Why India supports Palestinians, but denounces HAMAS
India chose to stand in solidarity with Israel and unequivocally condemned the attack on Israel as terrorism while at the same time advocating for a two-state solution for the Palestinian issue
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza
By Agencies UN, December 8, 2023: The United States vetoed the UAE’s draft resolution in
“Hamas is not just a Palestinian national entity but a segment of a broad organisation that has representatives in many countries of the world”
Hamas is just the local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), in Arabic, Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun.
UN expresses concern at escalating violence between Israelis and Palestinians
UN rights office, OHCHR, appealed on Tuesday for “a redoubling of efforts to restore calm” on Tuesday in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, after airstrikes and days of clashes between protesters and Israeli police.
UN report finds Gaza suffered $16.7 billion loss from siege and occupation
Between 2007 and 2017, Gaza’s economy grew by 5 per cent, or less than half a percentage point per year, and its share in the overall Palestinian economy halved from 37 per cent to 18 per cent, according to UNCTAD
UN agency for Palestine refugees runs out of money as COVID-19 spreads
UNRWA was established following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, and has operations in Gaza and the West Bank, but also in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, funded almost entirely by contributions from UN Member States.
As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning
Despite signs of shifting Arab support, Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said the underlying Palestinian strategy for achieving a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza would not change.
All you need to know about Hamas’ relation with the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is the closest one to Hamas for many reasons….and today Turkey has become an alternative to Egypt
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Is There a Plausible Alternative to The Two-State Solution?
two states were viewed not just as the indispensable basis for the long-term relationship between the two peoples, but also as the essential structure for serious negotiations on all outstanding issues, whatever the ultimate vision. In other words, it was as much “framework” as “solution.”
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