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Updated 2024-02-26
2024-02-08 Expanded Rafah Assault Would Be ‘Stain on Israel’ and Its Backers: Refugee Group Accusing Israel of waging war on a “gigantic refugee camp” where more than 1 million Palestinians have moved to escape air and ground attacks over the last four months, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council on Thursday called on the Israel Defense Forces to stop its shelling of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and halt further plans for an intensified assault.
With Israeli military officials reporting that they have not devised a plan to protect civilian lives in Rafah, NRC Secretary-General Jan Egeland said that a ground offensive in the city—previously designated a “safe zone” where more than 1 million Palestinians were told to go as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched air and ground attacks across the enclave—would be a “stain on both Israel and those nations providing arms,” including the United States.
“It would be a bloodbath, and among children and women, among the innocent,” Egeland told CNN, adding that reports of Hamas’ tactic of “blending in with civilians… does not in any way justify indiscriminate attacks.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-attacks-rafah
2023-11-17 NATO Member’s Pro-Palestine Move; Chaos At Biden’s Party HQ; South Korea’s ‘Shoe’ Stir | Israel War US ally and NATO nation Norway’s parliament adopts a resolution calling on the government to be ready to recognise an “independent” Palestinian state. The resolution, brought by the ruling coalition, was passed after eight out of the 10 parties in parliament voted in favour of it. Another US key partner in East Asia, South Korea, witnessed symbolic protests against war in Gaza. About 2000 shoes were put on display to honour the deaths in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Israel. Anti-Israel protests also erupted in the US, Spain, Mexico, and the Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYTdcf1ud7o
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