Trump to address parliament in Israel, attend ceasefire ceremony in Egypt
President Trump is heading to the Middle East on a trip to mark the success of Gaza peace negotiations. Trump will be speaking in front of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, as well as participating in a ceasefire ceremony in Egypt.
But, keeping the peace in the region will be the US leader’s next task.
Ms Rachel questions Obama’s selective use of language in statement on Israelis, Palestinians
Well-known US children’s entertainer Rachel Accurso, known as Ms Rachel, has shared a post on social media addressing former US President Barack Obama’s statement welcoming this week’s ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Accurso questioned why Obama used the term “Israeli families” but only referred to Palestinians as “the people of Gaza”.
“Palestinians have families, too,” she wrote, adding that “this kind of language contributes to dehumanisation”.
“Dehumanisation is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide,” she added.
Families setting up tents over ruins in Gaza City
Since this morning, we have seen families walking towards Gaza City. We saw children, women, elderly, cars, vans, donkey carts loaded with furniture. Families removed their makeshift tents to take and reset them over the ruins of their destroyed homes in Gaza City.
People were forced to leave Gaza City due to the bombardment. They found no space when they turned up to the central and southern parts of Gaza. This return is seen as historic but it needs to be accompanied by concrete steps in order to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.
Palestinians can barely find any building left standing in Gaza City as a result of the Israeli military operation. There is now a pressing need for makeshift tents and mobile houses to shelter these families.
Displaced Palestinians with their belongings pass by destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City
