by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Firefighters have been battling blazes in northern Israel and southern Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange cross-border fire amid soaring temperatures. In Tiberias, in the Galilee region of northern Israel, temperatures reached 41 degrees Celsius (105...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said that the the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “approaching catastrophic” levels and the situation in the Middle East is of “grave concern”. “Almost all major international organisations have called the humanitarian...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Naftali Bennett, a right-wing Israeli politician and former prime minister, has criticised the Israeli government’s handling of fires burning in the north of Israel caused by Hezbollah rocket fire. “The fire is spreading,” and “we must save the north”, Bennett said in...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Police have arrested at least 70 pro-Palestine protesters after they entered the lobby of the Israeli consulate in the US city of San Francisco on Monday. The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, which says its membership is Jewish, said more than 100...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
For the second consecutive day, Israeli forces have imposed a closure on the occupied West Bank city, the sole access point to the King Hussein Bridge, or Allenby Bridge, crossing into Jordan. According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli troops set up military...
by Roots and Resistance Resistance | Jun 4, 2024 | Palestine Updates
Israel is making it “virtually impossible for aid agencies to reach trapped, starved civilians” in Gaza, increasing the risk of famine in the besieged enclave, aid group Oxfam said in a statement. It said aid groups were struggling to collect aid delivered through...