne réponse et que je ne peux faire que ce que je peux avec l’espace dont je dispose, je préfère joindre ma voix à ceux qui lancent ce cri : Cessez-le-feu immédiat, ramenez les otages, nous n’en pouvons plus ».

A l’heure où les journalistes vont commencer à affluer au Giardini (la Biennale n’ouvrira au grand public que samedi), les portes du grand pavillon blanc resteront donc closes, comme l’a annoncé le New York Times. Sur la large baie vitrée, une affiche annonce en anglais : « The artist and curators of the Israeli pavilion (...)

#abonnés

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Young girl shot in the face as family attempts to return to north Gaza
15 avril 2024 (06:35 GMT) | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
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A Palestinian mother has bid farewell to her young daughter after a bullet shot by Israeli forces hit her face, according to footage posted on social media by Palestinian photographer Atia Darwish.

The girl’s mother can be seen crying and hugging her dead child.

The killing of the girl occurred as the family was among hundreds of displaced Palestinians attempting to return to northern Gaza. Israeli forces opened fire on those seeking to make the journey home.

Le ministère de la Santé du Hamas annonce un nouveau bilan de 33 175 morts
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Le ministère de la Santé du Hamas a annoncé dimanche un nouveau bilan de 33 175 personnes tuées dans la bande de Gaza depuis le début de la guerre entre Israël et le mouvement islamiste palestinien le 7 octobre.

En 24 heures, 38 morts supplémentaires ont été recensés, selon un communiqué du ministère, qui fait état de 75 886 blessés en six mois de guerre.

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Morning update : Day 184 of Israel’s war on Gaza
7 April 2024 09:20 BST | Middle East Eye
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Here are some key developments from the last few hours:

Intense fighting has been reported in and around Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

The military wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, claims it has killed at least 14 Israeli soldiers during clashes

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said Al-Shifa Hospital is ’an empty shell with human graves after the latest siege’

Israeli forces have arrested 45 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including worshippers leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Israel’s war on Gaza live : Intense fighting in Khan Younis ahead of talks 7 avril 2024 (04:59 GMT) | Al Jazeera
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If you’re just joining us

It’s almost 05:00 GMT in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.

Here are the main developments overnight:

Hamas is sending negotiators to Cairo today, while Israel is also reportedly considering sending a delegation.
The Israeli army announced the death of four soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, hours after the military wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, said it had killed 14 Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis.
A young Palestinian man died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces during a raid on Ramallah in the occupied West Bank tonight, Wafa reports.
Former political prisoner and graduate student Layan Kayed was also reportedly arrested as Israeli forces raided several neighbourhoods in Ramallah overnight.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said “violence is a red line” after a car rammed into a large antigovernment protest calling for the release of captives held in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, injuring five people.

#Bilan

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Despair spreads in Gaza amid Israeli bombing | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
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6 avril 2024 (05:00 GMT)
In case you’re just joining us

Here’s a quick recap of the latest news:

Australia’s foreign minister says information provided by Israel on the death of an Australian aid worker during an air strike on Gaza was “not sufficient”, and appoints a special adviser to probe the incident.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres describes the situation in Gaza as “absolutely desperate” and urges Israel to rapidly increase the flow of humanitarian aid.
Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a key ally of President Joe Biden, joins a growing number of Democratic legislators who are calling for a halt to weapons transfers to Israel.
Former CIA chief urges Israel to immediately “improve” its standard military operations in Gaza to avoid more civilian deaths.
For a second day in a row, Israeli drones fire tear gas at the Al-Aqsa compound, forcing worshippers after Laylat al-Qadr, one of the most important nights on the Muslim calendar.

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Evening recap | 5 April 2024 23:42 BST | Middle East Eye
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The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, has said that 62 percent of all homes in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.

“Over 75 percent of the population have been displaced - the majority multiple times. When will it end?” the agency asked on X.

The Palestinian Prisoners Society has said that 200 Palestinian children, including 23 from Gaza, are being held in Israeli prisons.

In other developments:

One Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces during their raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
28 Israeli embassies across the world will be closed today amid fears of an Iranian reprisal attack following the deadly Israeli strike on the country’s consulate in Syria earlier this week.
Around 120,000 worshippers prayed in Al-Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
A ground of laywers is demanding that Germany stop arms sales to Israel arguing that it has “a constitutional responsibility to protect human life” and that arms exports to Israel “are in violation of international law.”
Joaquin Phoenix, Elliott Gould, Chloe Fineman, and over 150 Jewish artists have endorsed an open letter backing Jonathan Glazer’s speech at the Oscars.
The United States does not intend to carry out an independent investigation into the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen humanitarian staff, John Kirby, the spokesperson for White House national security, said on Friday.

#Bilan

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Le Conseil des droits de l’homme de l’ONU a adopté vendredi à Genève un projet de résolution appelant à stopper les ventes d’armes à Israël.

Israël a donné son feu vert, vendredi, à la livraison « temporaire » pour acheminer des vivres vers la bande de Gaza. Le territoire assiégé et menacé de famine va être ravitaillé via le port d’Ashdod et le point de passage d’Erez.

Cette annonce survient au moment où la pression internationale s’accentue sur le gouvernement israélien, le président des États-Unis Joe Biden ayant évoqué pour la première fois la possibilité de conditionner l’aide américaine à Israël à des mesures « tangibles » face à la catastrophe humanitaire à Gaza.

Le ministère de la Santé du Hamas a annoncé vendredi un nouveau bilan de 33 091 personnes tuées dans la bande de Gaza depuis le début du conflit.

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Morning update| 5 April 2024 06:08 BST | Middle East Eye
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Following US pressure to get more aid into Gaza, Israel agreed to reopen the Erez crossing which should facilitate delivering aid to northern Gaza

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir slammed the moves to allow more aid into the enclave, saying the government did not vote on the matter

CIA Director Bill Burns and head of Mossad David Barnea are expected to head to Cairo as Biden pressured Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal “without delay”

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong called the Israeli prime minister’s remarks on the killing of aid workers in Gaza, which included an Australian citizen, “deeply insensitive”

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Evening recap| 4 April 2024 23:44 BST | Middle East Eye
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Gaza’s health ministry said that 62 people have been killed by Israel in Gaza over the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 33,037 Palestinians killed in the enclave since 7 October.

Another 92 people have been wounded, bringing the total to 75,668 since the start of the war.

President Joe Biden demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, the White House announced.

In other developments:

World Central Kitchen called for an “independent, third party investigation” into the Israel strikes that killed seven of the organisation’s aid workers in Gaza on 1 April.

Egypt had presented a proposal for a ceasefire, but it contained nothing new, a senior Hamas leader said on Thursday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said to Al Jazeera TV on Thursday that the European Union ought to consider whether its strategic partnership with Israel should persist if the EU determines that Israel has violated humanitarian law in its war in Gaza.

More than 135 people formed a blockade at every entrance of Lockheed Martin’s research campus in Sunnyvale, California, on Thursday to demonstrate against the military contractor’s involvement in the war in Gaza.

McDonald’s Corp has decided to purchase its Israeli branches from Alonyal Ltd, taking direct control of the operations several months after the franchise became a focal issue during the early stages of the war in Gaza.

Civil servants in the UK in charge of arms exports to Israel have called to “cease work immediately” amid concerns of potential complicity in war crimes committed in Gaza.

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Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 182 | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
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5 Apr 2024

Here’s how things stand on Friday, April 5, 2024:
Fighting and humanitarian crisis

Eight out of every 10 schools in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, UNICEF said, news agency AFP reported on Thursday. As many as 625,000 students have no access to education.

About 1,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their legs, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Thursday. More than 50,000 children are estimated to be acutely malnourished in Gaza, the United Nations added.

The PRCS also said the number of children who have died from starvation and dehydration in Gaza has now risen to 31.

Separately, the Gaza municipality warned on Thursday that diseases are spreading in the enclave due to an accumulation of waste. The municipality called on local and international institutions to help improve the health and environmental conditions “and enable the municipality to provide services that the aggression has caused near complete paralysis in.”

Diplomacy and regional tensions

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement “specific, concrete and measurable” steps to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza. He said the killing of aid workers and the humanitarian situation were “unacceptable”.

Biden also “made clear that US policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action” to address the harm and suffering.

Hours after the call, Israel said it approved the reopening of the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel to supply aid to Gaza.

But Republicans in the US hit back at Biden. “The president’s ultimatums should be going to Hamas, not Israel,” US House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a post on X on Thursday night, following Biden’s warning to Israel.

CIA Director Bill Burns is expected to travel to Cairo this weekend to meet with Egyptian and Israeli counterparts and the Qatari prime minister, in the latest bid to try and stitch together a deal for a truce or a ceasefire.

Separately, on Thursday, McDonald’s announced that it will buy all of its franchise restaurants in Israel amid the fallout of the war in Gaza. The US fast-food chain has been subject to boycotts since the franchise Alonyal announced shortly after the October 7 attack by Palestinian group Hamas that it would be donating free meals to the Israeli military.

Former US President Donald Trump also warned that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza on Thursday because of the flood of distressing images coming out of the enclave.

Separately, Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe has questioned an Australian government contract with Elbit Systems amid media reports that the Israeli arms company manufactured the drone that killed an Australian and six other aid workers in Gaza.

Violence in the occupied West Bank

Ambulances were temporarily blocked from reaching two Palestinians injured by live ammunition as Israeli forces raided Kafr Ra’i, southwest of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank on Thursday night, according to local news reports.
The raid is one of several Israeli raids on towns and villages south of Jenin, the Wafa news agency reported on Thursday.
Wafa also reported on Thursday that Israeli forces fired bullets, stun grenades and tear gas in a raid on the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem, with no injuries reported.

IDF Drone Bombed World Central Kitchen Aid Convoy Three Times, Targeting Armed Hamas Member Who Wasn’t There - Israel News - Haaretz.com
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IDF Drone Bombed World Central Kitchen Aid Convoy Three Times, Targeting Armed Hamas Member Who Wasn’t There

Marc Owen Jones sur X :
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This haaretz report, apparently based on a defence source raises more questions than it answers.

Some points.

1) Firstly, the source acknowledges that there were 3 missiles fired from a drone. There’s no doubt that the operators knew it was an aid convoy. This isn’t in question.

2) Upon destroying the first truck the source claims survivors got out and entered another truck.

3) The second truck was then attacked

4) The survivors then got out and were attacked a third time

5) These multiple strikes were done on three different vehicles the IDF knew to belong to aid workers

6) The defence official initially claimed a single Hamas operative got in the vehicle.

They then say he stayed at the warehouse. At what point did they know his movements? If they knew his movements why wait till he was among aid workers.

7) Even if the presence of a Hamas member, on what basis does one Hamas member justify attacking three vehicles and 7 civilians

8) Furthermore, if the IDF attacked each vehicle in succession, they are implying that the terrorist survived the 1st and 2nd strike. (How did they know he survived?)

9) Indeed, if the IDF can tell that one Hamas operative survived they could target him alone surely?

10) Why would they wait till he departed in the vehicle to attack if this put all three vehicles in danger? Indeed, this implies the IDF protocol is to destroy all vehicles in a convoy if they see any survivors?

11) What this tell us is that the IDF will kill an almost unlimited or undefined number of civilians in order to potentially kill one Hamas member of unspecific rank or commitment

12) While we know that this is more or less how Israel operates, it also likely that they they are providing a cover story to hide a deliberate targeted attack on @WCKitchen

October 7: Forensic analysis shows Hamas abuses, many false Israeli claims
By Richard Sanders and Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
Published On 21 Mar 202421 Mar 2024 | Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic analysis of the events of October 7, when Hamas fighters launched an incursion into Israel that has transformed the politics of the Middle East.

October 7 reveals widespread human rights abuses by Hamas fighters and others who followed them through the fence from the Gaza Strip and draws up a comprehensive list of those killed. (...)

#7oct

Israel’s toxic legacy: Bombing southern Lebanon with white phosphorus | Crimes Against Humanity | Al Jazeera
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The white phosphorous dropped on Lebanon, Baalbaki believes, remains active, very toxic and flammable for much longer than information on the topic indicates.

He joins a chorus of Lebanese researchers and experts warning that Israel’s tactics are causing long-term and potentially irreversible damage to south Lebanon’s environment, agriculture and economy, potentially making it uninhabitable.

#Liban #impunité

Gaza drone video shows killing of Palestinians in Israeli air attack | Israel War on Gaza | Al Jazeera
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Gaza drone video shows killing of Palestinians in Israeli air attack

Video retrieved from an Israeli drone in Gaza shows the moments four apparently unarmed Palestinians were killed by Israeli air attacks.
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Pakistan’s #Gwadar port attacked, eight armed fighters killed | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
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Security forces fought for two hours before the attackers were killed, at a facility that is a showpiece project and is part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Pakistan’s security forces foiled a major attack in Gwadar, a port city in the southwestern province of Balochistan, when eight armed fighters were killed on Wednesday when they tried to enter the Gwadar Port Authority complex.

The facility is a centrepiece of the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistan’s most ambitious infrastructure and investment project in recent years.

Saeed Ahmed Umrani, a senior government official, confirmed that the port complex was attacked, and said the security forces were engaged in nearly two hours of fighting with the attackers before they were killed.

“At least two men from security forces were injured in the fighting. The operation has been completed but clearance of the area is still ongoing,” he told Al Jazeera.

Chief Minister of Balochistan Sarfraz Bugti said in a message on X: “Whosoever chooses to use violence will see no mercy from the state. Kudos to all law enforcement bravehearts who fought bravely today for Pakistan.”

The attack was claimed by Majeed Brigade, the armed wing of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group that demands secession of the province from Pakistan.

In a statement, the BLA said that the offices of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies inside the complex were targeted. “BLA accepts responsibility for the attack and further details will be released to the media,” the statement said.

One eyewitness in Gwadar city told Al Jazeera that the attack started around 4pm local time.

“First there were two major explosions, which were followed by loud, long bursts of firing which continued for more than hour,” the Gwadar resident told Al Jazeera on the phone, requesting anonymity.

He further said that the complex where the attack unfolded was partly a residential area where mostly staff working on the port lived, but it also had some other government offices.

This was not the first time that Gwadar has been attacked. The city is home to many Chinese citizens who are working on the construction of the port.

In August last year, two gunmen targeted a convoy of 23 Chinese engineers in Gwadar, but they were killed by security forces. That attack was also claimed by the Majeed Brigade of the BLA.

There was another major attack in Gwadar five years ago in 2019, when three attackers launched an audacious charge at the only luxury hotel in the city, situated on top of a hill on the coastline.

#Baloutchistan

Morning update
13 March 2024 05:48 GMT | Middle East Eye
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An Arab diplomat told the Times of Israel that progress has been made regarding a hostage and ceasefire deal in Qatar, as the outlet claims Doha put pressure on Hamas to accept the new proposals

The Israeli army bombed several areas across the Gaza Strip overnight, killing many people including 10 in Deir al-Balah

As least four Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids across the West Bank

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, accused Israel of using starvation ’as a war arm’ in Gaza

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said two of its members were killed in the latest Israeli strike near Baalbek, deep into Lebanese territory

#Bilan #Génocide

Israel’s war on Gaza live: US pushes ‘unrealistic’ port plan | Israel War on Gaza News
8 mars 2024 | Al Jazeera
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It’s just after 2pm (1200 GMT) in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.

Here are some of the latest developments:

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesman Jeremy Lawrence says any ground attack on Rafah would lead to heavy loss of life and increase the risk of further brutal crimes.
Palestinian group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades says that its fighters attacked and destroyed a gathering of Israeli soldiers stationed in tents around the Beit Hanoon (Erez) crossing in northern Gaza.
Ursula von der Leyen, the EU chief, says a sea corridor from Cyprus to Gaza would likely open this weekend following today’s pilot shipment.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said “airdrops, temporary seaports and the like are not realistic or lasting solutions to stave off looming famine and sustain life in Gaza” after US President Joe Biden announced a plan to build a temporary pier off Gaza’s coast to deliver aid.
David Cameron, the UK’s foreign secretary, urged Israel on X to allow more aid trucks into the besieged enclave “as the fastest way to get aid to those who need it”.

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Far right makes gains in Israeli municipal elections | Politics News | Al Jazeera
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Far-right and ultra-orthodox Zionist parties made significant gains in Israel’s municipal elections this week, raising fears among secular Israelis and Palestinians in Israel.

Analysts believe that liberal freedoms could be threatened in some cities and that discrimination against Palestinians – already having risen acutely following Hamas’s October 7 attack – could grow even more.

Jerusalem saw one of the largest victories for Israel’s far right, which captured a majority of local municipal seats. Centrist mayor Moshe Leon won a landslide victory to remain mayor.

But Leon will be at the mercy of the far-right bloc in the municipality, which could lead to significant tension with Jerusalem’s roughly 362,000 Palestinian residents.

“The municipal results are highly significant in disclosing ongoing trends,” said Daniel Seidmann, an Israeli attorney who specialises in legal and public issues in Jerusalem. “Indeed, the ultra-orthodox or extreme right wing won a majority, but they pretty much ran things [in Jerusalem] already.”

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 147
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Fighting and humanitarian crisis

On Thursday, Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City. At least 112 people were killed in the chaos.
Initially, the Israeli army blamed crowding and trampling for the deaths, while an Israeli military official later said the troops “opened fire at the crowd” after some Palestinians began heading towards Israeli forces in a way that “endangered” them.
Hamas decried the attack as an “unprecedented war crime”. The PA office described the incident as an “ugly massacre”.
Israeli military claims that it has killed more than 13,000 Palestinian fighters in Gaza since the start of its ground invasion likely still leaves Palestinian armed groups with a sizeable force as Hamas alone had 40,000 fighters before the latest war began in October, war monitors said.

Regional tensions and diplomacy

Thursday’s shooting was quickly condemned by Arab countries, and United States President Joe Biden expressed concern it would add to the difficulty of negotiating a ceasefire in the nearly five-month conflict.
Meanwhile, Austria’s foreign minister urged Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group against escalating the conflict along the volatile Israel-Lebanon border and expressed hope for a pause in the fighting in Gaza.
Yemen also condemned Israel’s killing of more than 100 Palestinian civilians waiting for food aid near Gaza City, saying the ongoing “massacres” amount to “war crimes and the collective punishment of innocent people”.
Elsewhere, veteran left-wing British politician George Galloway has won a by-election in England’s northwestern town of Rochdale after running on a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel platform.
In Russia, representatives of a dozen Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, are meeting for “inter-Palestinian” talks to discuss the formation of a unified government.
In the US, a statement from Biden has urged House Republicans to pass a foreign aid bill in order to “help ensure that Israel can defend itself against Hamas and other threats”.

Violence in the occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have stormed the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and arrested two men allegedly connected to a deadly attack on Israeli settlers in the Eli settlement.
Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers attacked the homes of Palestinians with stones on the outskirts of the town of Jalud, southeast of Nablus.

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Voici le début des conséquences (espérées) de l’usage des « valeurs » occidentales sur la scène palestinienne. Il est à parier que ces questions vont faire partie de plus en plus de nos propres enjeux politiques (et pas forcément au bénéfice de la gauche, hélas !)

A left-wing United Kingdom politician has registered a landslide win in a parliamentary by-election on a platform promising to advocate for Gaza.

George Galloway won the seat in the northern English town of Rochdale after a fractious campaign, which saw the Labour Party withdraw support from its candidate over his anti-Israel comments.

Galloway won 12,335 votes compared with 6,638 for second-placed David Tully, an independent candidate. The former Labour candidate, Azhar Ali, came fourth after the opposition party pulled its support after he was recorded espousing conspiracy theories about Israel. Turnout was low at 39.7 percent.

“Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza,” Galloway said on Friday, referring to the Labour leader who initially refused to call for a ceasefire in Gaza where more than 30,000 people have been killed in the past five months of Israeli bombardment.

“You have paid and you will pay a high price for the role you have played in enabling, encouraging and covering for the catastrophe presently going on in … in the Gaza Strip,” he said.

Galloway, who represents the Workers Party of Britain, accused both Labour and the Conservatives of backing Israel as he ran a pro-Palestinian campaign in the constituency with a substantial Muslim population.

Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 146
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Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 146

The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza is nearing 30,000 while children are suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.
Displaced Palestinian children wait to receive free food at a tent camp, amid food shortages

Here’s how things stand on Thursday, February 29, 2024:
Fighting and humanitarian crisis

Israeli air strikes killed at least 25 people in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in central Gaza overnight, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.
Two hospitals in northern Gaza have no fuel to run generators as they treat children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration.
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Ahmed al-Kahlout, told Al Jazeera Arabic that seven children died on Wednesday at the hospital due to malnutrition.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza has also reported that two children have died of dehydration and malnutrition at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza is nearing 30,000, with 76 people killed between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, bringing the death toll to 29,954, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

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