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15.11 / 22:07

ICE Refugees War voice social Courts peace Ben & Jerry's lawsuit accuses parent company of censorship over Gaza

Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever accusing it of silencing the ice cream maker from making statements in support of Palestinians in the war in Gaza

13.11 / 13:41

Election President War country peace International Trump’s picks spur renewed push for West Bank annexation in Israel

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered a renewed push by some in Israel’s right-wing government to annex the occupied West Bank, an idea that is seen as illegal by most of the international community and could threaten Israel’s relations with its Arab allies. On Wednesday, Trump’s nominee for U.S.

08.11 / 10:41

Provident Food Refugees information Schools International UN agency aiding millions of Palestinians is in jeopardy—and there’s no plan B

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On a typical day in Gaza, the U.N. agency that looks after Palestinian refugees provides food to around 2,000 families and healthcare to thousands more.

07.11 / 13:35

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: On 14 November 2022, 28-year-old gaming creator Tanmay Singh, popularly known as ScoutOP, posted a video revealing his “dream house" in Daman. He built this house—close to the Jampore and Devka beaches—over three years, spending over ₹5 crore of his creator income.

29.10 / 08:45

Strategy wellness Refugees War country Israel cuts ties with UN agency, creating new hurdles for Palestinian aid

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—Israel’s parliament passed legislation to sever ties with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, curtailing its ability to work in Gaza and the West Bank at a time when it is leading the humanitarian response to the war in Gaza. The laws passed late Monday effectively ban Unrwa—known formally as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East—from operating in Israeli territory and forbid Israeli state authorities from having contact with it.

28.10 / 16:11

security economy Trade reports Relationships International Israel urged by Yellen to help Palestinian economy function

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the West Bank’s economy could collapse if Israel doesn’t preserve its banking relationship with Palestinian financial institutions in the territory it occupies, highlighting another potential source of instability as Israel also fights foes in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. In a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yellen and several of her global counterparts urged the Israeli leader’s government to approve a waiver that would continue to allow Palestinian and Israeli banks to correspond.

24.10 / 01:27

Citi War show country cover reports Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants

The Israeli army has accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups

23.10 / 03:43

markets economy War Inside reports It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, UN report says

United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns since World War II. Now, more than a year into the war, a new report speaks in terms of centuries. The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development said in a report released Monday that if the war ends tomorrow and Gaza returns to the status quo before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, it could take 350 years for its battered economy to return to its precarious prewar level.

18.10 / 04:55

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West Bank are running out of cans and sugar, blocked by the prolonged closure of a Jordan border crossing, managers of two soda-bottling plants in the occupied Palestinian territory said. In the latest global supply chain snarl due to the conflict in the Middle East, a crucial trade crossing at the Allenby bridge has been largely closed to commercial traffic since early September after a Jordanian gunman shot and killed three Israeli civilians. Sugar and cans previously were transported to West Bank bottlers from Jordan via the bridge, according to Hatim Omari, manager of a plant that bottles Pepsi, 7UP and Mirinda for sale in the Palestinian territories and neighboring countries.

02.10 / 17:17

Waves security economy Experts War rights Palestinians in West Bank risk crossing Israel's separation barrier to flee failing economy

A year of war in the Gaza Strip has reverberated across the West Bank, where the World Bank warns the economy is at risk of collapse because of Israeli restrictions barring Palestinian laborers from entering the country to work and the biggest wave of ...

27.09 / 04:19

Fighting security SPY War Arsenal How Israel’s spies got blindsided by Hamas but still hit Hezbollah hard

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A year ago, Israel suffered its worst-ever intelligence failure when Hamas launched a surprise attack, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages. Today, a wave of strikes against Hezbollah has Israel’s long-vaunted spies back on the front foot.

24.09 / 09:19

UPS Provident Fighting security War peace Optimistic plans for post-war Gaza have little basis in reality

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AFTER ALMOST 300 days, planning for the end of the fighting in Gaza is beginning to seem otherworldly. Politicians and generals have been talking about what might happen when the shooting stops since the start of the war in October.

22.09 / 02:25

Citi security WhatsApp Israeli forces raid Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order

Qatari Al Jazeera TV said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank's Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops storming the channel's office and handing over a military closure order to one of the Al Jazeera TV staff before the broadcast was disrupted. In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate condemned the Israeli move, saying «this arbitrary military decision is considered a new violation against journalistic and media works, which has been exposing the occupation's crimes against the Palestinian people.»

20.09 / 02:19

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Basic communication devices like pagers and walkie-talkies, used by Hezbollah to avoid being tracked by Israel, were manipulated to detonate, killing many and injuring thousands. Are basic devices the only ones that can be targeted? What about mobiles? Mint explains: Hezbollah had advised its members to stop using mobile phones to prevent Israel from tracking them.

19.09 / 05:53

Progressive War Justice Courts International Canada abstains from UN motion calling on Israel to end presence of Gaza, West Bank

Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year.

12.09 / 16:45

UPS economy Trade War reports International The Palestinian economy is in free fall and will require billions to rebuild, the UN says

The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory, the United Nations says

08.09 / 19:05

security Remark War show strain Investigations Three killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border

West Bank on Sunday, the first such incident since the Gaza war began in October, straining ties between the Jewish state and the Hashemite kingdom. Israel's army said that the gunman accessed the Allenby Bridge crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, from the Jordanian side in a truck and fired shots before he was killed by Israeli guards. The victims were identified as forklift operators above the age of 50. The crossing, which is used mainly by Palestinians and foreigners, was closed while Israeli security forces conducted searches given suspicions that the truck might have been rigged with explosives, the army said. Al Arabiya TV showed a backlog of trucks on the Jordanian side after the closing.

07.09 / 03:25

Death President Universities War Investigations Israeli troops shoot Turkish-American woman dead at West Bank protest, officials say

Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian and Turkish officials said. The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate. Turkey's foreign ministry said she was shot in the head, and placed blame on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for her death. Palestinian officials described her as a 26-year-old activist from Seattle who held both U.S. and Turkish citizenship.

01.09 / 05:41

Citi Action President War reports Israel finds six hostages' bodies in Gaza, including Goldberg-Polin, Biden says

Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including that of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, U.S. President Joe Biden said late on Saturday. «Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas,» Biden said in a statement issued by the White House. «I am devastated and outraged.» The Israeli military said in a statement early on Sunday that the bodies of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Ori Danino had been brought to Israel.

28.08 / 17:54

Man security War shooting Investigations International Israel army says 'failed' to stop deadly West Bank settler attack

Israeli military said on Wednesday it had «failed» in its response to a settler attack in the occupied West Bank earlier this month that Palestinian officials said killed one man. The August 15 raid on the northern West Bank village of Jit came amid soaring violence in the Palestinian territory during the Gaza war and growing international concern over an uptick in attacks by Jewish settlers. Major General Avi Bluth, head of the military's Central Command which operates in the West Bank, was quoted in a statement as saying the attack was «a very serious terror incident in which Israelis set out to deliberately harm the residents of the town of Jit, and we failed by not succeeding to arrive earlier to protect them».

27.08 / 20:49

Blockchain Binance CEO Platform Paxful Bitcoin Binance Accused of Freezing Palestinian Crypto Assets

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