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Turkey’s Erdogan asks Pope to help end ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, calls for international sanctions against Israel

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed the ongoing escalation in the Gaza Strip with Pope Francis, urging the pontiff to help end the “massacre” of the Palestinians. … Read More >Turkey’s Erdogan asks Pope to help end ‘massacre’ of Palestinians, calls for international sanctions against Israel

‘Unacceptable neutrality’: Iran calls upon international community to stop Israeli ‘aggression’ against Palestine

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

Iran has urged the international community to stop Israeli attacks against the Palestinians, criticizing the “unacceptable neutrality” shown by multiple nations amid the flare-up in Gaza that has been going on for over a week. … Read More >‘Unacceptable neutrality’: Iran calls upon international community to stop Israeli ‘aggression’ against Palestine

USA

‘Shame on you’: Israel’s OFFICIAL Twitter account attacks Bella Hadid after model joins pro-Palestinian march in NY

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

Israel has lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid after she took part in a pro-Palestinian march in New York, accusing her and other celebrities of advocating “the elimination of the Jewish State.” … Read More >‘Shame on you’: Israel’s OFFICIAL Twitter account attacks Bella Hadid after model joins pro-Palestinian march in NY

Singapore closes schools over concern that new Covid strains ‘attack the younger children’

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

Authorities in Singapore have announced that schools will close from Wednesday over concerns that new strains of Covid, such as the one that caused a spike in infections in India, are affecting more children throughout the nation. … Read More >Singapore closes schools over concern that new Covid strains ‘attack the younger children’

EU

Twitter temporarily suspends Spanish politician for saying ‘men cannot get pregnant’

Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021By Editor

A member of Spain’s right-wing Vox Party, Francisco Jose Contreras, was temporarily suspended from Twitter after the platform considered his comment that “a man cannot get pregnant” to be a violation of its hate speech policy. … Read More >Twitter temporarily suspends Spanish politician for saying ‘men cannot get pregnant’

‘No one’s safe in Palestine’: 10yo Gaza girl whose heart-rending clip went viral tells of ‘sad’ life under Israeli missile attacks

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021By Editor

Her dream is just to be a “regular person” who doesn’t have to fear airstrikes at night or hear people’s cries the next day. Nadine Abdel-Taif from Gaza, which is being pounded by Israel, talked to RT about her daily trauma. … Read More >‘No one’s safe in Palestine’: 10yo Gaza girl whose heart-rending clip went viral tells of ‘sad’ life under Israeli missile attacks

Journalism & Mass media

Killing Gaza: Dan Cohen & Max Blumenthal’s documentary shows life under Israel’s bombs and siege

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021By Editor

Filmed behind the walls of the Gaza Strip in the middle of Israel’s 2014 military assault, Killing Gaza presents a harrowing vision of siege and highlights a dispossessed people’s undying will to resist … Read More >Killing Gaza: Dan Cohen & Max Blumenthal’s documentary shows life under Israel’s bombs and siege

EU

Children evacuated from Lille school, area cordoned off as French police receive bomb threat

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021By Editor

A school in central Lille was evacuated on Monday morning after staff were told of an explosive device in a telephone message. The shutdown has now been lifted after police said no explosives were found. … Read More >Children evacuated from Lille school, area cordoned off as French police receive bomb threat

Shows

Monthly child tax credits and Israel’s BLM moment

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021By Editor

The Biden administration announced on Monday that about 39 million families will begin receiving monthly child tax credit payments for the first time on July 15. … Read More >Monthly child tax credits and Israel’s BLM moment

China administers 400mn Covid-19 jabs in new milestone, vaccine chief confident shots can be repurposed for new variants

Posted on May 19, 2021May 19, 2021By Editor

China has passed the notable milestone of delivering 400 million shots in the fight against Covid-19 – 100 million more than any other nation – as Beijing says it’s confident it can swiftly adjust for mutant variants. … Read More >China administers 400mn Covid-19 jabs in new milestone, vaccine chief confident shots can be repurposed for new variants