Happening in the states as well (selling Palestinian land)
US Muslim groups denounce planned event to sell occupied Palestinian land
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, along with American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), have called for a federal probe into a planned “real estate” event at a synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey, the US.
The event, reportedly organised by “My Home in Israel Real Estate,” a group based in the occupied West Bank, is set to occur on March 10.
In a statement, CAIR’s Dina Sayedahmed said: “Houses of worship should be sacred spaces, and it is deeply concerning to see anyone use a house of worship to allegedly flout international law by selling off stolen land.”
In a statement, AMP’s Chairperson Wassim Kanaan said the groups are mobilising their communities to protest the planned event. “We are watching Israel commit genocide in Gaza and pillage Palestinians’ homes in the West Bank and Jerusalem. These are both stark violations of international law,” the statement said.
Israeli military attacks southern Lebanon, confirms interception over Israel
The Israeli military has released footage that it says shows an attack by its warplanes on “several military buildings” belonging to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. It also said a “suspicious aerial target” crossed into Israel from Lebanese territory and was intercepted by air defences.
This comes hours after alarms sounded in Upper Galilee near the Lebanese border with reports indicating a possible drone intrusion. The Israeli military said rocket fire alarms sounded after the interceptor was launched.
The Israeli military also reported interceptions of incoming fire from the Mount Dov area and said it targeted the launch sites in southern Lebanon with shelling.
Aid packages airdropped on Gaza
A Palestinian activist has shared footage of humanitarian aid being dropped in the northern Gaza Strip.
The video, verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit Sanad, shows residents running to reach the spots where the aid was being parachuted, in order to secure essential supplies amid Israel’s siege on the coastal enclave.
The person who posted the video, Jannat Noufer, called this airdrop “the daily event of humiliation in northern Gaza”, as starving Palestinians are forced to chase packages of supplies that are inadequate to their needs, while Israel continues to block aid from coming in.
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It's amazing how civilized people still are. Compared to Black Friday in the US...
These air drops seem more designed to invite that kind of fighting than to deliver meaningful aid...
Attacks on Palestinians rise after sanctions imposed on Israeli settlers: PA official
Amir Daoud from the Palestinian Authority’s commission on the separation wall and settlements says settler attacks have risen despite American, British and French sanctions.
“In February, settlers carried out 129 attacks in the occupied West Bank with 38 attacks concentrated in the Nablus governorate, 37 in Hebron and 17 in the Ramallah area,” Daoud told Al Jazeera.
“Last month also witnessed a significant and dangerous escalation in confiscation and theft of citizens’ property, cattle and agricultural equipment as well as vehicles, money, gold and mobile phones,” he added.
Attacks, Daoud said, escalated after the sanctions were imposed in what he calls “a clear challenge to the world and a message that sanctions will not deter settlers”.
Employee of US embassy in Israel dies
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has confirmed media reports of the death of a “direct hire” employee of the embassy but did not offer many details. “I can confirm the death of a direct hire of the US embassy employee in Jerusalem,” Miller said during a news briefing.
“It’s an incident that is under investigation,” he continued, saying this is a step that is always taken when an employee dies and there is no indication of foul play. Miller confirmed that the person is an American citizen but would not say what job he or she did for the embassy.
