And in the West Bank:
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Israelâs Other Shitty Neighbors:
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Wow. A random dentist being tasked to evacuate buildings by a mysterious person over the phone?
Thatâs like out of a movie. Itâs almost unbelievable.
As someone who grew up in Britain in the 80s and 90s, it is all too believable.
Yeah I mean, I can see it happening. Itâs just, a dentist being tasked with evacuating dozens of apartment buildings. He had to organize a group to get to everyone then lead people to safety. His phone dying and him missing a call and fearing that he might have missed saving others. Itâs just nuts.
Mahmoud Shaheen is a truly a hero.
From the Guardian liveblog:
The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker TĂźrk, issued an urgent appeal for a ceasefire as he visited the Rafah crossing in Egypt today.
TĂźrk described the border crossing as a âlifelineâ for the 2.3 million people in Gaza, but described it as an âunjustly, outrageously thinâ lifeline.
The humanitarian aid that has been getting into Gaza is a âtrickleâ and with âseverely limitedâ geographical reach, he said.
People remain âdeeply vulnerableâ in all parts of Gaza, he said, noting an âurgent humanitarian imperativeâ to reach those increasingly populated, including in the northern and middle parts of the Gaza Strip. He said:
Just in the last few days my colleagues have been receiving reports about an orphanage in the northern governorate that has 300 children in need of urgent help. With communications down and access roads impassable and unsafe, we cannot get to them.
Full text of his statement:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2023/11/un-human-rights-chief-visits-rafah-border-crossing-gaza
Palestine files complaint with atomic agency over Israelâs nuclear bomb threat
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has filed a formal complaint with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) against Israel over its ministerâs threat to drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza.
According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, al-Maliki sent an official letter to IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi on Wednesday, stating that the nuclear threat is âcompletely consistent with the prevailing discourse in Israelâ against Palestinians.
The threat entails âan official recognition that Israel possesses nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destructionâ, he said.
Earlier this week, Israeli Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, told Israeli media that dropping a ânuclear bombâ on Gaza is âan optionâ. The Israeli government distanced itself from the comments and Eliyahu was suspended from ministerial meetings.
