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Palestine: 13 ICU patients killed after Israel storms Shifa Hospital

The Israeli army has caused the death of 13 patients in Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital’s intensive care unit by depriving them of medicine, oxygen and food, the Government Media Office said yesterday, Anadolu reported.

In a statement, the media office said: “The Israeli army premeditatedly killed 13 patients by denying them medicine, saline, electricity and oxygen since it occupied the hospital for the fourth consecutive day.”

UK slams Israel for blocking aid to Gaza ‘stuck at border for weeks’

22 March 2024; MEMO: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has accused Israel of impeding the humanitarian aid flow into Gaza.

In a letter addressed to Alicia Kearns, chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Cameron said it “was an enormous frustration” that humanitarian aid to Gaza had been “routinely held up waiting for Israeli permissions”.

‘US draft resolution greenlights further Gaza killings’; China representative

23 March 2024; MEMO: China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Zhang Jun announced that the US-proposed draft resolution in the Security Council on the Middle East greenlights the continuation of killings in the Gaza Strip.

South Africa says Israel’s attack on Gaza is undermining the ICJ

20 March 2024; MEMO: South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor accused Israel yesterday of setting a precedent in defying the decisions of the International Court of Justice, the highest court in the UN also known as the World Court, and insisted again that Gaza is witnessing a deliberate “starvation” campaign.

Israel stripped of ‘liberal democracy’ status by prominent global index

20 March 2024; MEMO: Israel has been stripped of its “liberal democracy” status by a prominent global index which measures the democratic health of countries. The downgrade means that for the first time in 50 years Israel has been demoted to the level of less democratic countries.

UK campaigners call for withholding tax over Gaza war

20 March 2024; MEMO: Activists in the UK have launched the “No Tax for Genocide” campaign, calling on supporters to stop paying taxes to protest and change the British government’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza.

The campaign’s founders argue that paying taxes while the government supports Israel is tantamount to “aiding and abetting genocide,” which they claim is “illegal” under international and domestic laws.

US tension with Israel shows as Blinken tours Middle East

20 March 2024; MEMO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia today at the start of a tour of the Middle East to try to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s war against the Palestinians in Gaza war as increasing tension showed in Washington’s relationship with its ally Israel, Reuters has reported.

Israel using fake social media accounts to target UNRWA, report reveals

20 March 2024; MEMO: An online Israeli influencing campaign employing fake social media accounts has been attacking the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to a recent report by a disinformation watchdog cited by Haaretz.

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