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Katz slams Erdogan’s comments on NATO cooperation with Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has hit out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for rejecting NATO cooperation with Israel.
“First of all, Erdogan, you decide nothing,” Katz said on X, adding that a country that supports Hamas and “the Iranian axis of evil” should not be a member of the Western alliance.
Erdogan earlier told a news conference at the NATO summit in Washington that “until comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Turkey.”
Decisions at NATO must be approved unanimously by all members, so Turkey can block a push by NATO to cooperate with Israel.
US Muslim groups launch fund to back students who advocate for Palestine
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and A Continuous Charity (ACC) have launched a new fund that will support “students targeted for their pro-Palestine advocacy on college campuses”.
Protests on college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza swept across the US earlier this year, and many students have faced arrest or academic sanctions over their activism.
In May, UN special rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, said that “pro-Palestinian protesters are disproportionately affected by the harsh response”, which has included suspensions, expulsions, evictions from university housing and cancellation of food support programmes.
CAIR and ACC said 70 percent of all donations for the new fund will go towards providing interest-free educational loans to students, while 30 percent will go towards “grants for students who have lost scholarships, housing, or other support because of their advocacy”.
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‘We must not forget Gaza’: Bernie Sanders
As US and international attention turns to the American election and Biden’s political struggle, Senator Bernie Sanders has stressed the need to keep focus on the suffering in Gaza.
“While much of the media is focused on the drama of the US presidential election, we must not lose sight of what is happening in Gaza, where an unprecedented humanitarian crisis continues to get even worse,” the progressive US senator said in a statement.
He highlighted the growing death toll and hunger and hygiene crises in the besieged territory.
“Yet, in the midst of this horror and violations of international law, the United States continues to send billions of dollars and thousands of bombs and other weapons to support this war. We, as Americans, are complicit,” Sanders said.
