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  • Israel’s narrative cannot survive the truth, so it’s silencing the world | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Israel’s narrative cannot survive the truth, so it’s silencing the world | Israel-Palestine conflict

    We are living in truly extraordinary times.

    We recently witnessed the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, being sanctioned by the United States for doing her job – that is, documenting Israel’s abuses against Palestinians during its ongoing military assault on Gaza.

    But with more than 58,000 Palestinians killed to date in Gaza, the case for Israel is weaker than ever. So, for Israel’s sake, we need to…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

    About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

    Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy scored better on tests of memory, attention and problem-solving skills at ages 7 to 12 compared with those whose mothers had lower levels. That is a key finding of a new peer-reviewed study that my colleagues and I published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

    While vitamin D has long been known for its role in maintaining bone health, scientists have since uncovered its importance in regulating immune…

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    News Source: theconversation.com

  • Bloodshed in Syria’s Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says

    Bloodshed in Syria’s Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says

    (Reuters) -Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.

    A Syrian minister said that the government has recovered 87 bodies, but he did not indicate if it was the entire toll from recent violence between Bedouin tribes and the Druze minority in and around the city in the south of the country.

    (Reporting by Maya Gebeily, Writing by Ahmed Elimam, Editing by Philippa Fletcher)


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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • My journalist friend was arrested by Israel. He won’t be the last

    My journalist friend was arrested by Israel. He won’t be the last

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    Early last week, Israeli authorities arrested one of the most senior journalists in Palestine: Nasser Laham, editor-in-chief of the Ma’an News Agency. He was held for nine days on suspicion of “assisting a terror organization through media,” then quietly released without charge.

    I’ve known Nasser for over 20 years. We first met in the early days of the Second Intifada, a time when many…

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    News Source: www.972mag.com

  • Malnutrition Kills 69 Children in Gaza as Israel’s Blockade Triggers Mass Starvation

    Malnutrition Kills 69 Children in Gaza as Israel’s Blockade Triggers Mass Starvation

    Gaza (Quds News Network)- A 1.5-year-old girl died from malnutrition in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, according to a medical source at Shuhada’a Al-Aqsa Hospital. Her death adds to a growing toll of starvation-related fatalities as Israel’s blockade continues for the 139th consecutive day.

    According to the Government Media Office in Gaza, the total number of children who have died due to malnutrition has risen to 69. Meanwhile, 620 patients have lost their lives as a direct…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Palestinian man dies in Israeli prison one week after his arrest – Middle East Monitor

    Palestinian man dies in Israeli prison one week after his arrest – Middle East Monitor

    A 53-year-old Palestinian man has died in an Israeli prison just one week after his arrest from the town of Rummana, near Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Detainees’ Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) announced Thursday, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency.

    Samir Mohammad Yousef Al-Rifai, a father of five, was taken from his home by Israeli occupation forces on July 10 and was scheduled to appear…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com

  • Israel’s Netanyahu called Pope Leo after Gaza church strike, Vatican says

    Israel’s Netanyahu called Pope Leo after Gaza church strike, Vatican says

    ROME (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday, the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza’s sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more.

    During the call, the pope renewed his appeal for a ceasefire and an end to the war in Gaza, and expressed his concern over the “dramatic” humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave, a Vatican statement said.

    Leo also stressed the urgent need to protect places of worship, the…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • How The Texas Floods Became A Healthcare Crisis Planning Wake-Up Call

    How The Texas Floods Became A Healthcare Crisis Planning Wake-Up Call

    The floodwaters came fast, but the failures in disaster planning had been building for years. The Texas floods that swept through Central Texas on July 4 claimed more than 130 lives and left over 160 people missing. Among them were young children, the elderly, and those with medical or physical vulnerabilities — people least…

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • 17,000 Children Starving in Gaza: Israeli-Made Famine Pushes People to Collapse in the Streets

    17,000 Children Starving in Gaza: Israeli-Made Famine Pushes People to Collapse in the Streets

    Gaza (Quds News Network)- Gaza’s healthcare system is buckling under the weight of an Israeli-made starvation crisis. The Ministry of Health confirmed Friday that emergency rooms are seeing record numbers of patients of all ages collapsing from exhaustion due to hunger.

    Israel’s full blockade on Gaza has entered its 139th day, with food and medicine tightly restricted. People are now collapsing in the streets, and the risk of mass death is rising fast.

    Health officials in Gaza…

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    News Source: qudsnen.co

  • Gaza faces thirst crisis amid destruction of water infrastructure causing additional crimes of genocide – Middle East Monitor

    Gaza faces thirst crisis amid destruction of water infrastructure causing additional crimes of genocide – Middle East Monitor

    Central and southern Gaza are facing one of the worst humanitarian crises, with over 1.5 million Palestinians at serious risk of severe thirst. Most water desalination plants have almost completely stopped working due to fuel shortages, as temperatures continue to rise to record levels.

    The water crisis has worsened recently after the Israeli occupation authorities shut down the “Mekorot” water pipeline — one of Gaza’s main sources of fresh water since…

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    News Source: www.middleeastmonitor.com