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U.S.-built pier in Gaza will be removed, repaired after damage from rough seas
FILE PHOTO: A ship loaded with aid sails near a U.S.-built pier, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo
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Israeli incursion could halt Rafah’s last functioning hospital, WHO says
A vehicle is parked near the International Red Cross field hospital in southern Gaza, which has been set up to try to meet what it described as an "overwhelming" demand for health services since Israel's military operation on Rafah began last week‏, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Al-Mawasi area in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 16, 2024. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa
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Spain and Norway formally recognize a Palestinian state, with Ireland to follow suit
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno attends a meeting for talks on the Middle East in Brussels, Sunday, May 26, 2024. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell insisted Sunday that Israel must abide by the UN top court's rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and, at the same time, questioned the possible involvement of authorities in the settler violence against Palestinians on the West Bank. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Ottawa extends special visa program so 5,000 Palestinians can join family in Canada
Two women walk on an asphalted road in the middle of a deserted camp for displaced Palestinians on the border with Egypt in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. Israeli troops began their ground assault on parts of Rafah early in May 2024, defying international opposition including from top ally the United States, which voiced fears for the more than one million civilians trapped in the city. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics Briefing: Politicians condemn shots fired at Jewish school as police investigate
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Talks between University of Toronto and pro-Palestinian protesters continue as encampment deadline nears
A woman walks between the tents in the pro-Palestinian encampment set up at the University of Toronto campus, in Toronto, Sunday, May 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Israeli strikes kill eight people in southern Lebanon villages
Smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border with Israel, following an Israeli airstrike on May 25, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Norway hands over papers for diplomatic recognition to the Palestinian prime minister
Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammed Mustafa, left, speaks after receiving a document handed over by Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, right, prior to a meeting for talks on the Middle East in Brussels, Sunday, May 26, 2024. Norway on Sunday handed over papers to the Palestinian prime minister to officially give it diplomatic recognition as a state in a largely symbolic move that has infuriated Israel. The formal recognition by Norway, Spain and Ireland, which all have a record of friendly ties with both the Israelis and the Palestinians, while long advocating for a Palestinian state, is planned for Tuesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Palestinian medics say Israeli air strike kills 22 in Gaza’s Rafah as displaced people are hit
Police use water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Scuffles erupt between police, protesters demanding return of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza
Demonstrators burn fire during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Evening Update: World Court orders Israel to halt its Rafah offensive
Magistrates arrive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hear South Africa's request for a Gaza ceasefire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. Pretoria has urged the International Court of Justice to order an "immediate" stop to Israel's campaign, including in the southern area of Rafah, and facilitate access of humanitarian aid.
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International Court of Justice orders Israel to halt its Rafah offensive
A lone demonstrator waves the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, May 24, 2024. The top United Nations court was to rule on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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World Court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel is unlikely to comply
A lone demonstrator waves the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, May 24, 2024. The top United Nations court was to rule on an urgent plea by South Africa for judges to order Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza and withdraw from the enclave. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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Strikes continue in Gaza as World Court orders Israel to halt Rafah assault
A displaced Palestinian woman walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Egypt agrees to send aid trucks through Israeli crossing to Gaza but impact is unclear
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza hold photos of their loved ones during a performance calling for their return in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Oxford University students arrested at pro-Palestinian sit-in
A protester walks past a pro-Palestinian camp at Oxford University, amidst the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Oxford, Britain, May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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Twelve Palestinians killed, 25 wounded in Israel’s two-day West Bank operation
A view of a damaged building in the aftermath of an Israeli raid on Jenin camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 23, 2024. REUTERS /Raneen Sawafta
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Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza strikes, battle Hamas in Rafah
A Palestinian woman looks on from a house which was destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/ File Photo
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World Court to rule Friday on request to order halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive
This photograph shows the Peace Palace, the seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ, in The Hague on May 17, 2024. (Photo by Nick Gammon / AFP) (Photo by NICK GAMMON/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
NDP slams Liberals for slow reunification programs for relatives stuck in Gaza, Sudan
Sudanese Canadian Einam Mohammadian (left), Palestinian Canadian Israa Alsaafin (second left) and Safinaz El-Sohl (right) look on as NDP MP for Vancouver East Jenny Kwan (front) speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Egypt says it may withdraw as Gaza ceasefire mediator over ‘doubt’ cast on its role
FILE PHOTO: A fence sits locked at the entrance to the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as military operations continue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, at an area outside Kerem Shalom, Israel, May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah after night of heavy bombardment
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza on May 22, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas group. Heavy fighting has raged around Gaza's far southern city near the border with Egypt, the last part of Gaza to face a ground invasion, where an AFP team reported more air and artillery strikes early in the morning on May 22. (Photo by Eyad AL-BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD AL-BABA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP
A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from Southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating the country’s new ban on Al Jazeera. Shortly before the equipment was seized, it was broadcasting a general view of northern Gaza. (AP Photo)
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UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city
Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz, right, talks to his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne before a meeting in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Iranian president’s death, war-crimes case will further cloud the Middle East’s future
People attend a mourning ceremony for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi as some of them wave Palestinian flags at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 20, 2024. Iranian President Raisi and the country's foreign minister were found dead Monday hours after their helicopter crashed in fog, leaving the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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U.S. President Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too
President Joe Biden, third from right, poses with alumni of Morehouse College including Montgomery, Ala. Mayor Steven Reed, from left, Birmingham, Ala. Mayor Randall Woodfin, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Marlon Kimpson, a member of the advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., and John Eaves, former chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, upon arriving at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
canada
Evening Update: Ontario child dies from measles; Dead American identified as killer of four Calgary women
A vaccine refrigerator unit with vaccines including a Tetanus vaccine and the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine at a primary care physicians office at the Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on April 16, 2024. Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail
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University of B.C. president tells Gaza protesters school must remain neutral
The president of the University of British Columbia has responded to a series of demands by pro-Palestinian protesters, telling them the university must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Israeli military says forces seized bodies of three hostages from Gaza
Passersby observe the photos of hostages held in the Gaza Strip that are plastered to the walls of a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, May 17, 2024. The Israeli military said Friday its forces rescued from Gaza the remains of three Israeli hostages taken by militants during the Oct. 7 attack, including 22-year-old German-Israeli Shani Louk, 28-year-old Amit Buskila, and 56-year-old Itzhak Gelerenter. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty).
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Israel denies genocide charges, tells World Court it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza
Court judges take part in a session in which Israel's legal team presented its response to South Africa's request of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, on May 17, 2024. Israel lashed out on May 17, 2024, at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in Gaza. Pretoria has petitioned the ICJ to order a stop to the Israeli assault on the Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel says is key to eliminating Hamas militants. (Photo by Nick Gammon / AFP) (Photo by NICK GAMMON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Why does this union leader tweet so much about Gaza, and so little about wages?
Tony Keller
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Israeli hostage to UN: We can’t normalize this unprecedented terror
This undated family photo provided by Rachel Gur shows Shoshan Haran and her grandchildren, Naveh Shoham and Yahel Shoham. All three are believed to be hostages in Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be'eri. (Rachel Gur via AP)
politics
Canada imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers accused of violence against Palestinians
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Canada’s foreign affairs minister is embarking on a five-day trip to the Middle East and the Mediterranean where she will focus on peacekeeping and aid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Evening Update: Drop drug decriminalization request, Ontario warns Toronto
Toronto is asking the federal government to decriminalize all drugs for personal use in the city and for all people, including youth, as it lays out a model that goes further than what Health Canada approved in British Columbia. A tested supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is readied for distribution to drug users n Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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After decades of support, Israel now finds itself with few allies
Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians amid the devastation in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
For Palestinians, the disaster unfolding in Rafah triggers painful memories
Raja G. Khouri