Inger Skjelsbæk, a Norwegian professor of Gender Studies at the Centre for Gender Research in Oslo, gave the world a popular quote when she said: “Peace is more than the absence of war.”
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Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as the Shi’ites, on Friday again staged a solidarity rally to protest against Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Palestine.
The Muslim Rights Concern has invited the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to a prayer session to reveal who the oppressor is between Israel and Palestine.
As the escalation rages, the Coalition for Global Peace has organised an emergency stakeholders’ meeting
An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern, has described the ongoing bombardment of Palestine and the blockade of Gaza by Israel as a mere continuation of Israel’s genocidal and apartheid proclivity.
Director of Ibn Sina Hospital in the city of Jenin, Jani Joukha, told Xinhua that 13 Palestinians were injured by Israeli soldiers, including one in the severe condition who was receiving intensive medical treatment.
The students also prayed for peace in Palestine, where thousands have been killed in a recent attack by Israel before a ceasefire.
The group described the attacks as crimes against humanity.
The baby was from Hebron, a Palestinian city which has recorded high rates of COVID-19 infection.
Francis, speaking at the end of a summit of Christian religious leaders, also repeated his view that the “status quo” of the contested city of Jerusalem should be respected, and backed a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The 83-year-old has numerous health complications.
Salman also said diplomatic relations cannot be established until the Palestinian issue is resolved.
Speaking to the media, senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Shaath, said Japan had pledged to support the Palestinian right to create an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital during the latest talks between the two countries
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency said three Palestinians from the occupied West Bank had been indicted on espionage and terrorism charges after they confessed to accepting Iranian-assigned missions.
The status of Jerusalem goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The truth is that since the US Congress passed the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Act, (which recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s “undivided capital”), US presidential candidates including Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barrack Obama had made moving the US capital to Jerusalem a campaign issue. None delivered. Trump, who came to power on a wave of right wing nationalism, wanted to convince his base and the Jewish lobby that he is not all rhetoric.
A Christmas tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the burial site of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, were plunged into darkness.
This marks a major shift in US policy that observers fear could inflame regional tensions
According to a statement by the government, the team would get in touch with neighbouring countries in order to establish the maritime borders for the Palestinians.
In six days of war in June 1967, Israel seized the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, the Gaza Strip from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria