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Palestinians survey the aftermath of an Israeli air strike on at the Muwassi camp for displaced people near Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, December 5, 2024
THERE is renewed “momentum” towards a ceasefire in Gaza, Qatar’s top diplomat said on Saturday.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Qatari foreign minister and prime minister, told the Doha Forum that he was optimistic after November’s US presidential election result that there was now a fresh impetus towards ending the war.
This came after dozens of Palestinians were killed by the Israelis in continued attacks on Gaza.
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
