Israel struck three tower blocks in the heart of Gaza City in 24 hours, flattening two and destroying parts of another. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2021/5/15/are-social-platforms-deliberately-silencing-palestinians
Day: May 15, 2021
‘Give us 10 minutes’: How Israel bombed a Gaza media tower
Youmna al-Sayed had less than an hour to get to safety. But with just one elevator working in al-Jalaa tower, an 11-storey building in Gaza City housing some 60 residential apartments and a number of offices, including those of Al Jazeera Media Network and The […]
Israeli forces wound dozens of Palestinians at Nakba Day marches
Ramallah and Beit El, Occupied West Bank – Israeli forces wounded dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during protests to mark the Nakba, when nearly 800,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes to make way for the establishment of the state of […]
Ethiopia delays polls again amid security, logistical challenges
Ethiopia has delayed its national election again after some opposition parties said they would not take part and as a conflict in the country’s Tigray region means no vote is being held there, further complicating Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to centralise power. Birtukan Mideksa, […]
Is a third Intifada on the way?
At least 140 people, including 39 children, killed in Gaza since Israel’s latest attacks were launched on Monday. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/5/15/is-a-third-intifada-on-the-way
‘It’s genocide’: Protesters slam Israel, support Palestinians
Protesters have marched across the world in support of Palestinians amid the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since the 2014 Gaza war. At least 140 Palestinians, including 39 children, have been killed after Israel launched air attacks on Gaza earlier this week. On Saturday, Israel targeted a […]
‘Silence the story’: Israeli bombing of media offices condemned
Press freedom advocates have sharply condemned Israel’s bombing of a Gaza building that housed the offices of Al Jazeera and the Associated Press news agency, calling it a brazen attempt to “silence” journalists covering the Israeli military’s ongoing offensive that has killed scores of people. […]
For CBC, a dog story is more important than Israel’s apartheid
For much of Canada’s media, the death of an old dog is more newsworthy than the suffering and deaths of imprisoned Palestinians. That is, in particular, the disgraceful, inescapable indictment of the journalists who populate Canada’s national network, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). If the […]
World reaction to Israel’s continuing attacks in Gaza
At least 140 Palestinians, including 39 children, have been killed after Israel launched air attacks on Gaza earlier this week. On Saturday, Israel targeted a refugee camp in Gaza where at least 10 Palestinians were killed. It also destroyed a building in Gaza City that […]
1,219 more cases found in 3 prisons
(Bangkok Post file photo) The Corrections Department has found another 1,219 people infected with Covid-19, six of them in critical condition, in three prisons in Greater Bangkok. The figure brings to nearly 5,000 the number of confirmed coronavirus cases that the public has been told […]