In deep crisis, our world is faltering
Nearly 300 million people worldwide need urgent humanitarian help this year but all indications are that a majority of them may not be able to get it, or else may get only a small part of what is needed.
Nearly 300 million people worldwide need urgent humanitarian help this year but all indications are that a majority of them may not be able to get it, or else may get only a small part of what is needed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that it is probing the death of a UN aid worker and injury to another in the Rafah region of southern Gaza.
The Israeli military has said that it has opened a new crossing to bring humanitarian aid into the famine-stricken Gaza Strip.
Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in response to Hamas’s October 7 attacks on southern Israel, in which more than 34,500 Palestinians have been killed and 77,700 injured, the majority of whom are women and children, and more than 70 per cent of the Palestinian territory has been reduced to rubble, has exposed the hypocrisy and double standards of the West led by the US, which always champions the cause of human rights and international law.
Days after the Israeli army took control of the Rafah crossing, UN agencies have reiterated the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza and emphasised the urgent need for humanitarian assistance.
US President Joe Biden is at risk of losing the young Black-Hispanic vote bank in his run to retain the presidency in 2024 over his faltering stance on the Israel war in Gaza as one in five Black voters say they will support a 3rd party candidate and Palestinians express disappointment for his not halting the conflict.
The current international order was built out of two world wars in an effort to reconstruct peace and avoid the ultimate third world war, after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) on Friday said that it is expanding the operation in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza in its offensive against Hamas, media report said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday announced the death of one of its soldiers in Gaza during fight with Hamas militant group.
Abdullah said that the matters should be resolved through dialogue.
