Tag: Palestine

Israel Prime Minister’s office issues Q & A statement to clarify latest Israel-Gaza conflict

PM Netanyahu’s office details how latest Israel-Gaza conflict started and clarifies alleged misinformation being circulated by the militant Palestine group Hamas (Editor’s note: Below is the Question and Answer format statement from the Israel government’s press office under the Office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarifying questions on the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza. We are publishing it in full) ——— “Everything you needed to know about the latest escalation in Israel” […]

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No Filipinos in Israel and Gaza Strip injured so far in ongoing rocket strikes, says OWWA

Add’l bomb shelters set up for Filpinos in critical areas in Israel, Gaza as PHL officials monitor situation   (Eagle News) —  No Filipino worker as well as residents in Israel and the Gaza strip on the Palestine side have been injured so far in the ongoing strikes in the region, as labor officials assure assistance to the country’s overseas workers in the area. According to Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac, […]

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Israel-Palestinian conflict escalates as rockets fly, street violence flares

  by Ben Simon with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City Agence France Presse TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — Israel faced an escalating conflict on two fronts Thursday, scrambling to quell riots between Arabs and Jews on its own streets after days of exchanging deadly fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza. Despite diplomatic efforts to ease the crisis, which US President Joe Biden said he hoped would end “sooner than later”, hundreds of rockets flew across […]

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PH caregiver in Israel talks of rocket fire at night, at dawn as tensions rise: “We need your prayers”

Says OFWs in Israel banking on PHL gov’t’s contingency plan, evacuation if situation worsens   (Eagle News) —  A Filipino health worker in Israel talks about how they are affected by ongoing tensions in that area as rockets continued to rain down in the region. Marlyn Sanchez said that they could not sleep at night and are continually on the alert for sirens that would signal that they have to run to shelters underneath their […]

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PHL expresses “serious concern” over recent escalation of violence in parts of Jerusalem, Gaza Strip

(Eagle News) — The Philippines expressed “serious concern” over the recent escalation of violence in parts of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. “The Philippines urges all parties to exercise restraint and seek dialogue to de-escalate tensions and avoid further actions that could affect future Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a short statement. The Philippines issued the statement after Israel accused Palestinian militant group Hamas of firing more than 1,000 rockets, […]

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Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank

  NABLUS, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — A Palestinian man was killed during a confrontation with Israeli soldiers near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said Thursday, as violence soars in the occupied territories. The death brings the number killed in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the West Bank to three on Wednesday alone. The clashes come amid the most intense Israeli-Palestinian hostilities in seven years, which have killed […]

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Deadly night of violence flares between Israel and Palestinian militants

  by Alexandra Vardi with Adel Zaanoun in Gaza City Agence France Presse TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — Palestinian militants and the Israeli army exchanged a barrage of deadly fire in the early hours of Wednesday as intense fighting continued overnight, with UN envoy for Middle East Peace Tor Wennesland warning the two sides were heading “towards a full-scale war”. Israeli police reported two people had been killed after Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they […]

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Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air

by Guillaume Lavallee Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract potable water straight from the air. Unusually, the project operating in the Islamist-run Palestinian enclave, which has been blockaded by Israel since 2007, is the brainchild of a Russian-Israeli billionaire, Michael Mirilashvili. The company he heads, Watergen, has developed […]

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World leaders praise Israel-UAE deal as Palestinians cry foul

by Jonah Mandel Agence France Presse World leaders voiced hope Friday that a historic deal between the UAE and Israel could kickstart moribund Middle East peace talks, even as the Palestinians and some of their allies denounced the move to normalise ties as a betrayal of their cause. Announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, it is only the third such accord Israel has struck with an Arab country, and raised the prospect of […]

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For the first time, Pres. Duterte welcomes 5 new ambassadors to the PHL through virtual ceremony

  (Eagle News) — In the first-ever virtual presentation of credentials ceremony, President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed five new ambassadors to the country on Friday, June 19. President Duterte affirmed the Philippines’ “friendly and cooperative” ties with the State of Palestine, New Zealand, Canada, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam as he received the credentials of their respective ambassadors, hoping stronger ties with the countries or state they represent. Malacanang said that […]

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Israel says Netanyahu discusses ‘normalization’ with Sudan’s leader

by Guillaume Lavallee with Michael O’Hagan in Entebbe Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Sudan’s leader Monday to discuss normalizing ties, his office said, a potentially landmark step that caught Khartoum by surprise and was denounced by the Palestinians. Netanyahu’s office said he met Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of the ruling sovereign council in fast-changing Sudan, in the Ugandan city of Entebbe. Israel remains technically at war with Sudan, which […]

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World leaders warn US Jerusalem move fans Mideast tension

by Gina Doggett Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – Both friends and foes of the United States voiced criticism Monday as Washington opened its embassy in the disputed city of Jerusalem, saying the move would fan Middle East tensions. Chief US ally Britain reiterated its stated objection to the move, while the Iranian speaker of parliament said it showed that US President Donald Trump is “feebleminded” and “incapable of evaluating the long-term consequences of his actions”. […]

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