Humanitarian organizations on Tuesday called for international aid for Gaza as Israel imposes a further blockade on the territory. While experts condemned Hamas attacks on Israelis as "abhorrent," they also warned a complete siege on the territory will lead to disastrous shortages of food, water and electricity for millions of …
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Tension over U.S. policy on Israel is approaching its snapping point
U.S. President Joe Biden is simultaneously trashing Israel's war cabinet, but supporting the country's war effort. Some see this as a warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: make changes, or risk losing U.S. support. Trashing Israel's war cabinet, supporting Israel's war effort — Biden's two-in-one message A tension at …
Read More »Israel’s war with Hamas brings renewed focus to BDS movement and role of boycotts to effect change
As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, consumers and corporations are being drawn into the fight by way of boycotts and other forms of protest. Scotiabank, Indigo, Starbucks and others have been targeted by protests and boycotts As the war between Israel and Hamas rages on, consumers and …
Read More »Israeli military hunts Hamas in Gaza tunnels as growing number of Palestinians flee on foot
Air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed a top Hamas weapons maker and several fighters, the Israeli military said Wednesday, as its air and ground offensive targeted the militants' vast tunnel network beneath the besieged Palestinian enclave. Those fleeing include children, the elderly and people with disabilities Air strikes on …
Read More »Israeli siblings taken hostage by Hamas describe passing notes, painful surgeries during captivity
The Regev siblings were among more than 100 hostages freed during a weeklong ceasefire in late November. Regevs among more than 100 hostages freed during weeklong ceasefire in November Israeli Maya Regev lay badly wounded in a nondescript house in Gaza, her leg mangled from a gunshot, under orders not …
Read More »Israel-Hamas war’s first truce sees Gaza hostages, Israeli detainees released
Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce on Friday morning with Palestinian militants set to release a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages later in the day, the first break in a war that has devastated the besieged Gaza enclave. 4-day truce underway as 200 aid trucks …
Read More »Israel intensifies southern Gaza offensive as U.S. and UN urge civilian protections
Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly urged them to protect civilians. U.S. says it expects Israel not to strike areas it identifies as safe for civilians …
Read More »‘We can’t celebrate anything,’ says Palestinian man after one of Israel-Hamas war’s deadliest nights
Amid reports that Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 people overnight, a Christian Palestinian man living in a refugee camp reflected on the 11-week battle between Israel and Hamas that has now stretched into Christmas. Strikes that began hours before Christmas Day persisted into Monday No season of joy for …
Read More »Arab leaders press for Gaza ceasefire, but U.S. says move would let Hamas regroup
Arab leaders publicly pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Palestinians said an Israeli air strike killed at least 15 people in a UN-run school being used as a shelter. Top U.S. diplomat says all agree on need for …
Read More »Group representing Canadian Muslim donors pulls back from Liberal Party over stance on Gaza
A network representing influential Canadian Muslim donors to the Liberal Party of Canada has left the ranks of the party's top donors, citing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's disinclination to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, CBC News has learned. 'With broken hearts, we must depart the Laurier Club,' …
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