The ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled. @npr explains why.
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#Ceasefire #MiddleEast #Hamas @Israel #Palestine #Gaza
#gaza
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"1 million children are living without the very basics they need to survive — yet again."
"[A]pproximately 4,000 newborns are currently unable to access essential lifesaving care."
Truthout · Israeli Blockade Prevents 1 Million Children in Gaza From Meeting Basic NeedsIsrael is endangering Palestinian kids’ lives to force Hamas into accepting a proposal without a permanent ceasefire.
After Columbia Revokes #ProPalestine #Protesters' Degrees, Alumna Says Time to Burn Our Diplomas | Common Dreams
by Jennifer Scarlott, March 16, 2025
"In May of 1986, I received a master’s degree from #ColumbiaUniversity’s School of International and Public Affairs. That degree has been a proud part of my resume in the many years since.
As Columbia rushes to appease the Trump administration by expelling, suspending, and revoking the degrees of a growing number of students accused of peaceful protest and exercising their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly, I unequivocally renounce my degree and any affiliation with the university. I charge Columbia with complicity in the #genocide in #Gaza and the #WestBank and with terrorizing its anti-genocide, pro-#Palestine students, faculty, and staff. I charge Columbia with appeasement of and partnership with #fascist governments (Biden and Trump) in Washington.
"The shameless #capitulation of Columbia to government pressure is reflective of the corporate, neoliberal selling-out of academia. #Academia, exemplified by Columbia University, has surrendered its proclaimed mission of intellectual independence and endeavor, and the academic pursuit of knowledge and social advancement."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/columbia-university-protests
#USPol #FuckColumbiaUniversity #Cowards
Common Dreams · After Columbia Revokes Pro-Palestine Protesters' Degrees, Alumna Says Time to Burn Our Diplomas | Common DreamsA Columbia alumna renounced her 1986 master’s degree over the university expelling, suspending, and revoking the degrees of pro-Palestine student protesters.
@Free_Press@mstdn.social"The US and Israel were interested in the possibility of Gazans migrating to Syria. The US administration even tried to contact the new government there through a third party - but it is unclear whether the Syrians responded."
- CBS News
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Israel #gaza #Hamas #Syria
"Just smell the fresh air of the Gaza seacoast Bennie...We'll make a fortune"
- Frump
Hospitals in Gaza are on the brink of collapse as patients are left without oxygen supplies and vital aid following Israel's decision to reinstate a full blockade on the enclave on 2 March.
The move has triggered a worsening humanitarian disaster with Palestinian health officials warning that the blockade is putting the lives of hundreds of patients at risk.
The blockade has had a devastating impact on hospitals.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israels-blockade-leaves-gaza-hospitals-without-oxygen-supplies
The New Arab · Israel’s blockade leaves Gaza hospitals without oxygen suppliesAround 400 patients in the Gaza intensive care and newborn units are in dire need of oxygen supplies, as Israel continues its blockade on the enclave.
More than 30 people, mostly children and women, lived in the house. They were all able to evacuate and survived.
From the outset, the Trump plan for rebuilding Gaza faced fierce resistance over the relocation of its Palestinian residents. A plan that now has broad Arab world backing avoids that, and goes further, setting its sights on regional peace. Still, it faces hurdles. #Gaza #GazaWar #Israel #Hamas
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The Christian Science Monitor · Arab world unites on Gaza. Can it get US, Israel, and Hamas on board?
"Gaza community kitchens forced to close due to Israeli aid blockade" [2:15 min]
by Al Jazeera English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXNhU8i-fvA
Quote by AJE:
"Mar 17, 2025
Food charities that have been feeding thousands are being forced to close as Israel's complete blockade on Gaza continues.
Those still able to operate are winding down services day-by-day, as essentials like cooking gas, potable water and other items are no longer available.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Palestine."
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
Stop complaining about all the #injustice in the world and focus on your community. You can't do anything about #Ukraine or #Gaza, but you can do something about your geographic location. Complaining doesn't do a thing.
LIVE: US keeps up attacks on Yemen’s Houthis; Israel-Hamas talks continue
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/17/live-us-raids-on-yemen-kill-53-houthis-say-israeli-negotiators-in-cairo
- Parents in Gaza struggling to feed their children again, UN says
- WATCH: Gaza’s fishermen struggle to rebuild livelihoods amid Israel’s war
- WFP says no food has entered Gaza since March 2
- WATCH: Israeli forces detain, strip 7-year-old Palestinian boy after shooting his grandmother
- UK declines to condemn deadly Israeli attack on British charity in Gaza
Al Jazeera · LIVE: US keeps up attacks on Yemen’s Houthis; Israel-Hamas talks continue
The United States said it will keep attacking Yemen's Houthis until they end attacks on shipping, as the Iran-aligned group signaled it could escalate in response to deadly U.S. strikes on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/world/us-houthis-shipping-attacks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #houthis #redsea #us #republicans #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #iran
The Japan Times · U.S. vows to keep hitting Houthis until shipping attacks stop
“Without aid entering the Gaza Strip, roughly 1 million children are living without the very basics they need to survive – yet again. [...]"
posted March 16 23:00 UTC in https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/palestinian-children-remain-deprived-most-essential-supplies-and-services.
“In the first few months of his presidency, Trump has augmented the “Palestine exception” – that amorphous but consequential social limitation of the first amendment that enables suppression of pro-Palestinian/anti-Zionist speech – with an “Israel exception” from DEI prohibitions” #fascism #racism #gaza #genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/16/palestinian-exception-trump-campus-speech-zionist-jews?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Guardian · How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism
LIVE: Israel’s Gaza blockade continues; Houthis vow response to US attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/16/live-us-bombs-yemen-killing-13-after-houthis-pause-attacks-on-israel
- US officials signalling a broader campaign against the Houthis
- Hamas says its senior officials met Russia’s Middle East envoy
- Witkoff says Hamas response to ceasefire proposal ‘unacceptable’
- WATCH: Palestinian boys stripped, detained and interrogated by Israeli army
Al Jazeera · LIVE: Israel’s Gaza blockade continues; Houthis claim attack on US ship
22 years ago today, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while she was trying to protect a Palestinian home from demolition.
Don't forget her, don't forget the thousands of Palestinians who face this violence every day.
The #Gaza hashtag seems to be taken over by Israeli bots. I guess it was going to happen sooner or later.
[11:36] LIVE | Houthi’s en Iran dreigen terug te slaan na Amerikaanse aanval. 'Gepast, doeltreffend en beslissend antwoorden'
Israël en Hamas onderhandelen over een nieuw akkoord nu het eerste deel is verlopen. Of het staakt-het-vuren in Gaza standhoudt komende tijd is nog maar de vraag.
https://dvhn.nl/buitenland/LIVE-%E2%80%99Gedode%E2%80%99-Hamascommandant-duikt-op-bij-vrijlating-gijzelaar-in-Gaza-Isra%C3%ABl-geeft-fout-toe-45344808.html
#Israël #Hamas #eerste #Gaza
Dagblad van het Noorden · LIVE | Witte Huis voert druk op Hamas op: 'Ze gaan een zeer slechte weddenschap aan'
“Of all the aftereffects of the War on Terror years, the most frequently underestimated is the heightened derangement of language for the purpose of sanitizing violence.” One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad #books #literature #gaza #genocide #occupation #palestine