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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to protect civilians in northern Gaza and provide them with humanitarian aid, highlighting their deep suffering for survival amid the Israeli siege in the north.
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For 20 consecutive days, about 400,000 Palestinians have been under Israeli bombardment and siege in northern Gaza, specifically in the Jabalia refugee camp. Journalists, locals, and hospital directors have issued warnings that Israel is effectively erasing the area.
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By Dr Khairi Janbek
When the Oslo Accords was signed, the greatest achievement was seen as being, the breakthrough in the impasse of mutual recognition between the PLO and Israel. They both recognized each other’s right to exist, and that was all about it. Of course everyone knew then as much as now, that crucial issues were not addressed, but the whole picture was: Israelis and Palestinians will no longer kill each other.
As for how to proceed in order to establish a two-state solution from there on was left to the future to take its own course without any hint even at the end of the five-year transitional period when there was supposed to a be sovereign Palestinian state. From then on it was a matter of illusions; Palestinian illusions as well as Israeli illusions.
For the PLO, the hope was that by accepting 22% of the Palestinian lands and relinquishing the right on the rest of the territories, a Palestinian state can be built with parts of East Jerusalem as its capital, while for the Israelis, a Palestinian “ bantustan” governed by the PLO, dependent on Israel with limited ‘petro-dolar’ support was the limit.
But who came out to make a name for himself right from the start as the fierce opponent of Oslo; it was of course Mr Benjamin Netanyahu. Was his opposition taken seriously, indeed it was, but all hopes were pinned on US support to keep the situation stagnant in the format of a no Palestinian state but also no Israeli re-occupation.
However, this stagnation is brought in back today as Oslo came to end by the Palestinians and Israelis effectively killing each other and a situation of non-contextual relevance to the once seen as a historical agreement. Indeed, when the guns spill death, words tend to be superfluous, but ultimately the guns will stop and the words will start flowing again with the Oslo Accords consigned to the shelves of history.
What would all this mean in a US election year it is hard to say, and even harder to predict. How would the future occupant of the White House call the shots in the Middle East, given the fact, and forgive the cliche, the region is indeed on the brink of a big war.
Will there be a new pressure from the US for a new wider peace accord between the Arabs and the Israelis that can guarantee within it at least, the minimum of Palestinian rights, or a semblance of an accord forced on the wreckage of a post big regional war, for which the winner gets the spoils? It is a hard to tell, but it won’t take too long to find out.
Dr Khairi Janbek is a Jordanian writer based in Paris and the above opinion is that of the author and doesn’t reflect crossfirearabia.com.
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On Wednesday evening, the Israeli occupation forces launched an airstrike targeting an office of Al Mayadeen in Beirut. The channel had evacuated the premises at the onset of the aggression against Lebanon.
In response, Al Mayadeen held the Israeli occupation accountable for the assault on a well-known media outlet. The channel emphasized its commitment to reporting the truth amid ongoing conflicts.
Following the attack, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mardawi condemned the assault on Al Mayadeen‘s office, highlighting the channel’s pioneering work in uncovering the facts.
In an interview with Al Mayadeen, al-Mardawi stated that the channel dismantles the narratives of those aligned with the occupation, asserting its role as a fighting media outlet combating an adversary intent on obscuring realities and disseminating misleading accounts.
According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, one person was killed and five others were injured, including a child, in the Israeli attack.
The Israeli occupation government approved on August 11 a proposal by Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi to renew the ban on the Al Mayadeen media network. The decision includes the confiscation of its equipment and the blocking of its websites.
Israeli media reported that the Minister of Communications pursued a new government decision after obtaining a “professional opinion” from security agencies and receiving approval from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In November 2023, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved the suspension of the Al Mayadeen media network in occupied Palestine. The ban followed a joint statement by the Minister of Occupation Security, Yoav Galant, and the Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karai, who cited the network as a threat to “Israel’s security” as the reason for the ban.
The Israeli decisions against Al Mayadeen Network come as it continues to cover Operation Al-Aqsa Flood epic since October 7th, until today, in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and occupied al-Quds.
In December, Israeli media reported that the ministers in Benjamin Netanyahu’s government agreed to extend the restrictions imposed on the Al Mayadeen Media Network for another 30 days.
Like other journalists speaking the truth behind the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation made it a mission to target journalists in its aggressive campaign.
In November 2023, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in occupied al-Quds Hanaa Mahameed faced a grave threat from Israeli journalists and settlers. They followed her to her car, directly threatened her, and physically prevented her from entering the vehicle. This incident is part of a broader, organized campaign and systematic Israeli policy of intimidation designed to silence every Palestinian voice.
In the details of the attack, Haim Etgar, a journalist for Israeli Channel 12, targeted Hanaa. Along with other settlers, Etgar attempted to lure her under the pretext of delivering a postal envelope, after which they set up an ambush for her.
In the West Bank, the director of Al Mayadeen‘s bureau in occupied Palestine, Nasser al-Laham, confirmed that Israeli occupation forces assaulted his wife and children after storming his house in Beit Lahm, in the southern occupied West Bank, on October 31.
At the time, the occupation arrested al-Laham’s two sons, Bassel and Bassil, later releasing Bassil and insisting on confiscating Bassel’s phone.
Also in November last year, “Israel” deliberately targeted Al Mayadeen’s journalists, martyrs Farah Omar and Rabih Me’mari, in an airstrike as they were covering the Israeli aggression on South Lebanon.
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