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  • New poll shows plunging US public support for Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    New poll shows plunging US public support for Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Washington, DC – A new poll from the research firm Gallup suggests that only 32 percent of Americans approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza, a 10-point drop from September 2024, as anger over atrocities against Palestinians continues to rise.

    The survey, released on Tuesday, also showed an enormous partisan divide over the issue. Seventy-one percent of respondents who identified as members of the Republican Party said they approve of Israel’s conduct, compared with 8 percent of…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ young women staff from his Mar-a-Lago resort | Donald Trump News

    Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ young women staff from his Mar-a-Lago resort | Donald Trump News

    Trump says he cut off his relationship with Epstein because the sex offender poached workers from his Florida resort.

    United States President Donald Trump has said that he ended his relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein because he “stole” young female workers from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

    Speaking to reporters on his way home from a trip to Scotland on Tuesday, Trump alleged that one such worker was the late Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein‘s…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • What is the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia? | News

    What is the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia? | News

    Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to a ceasefire after clashes along their disputed border, home to centuries-old temples and decades-old tensions. The conflict is tied to political dynasties, shifting alliances and the growing influence of China. Can this ceasefire hold?

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • LIVE BLOG: Gaza Hits Famine Threshold, UNRWA Reports, as Death Toll Exceeds 60,000 – Day 662

    LIVE BLOG: Gaza Hits Famine Threshold, UNRWA Reports, as Death Toll Exceeds 60,000 – Day 662


    Israel committed horrific massacres in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    The UNRWA chief says the “threshold of famine has been reached with widespread starvation and malnutrition” across Gaza.

    Meanwhile, the National Council of Palestinian Tribes and Clans accused Israel of deceiving the international community by pretending to facilitate humanitarian aid to Gaza.

    Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 60,034 and injured 145,870 others, the majority of…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Calls for US to sanction Israeli settlers after Palestinian activist killed | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Calls for US to sanction Israeli settlers after Palestinian activist killed | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Washington, DC – A spokesperson for the State Department in the United States has been questioned about the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, allegedly at the hands of an Israeli settler previously sanctioned by the US government.

    At a news briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce demurred when asked whether the suspect in Hathaleen’s death, Yinon Levi, would be held accountable.

    “Israel has investigations that it’s implementing regarding situations…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Bessent warns China on Russian oil purchases that could bring 100% tariffs

    Bessent warns China on Russian oil purchases that could bring 100% tariffs

    By David Lawder

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said he warned Chinese officials that continued purchases of sanctioned Russian oil would lead to big tariffs due to legislation in Congress, but was told that Beijing would protect its energy sovereignty.

    Wrapping up two days of U.S.-China trade talks in Stockholm, Bessent said he also expressed U.S. displeasure at China’s continued purchases of sanctioned Iranian oil, and its sales of over $15 billion worth…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • AIPAC denies pulling Randy Fine endorsement after derogatory comments on Gaza starvation

    AIPAC denies pulling Randy Fine endorsement after derogatory comments on Gaza starvation

    The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) denied on Tuesday reports that it dropped its endorsement of a congressman who told Gazans to “starve away.” The pro-Israel advocacy group called the reporting suggesting that it had distanced itself from the lawmaker “unsourced” and “speculative.” 

    What happened: On July 22, in response to an ABC news article reporting that 15 people had died from malnutrition in Gaza in 24 hours, Representative  Fine (R-Fla.) wrote on X:…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Trump says Israel will ‘preside over’ US aid distribution in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Trump says Israel will ‘preside over’ US aid distribution in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    United States President Donald Trump has suggested that Israel will run food distribution centres in Gaza, a move that critics say would further entrench the Israeli occupation and endanger the safety of aid seekers.

    Speaking to reporters onboard his presidential jet on Tuesday, Trump stressed the Israeli talking point that Hamas steals food assistance distributed in Gaza — a claim that has been denied by aid groups and United Nations officials.

    Even Israeli officials have anonymously told…

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  • 16 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli targeting of aid seekers

    16 Palestinians killed, dozens injured in Israeli targeting of aid seekers

    GAZA, (PIC)

    Sixteen Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens injured on Tuesday evening after Israeli occupation forces shelled and opened fire on crowds waiting for humanitarian aid in various parts of the Gaza Strip.

    Medical sources confirmed that six civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli artillery attack targeting aid seekers near the “Morag axis” northwest of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.

    Additionally, ten more civilians were killed and several others…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Britain warns Israel it could recognise Palestinian state as Gaza starvation spreads

    Britain warns Israel it could recognise Palestinian state as Gaza starvation spreads

    By Michelle Nichols, Olivia Le Poidevin, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Andrew MacAskill

    UNITED NATIONS/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Tuesday it would recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps to relieve suffering in Gaza, where starvation is spreading, and reaches a ceasefire in the nearly two-year war with Hamas.

    The warning, which drew a harsh Israeli rebuke, came after a hunger monitor said a worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding and immediate action is needed to…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com