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Eight-month-old Leila, Palestinian martyr and political poster child : Stuff

Leila al-Ghandour’s little face peeked out as her father carried her body from the mosque, wrapped in a white funeral shroud and the green, black and red Palestinian flag.
Her uncles and male cousins passed her small corpse between them as they marched through the streets of the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City towards the graveyard. With each step they chanted their praise of God and their defiance of Israel.
According to her family, the eight-month-old was killed after inhaling a cloud of Israeli tear gas during Monday’s bloody protests on the border. They said her 12-year-old uncle had become confused and accidentally brought the baby to within yards of the barbed wire fence that Israel has vowed to defend with tear gas and snipers’ bullets.

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Hamas Co-Founder: Calling Gaza Riots ‘Peaceful Resistance’ Is ‘Deceiving the Public’ | Algemeiner

A senior Hamas leader said on Sunday that recent Palestinian riots on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip were backed by the Islamist group’s weapons and fighters.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahhar called allegations that the terrorist group was employing “peaceful resistance” against Israel “a clear terminological deception.”

“When you have weapons that are being wielded by men who were able to prevent the strongest army in the region from entering the Gaza strip for 51 days, and were able to capture or kill soldiers of that army — is this really ‘peaceful resistance?” asked al-Zahhar, whose remarks were translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

“When we talk about ‘peaceful resistance,’ we are deceiving the public,” he said. “This is peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies, and enjoying tremendous popular support.”

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Behind bloody Gaza clashes, economic misery and piles of debt | NZ Herald

Bankruptcy cases build up in Gazan courts as citizens run out of cash for essentials

Every Friday for the past month, thousands of Palestinians have surged to Gaza’s border fence with Israel in a show of anger and defiance, some throwing stones and petrol bombs, others simply to be there.

Demonstrators say they want to challenge the loss of their ancestral homes to Israel 70 years ago. But a stream of men who risk their lives – more than 30 have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers – also despair at their mounting economic woes.

“Young people have nothing to lose,” said 31-year-old Mohammed Sukkar, a few hundred metres from the boundary fence on the first day of protests last month as the crowd retreated after pops of gunfire. Sukkar is unemployed and says he is hard pressed to feed his six children.

Across the 360 sq km territory, Gazans are struggling to finance their daily lives. Young people – unable to pay for weddings or homes of their own – are delaying marriage, figures show, while health officials say suicide, once virtually unheard of in Gaza, is on the rise.

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NZ condemns Israel’s actions along Gaza border | Radio NZ

New Zealand has conveyed its condemnation of Israel’s actions along the Gaza border directly to its ambassador here, describing the loss of life as “devastating and one-sided”.

A young protester runs away from tear gas thrown by Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

In the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza War, Israeli forces have killed at least 52 Palestinians and wounded 2400. Photo: AFP

In the deadliest day of violence since the 2014 Gaza War, Israeli forces have killed at least 52 Palestinians and wounded 2400.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians had been protesting along the Gaza border against the opening of the United States embassy in Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on behalf of the government, raised concerns directly to the ambassador in New Zealand.

The violence showed that the decision by the US to open the new embassy was counter to efforts to find a peaceful resolution in the region, she said.

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Green Party condemns slaughter in Gaza

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Marama Davidson MP on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 – 11:14

The Green Party is strongly condemning the slaughter perpetrated by the Israeli armed forces in Gaza overnight following the opening of the new United States Embassy in Jerusalem, which has resulted in the murder of at least 52 civilians and over 2400 injured.

This is the second deadly massacre of protestors perpetrated by the Israeli armed forces this year and is the deadliest onslaught in Gaza since 2014.

“As predicted the opening of Donald Trump’s confrontational Embassy in Jerusalem has fanned flames of conflict and death,” said Green Party Co-leader Marama Davidson.

“Rather than being a step towards peace the Embassy opening has acted as a flash point in the conflict and has been used by the Israeli government to justify their massacre of Palestinians.

“Jerusalem is an internationally recognised disputed territory, and the fair division of it will be a component of any enduring peace deal. The United States setting up an Embassy there purposefully undermines the Palestinian position and makes peace less likely.

“This slaughter is all the evidence we need that Trump’s move makes peace less likely and makes life for those living in Gaza more dangerous.

“Israel’s ongoing siege on Gaza constitutes a breach of international law and has caused an unsustainable humanitarian crisis since 2009. The people of Gaza are a trapped population with no access to humanitarian aid or access to adequate healthcare or education.

“The Green Party is calling on Israel to end its siege on Gaza and its occupation of Palestinian Territories, and take positive steps towards an enduring peace in the region.”

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Embassy of Israel in Wellington – Gaza border

H.E. Ambassador Gerberg
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 3:24 pm
Press Release: Embassy of Israel in Wellington

Press Release Embassy of Israel in Wellington – Gaza border

Make no mistakes – There is no valid connection between the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the weeks’ old Hamas-orchestrated violent confrontation campaign already taking place in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas, an internationally recognized terror organization (also by New Zealand), has ruled Gaza since 2007 and instead of caring for the welfare of the Gaza population, has invested in a large-scale terror infrastructure and has cynically fanned the flames of the conflict while initiating violent provocations against Israel.

Israel has the right and the duty to protect its sovereignty, its borders and its citizens. Accordingly, that message of self-defense has been conveyed to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Any imposed solution cannot work. The only path to reach a peaceful solution to this conflict is through direct negotiations.

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UN Security Council to meet over the deadliest day in Gaza since 2014 war | TVNZ

The UN Security Council plans to meet overnight NZT to discuss violence along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, following the deadliest day there since a 2014 war.

Kuwait called for the session after more than 50 Palestinians were killed and over 1,200 wounded by Israeli gunfire amid mass protests on Monday.
Israel said its troops were defending its border and accused Hamas militants of trying to attack under the cover of the protest.

It was not immediately clear what might come out of the council session. No joint statement or action followed a similar meeting after protests in March, and two UN diplomats said members couldn’t reach unanimous agreement on Monday on issuing a proposed statement circulated by Kuwait.

The draft statement, obtained by The Associated Press, would have expressed “outrage and sorrow” at the killings, sought an “independent and transparent investigation” and called on all sides to exercise restraint.

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Anti-Israel protesters and beeping box removed from Wellington movie screening by police | TVNZ

Police were forced to remove anti-Israel protesters from a film screening at the Doc Edge film festival in Wellington last night.

The police also removed a beeping black box that was chained to a seat to disrupt the screening of Ben Guiron, Epilogue, a documentary about former Israeli Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, Newsroom reports.

Peace Action Wellington claimed the documentary, which they described as “Zionist propaganda,” breached the cultural boycott of Israel and wanted it removed from the festival.

“This is state-sponsored propaganda the festival are planning to screen at the expense of people living under a brutal and illegal occupation,” spokesperson Alex Davies said.

They also claimed that funding from the Israeli embassy for the documentary made the festival complicit with the Israeli government.

The fact that the movie was screened on the eve of the anniversary of Israel declaring its independence in 1948 also aggravated protestors. Palestinians refer to May 15 as the “Nakba” or “catastrophe”.

Doc Edge organisers said the demand for the film to be withdrawn were an affront to freedom of speech, adding that the they and the government were not part of a cultural boycott.

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Hamas organizers urge protesters to storm fence, 52 dead | NZ Herald

Israeli soldiers on Monday killed 52 Palestinians demonstrating along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip and wounded more than 2,400 in the bloodiest day in the enclave since the 2014 war with Israel, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

An estimated 35,000 Palestinians gathered on the edges of Gaza as the U.S. Embassy opened in Jerusalem, fanning out along the fence in the largest demonstrations yet.

At a gathering point east of Gaza City, organisers urged demonstrators to burst through the fence, telling them Israeli soldiers were fleeing their positions, even as they were reinforcing them.

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Zionists clash with pro-Palestine group at Israeli celebration in Auckland | Newshub

Clashes were expected at an event on Sunday celebrating the 70th anniversary of the formation of Israel, but protesters kept their word and remained peaceful.

Around 80 people gathered at Silo Park in Auckland celebrating the day, and around 15 Auckland Peace Action protesters turned up carrying a Palestine banner.

The protestors were held back by a line of police to prevent any conflict.

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