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José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Outrage Over Gaza
8Apr By adminNo Comments
Politics

José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Outrage Over Gaza

The international community was instantly outraged after seven food aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza earlier this month. But while the charity’s founder, José Andrés, continues to mourn the victims, the chef has expressed frustration that it took the death of foreign workers for much of the world to open its eyes to Israel’s military campaign that, six months in, has destroyed the enclave and ruined the lives of Palestinian civilians.On April 1, Israeli forces launched at least three airstrikes that hit a World Central Kitchen convoy that was delivering food and supplies to starving Palestinians facing a hunger crisis since Israel is blocking access to bring aid into Gaza. The strikes on the three cars killed seven humanitarian worke...
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Intel partners with Israel to invest $25 bn in new manufacturing facility
27Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Intel partners with Israel to invest $25 bn in new manufacturing facility

Intel Israel and Israeli government authorities announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Kiryat Gat on Tuesday morning with a $ 25 billion investment. "The global company Intel's choice to approve the unprecedented investment of $ 25 billion right here, in Israel, is important and significant," Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich said in a joint statement with the Economy Ministry and Israel Tax Authority. "Such an investment, at a time when Israel is facing a war against absolute evil, a war in which good is obliged to defeat evil... is an expression of confidence in the State of Israel and the Israeli economy," Smotrich stressed. The Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and one of the world's largest and most prominent sem...
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Sen. Jeff Merkley Demands End To Israel-Hamas Conflict
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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Sen. Jeff Merkley Demands End To Israel-Hamas Conflict

Sen. Jeff Merkley, a progressive Democrat from Oregon, on Monday called for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to cease their hostilities.He is only the second member of the Senate to speak in favor of a cease-fire. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) embraced the idea earlier this month, though he appeared to condition his support on the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.In a lengthy statement affirming his horror at Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and the state of Israel’s right to live in security, Merkley argued that Israel has not taken adequate measures to protect Palestinian civilians or limit humanitarian damage in Gaza. More than 12,000 Palestinians have died in Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, including 4,000 children, according to estimates by Gaza’s health ministry, a part...
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Thousands Gather In Washington, DC For Gaza Cease-Fire: See Photos
5Nov By adminNo Comments
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Thousands Gather In Washington, DC For Gaza Cease-Fire: See Photos

Thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to call for a cease-fire in the tiny Gaza Strip after nearly one month of relentless retaliatory bombing from Israel. A massive crowd swathed in the colors of the Palestinian flag — red, green, black and white — gathered around Freedom Plaza near the White House waving protest signs, many with the messages “FREE PALESTINE” and “LET GAZA LIVE!”A number of people in the crowd donned fringed kaffiyehs. Small parcels wrapped in white sheets smeared with red “blood” represented the increasing number of Palestinian children killed in the campaign. While the protesters made demands of Israel, they also sought to send a withering message to President Joe Biden, whose administration has been supporting Israel since Hamas militants bruta...
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6 books that explain the Israel-Palestine conflict
20Oct By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

6 books that explain the Israel-Palestine conflict

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Some Biden Administration Staffers Feel Stifled Discussing Horrors In Gaza
18Oct By adminNo Comments
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Some Biden Administration Staffers Feel Stifled Discussing Horrors In Gaza

President Joe Biden departed for Israel on Tuesday evening on a high-stakes diplomatic visit amid ongoing Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed that has killed more than 4,000 people so far. As Biden grapples with the crisis, several U.S. officials told HuffPost it has become difficult to have a full debate within his administration about what’s happening in Israel-Palestine ― and in particular that people who want to talk about Israeli restraint or humanitarian protections for Palestinians feel stifled.Several staffers across multiple agencies, most of whom work on national security issues, told HuffPost they and their colleagues worry about retaliation at work for questioning Israel’s conduct amid the U.S.-backed Israeli campaign to avenge an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, the Palestinian militant gro...
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Middle-East conflict raises fuel price concerns, says FM Sitharaman
13Oct By adminNo Comments
Business

Middle-East conflict raises fuel price concerns, says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the recent Middle Eastern crisis, fuel prices, and fragmentation of global supply chains remain major concerns for emerging markets. "The recent Middle-Eastern crisis, fuel prices, and fragmentation of global supply chains remain major concerns for emerging markets," the Finance Minister said while addressing the G20 Presidency 4th Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Press Briefing at the Media Centre in Marrakech, Morocco. Sitharaman is on an official visit to Marrakech, Morocco, to attend the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2023. The Finance Minister on Thursday held discussions with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the policy priorities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and how the...
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