Majority of Israelis want deal with Hamas: Poll
Walla, an online media company owned by the Jerusalem Post, has conducted a poll that found 62 percent of Israelis want their government to reach a deal that would see the release of the remaining captives held in Gaza.
Support for the Iran ceasefire, however, is a different matter, with just 33 percent of Israelis polled in support. The majority, 52 percent, are against the deal.
Israel tops UN child rights blacklist for second consecutive year
Once again, Gaza is at the top of the UN’s children’s rights blacklist report and Israel is named on this “list of shame” of countries that perpetrate grave violations of children.
The UN has been producing this report for 20 years now, and Israel has fought to stay off of this and not be named for many years. And now, it’s been listed two years running.
There are a lot of violations cited in the report against Israel for violations against children. This can be attributed, of course, to Israel’s continued war on Gaza. But also beyond is its increased violence against children in the occupied West Bank.
‘UNRWA has become an objective of this war,’ says agency chief
The head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says UNRWA is being deliberately targeted in a broader effort to erase Palestinians’ human rights. “UNRWA has become an objective of this war, which aims to strip Palestinians of their refugee status,” said Philippe Lazzarini, the agency’s commissioner-general.
“Despite the extraordinary adverse and hostile environment, further compounded by the implementation of anti-UNRWA Israeli legislation, our activities continue.”
Lazzarini praised the “courage and determination” of Palestinian staff, “despite arrests, intimidation and harassment”, saying they continue to deliver essential healthcare and education to refugees.
Israel banned UNRWA from operating on its territory earlier this year. The ban also impacted the agency’s work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Lazzarini warned on Tuesday that UNRWA may soon be forced to make an “unprecedented decision” about its services as it faces a $200m funding shortfall.
