by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Aug 21, 2024 | Palestine Updates
A Palestinian prisoner who was tortured at Ofer Prison in the Occupied West Bank said interrogators tried to drown him with toilet water, Anadolu Agency reports. The Palestine Prisoners’ Board and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Association, both affiliated with...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Aug 20, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters were expected to gather outside the Democratic National Convention on its opening day on Monday to assail the Biden administration’s position on Israel as it wages its war in Gaza, Reuters reports. A...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Aug 20, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Egyptian officials and the US ambassador inaugurated renovations of several monuments and buildings in Historic Cairo, including the Bimaristan Al-Muayyad Sheikh, a hospital complex built in 1420 A.D. The building is notable for its giant crenulated facade and inlaid...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Aug 20, 2024 | Palestine Updates
The Scottish government announced Monday that it had suspended all meetings with Israeli ambassadors until “real progress” is made towards peace in the Gaza Strip and unimpeded access is granted to humanitarian assistance to the enclave, Anadolu Agency reports. In a...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Aug 20, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Turkish Justice and Development Party spokesperson Omer Celik asserted on Monday that the US veto in the Security Council on draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is a “mark of shame” on the US. In a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Ankara,...
