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  • Malta to recognise Palestinian state in September

    Malta to recognise Palestinian state in September

    VALLETTA (Reuters) -Malta will declare recognition of a Palestinian state during the general assembly of the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Tuesday evening.

    Abela made the announcement hours after a similar declaration by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and days after France also announced its recognition plans.

    “Our position reflects our commitment to efforts for a lasting peace in the Middle East,” Abela said in a Facebook post.

    The Malta government had…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Saudi Arabia, France seek support for declaration on two-state solution between Israel, Palestinians

    Saudi Arabia, France seek support for declaration on two-state solution between Israel, Palestinians

    By Michelle Nichols

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia and France on Tuesday called on countries at the United Nations to support a declaration that outlines “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards implementing a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

    The seven-page declaration is the result of an international conference at the U.N. this week – hosted by Saudi Arabia and France – on the decades-long conflict. The United States and Israel boycotted the…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israeli settler arrested in fatal shooting was ‘glad about it’ | Newsfeed

    Israeli settler arrested in fatal shooting was ‘glad about it’ | Newsfeed

    NewsFeed

    Witnesses say the Israeli settler arrested in the fatal shooting of Palestinian activist Odeh Hadalin said he was “glad about it.” The shooting happened during a confrontation over an Israeli bulldozer that damaged infrastructure in a Palestinian village.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • ‘Threshold of Famine Reached’ in Gaza – UNRWA Chief Calls for Scale-up of Aid

    ‘Threshold of Famine Reached’ in Gaza – UNRWA Chief Calls for Scale-up of Aid

    Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians 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.

    The head of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has called for flooding the Gaza Strip with a “massive scale-up of aid” as the “only way to reverse this catastrophe” in the enclave.

    “The…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Conditional Recognition: UK to Recognize Palestine unless Israel Agrees to Ceasefire

    Conditional Recognition: UK to Recognize Palestine unless Israel Agrees to Ceasefire

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (David Evans, Labour Party, via Keir Starmer TW Page)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

     Starmer says Britain is prepared to recognize Palestinian statehood within weeks if Israel fails to halt its military campaign in Gaza and engage in a credible peace process.

    The United Kingdom will formally recognize the State of Palestine this September, unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza and takes concrete steps toward a two-state solution, Prime…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • Palestinian young girl starved to death in Gaza

    Palestinian young girl starved to death in Gaza

    Gaza, (PIC)

    A young Palestinian girl was starved to death in the Gaza Strip in light of the growing famine and malnutrition imposed by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave since 7 October 2023, a Palestinian medical source in the Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday evening.

    A medical official at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital confirmed that Mecca Al-Gharabli died from hunger and severe malnutrition, raising the death toll from Israel’s starvation policy to 148 cases, including 89…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Deaths at GHF Aid Sites Soared ‘Eight-Fold’ between May and June – Report

    Deaths at GHF Aid Sites Soared ‘Eight-Fold’ between May and June – Report

    Israel prevents humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    According to the latest figures from Gaza’s Health Ministry on Tuesday, the total number of “aid seekers” killed at or near aid distribution sites since the end of May has risen to 1,157.

    Palestinian deaths at aid distribution sites in Gaza soared more than eight-fold between May and June, coinciding with the launch of the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF),…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • I saw IDF commit war crimes – Mondoweiss

    I saw IDF commit war crimes – Mondoweiss

    A former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) says he saw Israeli soldiers commit war crimes at the aid distribution sites being run by the Israeli-backed American agency.

    In a series of interviews, former GHF employee and Green Beret Anthony Aguilar alleged that he saw Israeli soldiers use “indiscriminate” force against civilians at various Gaza aid sites.

    “My most frank assessment — I would say that they are criminal,” said Aguilar. “In my entire…

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    News Source: mondoweiss.net

  • Hamas praises French stance condemning settler violence in West Bank

    Hamas praises French stance condemning settler violence in West Bank

    WEST BANK, (PIC)

    Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi on Tuesday praised France’s official position against settler violence in the occupied West Bank as acts of terrorism.

    Mardawi praised the French position as “an important step in the right direction towards full recognition of the reality of our people’s suffering under occupation and settlement expansion.”

    “This statement affirms the truth and justice of the Palestinian narrative, exposes the terrorist practices of…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Umm Al-Khair mourns activist slain by Israeli settler

    Umm Al-Khair mourns activist slain by Israeli settler

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    Yesterday evening, an Israeli settler shot dead the Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in his community of Umm Al-Khair, in the southern occupied West Bank. Known to many international solidarity activists and foreign diplomats for his steadfast non-violent resistance to Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities of Masafer Yatta, the 31-year-old was critically wounded by a bullet…

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