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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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Netanyahu ‘survival’ depends on ‘expanding war’ says head of Palestinian National Initiative
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote on a Palestinian request for full UN membership on Friday. Israel’s ally, the US, is expected to block the move because it would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It comes as the UN appeals for more than £2.2 billion to help people in Gaza and the…
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‘No sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails’, says former Knesset member
Benny Gantz may be part of Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet but he has provoked criticism from within the Israeli government for his visit to Washington DC.
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Palestinian prisoners allege brutal treatment in Israel jails
Israel’s response to the October the 7th attack has involved a huge surge in the number of Palestinians being detained – seven-thousand in the West Bank alone, according to authorities there, with an unknown number of Gazans also in custody.
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Over 100 dead as Israel opens fire on Gazans scrambling for food, say Palestinians
In Gaza, health ministry numbers show the death toll has now passed thirty thousand. And growing desperation has led to even more tragedy near Gaza City. Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops opened fire on a crowd waiting for food aid, killing 112 people and injuring 760 others. It happened at around 4am local time…
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Commons Gaza vote chaos ‘disgraceful and shameful’ says Palestinian Ambassador in the UK
We were joined by the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot.
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Palestinian artist paints Gaza’s loss
We hear so much about the heavy death toll and the destruction of homes and buildings in Gaza but alongside those horrors of war there’s a whole generation of young people who say they’ve lost any hope for the future. Many of their schools and universities have been destroyed – dreams now reduced to the…
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All states must ensure ICJ orders to Israel are carried out, says former Palestinian Authority spokesperson
We were joined by Nour Odeh, the former spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority, who’s in the West Bank.
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Gaza-Israel: Fighting engulfs Khan Younis as Palestinian authorities say Israeli troops storm hospital
Fierce fighting has engulfed Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis today, with gun battles in the streets and an intensive bombing campaign from the sky.
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Netanyahu rejects calls for developing Palestinian state after Gaza war
A spokesperson for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has insisted there can be “no security and stability in the region” without the creation of a Palestinian state.
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‘Yemen will not stop their attacks until Palestinians are given right to live’, says pro-Houthi commentator
We spoke to Hussain Al Bukhaiti, a pro-Houthi commentator based in the Yemeni capital Sa’ana, and began by asking whether the strikes would have any impact on the Houthis.
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Israel-Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians flee as Israel sustains intense bombardment over central Gaza
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing into the southern Gazan town of Rafah, as Israel keeps up its intense bombardment over central Gaza – with fierce fighting also continuing around Khan Younis in the south.
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‘Ceasefire immediately’ – Palestinian National Initiative says Israel must stop Gaza conflict
We spoke to the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative political party, Mustafa Barghouti, in Ramallah.
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More than 100 Palestinians killed overnight during air strikes according to officials
Officials from the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry say more than a hundred people have been killed during Israeli air strikes, in one of the deadliest nights of the eleven week old conflict between Israel and Hamas. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who visited troops in Gaza today – warned that fighting would intensify. There…
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FactCheck: what is a two state solution and do Israelis and Palestinians want one?
The UK and US have both expressed support for the idea.
