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Israeli President Isaac Herzog (right) with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem, on January 30 / credit: Olivier Fitoussi / JINI via Xinhua

Palestinians File Objection to U.S. Plan to Build New Embassy on Stolen Land in Jerusalem

Peoples Dispatch February 1, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

Adalah, the legal center for Arab minority rights in Israel, on January 30, filed an objection to the U.S. move to build its new embassy in Jerusalem on land stolen by Israel from its original Palestinian owners. It called for the immediate cancellation of the plan. Peoples Dispatch reports.

Credit: al-Akhbar

Mass Rallies Across Yemen Denounce Saudi-Led War and Blockade

Peoples Dispatch January 10, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

The United States has been supplying weapons to the Saudi-led international coalition and helping the coalition implement a blockade of Yemen, despite announcing in 2021 an end to its role in the war.

The Saudi-led international coalition intervened in the Yemen conflict in 2015. It has also imposed a land and sea blockade. According to UNICEF, around 11 million Yemeni children are directly affected by the war and around 2.2 million of them are extremely malnourished / credit: Press TV

Over 11,000 Yemeni Children Have Been Killed or Injured Since 2015, Reports UNICEF

Peoples Dispatch December 13, 2022 Peoples Dispatch

The Saudi-led international coalition intervened in the Yemen conflict in 2015. It has also imposed a land and sea blockade. According to UNICEF, around 11 million Yemeni children are directly affected by the war and around 2.2 million are extremely malnourished, reports Peoples Dispatch.

FIrefighters in Gaza tackled in 2014 a fire caused by an Israeli missile strike on an United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East storehouse / credit: Ashraf Amra / APA images

Israel’s Blockade Leaves Gaza’s Firefighters Badly Equipped

Ghada Al-Haddad December 6, 2022 Ghada Al-Haddad

Gaza has between 450 and 500 emergency responders, including firefighters. First responders are supposed to be protected under the Geneva Conventions. However, many have been killed during Israel’s aggressions against Gaza since 2008, reports Ghada Al-Haddad for Electronic Intifada.

Mahmoud Al-Hajj, a third-generation Palestinian resident of Ur Hanoun, outside his home / credit: Jessica Buxbaum

With Israel’s Help, Settlers Lead Building Projects in Flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah

Jessica Buxbaum November 7, 2022 Jessica Buxbaum

The threat of displacement still looms over the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah as new settler building projects could demolish existing homes and leave residents homeless within months. The plans would double the number of Israeli settlers, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency

3 Years Since 2019 Iraq Protests, Most Demands Remain Unfulfilled

Peoples Dispatch October 31, 2022 Peoples Dispatch

Three years after a wave of protests rocked Iraq, not much has changed with respect to the structure of the economy or political system. A new government is in place, but faces numerous challenges, reports Peoples Dispatch.

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