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In a Monday press conference in New York, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the deaths that resulted from the weekend’s Hamas strikes and Israeli counterattacks. According to Margaret Besheer, a U.N. correspondent for VOA, Guterres called for a two-state solution to the crisis through negotiation and urged both sides to protect civilians and Hamas to release hostages. Guterres also urged both sides to protect civilians.
On Sunday in Kirkland, Washington State, two rallies faced off. While pro-Palestinian protest participants came to show solidarity for Gaza, Israeli expats gathered to support their country in its war against Hamas.
The number of people killed during the Hamas incursion into Israel has surpassed 600, making it the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Israeli airstrikes in retaliation have claimed at least 300 Palestinian lives.Linda Gradstein has this report from Jerusalem. VOA News
Israel’s new government’s moves to separate men and women in public settings are causing increasing concern among women’s rights groups.They are also concerned that the Supreme Court won’t uphold women’s rights.
Israel opened a high-tech hub with the aim of increasing employment opportunities for Palestinians as part of a five-year development plan for East Jerusalem. It is the first step in a larger program to transform East Jerusalem into a local version of California’s Silicon Valley.
While many Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed by Europe and the US, many of them are currently residing in Israel without a formal refugee status and are so living in a state of legal limbo.
From a police beating in Memphis to Asians being targeted in California; the suicide bombing of a mosque in Pakistan to renewed
violence in the Middle East
Israel has vowed to crack down on the Lion’s Den, an armed Palestinian resistance group in West Bank that has attacked Israeli soldiers and civilians numerous times over the past six months.
Last week’s controversial visit by Israel’s newly appointed police minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, to a holy site in Jerusalem, which sparked controversy was discussed by U.N. Security Council. The visit sparked criticism from the Arab world and Israel’s closest ally, the United States.
Malaysian authorities are investigating whether Israel’s spy agency was involved in the kidnapping of a Palestinian in Kuala Lumpur in late September, a senior police official said Wednesday