Genocide
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Author and comedian David Baddiel is speaking to Sophy Ridge about his family’s experience as Jewish German refugees, and what Holocaust Memorial Day means to him. His mother was born in Germany in March 1939 and just managed to make it to the UK with her parents in August 1939, when Baddiel says the Anglo-Jewish…
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Away from the chancellor’s appearance at the CBI, former home secretary Priti Patel is asking an urgent question in parliament. She asks for the government’s response to the decision taken by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his ex-defence secretary Yoav Gallant and senior Hamas commander Mohammed…
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South Africa on Monday submitted evidence of Israel’s genocidal acts in the Gaza Strip to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “South Africa has filed its memorial to the International Court of Justice today, 28 Oct. 2024, in its case on the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of…
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Back to the UN Security Council meeting in New York, where Israeli ambassador Danny Danon is speaking. The meeting has been called to discuss the suffering of people in Gaza, a day after the US gave Israel an ultimatum to increase the flow of aid entering Gaza or risk losing military support. Mr Danon claims…
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The funeral of one the six Israeli hostages found murdered inside Gaza last week is being held this afternoon. Family and friends of Hersh Goldberg-Polin will gather in Jerusalem after he was confirmed dead on Sunday. The 23-year-old was born in the US and was at the Nova music festival when he was taken by…
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Israeli troops launched a new assault Friday into the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, targeting Hamas fighters who the military claims still operate there despite repeated offensives, as American, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators renewed their push for Israel and Hamas to reach a cease-fire deal. Israeli evacuation orders triggered yet another exodus of Palestinians…
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Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “harshly punish” Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a Revolutionary Guards deputy commander was quoted as saying on Friday by local news agencies. “The supreme leader’s orders regarding the harsh punishment of Israel and revenge for…
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Israel’s special envoy for antisemitism has warned there is a “tsunami” of antisemitism in the US that has increased since the Hamas attacks on 7 October. Michal Cotler-Wunsh told Sky News people have been trying to “attack Jews around the world on university campuses, online, on the streets elsewhere”. She said the fact antisemitism had…
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The UN chief said on Friday he is “deeply troubled” by reports of Israeli military’s use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in its bombing campaign in Gaza. Stating that AI is used as a tool for target identification, particularly in densely populated residential areas, resulting in a distressing number of civilian casualties, Antonio Guterres said: “No…
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Bakeries in northern Gaza have resumed production after 170 days, the World Food Programme has said. The humanitarian organisation said after the delivery of fuel and wheat flour, four bakeries were now up and running. Last week, the union of bakery owners in Gaza said there were 140 bakeries operating in the area before the…
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A barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday evening. “Heavy missile fire was directed towards Galilee, along with several sirens sounding amid concerns of aircraft penetration into Israeli territory,” reported Israeli daily Maariv. “Sirens were activated in the communities of Dafna, Snir,…
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The UN rapporteur on Palestine said Monday that US must stop Israel’s attacks rather than airdropping food packages in the Gaza Strip. Sharing a photo of 10-year-old Palestinian child, Yazan al-Kafarna who died of severe hunger in Gaza, Francesca Albanese said that he is one of the many Palestinian children who are starving to death…
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War crimes committed by both Israel and Hamas, UN says The UN’s human rights chief has said war crimes have been committed by both sides during the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Volker Turk, speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, said all suspected war crimes should be investigated and those responsible held…
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Thirty thousand dead, in less than five months of fighting. That figure doesn’t include the huge number injured. It is only an estimate, and impossible for us to accurately corroborate as a figure, but historically the running toll during past Israel-Hamas wars has proven to be fairly accurate once the guns have fallen silent and…
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The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza since 7 October has surpassed 30,000, the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave says. The ministry, an agency in the Hamas-controlled government, is the only official source for Gaza casualties, with Israel limiting access to foreign journalists. They say 30,035 people have been killed, and 70,457 injured…
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The Israeli foreign minister has lashed out at the Brazilian president over the latter’s remarks on the war in Gaza and the Holocaust. According to Reuters, Israel Katz declared that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) was unwelcome in Israel after the Brazilian leader likened Israel’s actions in Gaza to the genocide of Jews by the…
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