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Thousands of Israelis Rally for Hostages’ Release, Netanyahu’s Ouster
Tel Aviv, Israel — Shouting "Elections now!" and "Bring back the hostages now!" thousands of Israeli demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand the departure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after five months of war in Gaza.
With T-shirts and banners featuring the names and pictures of hostages seized during Hamas's October 7 attack, the crowd demanded swift action to rescue the remaining captives.
The attack on southern Israel that triggered the...
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Biden: Netanyahu 'Hurting Israel' By Not Preventing Civilian Deaths in Gaza
Wilmington, delaware — U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Biden expressed support for Israel's right to pursue Hamas after the October 7 terror attack but said Netanyahu "must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken."
For months, Biden has warned that...
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UNRWA Chief 'Cautiously Optimistic' Donors Will Return
geneva — The head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said he was cautiously optimistic some donors would start funding it again within weeks, warning it was "at risk of death" after Israel alleged some of its staff took part in the October 7 Hamas terror attack.
An independent review of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been launched under French former Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, and her final...
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On Eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City Offers Little Festivity as Gaza War Rages
JERUSALEM — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem's Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity.
Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind metal shutters. The narrow streets that run toward Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site, are eerily empty.
Absent are the fairy lights and shining lanterns that would usually dangle above hurried worshippers.
Ramadan preparations in Jerusalem, the spiritual heart of the decades-old...
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Lawmakers: Is US Doing Enough to Deter Iran, Houthi Attacks in Red Sea?
The commander overseeing U.S. military operations in the Middle East is warning that deterrence of Iranian proxies is temporary and that Iran is not paying the price for its role in violence across the Middle East. VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb has details.
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UN: Iran Responsible for 'Physical Violence' That Killed Mahsa Amini
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran is responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests of the country's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a United Nations fact-finding mission said Friday.
The stark pronouncement came in a wide-ranging initial report submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council by the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran that concluded Tehran committed “crimes against...
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US Treasury Official Pushes Lebanon to Halt the Flow of Funding to Hamas
BEIRUT — A top U.S. Treasury official visiting Beirut this week pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to Hamas by way of Lebanon, officials said.
Jesse Baker, deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for Asia and the Middle East, met with Lebanese politicians and officials from the financial sector Thursday and Friday.
His visit came as negotiations for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip appear to have stalled. Should the war continue...
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VOA Immigration Weekly Recap, March 3-8, 2024
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Aid Ship Set to Sail from Cyprus to Gaza on New Corridor, Charity Says
Nicosia, Cyprus — A U.S. charity said it was loading aid for Gaza onto a boat in Cyprus, the first shipment to the war-ravaged territory along a maritime corridor the EU Commission hopes will open this weekend.
The Spanish-flagged vessel Open Arms docked three weeks ago in the port of Larnaca in Cyprus, the closest European Union country to the Gaza Strip.
"World Central Kitchen teams are in Cyprus loading pallets of humanitarian aid onto a boat headed to northern Gaza," the...
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US-Led Coalition Shoots Down 15 Yemen Rebel Drones, CENTCOM Says
Dubai, UAE — U.S. and allied forces shot down 15 one-way attack drones fired by Iran-backed Yemeni rebels into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden on Saturday, the U.S. military said.
Shortly afterwards, the rebels claimed the attack, saying they had fired missiles at an "American" commercial ship and launched drones at U.S. warships in "the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden."
It was one of the Houthi’s largest attacks since November, when they began a campaign of drone and missile...
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EU Pushes to Open Maritime Aid Corridor to Gaza
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UN Mission: Iran Protests Crackdown Sparked 'Crimes Against Humanity'
Geneva — Tehran's violent crackdown on peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls triggered serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, a U.N. fact-finding mission concluded Friday.
Iran was rocked by widespread demonstrations sparked by the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who had been arrested for allegedly violating the strict dress rule for women based on Islamic law.
Anger over her death rapidly expanded...
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Blinken Says Cease-Fire in Gaza Depends on Hamas
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Israel Welcomes Biden Plan to Increase Gaza Aid
Jerusalem — President Joe Biden announced the U.S. military will establish a temporary pier on the Gaza coast to deliver aid. Biden also pushed Israel to do more to help the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
President Joe Biden says the U.S. has plans to help solve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The president said he is directing the U.S. military to lead an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier in the Mediterranean on the Gaza coast that can receive large ships carrying food,...
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