Tag Archives: Israel

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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Iran faces tough choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli strikes

Muhamad Yehia How the Islamic Republic chooses to respond to the unusually public Israeli aerial assault on its homeland could determine whether the region spirals further toward all-out war or holds steady at an already devastating and destabilizing level of violence. In the coldly calculating realm of Middle East geopolitics, a strike …

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Five things to know about Israel’s attack on Iran

Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel delivered its long-expected response to Iranian missile attacks early Saturday by carrying out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. Here’s what to know Multiple targets were struck Under the cover of darkness early Saturday, Israel struck multiple sites in different parts of Iran. Explosions …

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? Why is Israel in turmoil

Muhamad Yehia Last November Israel elected its most far right government in its 75 year history. Months of protests followed over its plans for reform of the judicial system. Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government is proposing an agenda that goes beyond domestic reforms – and not everyone is happy. As …

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EU see UNIFIL mission as essential 

MADRID, Oct 16 (Reuters) – The EU countries contributing to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, dubbed as UNIFIL, say it is “essential and fundamental” and only the UN can decide whether to end it, Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Wednesday after a video call with 15 …

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Biden sends antimissile system and troops to Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send a T erminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a …

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Cuban Ambassador expresses solidarity with Palestinian people

Wagdy Abdelaziz The Cuban Ambassador to Cairo, Ambassador Manuel Rubido Diaz, participated in the meeting held at the Arab League to discuss ways to support the Palestinian cause and call for Palestine to obtain full membership in the United Nations. Ambassador Manuel Rubido Diaz delivered a speech at the meeting, …

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Iran votes in snap poll for new president

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race’s sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. Voters face a …

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1 million in Gaza could experience starvation

United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy …

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