2024-03-23: News Headlines

Frances Madeson (2024-03-23). Washington University Students Vote to Divest From Boeing Amid Gaza Genocide. truthout.org At a nearly four-hour meeting on March 19, the student government at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, took formal action to address the human rights emergency in Gaza. More than 50 students spoke to the issue, and the resulting resolution that passed demanded the university demilitarize and democratize, materially and culturally. By a vote of 15 "yeas," five "nays" and one abstention… |

Brett Wilkins (2024-03-23). Finland Resumes UNRWA Funding, Further Cementing US's Pariah Status. truthout.org As the United States doubled down on banning funds for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, Finland said Friday that it would resume contributions to the lifesaving organization in an implicit rebuke of unsubstantiated Israeli claims — reportedly extracted via torture — that staff members were involved in the October 7 attacks. Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development… |

mforinoco (2024-03-23). Calls Mount for IOC To Kick Out Genocidal Israel From Paris Olympics. orinocotribune.com By Maryam Qarehgozlou — Mar 21, 2024 | Palestine Football Association (PFA) earlier this week urged the world football's governing body FIFA to impose a ban on the Israeli football team amid the ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. | In a detailed letter to FIFA, backed by six other member associations, PFA called for a ban on the Israeli football federation and all clubs associated with it, citing "unprecedented violations of human rights and humanitarian law." | "The entire football infrastructure in Gaza has been either destroyed or severely damaged," read the letter. "The loss of innocent…

albawaba (2024-03-23). The Israeli army admits Its lie after the scandal. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Israeli occupation army has admitted that it mistakenly published images of people who were not in prison but were allegedly being held at Gaza's Shifa Hospital. This acknowledgment follows the debunking of Israeli allegations that they were holding Hamas officials amid ongoing operations at the Shifa compound.According to an article in the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli army misled the public about Raed Saad's detention at Shifa Hospital.The Israeli army has since acknowledged the falsity of a list it had previously released that purported to include prominent Hamas figures seized…

geo.tv (2024-03-23). Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert toll soars to 143. geo.tv FSB security service chief Alexander Bortnikov says detained suspects include "four terrorists"

Mike Ludwig, Truthout. (2024-03-23). ICE Under Fire For Solitary Confinement Of Immigrants. popularresistance.org The 61-year-old man who was recently found dead of suspected suicide at a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prison in Washington state served the second-longest stretch in solitary confinement of any person in ICE custody since 2018, according to a new analysis by human rights experts. | Charles Leo Daniel, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, was found dead while in solitary confinement on March 7 after being incarcerated at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) near Tacoma for about four years. Between April 2020 and September 2023, Daniel was held in solitary confinement for a total of 1,244…

Ana Perdigón (2024-03-23). US Congress' Foreign Affairs Committee Approves Resolution to Intensify Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Congress approved a resolution to intensify unilateral coercive measures against Venezuela. | As part of a Democrat-Republican bipartisan agreement, the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution that would cancel the few sanctions relief allowed in the General License 44 of the US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). | El Comité de Exteriores de la Cámara de Representantes de EEUU aprueba la resolución para reimponer las sanciones al régimen…

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-23). Lawyer, Dr Reiner Fuellmich asks to Be Released From Jail With an Electronic Anklet. expose-news.com Corona Committee Lawyer, Dr Reiner Fuellmich remains detained in a a Gà∂ttingen jail in Germany and has now attended 8 days of a court trial accused of embezzling funds from the Corona …

WSWS (2024-03-23). Neo-Confederate Texas state law remains at center of attacks on migrants. wsws.org Texas is openly defying federal constitutional authority to an extent without precedent since the civil rights struggles that resulted in the end of Jim Crow apartheid and school segregation.

Diana O'Dwyer (2024-03-23). Reflecting on the Rejected Referendums in Ireland. internationalviewpoint.org "The far right and conservative Catholics claimed credit for the outcome but so have progressive disability rights and carers' activists. So who is right? Was this a victory for reactionary or progressive ideas, or is the truth more complicated? " | – | / |

| Our Correspondent | (2024-03-23). Seventh grader tortured to death in Mianwali. tribune.com.pk A 12-year-old boy was found brutally murdered in Mochh, Mianwali on Saturday. | Tahir Khan, a seventh-grade student, was playing cricket near his house when he went missing. | As per the First Information Report (FIR) filed at Mochh police station, Tahir went missing during the evening hours, prompting his relatives to launch a search. | He was discovered severely injured in the washroom of an unoccupied mansion belonging to Faiz Hameed Khan during Taraweeh prayers. | The boy bore visible wounds to his forehead, nose, face and neck. Rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Mianwali, Tahir succumbed to his inju…

newarab (2024-03-23). Cameron 'threat to pull Israeli arms over prisoner access'. newarab.com UK Foreign Minister Cameron reportedly demanded that the Red Cross or diplomats be granted access to "detained terrorists of Hamas elite Nukhba force" if Israel wanted to continue buying UK weapons, Ynet reported. | He also warned that the UK and other European countries might enact an…

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

presstv.ir (2024-03-23). West treats human rights as 'political plaything' amid Gaza genocide: Iran FM. presstv.ir Iran says Israel's genocidal war in Gaza showed the West treats defense for human rights as a political plaything.

presstv.ir (2024-03-23). Israeli forces brutally target civilians in Gaza City, burning homes. presstv.ir Israel has been carrying out a horrendous campaign of bloodshed and human rights violations against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City, according to testimonies.

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