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Gaza deaths a symptom of utter despair
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/05/2018
» When all is lost, entire communities sometimes engage in suicidal gestures. It happened as recently as 1906 in Bali, when the local royal family and thousands of their followers, knowing they could not defeat the Dutch conquerors, dressed in their best finery and walked straight into the Dutch gunfire. Thousands were killed.
Arab League chief calls for international probe into Israel 'crimes'
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» CAIRO - Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday called for an international probe into alleged "crimes" committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians during deadly violence along the Gaza border this week.
UN Palestinian refugee agency 'part of the problem': Swiss minister
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» GENEVA - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is fuelling "unrealistic" hopes of return after 70 years of exodus and is therefore helping keep the Mideast conflict alive, Switzerland's foreign minister said Thursday.
Israel hits Hamas base but Gaza protests fade
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel hit a Hamas base in an air raid Thursday in response to gunfire from the Gaza Strip, but weeks of deadly mass protests and clashes along the border may be reaching an end as Ramadan begins.
Hamas official says 50 members killed this week on Gaza border
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» GAZA CITY: A senior member of Gaza's Hamas rulers has said that all but a dozen of the 62 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire during Gaza border protests this week were members of the Islamist group.
Bus driver battle
News, Postbag, Published on 17/05/2018
» Re: "Brawling No.8 bus drivers fined, suspended" (BP, May 16). I have a problem with the polarising and false statement of there only being two genders, male and female, because there actually are three.
'With friends like these': EU chief tears into Trump
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» SOFIA: The European Union's top official launched a stinging attack Wednesday on President Donald Trump, slamming his "capricious assertiveness" and saying the US leader acted more like an enemy than a friend.
Palestinians recall envoys after US embassy move
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» RAMALLAH, Palestinian territories: The Palestinian Authority has recalled its envoys to Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria after their ambassadors attended an Israeli reception marking the US embassy's move to Jerusalem, it said Wednesday.
Guatemala opens Israel embassy in Jerusalem after US move
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» JERUSALEM - Guatemala inaugurated its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States' deeply controversial move that was accompanied by deadly violence on the Gaza border.
Turkey orders Israeli envoy out, Erdogan slams 'apartheid state'
AFP, Published on 16/05/2018
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Tuesday ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was an "apartheid state" as the killing of dozens of Palestinians threatened a 2016 reconciliation deal.