UNRWA sounds alarm on disease outbreaks across Gaza
Hollywood marketing guru tells staff not to work with Israel critics: Report
A high-profile Hollywood marketing and branding guru has told staff they should not work with anyone “posting against Israel”, entertainment magazine Variety has reported.
Ashlee Margolis, the founder of communications and marketing agency The A List, said in an email that her firm would “hit pause” on working with any celebrity or influencer attacking Israel, Variety reported on Thursday.
Margolis said that while there was a distinction between acceptable and unacceptable commentary about Israel, the ban would include anyone accusing the country of committing genocide in Gaza, “as that is simply not true”, according to the magazine.
“While Jews are devastated by the loss of innocent lives in Gaza, we are feeling immense fear over the rising Jew Hatred all over the world,” she told staff, according to Variety.
Variety said that Margolis declined a request to comment.
Delegates walk out of UN meeting during Israel speech
Dozens of delegates walked out of a UN meeting as an Israeli official responded to criticism it has decimated Palestinian workers’ labour rights since the start of its war in Gaza.
Unemployment nears 80 percent in Gaza, UN agency says
Unemployment in Gaza has reached nearly 80 percent, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said, bringing the average unemployment rate across Gaza and the occupied West Bank to more than 50 percent.
An ILO report, released on Friday, added that:
- Unemployment in Gaza reached 79.1 percent, while the occupied West Bank has seen joblessness hit nearly 32 percent.
- The figures give a combined unemployment rate of 50.8 percent.
- Real GDP contracted by nearly 33 percent in Palestine with an estimated contraction of 83.5 percent in Gaza and by 22.7 percent in the occupied West Bank.
- Daily private sector production losses amount to $19m across the occupied Palestinian territory during the first four months of the war.
- Among West Bank workers who are still employed, 51 percent faced reduced hours of work and 62.8 percent experienced a reduction in wages.
I'm actually surprised 20% still manage to work in Gaza. I'm guessing it's mostly government and aid workers.
