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Half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need: WFP

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving.

After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities

Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in...

Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants

Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India

Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India.

Two days after Israeli forces pronounced him dead, Abu Shujaa appears ‘alive’ in Tulkarm

Earlier this week, Israeli occupation forces carried out a brutal three-day raid of Tulkarm's Nour Shams refugee camp. During the onslaught, Israeli soldiers carried out mass arrests to end rebellious movements in the occupied West Bank.

Video: Protests in Jordan over Israel’s war on Gaza enters sixth night

Thousands of people rallied near the Israeli embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman on Friday in a sixth night of large-scale protests against Israel. Heavy security was evident as the...

Video: Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad reads her poem ‘Only in Gaza’

Palestinian journalist and writer Plestia Alaqad shares a poem with Middle East Eye's Mohamed Hassan during a conversation about the power of storytelling, leaving Gaza and what the world is still missing in the way it sees Palestine.
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ICJ orders Israel to stop preventing ‘delivery of urgently needed’ aid

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ordered Israel to provide immediate, unhindered delivery of aid to Gaza as part of new provisional measures issued in a genocide case...

Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow

Gaza war surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah elected rector at University of Glasgow.
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In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital: Euro-Med Monitor

The Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs, human rights group Euro-Med Monitor said on Wednesday. The allegations...

Gangs, kidnappings, murders: Why thousands of Rohingya are desperately trying to escape refugee camps by boats

Ruth Wells, UNSW Sydney and Max William Loomes, UNSW Sydney Late last week, a boat crammed with Rohingya refugees fleeing a squalid camp in Bangladesh capsized off the coast of...
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Over 100 organisations declare Hindu supremacy matter of “acute concern” in US

Over 100 civil society groups across the United States have signed onto a declaration expressing “acute concern about the alarming rise of Hindu supremacy, also known as Hindutva or Hindu nationalism, in the United States.”

Hamas says UN report on Gaza genocide poses ‘real test’ for international community

Hamas, the ruling entity in Gaza has called on the International Criminal Court to hold Israel “accountable for genocide and ethnic cleansing” in light of a report published by the UN.
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Protest against Adani’s ‘greenwashing’ at London Science Museum

Climate groups, the Indian diaspora organization South Asia Solidarity Group, and pro-Palestinian organizations protested the opening of a new gallery sponsored by the Indian conglomerate Gautam Adani's Green Energy at the London Science Museum. The Adani-sponsored gallery, named Adani Green Energy Gallery, opened on Monday, aims to showcase how renewable energy can combat climate change.

UN report says acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza has been met, calls for arms embargo on Israel

An advanced unedited version of a report on Gaza by UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese found that "there are reasonable grounds to believe that...
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Video| Palestinian boy assaulted by Israeli forces over ‘gun’ shirt

An undated video has been shared online of a Palestinian boy being assaulted and made to remove his shirt by an Israeli soldier because it had images of guns...

Hamas welcomes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Monday issued a statement welcoming the UN Security Council's resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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