Desk Report: Sumud flotilla carrying aid to Gaza detained: Global outrage against Israel Israel has blocked the Global Peace Flotilla, which was carrying more than 40 ships to Gaza. More than a hundred human rights activists on board have been detained. World leaders have been quick to react to the incident. At the same time, Palestinian activists have protested in cities around the world, including Istanbul, Athens, Buenos Aires, Rome, Berlin and Madrid, condemning Israel’s blocking of aid to the famine-stricken Gaza and its detention of human rights activists. Protests…
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Spain, Brazil, Türkiye and Pakistan condemn Israel’s raid on Gaza-bound flotilla
Desk Report: Spain, Brazil, Turkey and Pakistan have condemned the Israeli raid on the Global Relief Flotilla, which is carrying aid from around the world for the starving Palestinian people of Gaza. Israel has detained more than 12 ships in the flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea since Wednesday night. At the same time, the country has detained more than 200 human rights activists from 37 countries on the flotilla. Swedish human rights activist Greta Thunberg has also been detained by the Israelis. On Thursday morning, the flotilla’s live tracker reported…
Read MoreLetter to FIFA and UEFA demanding a ban on Israel
Desk Report: The demand to isolate Israel from competitive football has been met. In the meantime, Turkey has sent a letter to FIFA and UEFA to ban them (Israel). A final decision may come very soon. Turkey’s local media outlet Anadolu Agency confirmed last night that Turkey had sent a letter. Turkish Football Federation President Ibrahim Haciosmanoğlu wrote a letter to FIFA, UEFA and the heads of national football bodies demanding a ban on Israel. In the letter, Haciosmanoğlu wrote, “Despite claiming to be the protector of civilizational values and…
Read MoreWe can end the Gaza war now: Trump in meeting with Arab-Muslim leaders
Desk Report: US President Donald Trump met with leaders of the Arab and Muslim world on Tuesday local time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The meeting discussed ways to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Trump repeatedly called it his “most important meeting.” Citing local and international media, the Israeli media outlet The Times of Israel reported that Trump told reporters at the beginning of the meeting, “We want to end the war in Gaza. We will end it. Maybe we can end it…
Read MoreTrump asks NATO countries to stop buying oil and impose sanctions on Russia
Desk Report: US President Donald Trump has said he is ready to impose new sanctions on Russia. However, the condition is that all NATO allies must completely stop buying oil from Russia and impose sanctions on Moscow themselves, so that the more than three-year war in Ukraine ends. According to the Qatar-based news outlet Al-Jazeera, in a post shared on his own social media site Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote, “When all NATO countries start acting the same way and stop buying oil from Russia, then I am ready…
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