by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 28, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Masoud Pezeshkian, a veteran lawmaker and the consensus candidate of the reformist alliance, started off as a low-profile contender, but has gradually climbed up in independent opinion polls. He is up against two formidable conservative figures, two-time Parliament...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 28, 2024 | Palestine Updates
A former senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer was convicted yesterday of numerous sex offences and invasion of privacy charges. Israeli occupation officer Dan Sharoni was arrested in 2021 for secretly filming his female subordinates while they were nude, as well...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 27, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israeli forces advanced into new areas of central and southern Gaza on Wednesday, with armoured vehicles geo-located to positions northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and armour also spotted in new areas of central and western Rafah, war monitors report. In Rafah,...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 27, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Palestinians living in camps for displaced people in Gaza have told the AP how they struggle to sleep because their tents are filled with insects. Abu Shadi Afana, 62, told the AP that small insects stick to his skin when he tries to sleep, and he feels like they are...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 27, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Reuters news agency reports that Israel is planning to boost the electricity supply to a desalination plant in Gaza so it is able to produce more water for people in the besieged enclave. Israel will directly supply electricity to the water desalination facility in...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 27, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has been on a mission in the past few days to shore up bipartisan support in the US for Israel, in advance of what could potentially be an all-out war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. One alternative reading of Gallant’s trip is that...
