apartheid state Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/apartheid-state/ A platform for change Mon, 30 Oct 2023 03:06:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 WHO calls Israeli demands for hospital evacuations ‘Deeply Concerning’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/10/who-calls-israeli-demands-for-hospital-evacuations-deeply-concerning/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 03:06:10 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14352 The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday expressed alarm after a Palestinian humanitarian group announced that Israeli forces have ordered the immediate evacuation of Al-Quds Hospital in the Gaza Strip. The report from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) “is deeply concerning,” the WHO chief said on social media. “We reiterate it’s impossible […]

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]]> American media fails in its most important role: informing the public https://flux.community/gregory-shupak/2023/10/american-media-fails-in-its-most-important-role-informing-the-public/ Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:10:57 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14329 If the commentary that news media outlets offer up is supposed to equip audiences to understand the world, then major US outlets’ coverage of the unfolding horrors in the Middle East are failing spectacularly. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post combined ran seven editorials on Israel/Palestine between October 7–9: one from the Times, four from the Journal and two […]

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]]> Vengeance claims the lives of hundreds of children https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/10/vengeance-claims-the-lives-of-hundreds-of-children/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:18:25 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14325 Israel’s retaliatory airstrikes across the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ weekend attack have killed at least 1,100 people in the besieged enclave, including 326 children, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said Wednesday. Gaza-based Hamas launched a major surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, a Jewish holiday, and the Israeli death toll has now surpassed 1,200. The far-right Israeli government and […]

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]]> Amnesty probe shows ‘human toll of​ apartheid’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2023/06/amnesty-probe-shows-human-toll-of-apartheid/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:55:00 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13766 One month after a cease-fire ended a five-day Israeli operation that killed Palestinian civilians and caused “extensive destruction” in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International on Tuesday released a report highlighting the “human toll of apartheid.” Amnesty—which last year joined a growing list of global human rights groups that condemn Israeli policies and actions against Palestinians as apartheid—probed Operation Shield and Arrow, launched on […]

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