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Pro-Israel online influencing operation has been targeting UNRWA: Report | Social Media News

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Washington, DC – An online influencing operation using fake social media accounts has targeted the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which cited a new report from a disinformation watchdog. Fake Reporter, an Israeli group that studies online disinformation, found that the accounts echoed Israeli [...]read morePro-Israel online influencing operation has been targeting UNRWA: Report | Social Media News

‘Horrific’: US Supreme court allows Texas to detain, deport migrants | Migration News

March 20, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , ,

The United States Supreme Court has lifted a pause on a controversial law that allows Texas state authorities to detain and deport migrants and asylum seekers, a measure critics have dubbed the “show me your papers” law. The top court on Tuesday voted six to three to allow the law, Texas Senate Bill 4 (SB4), [...]read more‘Horrific’: US Supreme court allows Texas to detain, deport migrants | Migration News

Trump wins Republican caucuses in Michigan, Missouri, Idaho | US Election 2024 News

March 3, 2024 No Comments News , , , , ,

Former United States President Donald Trump has cruised to victory in Republican caucuses in Michigan, Missouri and Idaho, gaining huge momentum in the race to capture his party’s presidential nomination. In all three states on Saturday, Trump trounced Nikki Haley, a former United Nations ambassador and his last remaining rival. The former president has now [...]read moreTrump wins Republican caucuses in Michigan, Missouri, Idaho | US Election 2024 News

US airdrops food into Gaza in move criticised by aid groups | Israel War on Gaza News

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , ,

United States military cargo planes have air-dropped food into Gaza, in the first of series of aid drops as humanitarian groups criticise Israel for blocking access to the besieged and bombarded strip. The US, together with Jordan’s air force, “conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Gaza … to provide essential relief to civilians affected [...]read moreUS airdrops food into Gaza in move criticised by aid groups | Israel War on Gaza News

Protecting climate refugees requires a legal definition | Climate Crisis

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , ,

During the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year, the terms “climate migrants” and “climate refugees” echoed loudly across meeting rooms and panels. These labels were passionately used by high-ranking UN officials, external stakeholders, scholars and activists grappling with the consequences of climate change. During a panel discussion, I emphasised that these terms hold [...]read moreProtecting climate refugees requires a legal definition | Climate Crisis

Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis | US-Mexico Border News

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , ,

Election frontrunners make competing visits, but while Biden seeks compromise, Trump deploys incendiary rhetoric. US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made separate visits to the US-Mexico border in Texas, competing over who has the best approach to tackling immigration. The simultaneous visits by the two politicians on Thursday, 523km (325 miles) apart [...]read moreBiden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis | US-Mexico Border News

Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , ,

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featuring the words: “Happy 2024.” The vlogger claimed that what appeared to be innocent New Year decorations were, in fact, nationalistic Japanese motifs since the red circles resembled the rising [...]read moreMoney, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism | Politics News

What is Super Tuesday and why is it important? All you need to know | US Election 2024 News

March 2, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , ,

One of the busiest days in the United States election calendar is nearly here. Super Tuesday takes place on March 5, with millions of voters expected to cast their ballots in presidential primaries and caucuses across more than a dozen states. Also on the ballot will be races for both chambers of the US Congress [...]read moreWhat is Super Tuesday and why is it important? All you need to know | US Election 2024 News

In New York, Israeli conscientious objectors find community after ostracism | Israel War on Gaza News

March 1, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New York, United States – He feared being called a “mishtamet”. A draft dodger. Someone who shrinks from their responsibility. But at age 17, Jewish social worker Asaf Calderon made a fateful decision: not to participate in the mandatory military service required of nearly all Israeli citizens. Instead, he pursued and was granted a medical [...]read moreIn New York, Israeli conscientious objectors find community after ostracism | Israel War on Gaza News

Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatic nationalism’ in Israel | Israel War on Gaza

March 1, 2024 No Comments News , , , , , , , , , ,

‘We are on the brink of a fascist dictatorship,’ Knesset member Ofer Cassif tells Marc Lamont Hill. Over the past five months, Israel’s war on Gaza has caused mass devastation and led to more than 30,000 deaths. In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague found that there was a plausible risk [...]read moreIsraeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatic nationalism’ in Israel | Israel War on Gaza