Category: Gaza
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Gaza optimism lifts shekel to four-month strongest against dollar
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A report in the Washington Post about the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza sent the shekel soaring and pushed the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to near record levels. The shekel rose today against the US dollar and the euro. In late morning interbank trading, the shekel fell against the…
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Palestinian Taxi Driver Uses Bitcoin To Save Civilians In Gaza
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Countless lives changed on October 7, 2023, and Youssef Mahmoud’s was no different. Even before the war, the Palestinian taxi driver could not bear the role of passive observer of unemployment and hunger, both of which are widespread in daily life in Gaza. In 2022 and early 2023, More than…
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Palestinian Taxi Driver Uses Bitcoin To Save Civilians In Gaza
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Countless lives changed on October 7, 2023, and Youssef Mahmoud’s was no different. Even before the war, the Palestinian taxi driver could not bear the role of passive observer of unemployment and hunger, both of which are widespread in daily life in Gaza. In 2022 and early 2023, More than…
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Israeli forces rescue four hostages from Gaza Strip
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This morning, in a complex joint operation carried out by the Israeli army, the Israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet) and the Israeli police’s anti-terrorism unit, four Israeli hostages were freed from the Gaza Strip. The four are Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir (21), Andrei Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv…
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Joe Biden offers most direct recognition to U.S. students about campus protests over Gaza, telling Morehouse graduates ‘your voices should be heard’
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President Joe Biden on Sunday told a graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the war between Israel and Hamas, and that the scenes of conflict in Gaza were heartbreaking. “I support peaceful, peaceful protest,” he told the students, some of whom wore keffiyehs…
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Joe Biden offers most direct recognition to U.S. students about campus protests over Gaza, telling Morehouse graduates ‘your voices should be heard’
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President Joe Biden on Sunday told a graduating class at Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest over the war between Israel and Hamas, and that the scenes of conflict in Gaza were heartbreaking. “I support peaceful, peaceful protest,” he told the students, some of whom wore keffiyehs…
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Saudi crown prince, US national security adviser meet on Gaza, bilateral ties By Reuters
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met to discuss the Israeli war in Gaza and seek to complete a broad bilateral agreement, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. A statement issued by the ministry said that the meeting…
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Factbox-Details of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza By Reuters
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(Reuters) – The Gaza Strip has been suffering from an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe for nearly seven months since Israel launched a devastating offensive in response to the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 that killed 1,200 people in Israel. More than 34,600 people were killed in the Israeli offensive that destroyed…
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Crisis in Palestinian-Run West Bank Clouds Post-War Gaza Hopes
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business The new Palestinian prime minister is a former World Bank executive and has pledged to fight corruption and waste. The Finance Minister worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is headed by a woman who holds an American doctorate and has deep experience in the…