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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Actor Angelina Jolie visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza on Friday, accompanied by an American delegation. Officials greeted the Hollywood icon and former special envoy for the UN refugee agency, and she spoke with humanitarian workers and volunteers. Local media reported that the purpose of the visit was to meet with injured Palestinians receiving care in Egypt and to look into aid deliveries into Gaza. The Associated Press reported that Jolie spoke with patients in a hospital in the nearby city of Arish. At Rafah, Jolie met with members of the humanitarian aid nonprofit…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Once upon a time, I thought that the foundation of Israel in 1948 would set an example of peace and good will on this troubled planet. Sadly, this has not occurred, and the decline of Israel as a model state has compelled me to do soul searching, for my hope as a Jew was that we Jews, especially Israeli Jews, would be able to avoid violence and oppression to survive in this troubled world.My desire to demonstrate that there needs to be a solution to violence is best expressed ironically in the great German Jewish poet…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US President Donald Trump has warned Iran’s authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington “will come to their rescue”.In a brief post on social media, he wrote: “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.” He gave no further details.A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, responded by saying Trump should “be careful” if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.At least six people are reported to have been killed in Iran on Thursday after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions. In Friday’s post…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Belfast, Northern Ireland — On New Year’s Eve, as fireworks lit the Belfast sky, the city’s streets were abuzz — and not only in celebration.Hundreds gathered in solidarity with activists from the Palestine Action group who are on hunger strikes in prison. Their chants echoed past murals that do not merely decorate the city, but testify to its troubled past.Along the Falls Road, Irish republican murals sit beside Palestinian ones. The International Wall, once a rolling canvas of global struggles, has become known as the Palestinian wall. Poems by the late Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer, killed…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Racial and religious hate crime on public transport is on the rise according to new data obtained by the Guardian, as community groups report how people are restricting their daily journeys because they fear abuse or assault.Police forces across the country have recorded an increase in hate crimes over the past year, with a significant rise in racially motivated offences in Scotland as well as religious hate crimes targeting Muslims in England and Wales.But public transport creates a particular dynamic where aggressors are often emboldened by alcohol, can isolate their targets and then exit at the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Growing unrest in Iran is reported to have claimed more lives on a fifth day of protests over the soaring cost of living.Both the semi-official Fars news agency and human rights group, Hengaw, said two people had died during clashes between protesters and security forces in the city of Lordegan, in south-western Iran. Three more people were killed in Azna and another in Kouhdasht, Fars reported, all in the west of the country.On Thursday videos posted on social media showed cars set on fire during running battles between protesters and security forces. Many protesters have called…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed JERUSALEM — The U.N. said Thursday that a Palestinian boy in the Gaza Strip drowned in floods that engulfed his tent camp, with videos showing rescuers trying to pry his body out of muddy waters by pulling him by the ankle. It was the latest sign of the miseries that winter is inflicting on the territory’s population, with many left homeless by the devastation from two years of war. Health officials also reported the death of another 9 year-old boy in Gaza Thursday, but the circumstances were not clear. Meanwhile, in the West Bank, Israeli forces…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The body was that of Khalil Dawas, a Palestinian from the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho, suspected by fellow Palestinians of collaborating with Israeli forces. His story, recounted by residents and Palestinian fighters interviewed by the Guardian, reflects the murky world of informants, coercion and betrayal that shadows the conflict.According to camp residents, Dawas had once been part of Palestinian militant activity before they came to believe he had turned informant. The Guardian reported that these accounts illustrate how Israeli forces recruit or pressure Palestinians, sometimes through detention, threats or money, to sustain intelligence operations…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The largest protests in Iran for three years entered a fifth day on Thursday amid reports of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces, with state-affiliated media confirming at least two people had been killed.Although state media did not identify those killed, witnesses and videos circulating on social media appear to show protesters lying motionless on the ground after security forces opened fire.The Guardian has also received images showing two bodies bearing what appear to be pellet and bullet wounds, though the circumstances surrounding the images could not be independently verified.The Oslo-based Hengaw Organisation for Human…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel is running a parallel system of controls for shipments into Gaza, allowing commercial traders to bring goods into the territory that are barred for humanitarian organisations.Basic life-saving supplies including generators and tent poles are on a long Israeli blacklist of “dual-use” items. The Israeli government says entry of these items must be severely restricted because they could be exploited by Hamas or other armed groups for military ends.However, for at least a month, Israeli authorities have allowed businesses to transport multiple dual-use items into Gaza, including generators and metal pallets, which are more durable in…