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Spain's decision to recognize Palestinian state marks potential turning point for Europe
Madrid — Spain’s announcement this week that it will recognize a Palestinian sovereign state by July could mark a major turning point with other European states poised to follow Madrid’s lead, analysts say.
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told Spanish media Tuesday Spain would recognize Palestine diplomatically by July.
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares confirmed the plan, saying it would help an independent Palestine’s entry into the United Nations.
Ignacio...
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UN rights council votes to maintain Iran scrutiny
Independent international fact-finding mission investigating deadly 2022 crackdown on protests extended
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Biden demands Israel adopt ways to protect Palestinians, quickly negotiate cease-fire with Hamas
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Britain demands investigation into Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers
London — Britain has called for an immediate investigation into an Israeli airstrike Monday on an aid convoy that killed seven aid workers, including three British citizens, in Gaza.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rejected calls to suspend arms shipments to Israel amid mounting global anger over the attack.
The bodies of six of the seven victims were taken out of Gaza on Wednesday in a convoy of ambulances through the Rafah crossing into Egypt. The body of the seventh worker, a...
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White House shows no indication of restricting weapons for Israel
washington — U.S. weapons sales to Israel have been under increased scrutiny amid outrage over the reported deaths of tens of thousands of people in Gaza since the start of the war, including seven aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike this week.
President Joe Biden said in a statement on Tuesday that he was "outraged and heartbroken" by the deaths, his latest stern rebuke of Israel's war conduct.
Israel said the strike was "unintentional" and promised an...
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Iran turning its prisons into 'killing fields,' says Amnesty
PARIS — Iran has turned its prisons into sites of mass killing with at least 853 people executed in the Islamic republic in 2023, over half of them on drug-related charges, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
The London-based group said in a report that stronger international action was needed to halt the rise in executions, otherwise "thousands" risked being hanged in the coming years.
The Iranian authorities have "persisted with their state-sanctioned killing spree...
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Britain says Gaza situation ‘intolerable,’ demands investigation into Israeli airstrike
Britain has called for an immediate investigation into an Israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza strip, amid mounting global anger over Monday’s attack. Three of the dead were British citizens, as Henry Ridgwell reports from London.
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UN says children denied access to aid in world’s war zones
New York — Children are being denied access to lifesaving humanitarian assistance in conflict zones around the world in a blatant disregard for international law, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday.
“Let me be very clear: The Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the Rights of the Child contain key provisions requiring the facilitation of humanitarian relief to children in need,” Virginia Gamba, the U.N. envoy on children and armed conflict, told a meeting of the Security...
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US says UN not venue to negotiate Palestinian statehood
Washington — The United States on Wednesday opposed a Palestinian push for full membership at the United Nations, with Washington saying it backed statehood but after negotiations with Israel.
"We support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state," U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters.
"That is something that should be done through direct negotiations through the parties, something we are pursuing at this time, and not at the United...
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Israeli war Cabinet member calls for September elections amid Gaza war
JERUSALEM — Israel war Cabinet member Benny Gantz on Wednesday called for national elections in September, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government faces pressure at home and abroad over the war in Gaza.
"We must agree on a date for elections in September, toward a year to the war if you will," Gantz said in a televised briefing. "Setting such a date will allow us to continue the military effort while signaling to the citizens of Israel that we will soon renew...
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Bodies of foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrike moved toward repatriation
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US ‘outraged’ over Israeli strike that killed 7 aid workers
White House national security spokesman John Kirby says the U.S. was "outraged" over the Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers with a Washington-based charity, and he called on Israel to do more to ensure civilians and humanitarian aid workers are protected. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from the State Department.
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Netanyahu vows to close Al-Jazeera news network in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will shut down the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news network’s operations in Israel under a new law that allows the closure of foreign networks deemed a threat to national security. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from Jerusalem. Camera: Ricki Rosen.
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Hezbollah threat creates ghost towns in Northern Israel
As rocket fire from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group intensified in northern Israel, towns along the Israel-Lebanon border emptied, with no plan for its thousands of residents to return. From Metula, Israel, Pilar Cebrian reports on the ghost towns left behind. Narration by Veronica Villafane.
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Syrian Kurds say US presence important to regional stability
Amuda, Syria — Thirteen years after the start of Syria’s conflict, countless woes remain for millions of Syrians. For people in the Kurdish-majority northeast, one concern tops all else: whether neighboring Turkey will carry out another ground invasion that could put an end to their semiautonomous region, carved out in the wake of the civil war.
“People here have been accustomed to shortages of electricity and water, lack of basic services and bad infrastructure, but one thing that they...
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US anti-Muslim incidents hit record high in 2023 due to Israel-Gaza war, advocacy group says
Washington — Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday.
Complaints totaled 8,061 in 2023, a 56% rise from the year before and the highest since the Council on American-Islamic Relations began records nearly 30 years ago. About 3,600 of those incidents occurred from October to December, CAIR...
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Blinken urges swift, impartial investigation into Israeli strike that killed aid workers in Gaza
State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the United States has urged Israel to promptly investigate an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that resulted in the deaths of seven humanitarian workers. Blinken reiterated the call for Israel to prioritize the protection of civilian lives.
"We've spoken directly to the Israeli government about this particular incident. We've urged a swift, a thorough and impartial investigation to understand exactly what...
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