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For Rouhana, the intention is to transgress beyond the logic of settler-colonialism by simply imagining something else – by seeing, in his own words, ‘something that frankly all of us Palestinians see: Palestine as our homeland.’ Share on Facebook Share on Twitter //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Source link
Since the start of the year, groups of Israeli demonstrators have been gathering, first on the border with Gaza and then later in the West Bank, to lie down in front of food trucks – or in the West Bank even to attack them and their drivers – to try to prevent food aid getting into Gaza. Who are these protesters and why would they try to prevent supplies from getting into the Gaza Strip, where international agencies say some children are already starving? Emma Graham-Harrison went to speak to the protesters to find out. She tells Michael Safi how, while their actions may seem extreme, believing aid should not be sent to Gaza is a worryingly mainstream view in Israel. Michael Safi hears too about other protesters – those who are trying to help the truck drivers get through. Emma tells Michael of her interview with an activist from Standing Together who has risked his life to try to ensure people in Gaza will get aid. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA Support The Guardian The Guardian …
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham report on how Israeli intelligence agencies tried to derail an ICC war crimes investigation This week, an investigation by the Guardian and the Israeli-based magazines +972 and Local Call revealed how Israel has run a nine-year “war” against the international criminal court (ICC). Investigative reporters Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham tell Michael Safi about the findings. The investigation found that Israeli intelligence spied on the communications of numerous ICC officials, including the chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, and his predecessor, Fatou Bensouda, intercepting phone calls, messages, emails and documents. Continue reading… Source link
Demonstrators from the pro-Palestinian encampment on Columbia University campus in the US show a banner as they barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall, where the office of the dean is located, and name it after a Palestinian child allegedly killed by the Israeli military Photograph: Alex Kent/Getty Images Source link
The outlook in Gaza appears bleak. A famine looms if not more aid is brought in, while Israel has said it is preparing to invade Rafah, the southern city where half the civilians in Gaza are sheltering. But there is a glimmer of hope. In Cairo a deal between Israel and Hamas has been tabled and the two sides are discussing whether to accept it. Julian Borger explains how such negotiations happen, what the deal includes and why there is pressure on both sides to make it happen. Michael Safi asks how rumours that the international criminal court may issue warrants for the arrest of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Hamas leaders are playing into the ceasefire talks, and if more aid is finally being allowed into the strip. Photograph: Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. Support The Guardian Source link
The relatives of Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, who were taken as hostage to Gaza and had videos recently released of them, have made an appeal to the international community for help obtaining their ‘immediate release’. Elan Siegel, the daughter of Keith Siegel, told reporters at a press conference in Tel Aviv that now was the time to ‘stop the talking and start the action’. Lishay Lavi Miran, the wife of Omri Miran, said: ‘This is your responsibility to bring them back. And I know it a really hard decision to do it’ Source link
Israeli strikes hit three houses in Rafah, which currently hosts a large population of displaced Palestinians, killing at least 30 and injuring many more. The strikes come amid renewed momentum in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas. Nearly 85% of Gaza’s population remains displaced, as humanitarian organisations warn of the risk of famine spreading across the besieged strip Source link
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Doctors have delivered a baby via an emergency caesarean section on a Palestinian woman who was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern city of Rafah. Health officials said Sabreen al-Sakani had been 30 weeks’ pregnant when she was killed alongside her husband and young daughter. The head of the neonatal unit, Mohammed Salama, said the baby, who weighed 1.4kg, was in a stable condition and improving. More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have crowded into Rafah, seeking shelter from Israeli bombardment Source link
