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Category: Religion

Rafah’s displaced: ‘We read our last prayers every night’ – Day 131

[email protected] February 15, 2024 church of england, Fakhri Abu Diab, genocide, icj, israeli protesters, khan younis, Lebanon, Mohammad Ahmad Khdour, olive harvest, Pietro Parolin, settler violence, south africa, white phosphorus

Israeli protesters continue to block aid to Gaza; Khan Younis hospital in chaos; State of Palestine to present to ICJ report on Israel’s actions since genocide ruling; Gaza fishermen attacked; popular Gaza political analyst & family killed day after he appears on Al Jazeera; US investigating white phosphorus and 1-ton bombs used in Israel; US State Dept claims it expects a “quick, thorough, and transparent investigation” into the killing of 2nd American citizen in West Bank; Israel accuses South Africa of representing interests of the “Hamas terrorist organization”; Israel reportedly preparing for war with Lebanon; Pope’s 2nd in command condemns Israel’s actions – Israel calls his words “deplorable”; Church of England says Israel’s actions “can not be morally justified”; and more

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[email protected] February 12, 2024 Gaza, genocide

This is unspeakable – but we must speak of it, and we must make it stop.

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Israel is taking its genocide to “a whole new level of brutality” – Day 87

[email protected] January 3, 2024 criticizing israel, genocide, kidnapped gaza, Saleh al-Arouri, vaccine gaza, West Bank

Deputy Hamas chief assassinated in Beirut; kidnapped Palestinian babies and children; sound of prayer calls disappearing; Israel partially withdrawing from northern Gaza; vaccines in Gaza; 5 killed in West Bank; US deviates from script, criticizes Israeli leaders

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Pope says children dying in Gaza are the “little Jesuses of today”: Day 79

[email protected] December 25, 2023 Christmas, Gaza, hostages, Israel, pope, war crime, West Bank

Pope Francis speaks about Palestine on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; deadly airstrikes in Gaza, raids in West Bank; another video released of stripped Palestinian hostages

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Thousands in central Gaza now under evacuation orders – Day 77

[email protected] December 23, 2023 evacuation, Gaza, genocide, Israel

Evacuation ordered in areas of central Gaza; evidence of execution of civilians – some of them pregnant – holding white flags; more evidence of Israel’s assault on Catholic church; another journalist dead; British activists for Palestine paying a price

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Gaza humanitarian crisis “absolutely unprecedented and staggering” – Day 72

[email protected] December 18, 2023 Gaza, hamas, hostage video, humanitarian crisis, Israel, journalists, pope, starvation

Palestinian journalists under fire; Archbishop of Westminster weighs in on “cold-blooded killing” of Catholic women in Gaza; Gaza detainees’ situation looks dire; Gaza hospitals struggling; starvation as a “weapon”; environmental disaster; declaration on genocide

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Palestinians ‘suffering like no other’ in modern times – Day 71

[email protected] December 17, 2023 Gaza, humanitarian aid, Israel, israeli hostages, Kamal Awdan Hospital, Mohammed Balousha, Samer Abudaqa, Tulkarm, war crimes, West Bank

Israel still targeting journalists, lying about it; Israel forces killed Israelis with white flags – then Israeli military chief claims “Israeli forces don’t kill people with white flags”; hostage negotiation possibility; more on women gunned down in church; more on Gazans buried alive on hospital grounds; major Israeli raid on West Bank town of Tulkarm – 5 killed, including a teenager; Netanyahu’s latest plan; Ben-Gvir’s latest antics; humanitarian update.

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In Gaza, “dozens of displaced, sick and wounded people buried alive” – Day 70

[email protected] December 17, 2023 Gaza, gaza hospitals, hamas, hostages, humanitarian aid, Israel, Samer Abudaqa, West Bank

In Gaza: death by Israeli bulldozer, journalists killed, Christians under attack, humanitarian catastrophe; Israel kills 3 of its own as they surrender, guns down 2 Palestinians at point-blank range in West Bank; Biden under pressure.

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What is in store under Biden’s new antisemitism battle plan?

[email protected] June 21, 2023 antisemitism, antizionism, IHRA definition, israel lobby, nexus definition

President Biden is enlisting the support (and tax dollars) of every American in the fight against antisemitism – but this fight could take a very dark turn if we’re not careful.

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Update on the arrest of Shadi Khoury, grandson of Samia Khoury

[email protected] June 15, 2023 child arrest, Samia Khoury, Shadi Khoury

Shadi Khoury, age 15, is part of a beloved and influential Christian family in Jerusalem. That did not stop Israeli police from arresting him on false charges and beating him bloody last October. Here is an update on his case.

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