2021-05-19 04:05:13 GMT2021-05-19 12:05:13(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LOS ANGELES, May 18 (Xinhua) About 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered Tuesday afternoon outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles.
A video posted online by local CBS news channel showed a crowd of demonstrators holding Palestine national flags and signs while chanting slogans including Gaza, Gaza don t you cry. Palestine will never die.
Amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Tuesday s pro-Palestine rally was the second of the kind within four days held in the second largest city of the United States. About 1,000 people took to the street to protest Israel s military operation in Gaza on Saturday.
2021-05-19 07:35:49 GMT2021-05-19 15:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JERUSALEM, May 19 (Xinhua) A ceasefire remains elusive for the Israel-Palestine conflict, with the U.S. administration has reportedly approved a 735 million-U.S.-dollar deal of precision-guided weapons to Israel, a move widely seen as adding fuel to the fire ravaging the Gaza strip.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported on Monday that Congress was officially notified of the proposed sale on May 5, nearly a week before the conflict escalated in Gaza between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday criticized the United States for selling advanced weapons to Israel amid the flared-up conflict.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported on Monday that Congress was officially notified of the proposed sale on May 5, nearly a week before the conflict escalated in Gaza between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday criticized the United States for selling advanced weapons to Israel amid the flared-up conflict. Zarif, on his Twitter account, said the United States sold Israel “precision” missiles to “kill more children with more precision.”
Calling the United States the “enabler” of Israel, Zarif also accused the United States of blocking the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to pass a statement on the conflicts.Earlier on Sunday, Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, cited Washington’s patronage for Israel as a key factor behind its sustained avoidance of accountability for the atrocities in the international arena, Iranian news net
NEW DELHI At least 14 dead bodies have been recovered and search is underway for around 75 others after an Indian vessel sank as a result of Cyclone Tauktae
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