Daily Archives: 6. November 2023


06.11.2023 - 21:50 [ reliefweb.int ]

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, „We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire“

Signatories:

– Mr. Martin Griffiths, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
– Ms. Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, Secretary General, CARE International
. Ms. Jane Backhurst, Chair of ICVA Board (Christian Aid)
– Mr. Jamie Munn, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
– Ms. Anne Goddard, Chief Executive Officer and President a.i., InterAction
– Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
– Ms. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corps
– Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
– Ms. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children
– Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (SR on HR of IDPs)
– Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
– Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
– Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
– Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat)
– Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF)
– Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
– Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)
– Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

06.11.2023 - 21:40 [ United Nations ]

Israel-Palestine crisis: ‘Enough is enough’ say UN humanitarians

With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into Gaza.

Among those uniting behind the message that “enough is enough”, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths renewed earlier pleas for the immediate and unconditional release of the more than 240 hostages captured by Hamas and held in Gaza since 7 October.

All parties should respect their obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law, the UN agency leaders insisted, amid media reports of huge explosions from airstrikes across northern Gaza overnight.

“Civilians and the infrastructure they rely on – including hospitals, shelters and schools – must be protected”, they said.

06.11.2023 - 21:20 [ UN Web TV ]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in the Middle East – Press Conference

Press statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in the Middle East.

06.11.2023 - 21:10 [ United Nations ]

Secretary-General‘s Press Conference – on the Middle East

I reiterate my utter condemnation of the abhorrent acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October – and repeat my call for the immediate, unconditional and safe release of hostages held in Gaza.

Nothing can justify the deliberate torture, killing, injuring and kidnapping of civilians.

The protection of civilians must be paramount.

I am deeply concerned about clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing.

Let me be clear: No party to an armed conflict is above international humanitarian law.

06.11.2023 - 20:55 [ Times of Israel ]

Opposition slams Netanyahu for reportedly casting blame for Oct. 7 on IDF reservists

Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman and Labor chief Merav Michaeli went further in their criticism, calling on Netanyahu to resign.

06.11.2023 - 20:46 [ Times of Israel ]

Hamas official in Lebanon vows terror group will continue to rule Gaza

“To those who think that Hamas will disappear, Hamas will remain entrenched in the conscience of our people, and no force on Earth can annihilate or marginalize it,” Osama Hamdan tells a news conference.

06.11.2023 - 20:40 [ ArmsControl.org ]

Saudi Push for Enrichment Raises Concerns

(November 2023)

In talks with the United States, Saudi Arabia is pushing for the right to produce nuclear fuel, a move that poses a greater proliferation risk given Riyadh’s threats to develop nuclear weapons.

06.11.2023 - 20:36 [ New York Times ]

Biden Administration Engages in Long-Shot Attempt for Saudi-Israel Deal

(June 17, 2023 Updated June 20, 2023)

For Mr. Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia’s recognition of Israel would be a significant political victory for the embattled leader, whose hard-right coalition government faces fierce domestic opposition.

For his part, Prince Mohammed is seeking a strengthened security relationship with the United States, access to more American weapons and U.S. consent for the kingdom to enrich uranium as part of a civilian nuclear program — something that Washington has long resisted.

06.11.2023 - 20:22 [ ArabNews.com ]

‘Absolute Recklessness’: Saudi Arabia slams Israeli suggestion of “nuking Gaza”

The Israeli minister’s comments showed the penetration of “extremism and brutality” among members of the Israeli government, a Saudi Foreign Ministry statement said.

“Moreover, not dismissing the minister and only freezing his membership constitutes the utmost disregard for all human standards and values,” it added.

06.11.2023 - 20:19 [ BigNewsNetwork.com ]

Arab states condemn Israeli minister‘s nuke Gaza threat

„These statements constitute a violation of international law, as well as incitement to commit grave violations of International Humanitarian Law, such as war crimes, and raise grave concerns of an intent to commit genocide,“ the UAE said. Jordan released a similar statement describing Eliyahu‘s comments as a „call for genocide and a hate crime that cannot be ignored,“ while the Qatari Foreign Ministry said that it „strongly condemns the threat made by an Israeli minister to strike Gaza with a nuclear bomb and considers it a serious incitement to a war crime.“

06.11.2023 - 20:03 [ Ragıp Soylu / Twitter ]

Netanyahu wanted to fire “let’s nuke Gaza” minister Eliyahu, but his extremist coalition partner Ben Gvir refused it, saying that it would be an “excessive” measure

06.11.2023 - 19:59 [ New York Times ]

Netanyahu Suspends Israeli Minister Who Said Dropping a Nuclear Bomb on Gaza Was an Option

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel took the highly unusual step on Sunday of suspending a far-right minister from his government, after the minister said that dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza and killing everyone there was “one way” of dealing with the threat from Hamas.

06.11.2023 - 19:46 [ Middle East Monitir ]

Rights group: Israel dropped equivalent to 2 nuclear bombs on Gaza

(November 3, 2023)

Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the weight of the nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan at the end of World War II in August 1945 was estimated at about 15,000 tonnes, adding that due to technological developments affecting the potency of bombs, the explosives dropped on Gaza may be twice as powerful as a nuclear bomb.

“This means that the destructive power of the explosives dropped on Gaza exceeds that of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima,” Euro-Med Monitor said.

06.11.2023 - 06:17 [ CeasefireToday.com ]

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06.11.2023 - 05:35 [ @Eretz_Nehederet, (A Wonderful Country) is Israel’s no.1 comedy television show / Twitter ]

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06.11.2023 - 05:33 [ Dr. Eli David / Twitter ]

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06.11.2023 - 05:02 [ Hindustan Times ]

Israeli minister says dropping atomic bomb on Gaza ‚an option’; PM Netanyahu reacts

During the interview, Eliyahu raised his objection to allowing any humanitarian aid into Gaza. “We wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid… there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza,” the minister was quoted as saying.

Eliyahu also backed retaking the Gaza Strip’s territory and restoring the settlements there, the report added. Asked about the fate of Palestinian civilians Eliyahu said, “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves.”

06.11.2023 - 04:51 [ Irish Times ]

Palestinians should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’ and using nuclear bomb on Gaza an option, says Israeli minister

Heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu of the Otzma Yehudit party is quoted by the Times of Israel as saying in an interview that the Palestinian people “can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves”, adding that those who wave a Palestinian or Hamas flag “shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth”.

It quotes him saying that dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip “is one of the possibilities”, and that humanitarian aid to the population should be restricted, saying “we wouldn’t hand the Nazis humanitarian aid. There is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza.”

06.11.2023 - 04:42 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Pentagon says nuclear submarine arrives in Middle East; CIA chief lands in Israel

Ohio-class submarine serves as key part of US nuclear deterrent force; Bill Burns meets with Mossad chief David Barnea, scheduled to meet with Netanyahu, war Cabinet on Monday

06.11.2023 - 04:12 [ Al Jazeera English / Twitter ]

The UN Security Council is set to hold a closed-door meeting requested by the UAE and China on the violence in Gaza and Israel on Monday, according to the news site Security Council Report (SCR).

06.11.2023 - 03:55 [ Tarek El-Messidi / Twitter ]

BREAKING: @SenBooker’s speech in New Jersey was just shut down by protestors who interrupted him after a few seconds, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza (Palestine) where a Palestinian child is being killed every 10 minutes. Booker was taken by surprise and had to exit immediately.

06.11.2023 - 03:11 [ @JordanUhl / Twitter ]

The civilian death toll in Gaza is now 9,770. At least 4,008 were children. The time for a ceasefire is now. Take action: CeasefireToday.com #CeasefireNOW

06.11.2023 - 03:05 [ United Nations ]

WFP appeals for urgent expanded Gaza access with food supplies ‘dangerously low’

“Right now, parents in Gaza do not know whether they can feed their children today and whether they will even survive to see tomorrow. The suffering just meters away is unfathomable standing on this side of the border,” said Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP). (…)

The WFP head is concluding a two-day visit to Egypt, during which she met with top Government officials, including President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and visited the Egyptian Red Crescent’s humanitarian staging hub in Al Arish.

06.11.2023 - 02:42 [ Fox News ]

CNN panelists sound alarm on ‚really scary‘ poll showing Biden trailing Trump in key states

„It’s really scary for me,“ she said. „Because here is deal. Perception is reality. And so when you look at the data provided in this poll, it takes about how people feel. And when people decide whether their going to the poll or not going to the poll, it is all about how you feel in that moment. And so while the facts may not align with their feelings, they’re feelings are dictating their reality, their reality is that they feel better or felt better when Trump was in office.“

She said Democrats were trying to push back and argued that it was an issue of „perception.“ Crockett also said people didn‘t understand civics in this country.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett

06.11.2023 - 02:32 [ New York Times ]

Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds

Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump are both deeply — and similarly — unpopular, according to the poll. (…)

Concerns about the president’s advancing age and mental acuity — 62 percent also said Mr. Biden does not have the “mental sharpness” to be effective — are just the start of a sweeping set of Biden weaknesses in the survey results.