‘Constant anxiety’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction threat in East Jerusalem
People in Batn al-Hawa neighbourhood fear losing their homes to Israeli settlers determined to seize more land
On the wall of the living room of Zohair Rajabi’s house is a map showing his neighbourhood: the stepped alleys winding down the steep slopes facing Jerusalem’s Old City, and the flat roofs of individual houses. The 54-year-old’s own home is marked by a yellow sticker. Rajabi fervently hopes he will never have to replace it with a red one – signifying that Jewish Israelis live in the building.
“We are living in constant anxiety. It’s very difficult,” he said last week.
About 20 houses in Batn al-Hawa, a Palestinian neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, are marked on Rajabi’s map with a yellow sticker and only six are marked in red.
This may be about to change. A recent ruling by Israel’s supreme court ended the legal battle of one local family against eviction and in hearings this week judges dismissed two other attempts to block moves to force 66 people out of their homes Batn al-Hawa too.
Germany decries Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall boss
German politicians have voiced horror over a report that Russia planned to murder a German arms company boss. US intelligence is said to have uncovered the plot against Rheinmetall chief Armin Papperger.
There was outrage from German politicians on Friday after US media reported that Russia plotted the murder of Rheinmetall chief executive Armin Papperger.
German authorities were said to have found out about the plan only after they were alerted by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso: How a triumvirate of military leaders are redrawing West Africa’s map
The military juntas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso signed a treaty of confederation Saturday bringing together 72 million people into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). It’s a decision, they say, that will not only allow the three nations to wipe the scourge of jihadist violence from their countries, but to build a new economic alliance that will reshape West Africa.
In a crowded auditorium in Niger’s capital Niamey, the world’s youngest head of state rested his gauntleted hands on the desk in front of him and thanked God. Not just, he said, for bringing forth this day, Saturday July 6, but for all that he had done and would continue to do for the people of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – united now, Captain Ibrahim Traoré said, in the confederated Alliance of Sahel States (AES).
Smiling and self-assured in his familiar khaki fatigues and red beret, Burkina Faso’s 36-year-old interim leader told his transported listeners that he was speaking to them not as neighbours, but as brothers and sisters.
U.S. airman denies raping underage girl in Okinawa
By SATSUKI TANAHASHI/ Staff Writer
July 12, 2024 at 17:18 JST
A U.S. airman at the center of renewed friction between Okinawa Prefecture and the U.S. military pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor when his trial opened here on July 12.
“I’m innocent. I didn’t kidnap nor rape her,” Brennon R. E. Washington, a 25-year-old stationed at the U.S. Kadena Air Base, said at the Naha District Court.
According to the indictment, Washington lured the girl into a car at a park in the central part of Okinawa’s main island on Dec. 24, 2023.
60 bodies recovered from Gaza City: Civil Defence
- A spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence tells Al Jazeera that 60 bodies have so far been found in Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa area, after Israeli troops pulled out this morning. He said that dozens more are feared to be under rubble, and that Israeli troop activity is interrupting rescue efforts.
- Four aid workers from UK humanitarian organisation Al-Khair Foundation were killed in an Israeli strike near Khan Younis, our correspondents report, citing medical sources.
- At least eight people have been killed in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, with the bodies transferred to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. At least four more people have been killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that he backs the Gaza ceasefire framework, but accused Hamas of making demands that contradict it while also reiterating that the fighting will not stop until Hamas is defeated.
- At least 38,345 people have been killed and 88,295 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.
China hits back at Nato over Russia accusations
By Tessa Wong, BBC News
China's foreign minister Wang Yi has hit back at Nato's "groundless accusations" that Beijing is helping Russia in its war on Ukraine.
He has also warned the Western alliance against stirring up confrontation.
Mr Wang's comments, made in a call with his Dutch counterpart, came hours after leaders of Nato member states gathered in Washington DC and issued a declaration that mentioned the war.
They accused China of being a "decisive enabler" of Russia through its "large-scale support for Russia's defence industrial base", in some of their harshest remarks yet about Beijing
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