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Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group | AP News

Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group, joining a growing number of nations opposed to the proposal.

The bill, which passed a preliminary vote in parliament last week, is the product of increasingly tense relations between Israel and the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Israel has accused the agency of militant links, claiming that hundreds of its employees are members of militant groups, including some who allegedly participated in the Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel…

Source: Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group | AP News

Ler – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Ler é uma das coisas mais prazerosas que existem na face da terra. “A leitura não faz só você viajar”. Eu diria que, sobretudo, ela permite que o ser humano, desfrute de sensações incríveis. Em alguns casos, única até, como por exemplo, a descoberta de respostas revolucionárias, diante de um determinado contexto histórico.

 

Marii Freire. Ler

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Source: Ler – Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Marianna Checheliuk emaciated and frail, but back in Ukraine after two years of torture in Russian captivity

Marianna Checheliuk before Russia’s invasion and on 31 May 2024 after over 2 years in Russian captivity. Latter photo posted by the I Want To Live Project

75 Ukrainian defenders and civilians returned to Ukraine on 31 May in the first exchange of prisoners since February this year.  Many had spent two years or more in Russian captivity and have returned, gaunt and in ill-health after the torture and ill-treatment they endured.  Among them was 24-year-old Marianna Checheliuk, from Mariupol who was seized by the Russians, together with her 15-year-old sister, Alina, at the beginning of May 2022.  The Russians released Alina, but held Marianna prisoner, first in occupied Donbas, including at the notorious Olenivka ‘concentration camp’, then in different penal institutions in Russia…

Source: Marianna Checheliuk emaciated and frail, but back in Ukraine after two years of torture in Russian captivity

Huge Herd Arriving from Multiple Settlements Destroys Palestinian Field. Israeli Authorities Refuse to Act | The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine

The settlers’ herds grazed in the sowed fields where, after the good rains this year, the barley grew to a nice height and was supposed to feed the locals’ sheep and goats during the long, dry summer. The raiding herds ate all the crop: the sheep grazing what grew above ground and the goats tearing off the roots – left nothing. A D-Max pick-up truck accompanied the settlers. They sat by its side, made themselves coffee and enjoyed this operation of destruction and starvation.  The settlers had started raiding the fields already the day before. The chased away a Bedouin shepherd who was grazing there, his face covered with a kaffiyah, against the dust. Yosef tore the Kaffiyah from his face and when the shepherd asked what right he had to touch him, Yosef summoned the army.

When the soldiers arrived, the Palestinians complained to them about the robbing of their crop. The settlers, in response, claimed that the Palestinians threw stones at them. Since there was no documentation of stone throwing, the soldiers did not arrest anyone, but they also did not make the settlers go away. After the soldiers went, the Palestinians called the police. The policeman asked where is it. They explained exactly where it is. “Ah, this is a firing zone”, said the policeman. “I cannot go there.” Yes, yes, this is how it works.

Source: Huge Herd Arriving from Multiple Settlements Destroys Palestinian Field. Israeli Authorities Refuse to Act | The Villages Group: Cooperation in Israel-Palestine

Israelis attack Palestinian athletes at East Jerusalem stadium – UPI.com

Gangs of illegal Israeli settlers rampaged across the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Sunday, allegedly attacking Palestinian athletes at a soccer stadium, hurling rocks at cars near Ramallah and setting fire to Palestinian land near the West Bank village of Duma.

Players and coaches were at the stadium in the At-Tur neighborhood when Israelis, under police protection, stormed the facilities, the Palestinian News Agency reported. Also known as Wafa, it is the official state-run news agency of the Palestinian National Authority.

Source: Israelis attack Palestinian athletes at East Jerusalem stadium – UPI.com