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Kurdistan Border Forests Denuded |
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By: Karwan Faidhi, Rudow
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| 01 June 2021 |
Kurdistan areas deforested by Turkey used to be so dense one could barely see the sky: witnesses
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—Areas of the Kurdistan Region bordering Turkey, recently deforested by the Turkish army, used to be so dense with trees that the sky was practically blocked out, witnesses told Rudaw English.
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UN to Plumb “root causes” in Israel/Palestine |
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By: HIC-HLRN
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| 27 May 2021 |
The UN Human Rights Council convened a special session on 27 May 2021 to debate and vote (24–9) on a resolution to urgently dispatch an open-ended commission of inquiry in response to the recent events leading to military conflict between Israel and armed groups in the blockaded and besieged Gaza
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Urban Planning’s Role in Israel-Palestine |
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By: Adejuwon Soyinka, The Conversation
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| 26 May 2021 |
How Urban Planning Plays a Role in Israel-Palestine
On May 21, a ceasefire was agreed to between Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, putting an end to a bloody 11-day conflict. Despite the relative calm that has ensued, the violence of these past weeks across Israel-Palestine has unveiled distinct urban fronts.
The conflict was
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Irish Parliament: Israeli Colonies = Annexation |
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By: Cate McCurry and James Ward, Independent
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| 26 May 2021 |
Ireland has become the first EU member state to declare the building of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories as de facto annexationز Ireland became the first EU member state to do so after a Sinn Fein motion received cross-party support in the Dail.
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A Dail motion, tabled by Sinn Fein, was passed
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Israeli Settler Money Trail Found |
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By: Uri Blau / Shomrim, Forward
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| 25 May 2021 |
The money trail behind the Jerusalem eviction battle that sparked the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence, exposed
One of the triggers for the recent conflagration in East Jerusalem, which quickly spread across Israel, was an effort to evict Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Like so many real-estate cases over the so-called Green Line that
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Palestine: Call for Action |
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By: CIHRS
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| 25 May 2021 |
HRC 30th Special Session: Call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution on the grave human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and in Israel
On 27 May 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will hold a Special Session in relation to the
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Palestine: CSOs Urge States` Diligence in UNHRC |
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By: Various NGOs
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| 21 May 2021 |
Joint letter to Permanent Missions to the UN at Geneva
Regional and international civil society organizations from around the world call on UN Member States to address the escalating and institutionalized Israeli attacks against Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line during the 30th HRC Special Session (Endorsing signatures listed
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Gaza: Ceasefire with Indiscriminate Destruction |
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By: Al Haq
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| 21 May 2021 |
As Israel Announces a Ceasefire, Leaving Gaza with 11th Day of Indiscriminate Destruction of Civilian Properties, War Crimes must be Investigated by International Courts (reporting period ending 20 May 2021)
On the 11th day of the Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip, and while Israel and Hamas announced a ceasefire taking
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Climate Change Displaces Over 40 Million |
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By: Ajit Niranjan, Deutsche Welle
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| 20 May 2021 |
Extreme weather displaces record numbers of people as temperatures rise
More than 40 million people were driven from their homes by continued conflict and worsening weather in 2020 as the climate grew increasingly chaotic.
Storms, floods, wildfires and droughts drove more than 30 million people from their homes last year, as rising
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Gaza: Refugees Shelter at UNRWA Schools |
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By: UNRWA
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| 19 May 2021 |
Displaced Palestine refugees seek shelter at UNRWA schools in Gaza
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In the Gaza Strip, where approximately 70 per cent of the population are Palestine refugees, catastrophic bombardment is being carried out as the besieged coastal enclave enters the 14th year of an air, land and sea blockade that has devastated lives, infrastructure and
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Day of Action in Solidarity with Palestine |
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By: Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
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| 18 May 2021 |
Day of Action in Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising and General Strike: Tuesday, May 18
As Israel is continuing its massacres in Gaza, its attacks in Jerusalem and settler mob violence throughout occupied Palestine from the river to the sea, Palestinians have called for a general strike!Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
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Responsibility for Single-use Plastic |
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By: Michael Corkery and Somini Sengupta, The New York Times
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| 18 May 2021 |
Here Is Who’s Behind the Global Surge in Single-Use Plastic
A new report shows that a surprisingly small number of big companies and banks are behind the manufacturing and financing of much of the world’s single-use plastic.
The throwaway plastic that holds our takeout food and wraps our dry cleaning is widely seen
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Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Gazan Homes |
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By: Amnesty International
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| 17 May 2021 |
Israel/OPT: Pattern of Israeli attacks on residential homes in Gaza must be investigated as war crimesIsraeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families - including children - and causing
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Nakba Day: HIC-HLRN Solidarity with Palestine |
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By:
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| 15 May 2021 |
The Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people resisting institutionalize material discrimination and attempted erasure from their land and homes by the State of Israel. We hear their message: “No peace will prevail without justice.”
As we mark Nakba Day, the Israeli
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ICC Must Investigate Attacks on Homes |
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By: Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Gaza) and Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (London)
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| 14 May 2021 |
Attacks against civilian homes must stop; those responsible must be investigated by the ICCGAZA CITY and LONDON—Al Mezan and LPHR are gravely concerned that the first 72 hours of Israel`s military operation in Gaza has seen a resumption of the key feature of the 51-day hostilities in the summer of
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Israel`s Attack on Gaza |
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By: Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
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| 13 May 2021 |
Ref: 55/2021
Date: 12 May 2021
Time: 14:00 GMT
Israeli Offensive and Intense Airstrikes on Gaza Continues for the Second Day: Residential Buildings and Houses Targeted and Destroyed on their Residents
24 Palestinians, including 5 children and 3 women, killed and 136 others, including 33 women and 29 children, wounded
Death toll mounts to 50,
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Palestine: ‘Operation Guardian of the Walls’ |
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By: Jamal Juma, Stop the Wall Campaign/The Palestine Chronicle
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| 13 May 2021 |
‘Operation Guardian of the Walls’ Will Not Fix Israel’s Apartheid Walls
Israel has once again gone on a killing spree. Over 83 Palestinians, including 17 children, have already been killed in Israel’s bombings of Gaza as of today, 13 May 2021. Israeli forces have escalated their repression and attacked the Al
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al-Quds: UNSRs Deplore Brutal Policing, Evictions |
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By: OHCHR
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| 11 May 2021 |
East Jerusalem: UN experts deplore brutal police response to protests, urge eviction threats to be lifted
GENEVA UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns about Israel`s aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift its threat to evict hundreds of
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Sheikh Jarrah: `We are not going anywhere` |
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By: Muna Dajani
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| 11 May 2021 |
In East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah we see the essence of the Palestinian struggle
Our message is clear: we are not going anywhere. We want to remain, to continue to build memories
The planned evictions of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrah have sparked a global outcry after residents of the neighbourhood, along with
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UNSR Urges Israel Reverse Eviction Orders |
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By: OHCHR
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| 11 May 2021 |
Israel/OPT: UN expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families
GENEVA—A UN expert called today on Israel to reverse its eviction orders for Palestinian families living in Occupied East Jerusalem, calling them part of an alarming pattern to change the demography of the city.
Israeli courts have, over
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