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Germany Rebukes Nicaragua's ICJ Claim Over Gaza Complicity

par This Is Beirut, 09/04 14:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Germany rebuked Nicaragua's claims in the ICJ on Tuesday that its arms transfer make it complicit to "genocide" in Gaza, claiming that Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy. Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy, the UN's highest court heard on Tuesday, where Berlin denied a claim that it is aiding in a ...

South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide at The Hague

par This Is Beirut, 16/05 11:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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As over 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's invasion of the city, South Africa has accused Israel of "genocide" urging the International Court of Justice to order a halt to the Israel-Gaza War. South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to ...

Awaited Aid Pier Anchored Along Gaza Seashore

par This Is Beirut, 16/05 22:11 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US troops on Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, aimed to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military and Israel said. The US Central Command said the pier was "successfully affixed to the beach in Gaza" at around 7:40 am (0440 GMT), with around 500 tonnes of aid ...

EU Calls on Israel to Explain Gaza Offensive

par This Is Beirut, 27/05 20:39 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to call a meeting with Israel to get it to explain its actions in its Rafah offensive despite a UN court ruling, the bloc's top diplomat said. "We got the necessary unanimity to call for an association council with Israel to discuss the situation in Gaza," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. Israel has ...

Israel Faces Global Condemnation Over Rafah Strike

par This Is Beirut, 27/05 21:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians. Adding to already heightened tensions since Israel launched a ground operation in Rafah in early May, the Israeli and Egyptian militaries reported a ...

UN Condemns Death Toll of Israeli Hostage Rescue Operation

par This Is Beirut, 11/06 14:32 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN voiced alarm on Tuesday at the civilian toll of Israel's rescue of four hostages in Gaza, and the fact that Palestinian armed groups are holding captives there. The United Nations rights office said that acts committed by both Israelis and Palestinians “may amount to war crimes.” “We are profoundly shocked at the impact on civilians ...

Yoav Gallant Heads to Washington for Gaza Talks

par This Is Beirut, 23/06 22:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday for talks on the Gaza war raging since October 7 and surging cross-border tensions with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. The visit, which Gallant said would include meetings that are "critical to this war," comes after a series of public statements by Israeli Prime Minister ...

Palestine Protestors Breach Security Barrier at DNC

par This Is Beirut, 20/08 10:41 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Protesters against Israel's war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago on Monday, hours before US President Joe Biden passed the torch to new nominee Kamala Harris. Biden did not directly address the security lapse in his hour-long speech, but he said "those protesters out in the street, they ...

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