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Desperate for cash, Gazans sell clothes plucked from rubble
Reuters  |  Nov 19, 2024

Widespread shortages and months of grinding war have generated a trade in old clothing, much of it salvaged from the homes of people who have died in...

No propaganda on earth can hide the wound that is Palestine: Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy  |  Oct 12, 2024

'I refuse to play the condemnation game. Let me make myself clear. I do not tell oppressed people how to resist their oppression or who their allies s...

World Court to deliver opinion on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories on July 19
Reuters  |  Jul 12, 2024

The UN-affiliated ICJ is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations and it gives advisory opinions on internationa...

Gaza ceasefire effort shows signs of revival as Israel pounds enclave
Reuters  |  Jul 04, 2024

After weeks with little public diplomacy, mediators Egypt and Qatar delivered a response from Hamas to a proposal that would include a release of host...

In northern Gaza, starved families survive on bread alone
Reuters  |  Jun 14, 2024

The offensive has left Gaza in ruins, killing more than 37,000 people, according to its health authorities, and left much of the population homeless a...

Explainer: What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
Reuters  |  May 28, 2024

Advocates of the two-state solution have envisaged a Palestine in the Gaza Strip and West Bank linked by a corridor through Israel.

South Africa seeks more protection for Palestinians in Gaza
Mary Wambui  |  May 11, 2024

In its latest act of aggression against the people of Gaza, Israel seized that side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, forcing tens of thousands...

Gaza war: Success of Egypt peace deal would set blueprint for Middle East's future
The Conversation  |  May 05, 2024

Amid diplomatic manoeuvres in the push for an end to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Middle East expert John Strawson says the crisis has reached a cri...

Hamas negotiators arrive in Cairo for Gaza truce talks
Reuters  |  May 04, 2024

Taher Al-Nono, a Hamas official and advisor to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, said meetings with Egyptian and Qatari mediators had begun.

Canadian-Ethiopian musician The Weeknd gives WFP $2m for Gaza
Amina Wako  |  Apr 30, 2024

The donation will provide vital relief to thousands of Palestinian families struggling with hunger amid the conflict with Israel.

Palestinian authorities seek probe into mass graves at Gaza hospitals
Reuters  |  Apr 25, 2024

UN rights chief said on Tuesday he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities and by the reports of the mass gra...

Jamaica officially recognises State of Palestine
Amina Wako  |  Apr 24, 2024

Jamaica joins a list that includes some 140 UN member states and the 11 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.

World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens
UN News  |  Mar 28, 2024

The fresh ICJ order also calls on Israel, as a signatory to the Genocide Convention, to undertake those measures, “including by increasing the capacit...

Gaza health ministry says Israeli fire kills 20 Gazans waiting for aid
AFP  |  Mar 15, 2024

The humanitarian emergency has forced some countries to use airdrops and sea routes for aid supplies because of limited land access to Gaza via Jordan...

Gaza war: Author and activist Arundhati Roy says 'never again'
Arundhati Roy  |  Mar 10, 2024

"The governments of the most powerful countries in the Western world have lost their dignity and any respect they might have had," she says.

UN court to weigh consequences of Israel occupation
Agency  |  Feb 18, 2024

UN's top court will from Monday hold hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967.

Gaza war: Palestinian group calls out UN special adviser Alice Nderitu for inaction
Foreign Correspondent  |  Feb 08, 2024

The organisations note the absence of meaningful action by Alice Wairimu Nderitu's office in response to sustained mass atrocities endured by Palestin...

Hamas leader expected in Cairo for truce talks
Agency  |  Feb 01, 2024

Tens of billions of dollars, and seven decades, would be required to rebuild Gaza, which "currently is uninhabitable"

Biden says Palestinian state still possible after Netanyahu call
Agency  |  Jan 20, 2024

Their call came a day after Netanyahu said he opposes allowing Palestinian sovereignty in the wake of the conflict

Israel bombs Gaza as disagreements with US simmer
Agency  |  Jan 19, 2024

The bombing comes after the US publicly sparred with Israel over the possibility of a Palestinian state.

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