Emma Graham-Harrison

England

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian

Senior International Affairs Correspondent at The Observer

Senior International Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian & The Observer. London via Kabul, Beijing & Madrid. Lately in Ukraine. Opinions all my own.

Articles

Charity accuses Israeli-backed Gaza food group of unauthorised use of logo

1 week ago | msn.com | Andrew Roth |Emma Graham-Harrison |Lorenzo Tondo

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Charity accuses Israeli-backed Gaza aid group of using logo without permission

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Roth |Emma Graham-Harrison

A US charity has accused the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the controversial US and Israeli-backed group that began food deliveries to Gaza this week, of distributing photographs with its logo on deliveries without permission. Images sent out by GHF this week showed shipments bearing a label from Rahma Worldwide, a US charity based in Michigan, as part of its first distribution of food to sites inside Gaza.
Israeli troops open fire as aid group loses control of distribution centre

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison

Israeli troops have opened fire near thousands of hungry Palestinians as a logistics group chosen by Israel to ship food into Gaza lost control of its distribution centre on its second day of operations. An 11-week total siege and an ongoing tight Israel blockade means most people in Gaza are desperately hungry. Hundreds of thousands walked through Israeli military lines to reach the new distribution centre in Rafah on Tuesday.
Thousands of Israelis join violent, racist march through Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter

1 week ago | msn.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

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Thousands join Israeli flag march through Muslim quarter of Old City in Jerusalem

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

Thousands of Israelis have joined a march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, where large groups chanted racist slogans including “Gaza is ours”, “death to the Arabs” and “may their villages burn”. The annual march, funded and promoted by the Jerusalem city government, celebrates Israel’s capture and occupation of East Jerusalem and its holy sites in the war of 1967. The Israeli takeover is not recognised internationally.
Israeli settlers force about 150 Palestinians to leave their West Bank village

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Quique Kierszenbaum |Emma Graham-Harrison

Violent Israeli settlers including two under UK sanctions have forced about 150 Palestinians to leave their village in the occupied West Bank, through a five-day intimidation campaign carried out under the watch of the Israeli police and army. On Sunday morning, settlers established an illegal outpost, consisting of a basic shelter and a sheep pen, 100 metres from a Palestinian home in Mughayyir al-Deir, east of Ramallah.
Violent Israeli settlers under UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

Two violent Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank village of Mughayyir al-Deir. Neria Ben Pazi’s organisation, Neria’s Farm, had sanctions imposed by London on Tuesday, as the UK suspended negotiations on a new free-trade deal with Israel over its refusal to allow aid into Gaza and cabinet ministers’ calls to “purify Gaza” by expelling Palestinians.
Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank

2 weeks ago | aol.co.uk | Jason Burke |Emma Graham-Harrison

Israeli troops fired “warning shots” towards a group of 25 diplomats visiting Jenin in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, prompting a wave of outrage and calls for an investigation from world leaders and ministers. Footage shows a number of diplomats giving media interviews when rapid shots rang out nearby, forcing them to run for cover. The delegation comprised ambassadors and diplomats representing 31 countries, including Italy, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, the UK, China and Russia.
Israeli troops fire ‘warning shots’ at 25 diplomats visiting occupied West Bank

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Jason Burke |Emma Graham-Harrison

Israeli troops have fired “warning shots” at a group of 25 diplomats who were visiting Jenin, in the Israel-occupied West Bank, on an official mission organised by the Palestinian Authority to observe the humanitarian situation there. The Israeli military said the visit had been approved, but the delegation “deviated from the approved route” and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots to distance them from the area.
Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Emma Graham-Harrison |Quique Kierszenbaum

Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of Gaza, Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving Palestinians, the UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.