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US calls on Israel to tackle ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis’ in Gaza
Failure to help improve the situation on the ground could be met by restrictions on US military aid
Urgent global appeal: Defend UNRWA from Israeli ban and prevent catastrophic consequences for Palestinians
We call on world leaders to act urgently to protect UNRWA from the unprecedented and dangerous attacks it faces from the Israeli Government. The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee passed two bills on 6 October 2024 aimed at ceasing UNRWA’s operations.
Israel thought they could bury my family, but they didn’t realise they were seeds
Ahmed Alnaouq recounts the painful killing of 21 family members a year ago, & explains why this has driven him to speak louder on the plight of Palestinians.
‘Israel is trying to erase our presence’: Palestinians say ‘generals’ plan’ to clear north Gaza is under way
Many believe new offensive, along with tightening of siege, is following blueprint for removing remaining population
Israeli forces shoot, kill 11-year-old Palestinian boy in Nablus
11-year-old Abdullah Jamal Nidal Hawash was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Nablus on October 22, 2024. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hawash family)
The world must stop the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza
For a year now, since the war began, the international community has shown utter impotence to stop the indiscriminate attack on civilians in the Gaza Strip. Now, when it is clearer than ever that Israel intends to forcibly displace northern Gaza’s residents by committing some of the gravest crimes under the laws of war, the world’s nations must take action.
I’m a Jewish Faculty Member at Harvard. Hillel Does Not Represent Me.
I’m writing to ask that Harvard Hillel — the institution you oversee — stop claiming to represent the Jewish community on campus. Hillel’s longstanding hostility to dissent despite our community’s persistent disagreements on Israel, Palestine, Zionism, and campus free speech means that it is unable to serve as an honest broker.
Recentering Palestine, reclaiming the movement
The Columbia Palestine Solidarity Coalition is a collective of Palestinian student organizers who wish to reclaim the pro-Palestinian student movement and recenter Palestine at Columbia University.
New UN report: Impacts of war have set back development in Gaza by as much as 69 years
Without lifting economic restrictions, enabling recovery, and investing in development, the Palestinian economy may not be able to restore pre-war levels and advance forward by relying on humanitarian aid alone.
The assessment suggests that a comprehensive recovery and reconstruction plan, combining humanitarian aid with strategic investments in recovery and reconstruction along with lifting economic restrictions and promoting recovery-enabling conditions, could help put the Palestinian economy on a restorative track to realign with Palestinian development plans by 2034. But this scenario can only play out if recovery efforts are unrestricted.