Short-staffed, underfunded and trying to meet the needs of growing numbers of people affected by conflict and climate disaster, the humanitarian aid sector faces a new reality. Operating in the field has never been more difficult. The effects of war and flooding in Sudan and South Sudan, for ...
Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
Israel has been battling Hamas, an Islamic offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, since it took over Gaza in 2007, and even well before. In between wars, Thomas Friedman notes, “Israel built an impressive society and economy…. Hamas took nearly all of its resources and built attack tunnels.”...
"They didn't stand for what we believe, but they've been so straight about it." Many are unhappy with the Liberal government's handling of the conflict because of how long it took to call for a ceasefire, which Mourra said was done "based on political gain, no...
But their return has been a complicated point in the negotiations. Israel long demanded it keep control over Palestinians’ movement to ensure Hamas does not move weapons back to northern Gaza close to Israeli communities. Throughout the war, the Israeli military had ba...
during the 1948 war has constituted one of the most intractable bones of contention of the Arab鈥揑sraeli conflict, not least since the Palestinians have insisted on the 'right of return' of these individuals and their descendants to territory that has long been part of the state of Israel....
【英音英字】UN Insider:加沙面临饥荒 This week’s UN Insider focuses on the situation in the Middle East. On one hand, Gaza faces the threat of famine; on the other, UNRWA has been attacked by Israel. How are the various parties responding?本周 UN Insider,我们关注的还是中东局势。一方面,...
a weeks-long cnn investigation has been able to piece together what happened during one terrifying night in early january, which left five of her siblings dead. their story offers a window into the israeli military’s overwhelming and often indiscriminate use of force in areas where civilians wer...