Tag Archives: Gaza

China and France Push Forward to Rescue the Two-State Solution: International Welcome for Ceasefire and Renewed Recognition of the State of Palestine

  Sahar Ragab In a significant diplomatic step that reflects renewed international momentum toward ending the Middle East conflict, China and France reaffirmed in a joint statement their firm position on the need to create conducive conditions for reviving and implementing the “two-state solution,” considering it the only viable path …

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Interview with the Swedish Ambassador to Cairo

Sahar Ragab – Ahmed Bahgat  In a candid interview with “Africaface” the Swedish Ambassador to Cairo, Dag Jolin Dannefeldt, made important statements about the situation in Gaza, the future of the two-state solution, and his country’s positions on Israel, Russia, and China. Dannefeldt did not mince words, but spoke clearly …

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Moroccans Protest Ship Suspected of Carrying Us Fighter Jet Parts to Israel

More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found. Dockworkers and organisations supporting Palestinians in Gaza said in …

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Hamas releases bodies of Israeli hostages, including the Bibas family

Muhamad Yehia The Bibas family include a mother and two children whose whereabouts were widely speculated on. Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four deceased Israeli hostages, said to include the Bibas family — a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead. Militants displayed four …

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Hamas frees eight more hostages, Israel delays prisoner release

  Muhamad Yehia After more than a year of being held captive, Israeli soldier Agam Berger was released on Thursday by Hamas as part of the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. She was among five female Israeli soldiers abducted by the Palestinian militant group during the October 7th Hamas …

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Israel’s Netanyahu vows to challenge ‘absurd’ corruption charges as he takes the stand in his trial

Muhamad Yehia TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised defiantly on Tuesday to knock down corruption allegations against him as he began testifying in his long-running trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli leader to take the stand as a criminal defendant. The testimony is another low point for …

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Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food

JERUSALEM (AP) — With virtually no food allowed into the northernmost part of Gaza for the past month, tens of thousands of Palestinians under Israeli siege are rationing their last lentils and flour to survive. As bombardment pounds around them, some say they risk their lives by venturing out in …

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Muhamad Yehia CAIRO (AP) — The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday. The tally includes 96 dead who arrived at hospitals in Gaza over the past two days, the …

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It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, UN report says

Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab 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 …

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More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli bombings in Gaza, say medics

More than 100 people killed in latest Israeli bombings in Gaza, say medics Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo UN special coordinator says ‘nightmare in Gaza is intensifying’ and calls for immediate end to violence At least 87 people have been killed or are missing and 40 injured after intense Israeli airstrikes overnight …

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