US must help end Middle East conflict By Fan Hongda | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-19 07:09 Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a building in Gaza City May 18, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Israel unleashed another round of air strikes on Gaza City on Monday which was heavier and on a wider area than the series of attacks a day ago in which 42 Palestinians were killed and the house of a Hamas leader was razed. The Israel-Palestine conflict has simmered since April, escalating sharply on May 10 after Hamas set an ultimatum for Israel to withdraw its forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, where hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police earlier that day.
Glavin: Real-world history also a victim of Israeli-Palestinian violence History can turn on a dime. Only a few weeks ago it was possible an Arab party would take its place in a ruling coalition for the first time in Israel s 73-year history.
Author of the article: Terry Glavin
Publishing date: May 19, 2021 • 6 hours ago • 5 minute read • Members of Women Wage Peace, an Israeli grassroots peace movement, take part in a rally calling for coexistence and an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along Jerusalem s Old City walls, on May 19. Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA /AFP via Getty Images
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For several years now, the journalistic shorthand for the chronic torment that afflicts the Palestinian people and their Israeli neighbours has made use of a figure of speech, “the current round of hostilities,” that shows up in a variety of constructions. Sometimes the round is latest, sometimes it’s last, sometimes it’s recent. It’s a kind of
Pope appeals for peace in Holy Land, says death of children ‘unacceptable’
Palestinian Suzy Eshkuntana, 6, is treated by a medic at a hospital after being pulled from the rubble of a building during Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City May 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Mohammed Salem, Reuters)
By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted May 19, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The injury and death of so many innocent people, especially children, caused by escalating violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip is “terrible and unacceptable,” putting the area at risk of sinking into “a spiral of death and destruction,” Pope Francis said.
The pope launched an appeal for calm and asked leaders of both sides “to put a stop to the roar of weapons and to follow the paths of peace, even with the help of the international community,” he said May 16 after reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with hundreds of people in St. Peter’s Square.
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