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Muslim Countries Must Unite: Turkey Slams Israel's Gaza Move
Muslim nations must act in unison and rally international opposition against Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Saturday after talks in Egypt. Regional powers Egypt and Turkey both condemned the plan on Friday. Ankara has said it marked a new phase in what it called Israel's genocidal and expansionist policies, while calling for global measures to stop the plan's implementation. Israel rejects such description of its actions in Gaza. Speaking at a joint press conference in El Alamein with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, after also meeting Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Fidan said the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation had been called to an emergency meeting. Fidan said Israel's policy aimed to force Palestinians out of their lands through hunger and that it aimed to permanently invade Gaza, adding there was no justifiable excuse for nations to continue supporting Israel. Israel denies having a policy of starvation in Gaza, and says Palestinian militant group Hamas, which killed 1,200 people in its October 2023 attack, could end the war by surrendering. "What is happening today is a very dangerous development... not only for the Palestinian people or neighbouring countries," Abdelatty said, adding that Israel's plans were "inadmissible". Abdelatty said there was full coordination with Turkey on Gaza, and referred to a statement issued on Saturday by the OIC Ministerial Committee condemning Israel's plan. The OIC committee said Israel's plan marked "a dangerous and unacceptable escalation, a flagrant violation of international law, and an attempt to entrench the illegal occupation", warning that it would "obliterate any opportunity for peace". Mediating teams from Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been working for months to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The OIC urged world powers and the United Nations Security Council to "assume their legal and humanitarian responsibilities and to take urgent action to stop" Israel's Gaza City plan, while ensuring immediate accountability for what it called Israeli violations of international law.
Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
‘New crime': Palestinian Authority on Israel's escalation plan in Gaza
The Palestinian Authority on Saturday lambasted the Israeli government's decision to expand its military operations in Gaza, with President Mahmud Abbas calling the plan a "new crime" and demanding his organisation take responsibility for the territory. Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas emphasised "the importance of enabling the State of Palestine to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip,(AFP) Early Friday, the Israeli security cabinet approved plans for a major operation to seize Gaza City, triggering a wave of criticism from across the globe. In the same meeting, it also adopted a set of principles for concluding the war in Gaza, including demilitarising the territory and establishing a new "administration that is neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority" (PA). According a statement carried by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, PA leader Abbas said the plan "constitutes a new crime", and stressed "the urgent need to take action to stop it immediately". He also emphasised "the importance of enabling the State of Palestine to assume its full responsibilities in the Gaza Strip, and the need for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages and detainees, and the entry of humanitarian assistance". The PA -- conceived as a first step towards a Palestinian state -- exercises limited administration over parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The territory is home to about three million Palestinians. Excluding Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, it is also home to around half a million Israelis living in settlements considered illegal under international law. The PA, however, does not have a presence in Gaza, which has been governed by Hamas for nearly two decades. Despite the backlash and rumours of dissent from Israeli top brass, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained defiant over the decision. In a post on social media late Friday, Netanyahu said "we are not going to occupy Gaza -- we are going to free Gaza from Hamas". The prime minister faces mounting pressure to secure a ceasefire to bring Gaza's more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants. A statement issued on Saturday by the foreign ministers of Italy, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom took aim at the decision to occupy Gaza City. "This will exacerbate the catastrophic humanitarian situation, endanger the lives of hostages, and increase the risk of a mass exodus of civilians," they said. As supporters of the hostages again demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli campaign group the Hostages and Missing Families Forum put out a statement condemning the government's war plans. "Expanding the fighting endangers the hostages and the soldiers - the people of Israel are not willing to risk them," it said. Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said the new plan was "an unprecedented challenge and provocation to the international will to achieve peace and stability". Israel's offensive has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians, according to Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry, figures the United Nations says are reliable. Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel -- which triggered the war -- resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
News18
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Rahul Gandhi, Kharge greet people on World Tribal Day
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended greetings to 'all tribal brothers and sisters" on World Indigenous Peoples' Day and said .our traditions and life values have enriched India's a post on X, Rahul said Congress stands with tribals in their fight for rights, dignity, and justice. The day is also known as 'World Tribal Day' 'Heartfelt greetings to all tribal brothers and sisters on World Indigenous Peoples' Day. Your traditions and life values have enriched India's identity. You are the first owners of India, and we stand with you in your fight for rights, dignity, and justice," he said on X. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also extended his greetings on the ocassion.'Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all the citizens of our tribal society on World Indigenous Peoples' Day. The conservation of water, forest, land, and tribal civilisation and traditions is our aim, and the Congress Party is fully dedicated to protecting your interests. 'Jai Johar, Jai Hind!" he said. According to the UN, to raise awareness of the needs of these population groups, August 9 commemorates the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, chosen in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations held in Geneva in to a release of the Department of Social Welfare, Tribal Affairs' budget tripled from rupees 4,498 crore to rupees 13,000 crore; total tribal spending across 42 ministries grew five-fold to Rs 1,24,908 crore under DAPST over the last decade, and 25.11 lakh tribal families received Forest Rights Act release said 479 Eklavya Model Residential Schools are educating 1.38 lakh tribal students. (ANI)
