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Displeasure with Biden’s handling of Hamas-Israel war was on display at closed-door White House meeting

Displeasure with Biden’s handling of Hamas-Israel war was on display at closed-door White House meeting

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WASHINGTON — Just five minutes into a meeting with President Joe Biden, a Palestinian American doctor who has treated gravely injured patients in Gaza couldn’t bear to stay, so he left.  Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who specializes in emergency medicine, recalled getting emotional when talking about the many Palestinians he cared for, describing the scale of death in the six months since the war began.  “The decision to leave was a personal one,” he told NBC News in a phone interview, explaining he wanted to show the White House that “it was important to recognize the pain and the mourning that my community was in.”  Ahmad stressed that he wanted “to let the administration feel the way that we felt this past six months and kind of get up and walk away from them.”  He was one of only six Muslim American community leaders who attended a small meeting on Tuesday with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and senior administration officials at the White House.  Many others who had been invited to attend declined, according to …

Qatar PM: Hamas-Israel talks ‘not very promising’, truce efforts to go on | Israel War on Gaza News

Qatar PM: Hamas-Israel talks ‘not very promising’, truce efforts to go on | Israel War on Gaza News

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Talks involving officials from Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the US have so far not yielded a deal for a pause in the Israeli attacks. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani says his country’s mediation efforts will continue despite an agreement between Israel and Hamas appearing unlikely at the moment as Israel prepares to mount an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza. The talks, which involved officials from the United States and Egypt, have so far failed to produce results as Hamas and Israel have highly diverging views. “The pattern in the last few days is not really very promising but … we will always remain optimistic and will always remain pushing,” Sheikh Mohammed, who is also the foreign minister of Qatar, playing a key mediator, said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. He added that since the scale of this proposed agreement is much larger than the one reached last year, which included a temporary ceasefire and exchange of prisoners, challenges are expected. Al Thani also cited a lag in the …

Hamas-Israel war enters its 100th day, families of hostages held in Gaza protest

Hamas-Israel war enters its 100th day, families of hostages held in Gaza protest

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Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. The health ministry does not report how Palestinians were killed, whether from Israeli airstrikes and artillery barrages or errant Palestinian rocket fire. It describes all casualties as victims of “Israeli aggression”. The ministry also does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.  Throughout four wars and numerous skirmishes between Israel and Hamas, UN agencies have cited the Hamas-run health ministry’s death tolls in regular reports. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent also use the numbers. In the aftermath of war, the UN humanitarian office has published final death tolls based on its own research into medical records. The UN’s counts have largely been consistent with the Gaza health ministry’s, with small discrepancies.  For more on the Gaza health ministry’s tolls, click here. (FRANCE 24 with AP)  Source link

The key question in the Hamas-Israel conflict is this: Does Israel have the right to exist?

The key question in the Hamas-Israel conflict is this: Does Israel have the right to exist?

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Don’t avoid discussing Hamas-Israel conflict with children, say experts | Children

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As difficult as it might be, carers should not avoid discussing the Hamas-Israel conflict with children, experts have said. Doing so, they warn, could drive young people on to the internet where disturbing disinformation and images are easily found. “Don’t avoid difficult questions,” said Emma Citron, a consultant clinical psychologist with extensive experience of working with children. “If those questions are in the heads of our young people, it’s our job to give them a balanced and reassuring – but also an honest – account.” But while questions should not be ignored, answers need to be tailored to the individual child. Children under the age of about seven should be largely protected from knowing what’s happening. But those between eight and 12 are likely to ask questions like, “How do we know we’re safe?”, said Citron, a chartered member of the British Psychological Society. “Don’t say, ‘These things can never happen here’,” she said. “Because they do: we’ve had the Manchester arena and London bombings. Instead be quietly reassuring: say they’re safe because their school …

Hacktivism erupts in response to Hamas-Israel war

Hacktivism erupts in response to Hamas-Israel war

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Several groups of hacktivists have targeted Israeli websites with floods of malicious traffic following a surprise land, sea and air attack launched against Israel by militant group Hamas on Saturday, which prompted Israel to declare war and retaliate. Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that since Saturday morning its website was down “due to a series of cyberattacks initiated against us.” At the time of writing, the paper’s website still appeared down. ???? The Jerusalem Post is currently experiencing downtime due to a series of cyberattacks initiated against us since yesterday morning. We are actively addressing the situation and will be back soon, continuing to serve as your top source of information on Operation Swords of… pic.twitter.com/896sWH07kH — The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) October 9, 2023 Rob Joyce, director of cybersecurity at the National Security Agency, reportedly said at a conference on Monday that there have been denial of service (DDoS) attacks and defacements of websites, without attributing the cyberattacks to particular groups. “But we’re not yet seeing real [nation] state malicious actors,” Joyce reportedly …