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<article data-history-node-id="432032" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty International says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;is still waging a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">genocide</a>&nbsp;against&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians&nbsp;</a>in Gaza despite the fact that a ceasefire in the enclave is entering its second month and all living Israeli captives have been released, Amnesty International has said.</p> <p>“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,” Agnes&nbsp;Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, said in a statement on Thursday.&nbsp;</p> <p>"While Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over,” she added.</p> <p>Amnesty International in December 2024 deemed Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide. That judgment was reaffirmed by the United Nations’ top investigative body on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestine</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;in September when it ruled that Israel is guilty of the crime of genocide in the strip. That view has been shared by dozens of world leaders, historians, human rights experts, and genocide scholars.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-genocide-gaza-continues-palestinians-face-slow-death-amnesty-international-says">Israel's genocide in Gaza continues as Palestinians face 'slow death', Amnesty International says</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="432034" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/american-teenager-released-israeli-prison-after-nine-months" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/american-teenager-released-israeli-prison-after-nine-months" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">American teenager released from Israeli prison after nine months</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>16-year-old&nbsp;Mohammed Ibrahim, a US citizen living in the occupied West Bank, was released by Israeli authorities on Thursday, in a move timed to coincide with the American Thanksgiving holiday.</p> <p>The child had been detained for more than nine months without charge.</p> <p>The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said in a statement on Thursday that while it welcomed Ibrahim's release after many months of diplomatic and media pressure, Israel has made arresting children a routine act.</p> <p>Ibrahim, the ADC said, "was kidnapped, abused, and wrongfully detained for months in an Israeli military prison. Despite his innocence, Ibrahim was held without due process, and in violation of international law and norms".&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> "Israel has a long history of targeting children. Israeli prisons continue to hold innocent children, all without due process. No child should ever endure what Mohammed has endured. The Trump Administration and government officials must question why they continue to provide funding to a nation that is brazen about take willingness to kidnap, torture, and starve an American child," the statement continued.&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;<br> "Mohammed’s return to his family is a relief, but... His case is a painful reminder that hundreds of Palestinian children remain trapped in the same inhumane system, right now."&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

The Israeli army continued to launch airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, amid unrelenting home demolitions despite a ceasefire in place, according to local sources, Anadolu reports. Israeli w…

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The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences

The minister says quick approvals can happen while protecting the environment, but my experience tells me that haste brings unintended consequences