UN Votes in Favor of Palestinian Membership

Keith Preston

2 years ago

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Updated May 10, 2024 – 4:25 PM EDT

UN Votes in Favor of Palestinian Membership

Food Running Out as Israel Expands Rafah Assault

		*Israel Has Enough Weapons for Rafah Operation*
		*Settlers’ Rampage on West Bank Village Leaves ‘Trail of Wreckage’*
		*Two More Palestinians Killed by Aid Drops on Gaza*
		*UNRWA Closing Jerusalem HQ After Israeli Settler Arson Attacks*
		*Ben-Gvir Faces Calls for Removal After Posting ‘Hamas Loves Biden’*

House Bill Would Send College Protesters to Gaza

		*Senate Bill Seeks To Place Campus Protesters on No-Fly List*
		*Congress Targets TikTok’s Allies Ahead of Legal Battle*

Israeli Srikes Hit Syria, Causing ‘Material Damage’

Israeli Drone Strike Kills Four Hezbollah Members in South Lebanon

US Warship Transits Through Taiwan Strait

China Frustrated With Philippines Over S. China Sea Dispute

US Orders Troops to Leave Niger

Ukraine’s Parliament Bill Cracks Down on Draft Evaders

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Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Could Open New Front as Ukraine Remains Weapons-Poor, Say Officials
	Putin Says ‘Arrogant’ West Risking Global Conflict
	Putin Says There Is ‘Nothing Unusual’ About Tactical Nuclear Weapons Drill
	Ukraine Air Attack on Belgorod Injures Eight, Governor Says
	Zelensky Dismisses Head of State Guard After Two Members Accused of Assassination Plot

United Kingdom

	UK Government To Fund Chaplaincy Service That ‘Advocates for Israel’ on Campuses
	British Army Tests New Mobile Directed-Energy Weapon

Europe

	Protesters in Armenia Demand PM Resign Over Border Villages Dispute
	Belgium University to Quit Project With Israeli Institutions
	EU Moves To Give Profits From Russian Assets to Ukraine
	Kosovo Backs Ukraine Even Though Kyiv Has Not Recognized Its Independence, Foreign Minister Says
	Staff at University of Amsterdam Condemn Crackdown on Pro-Gaza Encampment
	Poland To Sign $1.2 Billion Early Warning Radar Balloon Contract
	Thousands of Pro-Palestinian Protesters March in Malmo Against Israel’s Eurovision Participation

Pakistan

	Militants Bomb a Girls School in Northwestern Pakistan, Once a Taliban Stronghold. No One Was Harmed
	A Year Since Pakistan’s May 9 Riots: A Timeline of Political Upheaval
	Gunmen in Pakistan Kill Seven Laborers Near Gwadar Port, Say Police

Asia

	Chinese Companies Hit With US Trade Restrictions Over Spy Balloon Incident
	Civilian Casualties Rise in Myanmar’s Civil War as Resistance Forces Tighten Noose Around Military
	India Completes Troop Exit From Maldives at Pro-China Leader’s Request

The War at Home

	Trump-Affiliated Group Releases New National Security Book Outlining Possible Second-Term Approach
	FBI Informant Who Infiltrated ISIS and Al-Qaeda Released From US Prison
	Apache Crash at Fort Riley Is Latest in String of Mishaps; Two Injured
	Watchdog Blasts VA for Errors Leading to $11 Million in Improper Bonuses

Latin America

	No New Trial for Convicted Honduras Ex-President in US Drug Case
	18 Bodies Found in Mexico State Plagued by Cartel Violence

Gaza

	Gaza’s Sick and Injured Search for Help as Rafah Assault Brings Hospitals to Their Knees
	UNRWA Says 80,000 Palestinians Face Another Forced Displacement
	As Biden Warns Against Rafah Invasion, AIPAC Pushes Congress To Support Israel’s Operation
	Israeli Protesters Block Humanitarian Aid Trucks to Besieged Gaza
	Vessel Carrying Aid to US-Built Pier Off Gaza Leaves Cyprus
	Destruction in Gaza: Side-By-Side Aerial Look at the Israel-Hamas War’s Devastating Damage
	Major Rafah Operation Will Not Defeat Hamas, White House Says
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Israel/Palestine

	Slovenia to Recognize Palestinian State by Mid-June
	Ireland, Spain and Other EU Members Consider May 21 as Date To Recognize Palestinian State
	US High School Students Organize Pro-Palestinian Protests Over Gaza
	Israel’s US Ambassador Slams House Dems for Trying to Block Military Aid
	‘One of the Most Difficult Battlefields in the World’: Israeli Military Spokesman
	Israel Due To Get Billions of Dollars More in US Weapons Despite Biden Pause
	Factbox: Who Are Israel’s Main Weapons Suppliers and Who Has Halted Exports?

Turkey

	Turkey Says It Is Not Easing Israel Export Ban
	Turkey Renews Supply of Construction Materials to Israel Despite Trade Ban

Yemen

	Yemen’s Houthis Chief Says Group Will Target Any Ships Related to Transport of Goods to Israel
	Yemen’s Houthis Say They Attacked Ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean

Sudan

	Children ‘Piled Up and Shot’: New Details Emerge of Ethnic Cleansing in Darfur
	Assassinations of Tribal Leaders Stoke Fears of Renewed Clashes in Sudan’s South Kordofan
	RSF Massacres in Darfur ‘Possibly Genocide’, Says HRW
	‘Constant Terror’ in Key Darfur City as Fighting Closes In

Egypt

	Is Egypt Building a Militia Force To Handle Rafah Influx?
	Video Shows Egyptian Soldiers Assaulting Palestinian Boy

Africa

	Algeria’s Leader Demands Justice Over French Colonial-Era Wrongdoing
	Chad Opposition Leader Masra Claims Victory in Presidential Election
	In Surprise Move, Somalia Asks UN To End Political Mission