Israel’s UNRWA ban a ‘new level in war against UN’, Palestinian envoy says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s UNRWA ban a ‘new level in war against UN’, Palestinian envoy says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s move to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks a “new level” in its war with the UN, the Palestinian envoy to the UN has said. The Israeli parliament or Knesset approved bills on Monday aimed at banning UNRWA from operating in Israel….

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including occupied…

Israeli strikes reportedly kill more than 150 in northern Gaza and Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli strikes reportedly kill more than 150 in northern Gaza and Lebanon | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The attacks are carried out as the humanitarian situation in both places worsens and ceasefire talks resume with no expected breakthrough. More than 150 people are reported to have been killed in Israel’s latest attacks in northern Gaza and Lebanon. At least 93 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli attack…

‘Intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’: World condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘Intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’: World condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United Nations and countries across the globe have denounced Israel after its parliament passed two laws that brands the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) a “terror” group and bans the humanitarian organisation from operating on Israeli soil. The legislation, approved on Monday, would – if implemented – prevent…

What’s the focus for Harris, Trump in the last few days of the US campaign? | US Election 2024

What’s the focus for Harris, Trump in the last few days of the US campaign? | US Election 2024

Opinion polls suggest the US presidential election is tight. The United States presidential election campaign has entered its last week, with opinion polls suggesting it’s neck and neck. So, what’s the focus for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in these final days? And how big a say could US support…

Israeli air strikes pummel Lebanese historic city of Tyre | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli air strikes pummel Lebanese historic city of Tyre | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Successive Israeli air strikes have pummeled the southern port city of Tyre in Lebanon following an evacuation warning from the Israeli military for parts of the city, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported. Footage aired by local media and the Lebanese Civil Defence showed thick plumes of smoke rising against…

Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel wants to close the circle of history in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Over the past year, Gaza has become synonymous with epochal catastrophe. But in ancient times, this was a place of prosperity, a strategic crossroads known as “the way of the Philistines”, which connected ancient Egypt with the land of Canaan. Gaza is mentioned in the inscriptions of the Egyptian Pharaoh…