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SvennoJ on 14 March 2024
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Settler attacks reported in the occupied West Bank

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues and local media are reporting attacks by armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank tonight.

In the village of Berin, southeast of Hebron, settlers dressed in Israeli army uniforms have raided the village school, taken down the Palestinian flag and torn it up, the Wafa news agency reported.

In the village of Kafr Nima, west of Ramallah, settlers have attacked the community and set fire to a vehicle.



Translation: Settlers attack the outskirts of the village of Kafr Naama, west of Ramallah in the West Bank, and set fire to a civilian vehicle

Israeli forces conduct raids, arrests across the occupied West Bank

The long row of Israeli military vehicles has entered the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and arrested three Palestinians, the Wafa news agency reports. Israeli forces also raided the nearby town of Bal’a, north of the city.

Israeli forces have also arrested a Palestinian man during a raid on the town of Arraba, south of Jenin, according to local media.

Israeli raids have been reported elsewhere in the occupied West Bank in the following locations:

  • The town of al-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem
  • The city of Yatta, south of Hebron

Israeli military denies opening fire on aid seekers in Gaza City

The Israeli military’s spokesperson for Arabic media, Avichay Adraee, has denied reports that Israeli forces opened fire on aid seekers in Gaza City, killing 21 people. “Reports that the [Israeli military] targeted dozens of Gazans on Thursday evening at a humanitarian aid distribution point are incorrect,” he said in a post on X.

Adraee added that the Israeli military was “examining the details of the incident” and called on the media to only report “reliable information”.

So Hamas has helicopters and fires on their own people? It would be great if the media only reported reliable information, that would stop all the propaganda of the IDF and Israel. Nothing the IDF says is reliable.


Australia finally realized, the US still wants to ban UNWRA in the aid bill

Australia to resume funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced that the country will restore funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). Wong said a new agreement was being finalised, and Australia would then resume $6m in funding that had been suspended in January following accusations by Israel that UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 massacres.

“The nature of these allegations warranted an immediate and appropriate response. The best available current advice from agencies and the Australian government lawyers is that UNRWA is not a terrorist organisation and that existing additional safeguards sufficiently protect Australian taxpayer funding,” Wong said.

Last week Canada announced it would also be restoring funding to the UN agency, saying it was reassured after receiving an interim UN report investigating Israel’s allegations.


Israeli withdrawal from Hamad town – 15 bodies recovered from ruins of Khan Younis

Medical teams in southern Gaza have recovered more than a dozen bodies from the ruins of Hamad town in Khan Younis. The Palestine Red Crescent Society say they were able to get into the area and transport the bodies to Al-Aqsa Hospital after Israeli forces withdrew from the neighbourhood on Wednesday.





Mike Johnson not only keeps stalling desperately needed aid for Ukraine, he also desperately wants to fund the genocide more.

US House Speaker says he is considering introducing standalone Israel aid package

Republican Mike Johnson has told Fox News that he is considering floating a standalone aid bill for Israel, citing the “urgency of the moment” following comments by Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer.

“There’s discussion in the last two hours about running Israel as a separate standalone [bill] because of the events of today,” Johnson said. “Frankly, Leader Schumer and his comments made the situation even more urgent.” Earlier we reported that Schumer, the US’s highest-ranking Jewish politician, said Netanyahu has “lost his way”, and he and his “extremist” allies must hold an election.

The House has already passed two standalone funding bills for Israel, but Schumer has refused to take them to the Senate. Johnson’s latest proposal could be an effort to pressure Schumer and other Democrats to support Israel.

Democrats have been urging Johnson to support the Senate’s $95bn supplemental foreign aid package, which includes funds for Ukraine and Taiwan, as well as Israel.

 

GCC calls on UNHRC, int’l community to ‘shoulder their responsibility’ to children in Gaza

The Gulf Cooperation Council countries have said the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the international community must do more to protect children in Gaza. “UNHRC and the international community [must] shoulder their responsibility in ending the tragedy of the children in Gaza and securing their right to live, safety, and protection, considering [it] to be a legal, ethical, and human obligation,” the GCC statement said.

The statement added that children in Gaza are facing “indescribable violations”, highlighting that “over 13 thousand Gazan children have been killed” in the conflict so far.



You need to put pressure on the US and Israel, UNHCR can't do much with those two blocking access.
ICJ useless, still no response since South Africa's latest plea on March 6th.
ICC sitting on their hands.
UNSC hijacked by the US.
UNGA powerless.

Sanction the US and Israel. UNHCR can't put any pressure on Israel, just make statements and try to get aid in

https://www.unhcr.org/news/speeches-and-statements/civilians-gaza-extreme-peril-while-world-watches-ten-requirements
https://reliefweb.int/report/egypt/unhcr-egypt-gaza-situation-update-february-2024-enar

The United Nations Human Rights Council is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world.