Elis Gjevori

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Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 51,000 Palestinians and injured 116,343 since 7 October 2023, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Telegram on Tuesday. At least 1,630 Palestinians have been killed and 4,302 wounded since Israel broke the ceasefire on 18 March, the ministry said, adding that at least 17 people were killed and 69 injured in the past 24 hours.

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The largest professional society for the teaching and study of American history has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Israel's "scholasticide" in Gaza. The prestigious Organization of American Historians (OAH), which publishes the Journal of American History, passed the resolution on Saturday 8 April at an OAH business meeting in Chicago. A decisive majority of 104 members voted for the motion - with only 25 opposing it.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced Wednesday that his country will provide temporary shelter to Palestinian medical evacuees and orphaned children from Gaza. "We are ready to evacuate those injured, traumatised, and orphaned, and bring them to Indonesia," he stated, confirming that planes would be dispatched for their transport. Indonesia plans to receive about 1,000 evacuees, who will remain until they recover and it's safe to return to Gaza.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touched down in Washington on Sunday—after taking a detour of roughly 400 kilometres to avoid airspace over countries that might enforce the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant. Israeli officials feared that if Netanyahu’s plane were forced into an emergency landing, nations like Ireland, Iceland, and the Netherlands could move to detain him, Haaretz reported. The ICC warrant is linked to Israel’s war on Gaza and allegations of war crimes.

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Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever has made it clear: if Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu set foot in Belgium, he wouldn’t be arrested. Speaking to VRT television on Thursday, De Wever dismissed the idea, saying practical considerations take precedence over ethics when it comes to international diplomacy. “There is such a thing as realpolitik. Within that framework, practical considerations prevail over ethical ones,” he said.