Israel demands UN chief resign over Hamas attack comments (www.bbc.co.uk)
By David Gritten BBC News...
Israel kills Al-Jazeera correspondent’s family days after Blinken demands the channel’s coverage be ‘toned down’ (mondoweiss.net)
Mondoweiss.net
Palestinian prime minister refuses to condemn Oct. 7th terrorist attack and war crimes. (youtu.be)
No commentary, I just think it’s worth people watching a first source public statement from the Palestinian Prime Minister....
India Looking to Cooperate with Russia on Development of Arctic Northern Sea Route (www.theinteldrop.org)
Inteldrop.org
China said the US is a disruptor of peace in response to Pentagon report on China’s military buildup (abcnews.go.com)
China said the United States is the “biggest disruptor of regional peace and stability” in the world in a scathing response Wednesday to a Pentagon report on China’s growing military buildup....
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food | Japan | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Russian forces simulate nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty (apnews.com)
Russia’s military conducted a simulated nuclear strike in a drill Wednesday overseen by President Vladimir Putin, hours after the upper house of parliament voted to rescind the country’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban....
Biden: Israel-Hamas war must end with vision for a 'two-state solution' (www.cnbc.com)
Israel-Palestine war: Rising Gaza football star and father killed in Israeli strike (www.middleeasteye.net)
MiddleEastEye.net
Telegram has blocked Hamas channels on Android because Google forced it to (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2606865
Barack Obama: Thoughts on Israel and Gaza (barackobama.medium.com)
A Close Look at Some Key Evidence in the Gaza Hospital Blast (www.nytimes.com)
(Archive link)[archive.ph/EpC3m] A widely cited missile video does not shed light on what happened, a Times analysis concludes.
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours, Red Cross official says (www.reuters.com)
Families in Gaza wear ID bracelets in case of death (www.middleeasteye.net)
MiddleEastEye.net
Israel halts UN staff visas as officials pan Guterres’s ‘truly insane’ Hamas remarks (www.timesofisrael.com)
You anti-semites are anti-semites for calling us out as perpetrators of genocide! You can’t call Israel an apartheid state just because we sit on a people and murder them indiscriminately! We have a right to exist and a right to brutalize! You’re bad for saying that we do that! How can you call us murdering assholes when...
Girls in Africa quitting school over cost of living crisis, says charity (www.theguardian.com)
Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows (www.reuters.com)
109 miners escape from gold mine in South Africa but others continue union standoff, official says (apnews.com)
Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat (apnews.com)
Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi's demand for obedience (apnews.com)
‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7946521...
Xi says China willing to cooperate with US as hopes rise for talks with Biden (www.theguardian.com)
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said China is willing to cooperate with the US as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global challenges, raising hopes of a meeting between Xi and the US president, Joe Biden, this year.
Israel vows to ‘teach UN a lesson’ in row over Hamas attack comments (www.independent.co.uk)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7945843...