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  • In Gaza, the Nakba is being relived in 2025 | Israel-Palestine conflict

    In Gaza, the Nakba is being relived in 2025 | Israel-Palestine conflict

    The Nakba. It’s a concept that accompanied me from birth until I lived through it myself these past two years.

    I was born a refugee in the Khan Younis camp, known by the city’s residents as the largest gathering of refugees expelled from their lands during the Nakba, when Israel was founded in 1948.

    Whenever someone asked me my name, it was always followed by: “Are you a refugee or a citizen?”

    ‘What is a refugee?’

    As a child, I would ask: “What is a refugee?”

    I attended a…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • 90% of Gaza’s population forcibly displaced by Israel: UN

    Palestinians attempt to travel between northern and southern Gaza on foot or by non-motorized vehicles such as bicycles, motorcycles, horse carts, and tuk-tuks, as the Israeli army expands its control over the Netzarim Corridor and pushes westward toward Rashid Street, effectively severing direct transit routes across the region on May 12, 2025. [Mahmoud Abu Hamda - Anadolu Agency]

    Around 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million population has been forcibly displaced by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said today. As Palestinians mark the 77th anniversary of their expulsion from their towns in historical Palestine after attacks by Zionist gangs and the creation of the occupation state of Israel, UNRWA said: “In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages. These events are known as…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Chopra: Nadeem javelin friendship ‘not the same’ after India-Pakistan clash | Athletics News

    Chopra: Nadeem javelin friendship ‘not the same’ after India-Pakistan clash | Athletics News

    The recent military escalations have damaged a once exemplary athlete bond between Olympic javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra of India and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem.

    Doha, Qatar – India’s Olympic gold medal-winning athlete Neeraj Chopra believes the recent escalations between his country and neighbouring Pakistan will affect the hugely popular friendship he shared with his cross-border counterpart Arshad Nadeem.

    Both men’s javelin athletes have earned widespread praise for overlooking the…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Israel Summons Ambassador over Spanish PM’s ‘Genocidal State’ Remarks

    Israel Summons Ambassador over Spanish PM’s ‘Genocidal State’ Remarks

    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. (Photo: Frederic Esteve, Supplied)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    It was the first time that Sanchez publicly used the term “genocidal state” – a phrase frequently employed by his coalition partner.

    Israel summoned the Spanish ambassador on Wednesday after Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, called Tel Aviv a “genocidal state.”

    Ana Salomon​​​​​​​ was asked to attend a meeting at the Foreign Ministry after Sanchez made…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Hamas: Aid Entry Agreed with US – UN Sounds Alarm on Gaza Crisis

    Hamas: Aid Entry Agreed with US – UN Sounds Alarm on Gaza Crisis

    Famine is imminent in northern Gaza. (Photo: via UNRWA)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    UN agencies warn of imminent famine and health system collapse in Gaza as Hamas announces aid deal with the US, and Israel’s blockade enters its 75th day.

    The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas announced on Thursday that recent understandings with the United States include provisions for the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into the enclave.

    Meanwhile, the siege and starvation of…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Syrian Kurdish negotiator Yusuf: No agreement yet with Damascus on Tishreen Dam

    Syrian Kurdish negotiator Yusuf: No agreement yet with Damascus on Tishreen Dam

    President Donald Trump’s meeting with Syria’s interim president has sparked Kurdish fears of being sidelined in future talks.

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • The walls that surround us were built to make the Nakba eternal – Mondoweiss

    The walls that surround us were built to make the Nakba eternal – Mondoweiss

    Growing up, we used to seize the rare opportunities when the Lebanese army granted us permits to “visit Palestine” — which, in reality, meant visiting South Lebanon just beyond the Khardaly checkpoint, which Palestinian refugees are not allowed to go beyond further due to “security concerns”. 

    I remember the first time I saw Palestine — it was through Fatima’s Gate, in the village of Kfar Kila, one of the closest points to the border. Behind me was a small café, and…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Nakba survivor says Israeli ‘brutality’ worse than 77 years ago | Israel-Palestine conflict

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    Israeli forces destroyed homes in the occupied West Bank and killed dozens in Gaza as Palestinians marked 77 years since the Nakba. Israel’s ‘brutality’ has displaced 85-year-old Nakba survivor Mohammed once again, but he says this time it’s worse.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Trump touts investments worth $10 trillion from his Mideast tour – Middle East Monitor

    The US has secured investments worth $10 trillion as result of President Donald Trump’s Middle East tour this week, Trump said in a speech at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar today.

    Trump said that Qatar will make $42 billion in military purchases and invest $10 billion to improve Al Udeid Air Base, which houses members of the US, UK, and Qatari air forces.

    Trump’s visit to Doha is part of a Gulf tour that began on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia and is scheduled to…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

    Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

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    In early April, just weeks after resuming its assault on Gaza, Israeli forces announced that they had taken control of the southernmost city of Rafah to create the “Morag Axis,” a new military corridor further dissecting the Strip. Over the course of the war, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, the army had destroyed more than 50,000 housing units in Rafah — 90 percent of its…

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