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[ad_1] Hasina Safi speaks to Al Jazeera on the global response to the war-torn country’s humanitarian crises. Belfast, Northern Ireland – The international community’s response to Afghanistan’s ongoing humanitarian crisis is “confused” and requires a wholesale rethink, according to Hasina Safi, the former and last minister for women’s affairs in Afghanistan. Now a leading women’s…
[ad_1] More than a week since Israel began a relentless bombardment of Gaza, desperately-needed supplies have yet to be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. Hopes of a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Monday to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid through the Rafah border crossing in…
[ad_1] WHO warns there are only ’24 hours of water, electricity, and fuel left’ in Gaza before ‘a real catastrophe’ sets in. Egyptian authorities have said that Israel is not cooperating with efforts to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israeli air strikes have killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds…
[ad_1] Demonstrators around the globe have taken to the streets to demand an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Israel launched air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip after the Palestinian group Hamas, which governs the territory, carried out a brutal attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people, according to…
[ad_1] Steve Bell says the cartoon was rejected by the outlet for evoking the anti-Semitic ‘pound of flesh’ trope. The British news outlet The Guardian says it will not renew cartoonist Steve Bell’s contract after he submitted a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bell said the cartoon, which shows Netanyahu preparing to operate…
[ad_1] The Israeli call for civilians to evacuate the northern half of the Gaza Strip does not seem to have produced the desired results as of yet. Nobody knows what the primary intention of the announcement made on Friday was, but whatever it was, it fell short of anything that could be called full Israeli…
[ad_1] 1) Al-Nakba For Palestinians, 1948 marks the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. For Israelis, the same year marks the creation of their own state. This four-part series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present. Click here…
[ad_1] At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province. The western province of Herat in Afghanistan has been hit with a magnitude 6.3 earthquake – its third quake since powerful tremors killed over 2,000 people on October 8. The United States Geological Survey said the…
[ad_1] On October 9, two days into the current Israel-Hamas war – in which the Israeli army appears intent on semi-obliterating the Gaza Strip – the website of the New York-based magazine Women’s Health published some guidelines on “How To Cope With The Trauma Of Violent Images And Videos Of Hamas’ Attack on Israel”. It…
[ad_1] One person killed in Israel in an exchange of fire between the two foes while Israel continues to bomb Gaza. Israel has declared its northern border with Lebanon a closed military zone after deadly clashes with Hezbollah as fears grow of the opening of another front amid an ongoing bombardment of Gaza Strip. Israel…
