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#qatar #israel #palestine : #gaza / #mediation / #truce / #agreement / #withdrawl / #interview

„In an interview with Le Monde, Majed Al-Ansari, spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, one of the three guarantor states of the agreement along with the United States and Egypt, expressed his pessimism.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/02/28/israel-gaza-the-ceasefire-agreement-could-collapse-at-any-moment_6738656_4.html

Israel-Gaza: 'The ceasefire agreement could collapse at any moment'

In an interview, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari voiced his concerns about Israel's reluctance to start negotiations on the second phase of the agreement, which is supposed to lead to a total withdrawal of Israeli forces from the coastal enclave.

Le Monde

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #truce / #agreement / #withdrawl

„Israel will not withdraw from a strategic corridor in the Gaza Strip as called for by the ceasefire, an official said Thursday, a refusal that could spark a crisis with Hamas and key mediator Egypt at a sensitive moment for the fragile truce.“

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/fragile-ceasefire-deal-in-jeopardy-as-israeli-official-says-army-wont-withdraw-from-strategic-gaza-corridor

Fragile ceasefire deal in jeopardy as Israeli official says army won't withdraw from strategic Gaza corridor

An Israeli official says the military will not withdraw from a strategic corridor in the Gaza Strip

PBS News

#israel #lebanon : #war / #hezbollah / #truce / #idf / #withdrawl / #bufferzone / #uno / #unifil

„Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/01/1158736

UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon

Operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern Lebanon have continued, according to the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, UNIFIL. 

UN News
US announces first Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon under ceasefire deal

Israel had stepped up its military campaign against Hezbollah in south Lebanon in late September. A ceasefire began on November 27 and is generally holding, though both sides have accused the other of violations.

Le Monde

Renunciation of work and devotion to work, are both liberating. But of those two, devotion to work is better.
- Sri Krishna, 5-2

Me: Simply put, this verse promotes being engaged over being withdrawn.

#Sanskrit
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥

#Kannada script:
ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಃ ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗಶ್ಚ ನಿಃಶ್ರೇಯಸಕರಾವುಭೌ |
ತಯೋಸ್ತು ಕರ್ಮಸಂನ್ಯಾಸಾತ್ಕರ್ಮಯೋಗೋ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಯತೇ ||

#philosophy #easternPhilosophy #gita #work #devotion #engagement #withdrawl

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #opt / #uno / #unga / #occupation / #withdrawl / #voting

„The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.“

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154496

UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

UN News
Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit

Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say.

BBC News