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40% of Germans support recognition of Palestinian state: Poll

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IFP Media Wire
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Pro-Palestine Rally

More Germans are in favor than in opposition of recognizing Palestine as an independent state, according to the survey.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center left-liberal coalition government has repeatedly turned down calls for the recognition of Palestinian state, arguing that current conditions were not suitable to take such a step.

Last month, Spain, Norway and Ireland recognized a Palestinian state and urged other European states to follow their lead. This week Slovenia also recognized Palestinian statehood.

The representative survey by YouGov revealed that majority of Germans disapprove of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza as it claimed too many civilian lives.

As many as 51% of Germans said they would support EU economic sanctions on Israel due to its military offensive in Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinian civilians were sheltering. Only 26% of Germans opposed such a move against the Israeli government.

The poll was conducted by YouGov between May 31 and June 5 among a nationally representative sample of 2,295 people.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack last Oct. 7 despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Some 36,700 Palestinians have since been killed in Gaza, most of them women and children, and over 83,500 others injured, according to local health authorities.

Eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah which began in early May.

Gaza unemployment since start of war soars to 80%: Report

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

Unemployment in the Gaza Strip has reached 79.1%, while the West Bank has seen joblessness hit nearly 32%, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in its fourth assessment of the impact of the war on employment. The figures give a combined unemployment rate of 50.8%.

“This excludes Palestinians who have given up on finding a job,” stated Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for Arab States.

“The situation is much worse.”

Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza came in response to Hamas’ storming of the occupied territories on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing 253 more as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

The Israeli offensive has killed more than 36,700 people, according to health authorities in the Gaza Strip, where around half of its 2.3 million people lived below the poverty line even before the war.

“Imagine with this very high level of unemployment, people will not be able to secure food for themselves and for their families,” Jaradat continued.

“This is also impacting their health…. Even if they have money, there are no hospitals that can accommodate the catastrophic situation there.”

In terms of the economy, the real gross domestic product (GDP) has contracted by nearly 33% in the Palestinian territories since the start of the war, with an estimated contraction of 83.5% in the Gaza Strip and by 22.7% in the West Bank, according to data published by ILO.

“In the occupied Palestinian territory and particularly in the West Bank, the reduction in incomes has pushed many families into severe poverty,” Jaradat added.

Biden overruled Macron on troop deployment in Ukraine: Report

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IFP Media Wire
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Biden and Macron

Biden expressed concerns about the possible consequences of sending NATO troops to a country where they could end up in the line of fire, potentially sparking an escalation of the conflict, according to an article published on Friday, which cited two people familiar with a recent phone call between the two leaders.

Several news outlets had previously reported that Macron had been trying to form a coalition of Western countries with the aim of sending NATO specialists to Ukraine to help train the country’s forces, particularly in the areas of mine clearance and equipment maintenance.

Paris has not officially confirmed or denied the plans, with Macron stating that he would not comment on “decisions that are yet to be made.” However, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal stated there was “no taboo” on sending military instructors to Ukraine, pointing out that French instructors had already trained some 10,000 Ukrainian troops both in France and on the territory of its neighbors.

NATO member states in the Baltic region, such as Lithuania and Estonia, have backed the idea and expressed their readiness to send instructors to Ukraine.

Kiev has all but confirmed Macron’s plan, with the country’s top commander Aleksander Syrsky stating that he had already completed the paperwork to allow French instructors to visit and use Ukrainian training facilities. Senior Ukrainian lawmaker Aleksey Goncharenko also claimed that the first group of French military specialists were already en route to the country.

Russia has repeatedly warned that any foreign military personnel in Ukraine would be considered legitimate targets for strikes, regardless of where they are from and whether they are soldiers or instructors.

“The fact is that any instructors who are involved in training the military of the Ukrainian regime do not have any immunity,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week, adding that it “doesn’t matter whether they are French or not”.

Iran tourism: Chamim wildlife, Khuzestan Province

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The unique wildlife of this area is very spectacular and the region is a habitat of horned vipers, a valuable species.

This magnificent animal, which is in danger of extinction, is mostly seen in the sands of Khuzestan.

More in pictures:

US-made weapons reappear in Israeli attack on Gaza school: Report

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

The news channel said it identified fragments of “at least two US-made GBU-39 small diameter bombs” at the scene, using a video taken of the wreckage.

The Israeli air raid on Thursday killed at least 40 people sheltering in the school run by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) located in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Those killed included nine women and 14 children, and 74 others were wounded, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

The Israeli army claimed the school contained a Hamas compound and that its strike killed fighters involved in the 7 October attack on southern Israel.

People who were sheltering at the school rejected these claims, telling Middle East Eye that there were no armed people in the school.

This is the second report just this past week of US weapons being used by Israel to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

A CNN report last week found that the same type of bomb, the US-made GBU 39, was used by Israel in an Israeli strike on a refugee camp in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza.

That attack, which killed at least 45 people and injured over 200, sent shockwaves around the world and was met with widespread anger after videos surfaced of the strike’s aftermath. One such scene showed charred bodies and a headless child killed in the strike.

The GBU-39 is a high-precision bomb “designed to attack strategically important point targets”.

Over the past several months, the rights group Amnesty International documented several cases in which Israeli forces used US-supplied weapons to kill Palestinian civilians in contravention of international humanitarian law.

The Joe Biden administration tasked itself earlier this year to determine whether the weapons it supplied Israel with were being used by the country’s military in violation of international law.

After releasing its final report on the matter last month, the administration said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Israel was using US-supplied arms in violation of international law. However, it ultimately said it could not make any concrete determinations, a conclusion that was heavily criticised by legal experts and rights groups.

Last month, Biden paused a single transfer of 1,800 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500-pound (227kg) bombs to Israel, with US officials citing its opposition to an Israeli invasion of Rafah.

Since then Israel has been leading a military offensive on Rafah, and on 15 May, Biden announced the US would send over $1bn in additional arms and ammunition to Israel.

The administration has repeatedly announced that it is opposed to the deaths of Palestinian civilians but has yet to take significant action in response to Israel’s conduct in the ongoing war on Gaza.

In several exchanges with reporters this week, US State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said that it was up to Hamas to end the suffering and deaths of innocent Palestinians in the war on Gaza by accepting a ceasefire. The remarks were criticised as leveraging collective punishment against the Palestinian group.

UN decides to blacklist Israel for harming children in conflict zones

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IFP Media Wire
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Gaza War

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed the Israeli army’s attache in Washington Maj. General Hedi Silberman of the decision, Israel National News reported Friday.

Guterres reportedly stated that Israel will be included in the blacklist alongside Russia and terrorist organizations such as Daesh, Al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram.

Despite Israel’s efforts to persuade Guterres to reconsider, the decision stands, with Israel slated to appear on the blacklist set to be published next week.

“Israel’s inclusion in the blacklist is very problematic and may cause countries in the world to impose an arms embargo on Israel,” the media outlet said, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Also, while the list will not explicitly mention Israel, the entity responsible is expected to be identified as the “Israeli security forces”.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Eight months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war.

Iran to do space launches in 2024

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IFP Editorial Staff
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Salarieh added that the orbital transfer bloc project is a very important and strategic one, adding that last year, the flight prototype of the bloc was unveiled, and this year its launch will happen.

According to the director of Iran’s Space Agency, there are 20 knowledge-based companies active in the field of satellites and launchers and this year, the first research launch of the Shahid Soleimani System will take place.

Anzali wetland, a must-go tourist spot in Iran’s Gilan

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The wetland, which covers an area of 20,000 hectares, is located in the southwest of Bandar Anzali city and the Caspian Sea.

The wetland is one of the largest natural habitats for flora and fauna , including lotus tulips and migratory birds.

It also draws millions of tourists every year because of its unique scenery and biodiversity.

Enjoy watching pictures of the wetland:

Iran, Russia, China: Time for West to resuscitate JCPOA nuclear deal 

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The trio released the statement after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution calling on Iran to step up cooperation with the watchdog, despite Tehran’s insistence it has fully cooperated with the agency.

The statement reads, “The People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation are convinced that it is time for Western countries to demonstrate political will, stop the continued cycle of escalation that has been going on for almost two years and take the necessary steps towards the revival of the JCPOA. This can still be done.”

The statement also stresses that the three countries “are of the view that provisions of the JCPOA continue to be valid – as underpinned by the UNSCR 2231.”

They called on the Western parties to the agreement, namely Britain, Germany and France, to stop reneging on their commitments stipulated in the nuclear agreement following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal in 2018.

They said, “Should the full implementation of the JCPOA be in place today, it would have alleviated the overwhelming majority of existing questions regarding Iran’s peaceful nuclear program on a mutually accepted basis.”

Iran unveils new sections for consular services at London embassy 

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IFP Editorial Staff
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The Iranian charge d’affaires Ali Matinfar and a number of diplomats and embassy staff took part in the event to introduce the consular services.

Iranians in Britain can receive the services for issuance of smart passports and national identification cards before the end of the year, the charge d’affaires said.

He also assured that Iranian citizens in the UK can cast their ballots for the upcoming presidential elections scheduled to be held on June 28 at the embassy.

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