Archive for October 14th, 2023

14/10/2023

Israel/OPT: Israel Must Lift Illegal and Inhumane Blockade on Gaza as Power Plant Runs Out of Fuel

Human Wrongs Watch

By Amnesty International*

The shutdown of Gaza’s only power plant will exacerbate an already desperate humanitarian crisis for more than 2.2 million people trapped in the Gaza Strip, amid a massive bombing campaign by Israel that has killed at least 1,350 people and injured more than 6,000 people.

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The airstrikes were launched in retaliation to the attack on 7 October by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups from Gaza who fired indiscriminate rockets and sent fighters into southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and injuring more than 2,700 and taking hostages, including many civilians.

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14/10/2023

Urgent Plea to Avert Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis amid Looming Israeli Land Incursion into Gaza

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13. Oct 2023 — We are alarmed by Israel’s call for over a million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza in less than 24 hours.

Israel must rescind this order immediately. Demands for the population in its entirety to relocate in such an immediate manner put at risk the lives of those forced to flee.

The Government of Israel has not provided any assurances for their safety while in transit or for the safety of civilians remaining in the Gaza Strip as fighting continues.

Humanitarian agencies operating in Gaza are reporting an unfolding humanitarian crisis on an unprecedented scale.

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14/10/2023

Netanyahu Shows Map of ‘New Middle East’—without Palestine—to UN General Assembly

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By Brett Wilkins | Defend Democracy Press – TRANSCEND Media Service*

“Netanyahu made clear with his little map what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine… from the region and legitimizing greater Israel, all with the blessing of Arab regimes,” one critic said.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered Palestinians and their defenders today after presenting a map of “The New Middle East” without Palestine during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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14/10/2023

The Root of Violence Is Oppression

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By Jewish Voice for Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service*

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7 Oct 2023 – Right now Palestinians, Israelis, and all of us with families on the ground are terrified for our loved ones. We grieve the lives of those already lost and remain committed to a future where every life is precious, and all people live in freedom and safety.

Following 16 years of Israeli military blockade, Palestinian fighters from Gaza launched an unprecedented assault, in which hundreds of Israelis were killed and wounded, and civilians kidnapped.

The Israeli government declared war, launching airstrikes, killing hundreds of Palestinians and wounding thousands, bombing residential buildings and threatening to commit war crimes against besieged Palestinians in Gaza.

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