Category: Gaza

South African anti-apartheid statue lit with a Palestinian flag

Photo: Statue of iconic anti-apartheid activist, Moses Mabhida, lit up with the Palestinian flag [Twitter] A famous anti-apartheid statue of Moses Mabhidahas been lit up with the Palestinian flag in solidarity with the Palestinians following Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza Strip and Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank. 30 May 2021 | Staff |…

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Gaza journalists covering conflicts exposed to dangers of a war zone

Photo: Only a limited number of Gaza journalists possessed safety gear like during the recent violence. (File/AFP) 28 May 2021 | HAZEM BALOUSHA | Arab News GAZA CITY: Only a limited number of Gaza journalists who work for international news agencies and reputed television networks possessed safety gear like helmets and bullet-proof vests during the…

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US: New $753 million arms sale to Israel includes ‘smaller’ smart bombs

Photo: President Joe Biden on May 12, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden’s arms deal for Israel includes a weapon that could reduce collateral damage. The disparity in death counts between Israel and the Palestinians has made it harder for Israel to make its case to international critics.DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES The deal, orchestrated before current hostilities,…

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Inside Israel’s High-Tech Military Bunker, ‘Fortress of Zion’

Photo: The Israeli Army’s underground command bunker collects intelligence information from various agencies and uses it to carry out operations.Credit…Dan Balilty for The New York Times The country’s military and intelligence commanded the recent assault on Hamas in Gaza from an underground bunker made for high-tech air wars. 22 May 2021 | Ronen Bergman |…

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PJS: Israel destroyed over 33 media offices in Gaza bombing

Photo: Israel targeted a large building in Gaza housing AP News and Al Jazeera offices [Getty] The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said Israel destroyed more than 33 media institutions during its bombing of the Gaza Strip and over 170 Palestinian journalists were injured. 22 May, 2021 | Staff | The New Arab The recent Gaza strip…

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Reporters Without Borders: 23 Palestinian and international media outlets hit in Gaza

Photo: On May 15 in Gaza,the bureaux of the US news agency, the Associated Press, and the Qatari TV broadcaster Al Jazeera were destroyed by targeted Israeli airstrikes. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP 16 May 2021 | Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to include…

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Israeli airstrikes destroy headquarters of Qatar Red Crescent Society in Gaza

17 May 2021 Doha News The headquarters of Qatar Red Crescent Society in Gaza was targeted by Israeli air strikes on Monday evening, according to local reports. “Major destruction in our office as a result of Israeli warplanes targeting two floors of the same building, opposite to the ministry of health in the Ghazi Al…

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Bibi’s Gaza: No water, no food, no power, no pandemic protection, no responsibility

Photo: Building destroyed on 5 May 2019, Gaza City. © Photo by OCHA 17 May 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media It is an unfortunate fact that most of us in ‘the West’ usually pay little attention to what is going on in Israel, let alone Gaza. But, the moment we begin to see…

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First-Hand: Associated Press reporter describes Gaza office attack

Photo: Combination picture shows the tower building housing AP and Al Jazeera offices collapsing. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters A rush for escape as Israeli forces bombed the building that housed the US news agency and Al Jazeera 16 May 2021 | Fares Akram in Gaza for Associated Press | Via Guardian On Saturday, Israeli forces bombed the office which houses Associated Press and Al Jazeera…

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‘Middle East Eye’ condemns the bombing of their media offices in Gaza

Photo: Smoke billows as an air bomb is dropped on the Jala Tower during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, on 15 May, 2021 (AFP) ‘Bombing the offices of journalists providing eye-witness accounts of what is happening on the ground is not an act of self-defence,’ says British media…

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Al Jazeera strongly condemns Israel’s destruction of Gaza offices

The media network says bombing is a ‘clear act’ to stop journalists from reporting events in Gaza Strip, vows to pursue every available route to hold the Israeli gov’t responsible. 15 May 2021 | Staff | Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera condemns in the strongest terms the bombing and destruction of its offices by the Israeli military…

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