‘He felt our pain’: Catholic church in Gaza grieves Pope Francis’s death

Pope made nightly phone calls to the Holy Family #Catholic church from the start of the war in October 2023

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza
Tue 22 Apr 2025 10.32 EDT

"The first time he spoke to #PopeFrancis during the pontiff’s nightly calls to the Holy Family Catholic church in #Gaza City, the congregant George Antone, 44, found himself at a loss for words.

It was October 2023, a few weeks after #Hamas ignited a devastating war in the Gaza Strip by attacking #Israel. The #Palestinian territory’s tiny Christian community had taken shelter in the strip’s three churches, but that didn’t mean they were safe. An #Israeli airstrike had just hit the Greek Orthodox church, killing 18 people; soon, snipers and bombs would also kill civilians at the Holy Family."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/22/catholic-church-gaza-grieves-pope-francis-death?CMP=share_btn_url

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Over 20,000 Palestinian Children Orphaned by War in #Gaza

#Palestinian families have stepped in to take care of children not their own but the volume of children orphaned by the war is staggering

from #DropSiteNews
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Story by Rasha Abou Jalal
Jan 22, 2025

"Over 14,500 children have been killed since October 2023, according to the health ministry. Of the 1.9 million people — 9 out of 10 residents in Gaza — who have been internally displaced, half of them are children... Many of the children who survived, belong to a new generation of Palestinian orphans."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/20000-palestinian-children-orphaned-by-gaza-war?publication_id=2510348&post_id=155450097&isFreemail=true&r=fzerp&triedRedirect=true

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#Israel Invades #Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”

#Israeli leaders suggest the operation was plotted during a backroom deal made during #Gaza ceasefire vote

Sharif Abdel Kouddous
and Mariam Barghouti
Jan 21, 2025

from #DropSiteNews
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https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-invades-jenin-days-after-gaza-ceasefire/

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‘I realised we’re such hypocrites’: how growing numbers of US veterans were moved to protest over #Gaza

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Tara Sutton
Thu 16 Jan 2025 07.20 EST

[A very inspiring article - it helps make clear that a mass movement in the #US to support #Palestine is possible.]

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/16/us-veterans-protest-over-gaza?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Columbia Professor Says She Was Pushed to Retire Because of Her Activism

#KatherineFranke, a law professor and vocal advocate of pro- #Palestinian students, had been under investigation over remarks she made about #Israeli students.

By Stephanie Saul
Jan. 10, 2025

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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[This is a very good article, not nearly as "both-sides" as usual.]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/us/columbia-professor-katherine-franke-retires.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok4.KvVb.FXWn
T0ww_1W_&smid=url-share

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House Passes Bill to Impose Sanctions on I.C.C. Officials for #Israeli Prosecutions

The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among #Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
[Bias alert - #NYT usually favors Israel]

By Karoun Demirjian
Reporting from Washington
Jan. 9, 2025 Updated 2:15 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/icc-sanctions-house-israel.html

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https://archive.ph/dwMOA

Act now to stop shameful bill sanctioning the ICC

"...the House may vote as early as tomorrow on a bill that would impose sanctions on the #ICC, a blatant act of retaliation for its decision to issue the arrest warrants. House #Republicans are prioritizing protecting #Netanyahu — a wanted war criminal — from prosecution, so much so that it is one of the first bills they are bringing in the new Congress."

from #TheWire
[online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA]

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2025/01/08/act-now-to-stop-shameful-bill-sanctioning-the-icc/

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#NewYorkUniversity issues one-year suspensions over peaceful sit-ins for #Gaza, staff says

Critics say the move is meant to deter future encampments as #Israel’s assault on the enclave intensifies

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Yasmine El-Sabawi
Published date: 9 January 2025 17:57 GMT

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-york-university-issuing-one-year-suspensions-peaceful-sit-ins-gaza-staff-says

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