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Details have emerged about the controversial scheme to take Palestinians out of Gaza, run by Al-Majd Europe.On Thursday morning, a chartered plane carrying 153 Palestinians from war-torn Gaza – many without the required travel documents – landed at an airport near Johannesburg, leaving South African officials “blindsided”.After nearly 12 hours of scrambling, the group was allowed to disembark into the care of a local charity organisation.More details have emerged about the scheme run by “Al-Majd Europe”, through which activists argue Israel is advancing its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.The Palestinian passengers were charged a hefty sum of money by…
Foreign minister says Iran has not been enriching uranium at any of its sites since Israel and the US bombed them.Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities maintain that the United States and its allies are set on a forceful approach over the country’s nuclear programme, so negotiations appear far off.The administration of US President Donald Trump has left no room for talks by repeatedly presenting “maximalist demands”, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday at a news conference in Tehran.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4IRGC says tanker seized near Iran’s waters based on judicial orderlist 2 of…
I volunteered in Gaza as a doctor. The anger, guilt, and helplessness I continue to feel are unbearable.It has been more than a month since a “ceasefire” took hold in Gaza. That, of course, does not mean that the killing of Palestinians has stopped. It simply means that it has been reduced to a rate that allows international media to ignore it.And so, the world has largely moved on from the story. But I haven’t.In July 2024, I joined a medical mission to Gaza and spent 22 days there, volunteering at hospitals. What I came back with is something I cannot…
Latest Israeli attack on UNIFIL comes as it continues near-daily strikes on its northern neighbour in violation of yearlong ceasefire.The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) says Israeli soldiers have shot at its peacekeepers in their latest targeting of UNIFIL as Israel continues to attack Lebanon on a near-daily basis in violation of a yearlong ceasefire in its war against Hezbollah.Israeli forces on Sunday “fired on UNIFIL peacekeepers from a Merkava tank from near a position Israel has established in Lebanese territory”, the peacekeepers said in a statement, adding heavy-machinegun rounds hit about 5 metres (5.5 yards) from their…
The New Visions art movement energised a cultural boycott in the 1980s. Artists are still using it as inspiration today.In the quiet of his Ramallah studio in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian artist Nabil Anani works diligently on artworks deeply rooted in a movement he helped create during the political tumult of the late 1980s.Cofounded in 1987 by Anani and fellow artists Sliman Mansour, Vera Tamari and Tayseer Barakat, the New Visions art movement focused on using local natural materials while eschewing Israeli supplies as a form of cultural resistance. The movement prioritised self-sufficiency at a time of deep political…
Libyan Red Crescent says it rescued 91 migrants and asylum seekers from Bangladesh, Sudan and Egypt.At least four people have been killed when two boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers capsized off Libya’s coast, according to the Libyan Red Crescent.In a statement on Saturday, the organisation said the incident occurred off the coastal city of al-Khums on Thursday night.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandatelist 2 of 4Sudan’s civilians deserve more than survivallist 3 of 4Forty-two migrants presumed dead after shipwreck near Libya: UNlist 4 of 4Former French President Nicolas…
Palestinian families call for help as Israel’s two-year military assault has left hundreds of thousands vulnerable.Cold temperatures and heavy rainfall have worsened already dire conditions for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinian families across the Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to block deliveries of tents and other critical shelter supplies to the besieged territory.Humanitarian groups have been warning for weeks that Palestinians living in tent camps and other makeshift shelters do not have what they need to withstand blistering winter conditions in the coastal enclave.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Trip of suffering’: Gaza evacuee details 24-hour journey to…
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel’s war on Gaza.Montreal, Canada – A former United Nations special rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses against Palestinians says he was interrogated by Canadian authorities on “national security” grounds as he travelled to Canada this week to attend a Gaza-related event.Richard Falk, an international law expert from the United States, told media that he was questioned at Toronto Pearson international airport on Thursday alongside his wife, fellow legal scholar Hilal Elver.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How Canada’s ‘off-the-record’ arms exports end up in Israellist…
RSF is burning and burying bodies near a university, mosque, camp for the displaced people, and hospital in el-Fasher, Yale University researchers say.The government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have recaptured two territories in the North Kordofan state from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), as the paramilitary group continues burning and burying bodies in Darfur’s el-Fasher to hide evidence of mass killings.Footage circulating online this week showed army soldiers holding assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades celebrating their takeovers of Kazqil and Um Dam Haj Ahmed in North Kordofan, the state where intense fighting is expected to rage over the coming weeks.Recommended…
Lawyers say Palestinians are being assaulted and deprived of contact with the outside world at the underground facility Rakevet.Dozens of Palestinian prisoners are being held indefinitely in an underground Israeli detention facility, deprived of sunlight and subjected to extreme violence, Palestinian lawyers say, as more reports of abuse emerge from the devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza.Lawyers for Palestinians held at Rakevet, an underground wing of the Ramla (Nitzan) prison complex in central Israel, said their clients have been assaulted, starved, and denied medical care despite serious injuries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Displaced Palestinian families suffer as…