Norobiik @#UN agency #Unicef has warned the #Gaza Strip is poised to witness an increase in what an official said was “the already unbearable level of #ChildDeaths” due to a worsening #FoodCrisis. #Israel
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (#ASBMs) in the #RedSea has spurred interest in #Asia about the systems used to shoot them down, experts and industry officials say - although #China, with its huge ASBM arsenal, presents a tougher challenge. #Israel #Gaza #Houthi
Red Sea ballistic missile attacks trigger Asian interest in defences
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/other/red-sea-ballistic-missile-attacks-trigger-asian-interest-in-defences/ar-BB1iDm4A
Though slower than an airborne #SuicideDrone, a #UUV is harder to detect and more likely to hit a slow, vulnerable cargo ship below the waterline - with deadly effect.
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The #Houthis have a new weapon to use in their attacks on ships in the #RedSea; Iranian-made uncrewed underwater vessels, or #UUVs. #Israel #Yemen #Gaza
The Houthis have underwater drones now
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-houthis-have-underwater-drones-now/vi-BB1iFdqd?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&pc=EMMX01&cvid=9164e7e9dfba47809e0ca30688889d9c&ei=21
The principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (#IASC), the coordinating body of global humanitarian organisations, released a statement on Wednesday in which it said “civilians in #Gaza are in extreme peril while the world watches on”. It listed ten requirements “to avoid an even worse catastrophe”. #Israel
#UN attempt to deliver 10 convoys of food aid to northern #Gaza over seven days was suspended earlier this week after trucks were looted by crowds, a driver was beaten and gunfire reported amid chaotic scenes. #Israel
Gaza aid deliveries paused amid ‘incredible level of desperation’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/un-agency-pauses-gaza-food-aid-deliveries-after-looting-and-gunfire
The intelligence report, released last week, declared it had “low confidence” in the basic claim that a handful of staff had participated in the attack.
It also cast doubt on accusations that the #UN agency was collaborating with #Hamas in a wider way.
#US intelligence has ‘low confidence’ in some of Israel’s #UNRWA claims, report says | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/us-intelligence-unrwa-hamas
The panel of experts said there was evidence of a least two cases of #rape, alongside other cases of #SexualHumiliation and threats of rape. #ReeAlsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, said the true extent of #SexualViolence could be significantly higher.
Claims of Israeli sexual assault of Palestinian women are credible, UN panel says | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/claims-of-israeli-sexual-assault-of-palestinian-women-are-credible-un-panel-says
According to the #Israel Hayom newspaper, the song references the victims of the 7 October #Hamas attacks, with lyrics including: "They were all good children, each one of them."
#Eurovision organiser The EBU said it was currently assessing the song. The contest's rules forbid #PoliticalMessages, in a gesture to neutrality.
Israel's Eurovision entry under scrutiny over alleged reference to Hamas
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68379762
"There is a tiny, reed-thin chance that something better might come out of this horror show of a war. To grasp it, the #Palestinians need to be free of #Hamas and #Israelis free of #Netanyahu. Every day those men remain in power is a curse on both peoples – who have surely been cursed long enough." #Israel #Gaza
Hamas and Netanyahu are a curse on their peoples. Yet amid the horror, there is a sliver of hope | Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/23/hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-rafah-talks-paris
"The population is fast losing patience with a leadership that they see as fanatical and corrupt, and willing to sacrifice democracy and hostages" #Israel #gaza
Israelis take little heed of global anger. But their contempt for #Netanyahu is growing | Dahlia Scheindlin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/25/israelis-take-no-heed-of-global-anger-but-contempt-for-benjamin-netanyahu-growing
Vietnamese buddhist monks used to set themselves aflame to protest the #VietnamWar. It's a fatal form of protest with great symbolic power.
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"A video posted online showed a man in a uniform shouting '#FreePalestine' as he burned while identifying himself as an active air force member. The man was reportedly on fire for about a minute before law enforcement put it out." #US #Israel #Gaza
Air force serviceman sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington DC
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/25/man-set-himself-on-fire-israel-embassy
The #Houthis have been targeting vessels with connections to #Israel and Western countries, forcing dozens of shipping companies to take a 4,000-mile detour around the continent of #Africa at significantly higher costs and extra shipping days.
Unfortunately, resurging attacks coming from notorious piracy hotspots have shipping companies worried about the new route. #Gaza
#Houthi #RedSea Attacks Are Boon for Pirates as Ships Reroute
https://investingchannel.com/article/607225/houthi-red-sea-attacks-are-boon-for-pirates-as-ships-reroute
#US President #JoeBiden said #Israel has agreed not to engage in military activities during #Ramadan in the #GazaStrip, where it is at war with #Hamas militants, and said the Jewish state risked losing support from the rest of the world as #Palestinians die in high numbers.
Biden also said Israel had committed to make it possible for Palestinians to evacuate from #Rafah in #Gaza's south before its campaign against Hamas. #GazaCeasefire
#US president appears upbeat as
#Hamas reportedly mulls 40-day
halt in fighting with Palestinian
#prisoners swapped for Israeli
#hostages. Additionally, hospitals and bakeries in #Gaza would be repaired, 500 aid trucks would enter into the strip daily and thousands of tents and caravans would be delivered for shelter. #Israel
#JoeBiden hopeful of #GazaCeasefire by Monday as details of proposal emerge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/26/israel-gaza-ceasefire-biden
"[The #Houthi attacks] threaten a key maritime route essential for a significant share of global container traffic and over $1 trillion in annual merchandise,” Zera Zheng, #Maersk’s global head of business resilience consulting, said in a report by the World Economic Forum. #Israel #Gaza
#RedSea tensions’ impact on the oil and shipping market in the West
https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/red-sea-tensions-impact-on-the-oil-and-shipping-market-in-the-west/
The loss of civilian lives was the biggest in weeks. #Hamas said the incident could jeopardize talks in #Qatar aimed at securing a #ceasefire and the release of #IsraeliHostages it is holding. When asked if he thought it would complicate the talks, US President #JoeBiden said: “I know it will.” #Israel
More than 100 killed while seeking aid in #Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war-updates-march-1-2024/
The march is taking place amid complex and slow #hostage negotiations as the war churns on, so far claiming the lives of more than 30,000 people.The marchers are scheduled to arrive in #Jerusalem on Saturday. #Gaza
Hundreds march across #Israel to call attention to hostages held by #Hamas
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/02/29/gaza-hamas-war-hostage-families-march-to-jerusalem/3721709243693/
The #US said an extended #ceasefire was the most direct route to getting large-scale aid deliveries into #Gaza, and suggested that agreement was close.
At least 576,000 people in Gaza are “one step away from #famine” according to the #UN, and one in six #children under the age of two in northern Gaza are suffering from #AcuteMalnutrition and #wasting.
#Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as #Hamas response awaited – US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/israel-accepts-six-week-ceasefire-deal-as-hamas-response-awaited-us
That's true, but it won't be Netanyahu for much longer. #BennyGantz #Israel
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The official said #Netanyahu, #Israel’s prime minister, had a “tough talk” with Gantz about the trip and told him the country has “just one prime minister”.
Israeli cabinet member angers Netanyahu by taking 'unauthorised trip to Washington' - official
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/03/middle-east-crisis-live-hamas-ceasefire-talks-israel-gaza-latest-live-updates-news?page=with%3Ablock-65e48d1a8f0848c0e204daab#block-65e48d1a8f0848c0e204daab
"On March 2, 2024 #CaioDuilio, in her role of flagship of #OperationAspides, the vessel shot down a #drone launched by #Houthi rebels in the #RedSea using her 76 mm main gun. The drone, with characteristics similar to those used in previous attacks, was located about six kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Italian ship, flying towards it." - Caio Duillo [Wikipedia]
Italian warship forced to shoot down Houthi missile in Red Sea #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/03/italian-warship-forced-to-shoot-down-houthi-missile-in-red-sea
Operation Aspides https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aspides
The barring of Mr #BenGvir from attending intelligence briefings means the #SecurityMinister will now be left in the dark on key information about #NationalSecurity and intelligence. #Israel #Gaza
Israeli security minister is banned from intelligence meetings: Itamar Ben-Gvir is sidelined after he 'leaked a series of sensitive documents' and 'took illegal photos of secret briefing attendees'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13152189/Israeli-security-minister-banned-intelligence-meetings-Itamar-Ben-Gvir-leaked-sensitive-documents.html
Ships will have to obtain a permit from #Yemen's #Houthi-controlled #MaritimeAffairsAuthority before entering Yemeni waters, Houthi Telecommunications Minister Misfer Al-Numair said on Monday. #RedSea #Israel #Gaza
Ships entering Yemeni waters must obtain permit, Houthi minister says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ships-entering-yemeni-waters-must-obtain-permit-houthi-minister-says/ar-BB1jkl7V?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
#PramilaPatten’s findings are based on interviews with released #hostages, whose testimony suggests #abuses are continuing in #Gaza. #Israel
#UN finds ‘convincing information’ that #Hamas raped and tortured Israeli hostages
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/04/un-envoy-reports-on-accounts-of-hamas-raping-and-torturing-israeli-hostages
The strong messages #Gantz received in private, which were accompanied by stronger public criticism from the #Biden administration in the last 48 hours, signal the #WhiteHouse has lost its patience with the Israeli government.
The #AidConvoy disaster in #Gaza last Thursday, during which more than 100 #Palestinians were killed, was a turning point for the Biden administration, #US officials tell Axios. #BennyGantz #Israel
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/israel-gaza-aid-benny-gantz-white-house
#MANILA, #Philippines — Two #Filipinos have been killed while two were severely injured following a missile strike on a cargo vessel off #Yemen, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) confirmed on Thursday.
The U.S. military said a missile attack by #Houthi rebels against the commercial ship #TrueConfidence on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel. #Israel #Gaza #GulfOfAden
The Indian Navy warship #INSKolkata successfully rescued 21 crew members, including one Indian national, from the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier #MVTrueConfidence after a maritime incident in the #GulfOfAden. The vessel was reportedly hit by a missile from #Yemen's #Houthi militants, resulting in three deaths and several people injured. #TrueConfidence #India #Israel #Gaza
#MANILA, #Philippines — The remains of the two #Filipino seafarers who died from the missile strike in the #GulfOfAden were left in the ill-fated carrier vessel #TrueConfidence, Migrant Workers Officer-in-Charge #HansLeoCacdac said on Friday.
He emphasized that a salvaging operation would be conducted to retrieve the remains. #MVTrueConfidence #Houthi #Yemen #Israel #Gaza
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/227377/remains-of-2-filipino-seafarers
The #US plan to build a #FloatingPort off the #GazaCoast is a bold move, reminiscent of the #MulberryHarbours built after D-day in #Normandy, but there are serious concerns that what relief it brings will be too little too late for #Palestinians facing #starvation.
‘Who is going to distribute it?’: the key flaw in US’s plan to build aid port in Gaza | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/gaza-floating-port-aid-palestinians-impact
Over in #Cyprus, #EUCommission president #UrsulaVonDerLeyen is holding talks with local leader #NikosChristodoulides in the latest fine-tuning of plans to create a maritime corridor from the east Mediterranean island to #Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-state-of-the-union-biden?page=with:block-65eadb5d8f08480e4918ba5c#block-65eadb5d8f08480e4918ba5c
#SigridKaag, the #UN senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for #Gaza, told reporters late on Thursday that air and sea deliveries cannot make up for a shortage of supply routes on land.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-state-of-the-union-biden?page=with:block-65ead4658f087d93d3c5fa6e#block-65ead4658f087d93d3c5fa6e
Israeli war cabinet member #GadiEisenkot said #Hamas was under “very serious pressure” from mediators to make a “counter-offer”. “Then it will be possible to advance it and take a position,” he said.
A Hamas official told AFP that ceasefire negotiations were not over, on Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/08/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-palestine-hamas-war-state-of-the-union-biden?page=with%3Ablock-65eafb5f8f0839a0970b5d07#block-65eafb5f8f0839a0970b5d07
A #US charity said it was loading aid for #Gaza on to a boat in #Cyprus, which will be the first shipment to the war-ravaged territory along a maritime corridor the #EuropeanCommission hopes will open this weekend. #OpenArms #WorldCentralKitchen #Israel
Aid ship expected to leave Cyprus and head to Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/aid-ship-expected-to-leave-cyprus-and-head-to-gaza
#Sweden said on Saturday it would resume suspended payments to the UN Relief and Works Agency (#UNRWA), with a grant of 200m crowns ($20m/£16m), reports Reuters.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/09/middle-east-crisis-live-gaza-port-for-aid-could-take-up-to-60-days-says-us-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-says-biden?page=with:block-65ec21648f0839a0970b6778#block-65ec21648f0839a0970b6778
#Canada has confirmed it will restore funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (#UNRWA), reports the Canadian public broadcaster CBC.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/09/middle-east-crisis-live-gaza-port-for-aid-could-take-up-to-60-days-says-us-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-says-biden?page=with:block-65ec436d8f08eae6a386276e#block-65ec436d8f08eae6a386276e
The #UN’s top aid official has renewed his call for a ceasefire in #Gaza and outlined six priorities in the humanitarian response.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/09/middle-east-crisis-live-gaza-port-for-aid-could-take-up-to-60-days-says-us-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-says-biden?page=with:block-65ec2b708f08bce210001f41#block-65ec2b708f08bce210001f41
The charity ship, #OpenArms, was seen sailing out of #LarnacaPort in #Cyprus, towing a barge containing about 200 tonnes of flour, rice and protein. #Israel #WorldCentralKitchen
Aid ship loaded with 200 tons of food sets sail from Cyprus to #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/12/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-gaza-houthis-ramadan-yemen-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-65f003d78f0885723260386c#block-65f003d78f0885723260386c
US Central Command (#Centcom) said it carried out six strikes on Monday, claiming it destroyed an unmanned underwater vessel and 18 anti-ship missiles in #Houthi controlled areas.
Despite reprisals from the #US,# UK and other coalition partners, the Houthis have escalated their campaign of attacks on commercial vessels in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. #RedSea #Israel #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/11/yemen-airstrikes-us-uk-coalition
#Palestinians observe #Ramadan, the holiest month on the #IslamicValendar, in Rafah in the southern #GazaStrip on March 11, 2024. The month of fasting and prayer takes place this year amid a war between #Israel and #Hamas, with millions dislocated from their homes and food and other necessities in short supply. Ramadan runs through April 9.
Palestinians observe Ramadan in war-torn Gaza
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/palestinians-observe-ramadan-in-war-torn-gaza/ss-BB1jIh8u?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
A ship carrying aid is nearing #Gaza about 48 hours after it left #Cyprus, with further aid preparations being made aboard a second “much bigger” vessel. It came as the #EU foreign policy chief said starvation was being used as a weapon of war.
After the 240-mile voyage, the ship will dock at a jetty being built by the #WorldCentralKitchen (WCK), the organisation that will distribute the aid. #Israel #OpenArms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/13/ship-carrying-aid-gaza-to-reach-shore-thursday-morning
Straight to the Israeli public. And he's Jewish - they can't call him anti-Semitic can they?
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In remarks from the #Senate floor, Schumer said he had a longstanding relationship with #Netanyahu but believed he “has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of #Israel”. #Gaza
Schumer calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace and urges new Israeli elections | #ChuckSchumer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/14/chuck-schumer-israel-speech
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Schumer’s comments are his, not Biden administration’s: State Department #Israel #Gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-attack-coming-soon-despite-pressure?update=2772975
The foreign minister, #PennyWong, announced the decision to unfreeze $6m in emergency funding for #UNRWA on Friday, as part of a broader package of support.
Wong also announced that #Australia would support airdrops by #Jordan and the #UnitedArabEmirates. #Israel
Australia reinstates funding to UNRWA to provide aid in #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/15/unrwa-funding-australia-reinstates-gaza-aid-october-7-hamas-claims
Mustafa faces a huge task of management and diplomacy. Swathes of #Gaza are now rubble and most of its 2.3 million people have been displaced and need aid. In addition to overseeing billions in expected international aid, Mustafa will need both political buy-in from #Hamas and its supporters and cooperation from #Israel, which wants to eradicate Hamas.
Who is #MohammadMustafa, the new Palestinian PM?
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/who-is-mohammad-mustafa-the-new-palestinian-pm/ar-BB1jUWin
This has got to *stop*. Innocent ship crewmen have already been maimed or killed by these attacks
Their #RedSea attacks have disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to take longer and more expensive journeys around southern #Africa, and stoked fears that the #Israel-#Hamas war could spread and destabilise the wider #MiddlEast. #RedSeaCrisis
Merchant vessel struck by missile west of #Yemen's al Hudaydah
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/merchant-vessel-struck-by-missile-west-of-yemen-s-al-hudaydah/ar-BB1jVxqE?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
#AFP video footage and photographs showed the Spanish aid vessel visible off #Gaza coast towing a barge which the Spanish charity (#WorldCentralKitchen) operating it says is carrying 200 tonnes of food for #Palestinians threatened with #famine after more than five months of war. #Israel
#MiddleEast crisis live: Spanish aid vessel visible off Gaza coast, say reports
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/15/middle-east-crisis-live-rows-over-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-israel?page=with:block-65f40c4e8f081c54654f35fe#block-65f40c4e8f081c54654f35fe
Why it matters: #Biden's backing of #Schumer's remarks is another sign of the growing divide between the president and #Netanyahu over the war in #Gaza, and will likely give backwind to other #Democrats to publicly criticize the Israeli government more forcefully. #Israel #Gaza #Netanyahu
Biden backs Schumer's criticism of Bibi
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech
Images and videos have been coming through #WorldCentralKitchen offloading food aid to #Gaza on Thursday as part of WCK’s #OperationSafeena (boat in Arabic).
The WCK is expected to deliver 37 million meals to Gaza where about 2 million Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by Israeli attacks across the narrow strip. #Israel
The chaos in the #RedSea due to the #Israel-#Gaza war has spread further.
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An Indian navy warship has intercepted the hijacked cargo ship #MVRuen and demanded the #SomaliPirates on board surrender, a navy spokesperson said on Saturday.
Until the Ruen was seized, there had been no successful hijacking of a merchant ship by Somali pirates since 2017. #India #Somalia #GulfOfAden
A second cargo of food aid was ready to depart by sea from #Cyprus to #Gaza on Saturday, the island’s president said, after a first aid shipment landed in the besieged #Palestinian enclave overnight.
The second ship, with 240 tonnes of aid, was moored at #Larnaca port awaiting a signal to sail. The new shipment included pallets of canned goods and bulk products. #Israel #WorldCentralKitchen #OpenArms
In a speech on Thursday, #Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Huthi threatened to expand the group’s attacks to target #ships avoiding the #RedSea and #GulfOfAden by sailing south around #Africa.
#Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels discussed “expanding confrontations and encircling” #Israel in a meeting in #Lebanon with #Hamas and other Palestinian factions.
Happy ending for this one. No one killed, thank god. #India #GulfofAden #IndianOcean #Somalia #SomaliPirates #Israel #Gaza
The #IndianNavy has freed the hijacked ship #MVRuen and detained 35 #pirates
Norobiik @[email protected] (@[email protected])
The chaos in the #RedSea due to the #Israel-#Gaza war has spread further. ----- An Indian navy warship has intercepted the hijacked cargo ship #MVRuen and demanded the #SomaliPirates on board surrender, a navy spokesperson said on Saturday. Until the Ruen was seized, there had been no successful hijacking of a merchant ship by Somali pirates since 2017. #India #Somalia #GulfOfAden https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/indian-navy-intercepts-somali-pirates-on-cargo-ship-ruen/ar-BB1k0iBD?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
The #MVAbdullah, which had 23 crew members and was transporting coal, was on its way to the #UAE from #Mozambique when pirates in the #IndianOcean captured it on Tuesday.The MV's location changed on Thursday after it anchored approximately seven nautical miles off the coast of Garacad, #Somalia. #Bangladesh #GulfOfAden #Israel #Gaza #SomaliPirates
Anchored in hope: Govt promises swift action to save MV Abdullah, crew
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274169882/anchored-in-hope-govt-promises-swift-action-to-save-mv-abdullah-crew?utm_source=bignewsnetwork&utm_medium=referral
Sources close to #Hamas said its leaders now recognise that they need to show #Palestinians “a big victory” to avoid a popular backlash after the immense destruction and loss of lives in five months of war.
“They know now that they need to demonstrate that they are really on the side of the people,” said one source.
#GazaCeasefire hopes rise after Hamas abandons key demands | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/16/gaza-ceasefire-hopes-rise-after-hamas-abandons-key-demands
“It’s like we are stuck in 6 October, but with the pictures from 7 October in our mind,” Shita said. “We were naive, or maybe it was hubris … They took everything we thought about reality and shook it.” #Lebanon #Gaza
‘I can’t drink my coffee and see the #Hezbollah flag’: calls for a wider war on #Israel’s border
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/17/calls-wider-war-israel-border-hezbollah
The nuances reflect the tightrope the #US is still trying to walk, seeking to claw back leadership on the issue at the #UN, while keeping pressure on #Hamas to agree a limited deal that would exchange 40 of the most vulnerable hostages for a six-week pause.
The US finally backs a ceasefire, but the nuances in its UN resolution show the tightrope it walks | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/21/us-un-ceasefire-gaza
Representatives of the Yemeni #Houthi movement have engaged in discussions with Russian and Chinese diplomats to secure safe passage for their fleets through the #RedSea. The agreement entails that the #Houthis ensure their ships will not be targeted for attacks. #Israel #Gaza
Houthi rebels negotiate safe Red Sea passage with #Russia and #China
https://essanews.com/houthi-rebels-negotiate-safe-red-sea-passage-with-russia-and-china,7008404510406273a
#US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken landed in #Israel Friday for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu, ahead of a #UNSecurityCouncil vote on a US draft resolution noting the need for an "immediate" #ceasefire that would allow in more aid.
Blinken in Israel ahead of #UN vote on #GazaCeasefire plan
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240322-blinken-heads-to-israel-to-press-for-immediate-truce-in-gaza-war
A #US effort to ramp up political pressure on #Israel by casting an international spotlight on its concerns failed Friday in the #UnitedNations #SecurityCouncil when #Russia, #China and #Algeria voted against it.
US-sponsored #UN resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in #Gaza fails
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-set-introduce-resolution-calling-immediate-cease-fire/story?id=108360065
#UN #SecurityCouncil passes resolution calling for #ceasefire in #Gaza after #US abstains. #Israel
For the first time the UN security council has voted for a call for a ceasefire in Gaza, after the US abstained, rather than using its veto as it has done on previous occasions. #Russia and #China have also previously vetoed texts.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-66018d788f0806e0c1f1cce6#block-66018d788f0806e0c1f1cce6
Abstention at UN marks new rift between #Biden administration and the #Netanyahu government. #Israel #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-66018f908f0836b1893af11a#block-66018f908f0836b1893af11a
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-66018f908f0836b1893af11a#block-66018f908f0836b1893af11a
Benjamin #Netanyahu has cancelled the Israeli delegation to the #WhiteHouse, according to Israeli media reports, after the #US dropped a threat to veto a #UN #SecurityCouncil vote demanding an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza. #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-660193598f0836b1893af14d#block-660193598f0836b1893af14d
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-660193598f0836b1893af14d#block-660193598f0836b1893af14d
The #US abstained and the 14 other council members all voted in favour of the #SecurityCouncil #ceasefire resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members who voiced their frustration with more than five months of deadlock between the major powers. Applause broke out in the chamber after the vote.
#Israel isolated as #UN security council demands immediate ceasefire in #Gaza | #UnitedNations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/un-gaza-ceasefire-vote
mike805@Norobiik Sorry Ben, I have an election coming up.
ahau@Norobiik What if a ship enters the sea territory of the US or the UK? Who has the control of that water? We have to take a look at the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea. Any dispute has to go through the international court. Shooting missiles into Yemen's territory killing innocent civilians is a clearly violation of international law. Yemenis have "self-determination". Yemen is no longer a colony. Declaring the Houthis as a terrorist organization one-sidedly will not solve the problem.