by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Hamas “remains confident” that it can survive the current war being waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip, US-based defence think tanks report, adding that the Palestinian group’s confidence in surviving has “solidified” since Israel scaled back military units deployed to...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israel’s war cabinet member Benny Gantz is expected to resign from the emergency government on Saturday following the expiration of a deadline he set last month for developing a clear plan “to achieve victory” in Gaza. According to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN,...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports that Israel is privately objecting to a US attempt to pass a resolution at the UN Security Council that would lead to a ceasefire in Gaza. According to the AP, the US has circulated a revised draft of a UNSC resolution...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP – one of the largest Black civil rights organisations in the US – said that his organisation had a “responsibility to speak out in the face of injustice” as it called on the US president to suspend arms sales to Israel....
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) employees who were killed in Gaza. This recognition underscores the significant and often perilous work undertaken by UNRWA...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 7, 2024 | Palestine Updates
As well as the attacks that were reported earlier on the Nuseirat refugee camp that killed five people, and the four people killed and six injured in the Maghazi refugee camp, Israeli forces have also carried out air, land and sea attacks on northern, central and...