Jordan’s top diplomat calls for global pressure on Israel over planned Rafah invasion
Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says everyone must pressure Israel to prevent a ground assault on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah – the last relatively safe place for 1.5 million Palestinians displaced in the enclave.
“Such an attack would be another massacre,” he said in a statement on X.
Safadi added, “Radicals in Israeli government [are] pushing an explosion [of the already tense situation] in West Bank.”
All must weigh down on Israel to prevent it from attacking Rafah. Such an attack would be another massacre. Radicals in Israeli government pushing an explosion in West Bank. https://t.co/aqnSzJt5P4
— Ayman Safadi (@AymanHsafadi) April 22, 2024
EU asking ‘Israel in every possible manner’ not to attack Rafah
EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, says the European Union is “asking Israel in every possible manner that they should not attack Rafah, they should protect the civilians”. He made the comments during the bloc’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting, according to a transcript published on its website.
Borrell noted there is more than one million people in Rafah who “will be massacred if there is an attack from Israel”. “So I can only insist – and all the member states insist – on this not happening. But I am not in the command of the Israeli army.”
You could issue or at least threaten with sanctions....
Rafah attack would eliminate ‘what little remains’ of Gaza’s healthcare
Gaza’s Health Ministry warned an Israeli invasion of southern Rafah would mean the elimination of “what little remains of the healthcare system and depriving the population of any health services”.
It also said in a statement the threatened ground offensive would expose “residents to the risk of death”.
About 1.5 million people are currently crammed into the area, the vast majority ordered there by the Israeli military during its six-month war on the coastal enclave that has killed more than 34,000 people, mostly children and women.
The controversy over Big Tech’s contract with Israel’s military
Google employees and pro-Palestinian protesters have staged demonstrations in California and New York calling for the cancellation of Project Nimbus, the company’s $1.2bn contract with the Israeli government.
Google denied the contract was related to weapons or intelligence services as Israel’s devastating war on Gaza continues.
What do Israel, Google and Amazon have in common? A $1.2 billion cloud computing contract that some employees want to shut down.
Al Jazeera's @MissSamJohnson explores in Digital Dilemma ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/EJw9r7Zljy
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