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While the dust of the recent Israel-Hamas conflict has settled, the media war against the Jewish state continues. Unsurprisingly, the narrative pushed by major news organizations has been that Israel is at fault for taking action in defense of its citizens. At the same time, terror groups in the Gaza Strip are exonerated of any guilt. Some outlets have even gone as far as to blame Israel for killing a goldfish.
Now, the newest libel: Israel being accused of intentionally bombing bookstores.
On June 1, the
Los Angeles Times published “
Bookshop, Gaza cultural icon, destroyed in Israel-Hamas war.” The report from Gaza, written by special correspondent Hana Salah, blasts the Jewish state for launching an airstrike on the Gaza City building that housed the Samir Mansour Bookstore. The
US can follow World Bank road map
The Biden administration has made reconstruction and humanitarian assistance to Gaza a priority following the Israel-Hamas cease-fire, but the challenge of channeling aid to the territory is large.
US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken announced $38 million in humanitarian assistance to Gaza on May 26, most of it through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in addition to $250 million in economic, development, security and humanitarian aid announced earlier this year.
Combined with pledges so far of $500 million each from Egypt and Qatar, $22.5 million from the UN, $9.8 million from the EU, $49 million from Germany, $4.5 million from the UK, and $1 million from China (see our breakdown here), and probably more to come from the Gulf, it adds up which makes sense, because the people of Gaza desperately need the help.
Israel-Hamas maintains ceasefire when UN launches Gaza aid appeal | Gaza News wiredprnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wiredprnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bad news for US-Turkey relations and maybe worse news for the Turkish economy.
US-Turkey ties go from bad … US-Turkey bilateral relations already were fractious, given US support for Kurdish groups Turkey considers terrorists and Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.
… to worse. And now Turkish President
Joe Biden of writing history with your bloody hands because of US support for Israel, in the context of an emotional diatribe on behalf of the Palestinians. On Monday, Erdogan said in a televised speech that a “Jewish prime minister” had told him he took “greatest pleasure” to kill Palestinians when the unnamed official was a general in the Israel Defense Forces. “This is part of their (Israelis) nature and “they are only satisfied by sucking blood. The US State Department called out Erdogan for anti-semitic and incendiary remarks. Erdogan’s communication director