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Britain threatened Tuesday to take further action against Israel if it does not agree to end the war in Gaza, a day after two dozen mostly European countries condemned Israel’s restrictions on aid shipments into the territory and the killings of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach food.
The Norwegian Refugee Council told Reuters on Tuesday its aid stocks are completely depleted in Gaza, with some of its staff now starving, and accused Israel of paralysing its work. The NRC says that for the last 145 days it has not been able to get its hundreds of truckloads containing tents,
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and 24 of her counterparts abroad have signed a joint statement saying "the war in Gaza must end now," while calling on Israel to stop displacing Palestinians.
( JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a left-wing New York Democrat, drew criticism from her base after voting to oppose an amendment that would have cut funding to Israel’s aerial defense system — even as she voted against the overall bill the funding was included in.
Abu Shabab even hinted at a future in politics: "We will be what our people want us to be. We will not impose any political system on their will."
In remarks on the House floor Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke about her amendment to stop funding for Israel's defense from being sent.
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Israel says it won’t extend visa of top U.N. humanitarian officialHumanitarian officials see a pattern of Israel retaliating against those who criticize its conduct in Gaza and toward Palestinians.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza on Friday to bring aid to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church in the Palestinian enclave, while he and a Vatican official questioned Israeli explanations for the incident.