‘Total Silence on outrages’: Congress hits out at Centre over Gaza flotilla row as Ramesh flags Ben-Gvir video
The Congress party questioned the Centre's silence on Israel’s handling of activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
The Congress party questioned the Centre's silence on Israel’s handling of activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
I n late April, Amal Khalil, a 43-year-old Lebanese journalist, was killed in a double-tap Israeli strike in southern Lebanon. When rescue teams tried to reach her and another injured journalist, they reportedly also came under fire.
So begins Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a haunting chronicle of young men extinguished before their time. Through the trenches of history, the young have always been collateral in wars they neither started nor understood.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday strongly criticised the Centre over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Israel, questioning its timing amid escalating violence in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
US President Donald Trump will convene the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, during which member states will announce over $5 billion in investment for Gaza reconstruction and related security measures.
Jason Soo, a Singaporean independent filmmaker who documented an attempted voyage to Gaza in 2018 with several other activists, called for collective action from the people of the world against the Israeli oppression on Palestine.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants for 37 individuals, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on charges of "genocide" in connection with the war in Gaza.
Israel said Wednesday it had received the body of another hostage from Hamas through the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Monday that Israel is not allowing the safe passage of some 200 Hamas terrorists from the Israeli-controlled Rafah area into Gaza, rejecting reports that such a move was being considered.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday reiterated India's support for the Gaza peace plan, which, he hoped, would lead to a lasting and durable solution.
