Israeli banks financing settlements
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Israeli banks financing settlements
Over the past few decades, Israel has spared no effort to change the demographic makeup of occupied Palestinian territories. In flagrant defiance of international regulations, the regime has pressed ahead with its construction of settler units, destroyed historical sites, and expelled the local Palestinian population. Now in an apparent crackdown on the opponents of its expansionist policies, Israel is targeting leading rights group Amnesty International. The regime is reportedly preparing to sue Amnesty International and impose bans on the group’s financial resources for its move to endorse a growing boycott campaign against illegal Israeli settlement products. Amnesty’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa called such reports deeply alarming. Magdalena Mughrabi said the move would be the latest effort by Israeli authorities to silence organizations and activists who criticize the regime.
Afghanistan: US rain of bombs in August
US monthly bombing campaign in Afghanistan has hit a 5-year high. The US Air Force dropped more than 500 bombs in the country in August; an average of 16 bombs per day. Military.com reported that more than 2,000 bombs have been dropped on Afghan soil this year alone, almost double that of last year. The intensified bombing appears to have resulted in a higher civilian death toll. According to the UN, two American airstrikes in the last week of August killed at least 24 civilians and wounded 16 others, almost all of them women and children. The UN has already recorded a 43 percent rise in Afghan civilian casualties from aerial strikes in the first six months of 2017. More than 2,200 Afghan civilians have been killed in US bombings since Donald Trump came to power in January.
Humanitarian crisis: Gaza children starving to death
Hamas: Biden ceasefire optimism ‘premature’
Nowhere to go
Jordan sentences former lawmaker for supporting Palestinian resistance
Basij volunteer forces hold massive drills in southwestern Iran
Israeli war criminals 'not welcome', US city says after ICC ruling
US vetoing of Gaza ceasefire resolution ‘disgraceful’: Iran’s UN envoy
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Iran's senior legal official: ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu ‘great victory'
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