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Why does the Israeli army get away with killing foreign activists? | Israel-Palestine conflict

September 16, 2024September 16, 2024 by Farhan

Investigations into Israeli soldiers’ attacks on civilians rarely lead to prosecutions. The killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old American-Turkish activist in the occupied West Bank, has once again brought a troubling issue into the spotlight: Israeli forces targeting civilians. Despite international condemnation and calls for justice, questions linger about whether anyone will be held … Read more

Australia strips medals from Afghanistan war commanders | Conflict News

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by Farhan

Defence minister cancels awards of small number of officers over alleged war crimes committed on their watch. Australia has moved to strip senior military officers of their distinguished service medals over alleged war crimes committed on their watch in Afghanistan. The announcement on Thursday comes after the 2020 Brereton Report found credible evidence that Australian … Read more

What’s the economic toll of Israel’s war on Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

September 11, 2024 by Farhan

Israel’s finances are under strain and its budget deficit is widening, as agencies downgrade the nation’s credit. More than 40,000 Israeli businesses are expected to go bankrupt in the coming months. Tourism has ground to a halt and consumption, trade and foreign investment have all slumped. Israel’s war on Gaza is damaging almost every sector … Read more

Antiwar protesters clash with police at Australian arms fair | Israel-Palestine conflict News

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 by Farhan

Gaza war protesters and police have clashed outside an arms fair in Australia. About 1,200 people attended the protest on Wednesday, picketing the Land Forces 2024 exposition being held in Australia’s second largest city of Melbourne, authorities said. Police used sponge grenades, flash-bang devices and irritant sprays against a rowdy crowd, and arrested dozens. Pro-Palestine … Read more

How do Palestinians in Gaza resist Israel’s attacks on education? | Israel-Palestine conflict

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024 by Farhan

Schools and universities have been destroyed in Israel’s assault as teachers and thousands of students have been killed. Israel has targeted education in its war on Gaza. It is destroying schools and universities and has killed thousands of students and teachers. Yet learning and teaching still go on, in tents and makeshift classrooms. How and … Read more

Who will protect civilians in war-torn Sudan? | Conflict News

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 by Farhan

United Nations experts say serious human rights violations have been commited by both sides in the war. Sudan is facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Fighting between the army and its rival, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced millions from their homes across much … Read more

What could force Netanyahu to agree on a deal with Hamas? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

September 9, 2024September 9, 2024 by Farhan

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to bring home the captives from Gaza. Calls for a Gaza ceasefire are growing louder in Israel. Three-quarters of a million people came out in major cities on Saturday, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a deal to bring home the remaining captives. But he remains … Read more

How Israel’s war on Gaza is destroying Palestinian education | Israel-Palestine conflict

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 by Farhan

With 80 percent of schools destroyed, students in Gaza have lost a year of education and are on the brink of losing another. It is a back-to-school week in the Middle East, except for Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip. Their classrooms are in ruins or have become shelters for the displaced. Their backpacks used … Read more

Aftermath of Israeli assault as military withdraws from West Bank’s Jenin | Israel-Palestine conflict News

September 7, 2024September 6, 2024 by Farhan

Israeli forces have withdrawn from Jenin in the occupied West Bank following a siege that lasted 10 days, leaving behind a trail of devastation. At least 21 people were killed in Jenin city and the refugee camp, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Friday. In a statement on Facebook, the Palestinian … Read more

Are we witnessing the ‘new normal’ for the Middle East? | Israel-Palestine conflict

September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 by Farhan

Former US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer says the US has a ‘weakness’ in dealing with Israel’s ‘extreme government’. By expanding illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and refusing to consider Palestinian self-determination, “we’re watching a situation that will recur” in the Middle East, argues former US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer. Kurtzer tells … Read more