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Israel 'opens dam gates' flooding Gaza: Palestinian agency

Israel ‘opens dam gates’ flooding Gaza: Palestinian agency Israel has flooded Gaza, with what is mostly waste water.

What are we supposed to do now? We just want to live like everyone else. We need food, water and electricity — and we need to keep our children safe. We cannot do that here. Um Ahmad, pharmacist, mother of three children, Gaza. Read more

Hundreds of rabbis from around the world call on Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes

Hundreds of rabbis from around the world call on Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes More than 400 rabbis from Israel, Britain and around the world have called on Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes.

I had been working as a fisherman with my father since I was 8 years old. He gave me his net and boat. After all this time, I found out that selling them is the best solution to avoid being arrested or shot by Israeli soldiers at sea. Kurd, a…

We call on Israel to immediately resume the transfer of tax revenues. UN Assistant Secretary-General Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen. (Israel’s freeze of $127m owed to Palestinian Authority is in violation of Oslo peace agreement.) Read more