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  • Israel-Hamas: Bomb showing Kanye West’s name surfaces

    Israel-Hamas: Bomb showing Kanye West’s name surfaces

    Popular American singer, Kanye West’s name has been found clearly written on an Israeli missile which is apparently going to be used in the Middle East war.

    A prominent Israeli mixed-martial artist, MMA, fighter, Haim Gozali is taking credit for the stunt.

    The development was made public when Gozali, who was once affiliated with Bellator, shared the picture of the missile on his official social media handle.

    The  MMA star has been very outspoken on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, oftentimes mocking the death of Palestinians over the past few months.

    In November, Gozali had written the names of Muslim UFC fighters including Khabib Nurmagomedov and others who have expressed support for Palestine on a bomb that seemed to be on the frontlines.

    However, sharing new photos of some of the missiles apparently in the possession of Israeli soldiers on his X account, Gozali wrote “@kanyewest you don’t like us Jewish. So we don’t like you either.”

    The picture captured a shell with the inscription “Kanye West Flying to Gaza Haim Gozali.”

  • Israel- Palestine: Christmas disrupted in Jesus Christ Birth place, Bethlehem

    Israel- Palestine: Christmas disrupted in Jesus Christ Birth place, Bethlehem

    A city renowned for the birth of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem, for the first time in decades witnessed a disrupted Christmas celebrations.

    The usual festivity that rock Bethlehem, a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in Palestine on every 25th of December was missing yesterday.

    The major Christian pilgrimage destination are absent this year owing to the raging war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group.

    Christmas day in the occupied West Bank began with an attack on the Jenin refugee camp where at least 52 Palestinians have been killed following Israel’s retaliatory attacks.

    Jesus Christ birth place , was among the towns struck in a series of raids across the territory on Monday morning, where dozens were arrested and a 17-year-old boy was shot in the neck.

    “Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world,” Pope Francis tweeted.

    The West Bank has seen surging violence and arrests parallel to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip despite Hamas having limited presence in the region.

    Since October 7, Israel has restricted movement in Bethlehem and other Palestinian towns in the West Bank, with military checkpoints allowing access in and out, impacting Palestinians trying to get to work.

    The occupied territory has also experienced a surge in violence, with at least 300 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

    The Hamas-run health ministry says Israeli troops have killed more than 20,000 Palestinians. But Israel has accused Hamas of inflating the casualty figures to manipulate the situation in their favour.

    There have been several calls from foreign nations and global organisations urging a ceasefire, including a rare condemnation from the United States, Israel’s closest ally. But the Jewish nation has rejected the pleas, vowing to uproot Hamas.

  • Israel – Hamas: US President, Joe Biden apologizes to Muslim leaders

    Israel – Hamas: US President, Joe Biden apologizes to Muslim leaders

    US president, Joe Biden has tendered his apologies to some prominent Muslim-American leaders over his public questioning of the Palestinian death number reported by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health.

    It was gathered that Biden was in the gathering of five Muslim American leaders the day after his October 25 comments about reported Gaza deaths roiled the Islamic community, vowing to “do better.” According to the New York Post.

    In the said meeting which was initially billed for 30 minutes but lasted more than an hour, Biden heard the leaders describe individuals they knew who were personally affected by the conflict, and told the group, “I’m sorry. I’m disappointed in myself.”

    Before the press conference, Biden was seen openly questioning the accuracy of the casualty figures from Gaza, given Hamas’ terror track record.

    He was smeared with criticism at home, as he made great efforts to pressure Israel to minimize civilian casualties. He was smeared with criticism at home, as he made great efforts to pressure Israel to minimize civilian casualties.

    “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s a price of waging war,” he added.

    Reports say that more than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including many women and children, have been killed in the conflict, according to data from the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.

    Israel has suffered more than 1,200 fatalities — mostly also civilians, who were killed when the terror group launched a massive attack on Israel on October 7.

     

     

    The Muslim-American leaders who met with Biden urged him to display more empathy for the Palestinians.

  • Israel-Hamas war: Pope urges dialogue

    Israel-Hamas war: Pope urges dialogue

    Over three weeks after the start of the Gaza war, Pope Francis has called on Israel and the Palestinians to find a solution at the negotiating table.

    “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved by war. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue,” the head of the Catholic Church said.

    The 86-year-old strongly advocated for a two-state solution, one state for Israel and one for the Palestinians.

    This approach has enjoyed broad support for decades, but has not progressed in spite of all international appeals.

    “In war, one slap in the face provokes another. A strong one and then another stronger one, and it goes on,” Francis said.

    However, it is about “two peoples who must live together.”

    There is a “clever solution” for this: “Two peoples, two states. The Oslo Accords state: two well-limited states and Jerusalem with a special status.”

    Francis was referring to the Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which began in 1993.

    But after initial progress, it has not moved forward in over two decades.

    At the same time, the Pope condemned any form of anti-Semitism.

  • Israel-Hamas: Obasanjo, Obama proposed as international mediators

    Israel-Hamas: Obasanjo, Obama proposed as international mediators

    Hassan Kukah, a popular  Nigerian Catholic cleric, has proposed one Nigerian and few other  prominent figures in international politics as mediators for the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

    According to the cleric, ex-Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and ex president of the United states, Barack Obama should be contacted for the peace talks in the warring countries.

    Others proposed by the cleric are King Abdullah of Jordan, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and former Ireland President Mary Robinson to serve as international mediators.

    Mr Kukah said international mediators were important in revisiting and reviving the two-state agreement reached in Oslo, Norway, where a decision was reached for both Palestine and Israel to each have a homeland.

    The Oslo Agreement in 1993 was meant to resolve the Israel-Palestine crisis by ensuring a two-state solution. The agreement has failed largely because Israel, concerned about its security, has expanded and continues to expand into Palestinian territories, establishing settlements considered illegal by international law.

     

    Mr Kukah noted that the Oslo agreement “needs to be dusted up, but I do not see Netanyahu contemplating that.”

     

    The cleric’s concern about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu perhaps stems from the latter’s right-wing Israeli government, considered one of the most right-wing in Israel’s history with many members opposed to an independent Palestinian state as agreed in Oslo.
  • Israel -Hamas: UN chief calls for ceasefire

    Israel -Hamas: UN chief calls for ceasefire

    Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, pleaded Saturday for a “humanitarian ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas, demanding global “action to end this godawful nightmare”.

    Guterres  while addressing a peace summit in Cairo as the war raged into its third week, said the tiny Palestinian enclave of 2.4 million people was living through “a humanitarian catastrophe” with thousands dead and more than a million people displaced.

    His remarks came just hours after a first contingent of aid trucks rumbled into southern Gaza, which Guterres said needed to be rapidly scaled up, with “much more” help sent through.

    The Palestinians need “a continuous delivery of aid to Gaza at the scale that is needed”, he told the Cairo “Summit for Peace” which was attended by many Arab leaders.

    The current bloodshed began on October 7 when Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza border into Israel, launching an attack that has killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, in the deadliest attack on Israeli soil since the state was founded in 1948.

    Diplomatic efforts have so far focused on getting humanitarian aid into the war-torn enclave where Israel has imposed a total siege, cutting off supplies of water, electricity, fuel and food
  • EU leaders to hold talks on Israeli-Hamas conflict

    EU leaders to hold talks on Israeli-Hamas conflict

    European Union (EU) leaders are to discuss the raging conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has left more than 4,000 dead in the past 10 days, during a video conference on Tuesday.

    The EU summit is to focus on the next steps the regional body can take to avoid a regional escalation of the conflict and security consequences for the bloc.

    European Council President Charles Michel said this ahead of the meeting.

    The talks will also focus on humanitarian assistance for civilians and possible large-scale migration within the region amid Israel’s evacuation order for northern Gaza and its looming offensive.

    The EU “has always been and must always be a steadfast advocate for peace and respect for international law,’’ Michel stated.

    The talks also took place against the backdrop of a number of EU citizens that was held hostage by Hamas.

    In a joint statement published on Sunday, EU leaders called on Hamas to immediately release all hostages without any precondition.’’

    They condemned “Hamas and its brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel and deeply (deplore) the loss of lives.’’

    Leaders also stressed Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law.

    The joint statement came after the European Commission first announced that it would suspend aid payments for Palestinians.

    This happened before changing its position to say that humanitarian aid would be disbursed and increased after criticism from some member states.