Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, has said Israeli aggression in Gaza is reminiscent of the 1948 Nakba.

“If the global north had not grasped the meaning & legal significance of the “Nakba” in 75+ years here it is. Televised, day after day, under our watch,” she said in a post on X.

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A positive note

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