Articles by Al Jazeera
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Gaza’s Silent Epidemic of Amputee Children
Hadeel Awad | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Mar 2025
15 Mar 2025 – Gaza has the world’s highest number of child amputees per capita and has been rendered incapable of taking care of them by the Israeli genocidal ethnic cleansing.
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Boatless in Gaza: Using Old Fridge Doors to Catch Fish—In Pictures
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Mar 2025
10 Mar 2025 – Palestinians use makeshift paddleboards to fish in Gaza City’s port after Israeli bombing destroyed local fishing boats.
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Multilateralism Can and Must Deliver
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Cyril Ramaphosa and Pedro Sánchez | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Mar 2025
6 Mar 2025 – Amid creeping unilateralism, the world must reinforce multilateral action to tackle global threats, such as climate change and inequality, affirm the three heads of state.
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Donald Trump’s Trade Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Explained Visually
Hanna Duggal and Marium Ali | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Feb 2025
4 Feb 2025 – The three countries account for more than 40 percent of total goods traded with the United States.
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Exhausted Palestinians Arrive in Gaza City to No Homes, Killed Family
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
3 Feb 2025
28 Jan 2025 – Thousands of Palestinians have returned to northern Gaza for the second day, walking kilometres to reach home. In the crowds is a man with a white beard walking with determination. In one hand, he holds onto his adult son, who has Down Syndrome.
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Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé: ‘This Is the Last Phase of Zionism’
Anealla Safdar | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jan 2025
14 Jan 2025 – Pappe talks on ‘neo-Zionism’, ceasefire talks, the second coming of Trump and ‘indoctrination’ in Israel.
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Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction
Studio B | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Jan 2025
Maria Ressa speaks to computer scientist Prof. Mike Wooldridge about the promise and the dangers of AI. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her investigative journalism on corruption in the Philippines.
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Sudan’s War Came to Represent the Worst of Humanity
Tafi Mhaka | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jan 2025
26 Dec 2024 – The African Union has a responsibility to intervene to protect civilians.
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When Burning Hospitals Are No Longer News
Dr Ghada Ageel | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Jan 2025
28 Dec 2024 – The silence over the demise of Kamal Adwan Hospital is deafening. The world has fully accepted Israel’s genocide.
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This Festive Season, Gaza Is Starving
Esraa Abo Qamar | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Dec 2024
18 Dec 2024 – Winter has made life amid genocide all the more miserable for us.
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Syria War Live News: Al-Assad in Russia; Search for Detainees at Sednaya Prison
Stephen Quillen and Umut Uras | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2024
9 Dec 2024 – Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow; has been granted asylum. Israeli forces seized a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights and carried out dozens of air strikes across Syria. UNSG Antonio Guterres: “After 14 years of brutal war and the fall of the dictatorial regime, today the people of Syria can seize an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future.”
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Mapping Who Controls What in Syria
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Dec 2024
3 Dec 2024 – Opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seize control of large parts of Aleppo, one of Syria’s largest cities.
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Facing Genocide while Disabled
Yousef Aljamal | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Nov 2024
19 Nov 2024 – The genocide in Gaza is a mass disabling event. Palestinians with disabilities have experienced immense suffering due to displacement and the collapse of the healthcare system.
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The Gaza Genocide May Not Be in the News, but It Hasn’t Stopped
Ghada Ageel | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024 – Israel continues to systematically exterminate Palestinians in Gaza through relentless attacks and starvation. As the world’s attention focuses on US politics and looking at media headlines, one would think the genocide has stopped, but it hasn’t.
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How Israel Won the West | The Big Picture
Al Jazeera English - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Nov 2024
25 Oct 2024 – How Israel occupies a privileged and protected place in the Western world. The Jewish people from biblical origin, centuries of persecution, the advent of Zionism, and the creation of Israel with the occupation of the Palestinian territory.
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How India and China Pulled Back from a Border War–and Why Now
Federica Marsi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Oct 2024
22 Oct 2024 – The agreement allows the resumption of patrols along the disputed border in the Ladakh region, easing tensions before the BRICS summit. But experts caution against concluding a deeper thaw in ties.
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Investigating War Crimes in Gaza (MUST WATCH)
Al Jazeera Investigations – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Oct 2024
This investigation exposes Israeli war crimes in Gaza through photos and videos posted online by Israeli soldiers, illegal activities, wanton destruction and looting, demolition of entire neighborhoods and murder, exposing also the complicity of Western governments.
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Deaths, Injuries as Israeli Military Bombs Displacement Tents in Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Hospital
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2024
14 Oct 2024 – An Israeli air strike on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Hospital has killed many Palestinians, injured dozens and caused a huge fire. The attack hit tents where many displaced Palestinians had been sheltering. This is the seventh time this year Israel has targeted Al Aqsa Hospital, killing civilians who were forced to flee their homes.
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Israel’s Netanyahu Warns Lebanon Could Face Destruction ‘like Gaza’
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Oct 2024
8 Oct 2024 – Netanyahu claimed Israel has killed slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s “replacement, and the replacement of his replacement”. His remarks came as Hezbollah strikes Haifa.
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Israel’s War on the West Bank: Explainer
Jews for Justice for Palestinians | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
29 Aug 2024 – Continuing Israeli attack on locations across northern West Bank highlights Israel’s treatment of the occupied territory.
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Nine Killed and 2,750 Wounded across Lebanon as Pagers Explode
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024 – Exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon: Hezbollah official calls it the group’s ‘biggest security breach’ as devices were detonated in coordinated attack by Israel with injuries to the face, hands and stomach.
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Elon Musk Is a Threat to Brazil’s Democracy
Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
19 Sep 2024 – Much more than a feud between a billionaire tech mogul and a Supreme Court justice, it has highlighted the hypocrisy of Musk’s absolutist discourse on free speech and exposed the immediate threat that tech leaders like him, seeing themselves above the law, pose to democracy.
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How Did Hezbollah’s Pagers Explode in Lebanon? Explainer
Al Jazeera Staff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Sep 2024
17 Sep 2024 – Localised explosions across Lebanon open a new chapter in one of the region’s most established conflicts.
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The US Is Israel’s Accomplice, Not a Ceasefire Mediator
Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2024
28 Aug 2024 – Washington is purposefully dragging out negotiations to enable Israel’s pursuit of its genocidal goals.
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A Just and Sustainable Peace in Sudan Is Possible
Hussein Awad Ali | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Aug 2024
16 Aug 2024 – The shortest path to ending this war is through ending the support the RSF receives from certain regional powers.
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Israeli Crowds Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, West Bank Villages on Jewish Holiday
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Aug 2024
13 Aug 2024 – Israeli crowds have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and villages in the occupied West Bank, as they marked a Jewish holiday. Raid in at-Tawani is part of broader settler violence in the occupied West Bank on Jewish anniversary of temple destruction.
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Under Israeli Law, UNRWA Is about to Become a Terrorist Organisation
Moncef Khane | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Aug 2024
27 Jul 2024 – The UN must urgently take decisive action against the latest Israeli affront on the entire international community.
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‘Shocking and Brutal Massacre’: World Reacts to Israel’s Al-Mawasi Attacks
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2024
13 Jul 2024 – Outrage: The UN and countries across the Middle East have denounced Israel after its military attacked a designated humanitarian safe zone in Gaza, killing at least 90 Palestinians and wounding 300 others.
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Israel Bombs Gaza School Killing 30 Palestinians as Truce Talks Continue
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2024
9 Jul 2024 – Israel ramped up attacks on Gaza killing at least 77 Palestinians, including dozens at a school. Mounting attacks come as mediators travel to Qatar to try and end the bloody conflict.
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As Ukraine’s Largest Children’s Hospital Is Hit, Anger Towards Russia Rages
Mansur Mirovalev | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2024
8 Jul 2024 – Moscow denies targeting the civilian site as its forces bombard cities across the country, killing more than 30 people.
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Away from Global Attention, Sudan Is Starving
Othman Moqbel | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Jul 2024
4 Jul 2024 – We need to take urgent action to prevent what could be the largest hunger crisis of our times.
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Why Did the Ukraine Peace Summit Fail?
Leonid Ragozin | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
1 Jul 2024
23 Jun 2024 – The Global South is not buying the Ukrainian claim to colonial victimhood, and has grown more suspicious of US client states after Gaza.
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Israel’s Actions in Gaza ‘Intentional Attack on Civilians’: UN Inquiry
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jun 2024
19 Jun 2024 – New report says Israeli military and Palestinian groups committed war crimes and rights abuses since October 7.
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UEFA Euro 2024: Full Football Match Schedule, Start Times, Format and Teams
Al Jazeera Staff - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jun 2024
11 Jun 2024 – All you need to know about the 2024 European Football Championships in Germany ahead of the June 14 tournament kick off.
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Collateral Genocide in Nuseirat
Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2024
On 8 Jun 2024, the Israeli military slaughtered 274 Palestinians and wounded 700 more in a raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. Four Israeli captives were rescued during the assault, which sent Israeli social media into a jubilant tizzy of self-congratulation and genocidal fanfare.
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Mexico’s Election: A Victory for Organized Crime
Belén Fernández | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jun 2024
3 Jun 2024 – Under Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidency, organized crime will likely be calling the shots.
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Gaza Lost Much More Than a Hospital When It Lost Al-Shifa
Dr. Bahzad Al Akhras | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2024
15 May 2024 – The medical complex destroyed by Israel was the beating heart of Gaza, and a symbol of our hopes for the future.
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Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian (Hi)story
Al Jazeera English - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 May 2024
“A land without a people, for a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jews was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history has been written through these eyes. This is the other side of the Palestinian (hi)story.
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Mapping Pro-Palestine College Campus Protests Around the World
AJLabs | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
29 Apr 2024 – Pro-Palestinian demonstrations and sit-ins are spreading at universities across the US and around the world. From the US to Australia to Europe and Latin America, students are calling for their universities to divest and sever ties with Israel.
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The One Video Israel Doesn’t Want You to See
Al Jazeera Investigations | Double Down News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
10 Apr 2024 – What Really Happened on October 7
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What’s Next as ‘Heavy-Handed’ US Negotiates Pullout from Niger?
Lorraine Mallinder | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
1 May 2024 – US ‘touched a nerve’ in security dealings with Niger, opening door to ‘transactional’ Russia as Sahel violence spirals.
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It’s Time to Declare Israel a Rogue State
Somdeep Sen | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 May 2024
25 Apr 2024 – Another day, another tragedy in Gaza. Rescuers pull bodies out of the rubble after an Israeli air strike on a residential building in southern Gaza’s Rafah city. It is time for the international community to accept that Israel is a rogue actor and start treating it as such.
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US Campus Protests against Israel’s Genocide on Gaza Going Global
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Apr 2024
26 Apr 2024 – From France to Australia, university students are part of pro-Palestine protests as Columbia students continue encampments.
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How Do You Define Peace? — Johan Galtung
The Stream | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Apr 2024
Is the USA global dominance in decline? Discussing the future of geopolitics with the father of Peace Studies, Prof. Johan Galtung. Interview from 26 Apr 2012 [Please read a note from TMS Editor]
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Why India’s Election Is Such a Big Deal
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
India’s Election Explained
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Weaponising Underwear: Genocide with a Semi-Pornographic Twist
Belen Fernandez | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
12 Apr 2024 – Let’s pretend for a moment that Hamas militants from Gaza were posing for social media with lingerie from Israeli women who fled their homes or were killed. Imagine the moral outrage that would ensue, entailing racist and self-righteous allegations of Arab perverseness, the barbaric sexism of Islam, and the tendencies of sexually repressed Muslims.
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For Roma, Justice Truly Is Blind
Jonathan Lee | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
10 Apr 2024 – Europe’s courts fail to deliver justice to Roma abused by police even presented with overwhelming video evidence.
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As Palestine Applies for Full UN Membership, What’s in the Way?
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Apr 2024
9 Apr 2024 – History set to be repeated as the US prepares to wield veto, cynically insisting Palestine must negotiate statehood with Israel first.
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Israeli Soldiers Film Themselves Mocking Destruction of Palestine
Al Jazeera | TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
Israeli soldiers have been filming themselves mocking Palestinians and posting it on social media as they continue their offensive in Gaza.
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What We Know about the Seven World Central Kitchen Workers Killed in Gaza
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
2 Apr 2024 – Citizens from Australia, the UK and Poland were among seven people who were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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October 7
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 Apr 2024
20 Mar 2024 – Hamas’s incursion into Israel on 7 Oct transformed the politics of the Middle East. Al Jazeera carried out a forensic analysis of the events and found that many of the stories that came out were false, such as the mass killing of babies and allegations of widespread and systematic rape. In particular, claims by the IDF that it found 8 burned babies were entirely untrue.
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Haiti Crisis: Is a Gang-led Coup Next?
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 Mar 2024
5 Mar 2024 – Haiti is in chaos after a massive prison break and gangs calling for the resignation of its prime minister. How did it get here?
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What’s the ICJ Case against Israel’s Illegal Occupation of Palestine?
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
26 Feb 2024
19 Feb 2024 – The International Court of Justice will hear 52 countries on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Here’s all you need to know about the case:
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US Seizes Plane That Iran Sold to Venezuela–Imperialism at Its Best
Maziar Motamedi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Feb 2024
13 Feb 2024 – The US claims Iran violated its sanctions when it sold the jumbo jet to Venezuela.
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Gaza and the Dilemmas of Genocide Scholars
Prof. Abdelwahab El-Affendi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Feb 2024
3 Feb 2024 – Increasing partisanship in Genocide Studies threatens the field itself, as well as the very act of genocide prevention.
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Defunding UNRWA Is Worse Than Collective Punishment
Moncef Khane | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Feb 2024
31 Jan 2024 – Cutting funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees at this time means furthering the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
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Know Their Names
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2024
25 Jan 2024 – Palestinian Children Killed in Israeli Genocidal Attacks on Gaza – The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for thousands of children, the UN has said. Since 7 Oct, Israeli attacks have killed at least 10,000 children. That is one Palestinian child killed every 15 minutes.
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Gaza and Germany’s Departure from Reason
[decoco] decolonial research group | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jan 2024
22 Jan 2024 – In an open letter, 300 scholars from across the world condemn Germany’s role in silencing Palestinians and contributing to Israel’s genocide.
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Boycotts and Protests – How Are People Around the World Defying Israel?
Alia Chughtai, Marium Ali and Delaney Nolan | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
15 Dec 2023 – Al Jazeera takes a look at the movements against Israel and illegal settlements in Palestine.
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Can the US-led Maritime Force Stop Yemen’s Houthi Attacks During Gaza War?
Maziar Motamedi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
19 Dec 2023 – The Houthis say they won’t stop attacking ships unless Israel stops its attacks on Gaza. So far, the shipping industry doesn’t appear convinced the task force can halt them.
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Hospital Bulldozed and Shelled: Kamal Adwan Was Only Hospital in Northern Gaza
Tareq Abou Azzoum | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
25 Dec 2023
16 Dec 2023 – Days of intensive Israeli bombardment of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza have left it barely functional. It was the only working hospital in the North of Gaza.
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‘Like We Were Lesser Humans’: Gaza Boys, Men Recall Israeli Arrest, Torture
Linah Alsaafin and Maram Humaid | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
18 Dec 2023
12 Dec 2023 – Rounded up by Israeli forces in Gaza City, Palestinians describe being stripped, blindfolded, numbered and tortured while detained.
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Palestine-Israel Conflict: A Brief History in Maps and Charts
Mohammed Haddad and Alia Chughtai | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
27 Nov 2023 – As Gaza reels from Israel’s devastating bombardments, here’s a brief history of the conflict using maps and charts.
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Kissinger: A War Criminal with a Nobel Peace Prize
Ahmed Twaij | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2023
The former US secretary of state left a legacy of bloody policies, some still embraced today. Kissinger was directly responsible for the murders of three to four million people during his eight years in office, 1969-1977.
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BRICS Condemns Israel War on Gaza in Signal to the West
Shola Lawal | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Nov 2023
21 Nov 2023 – In a virtual summit, the BRICS grouping denounced attacks on civilians in Palestine and Israel, with many leaders calling the forced displacement of Palestinians within Gaza or outside the territory “war crimes.”
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Thousands Trapped as Israeli Forces Raid Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Nov 2023
15 Nov 2023 – The IDF have raided al-Shifa Hospital where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering. It said it was carrying out an “operation against Hamas in a specified area” at al-Shifa and that the raid was based on Israeli and US intelligence.
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The ICC Must Investigate the Crime of Genocide in Gaza
Jeremy Corbyn | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
6 Nov 2023 – We need a ceasefire. The existence of the Palestinian people is at stake.
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Who Are Israeli Settlers, and Why Do They Live on Palestinian Lands?
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Nov 2023
6 Nov 2023 – As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges. So, who are the settlers and where exactly do they live?
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Why Israel Wants to Erase Context and History in the War on Gaza
Ilan Pappé | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
5 Nov 2023 – The dehistoricisation of what is happening helps Israel pursue genocidal policies in Gaza.
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Where Is the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Gaza?
Abdelwahab El-Affendi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Nov 2023
Yesterday’s proponents of the ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine are today’s biggest supporters of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza.
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The Mask Is Off: Gaza Has Exposed the Hypocrisy of International Law
Wesam Ahmad | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
17 Oct 2023 – The mask that has long obscured the true nature and purpose of “international law” is finally off. The sinister truth: international justice is used as a tool to advance imperial interests, and not justice.
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Israel and the Weaponization of Empathy
Belen Fernandez | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Oct 2023
15 Oct 2023 – Selective empathy is not empathetic at all.
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What Is the White Phosphorus That Israel Is Accused of Using in Gaza?
Areesha Lodhi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Oct 2023
13 Oct 2023 – Human Rights Watch says the Israeli military recently used white phosphorus munitions in Lebanon and Gaza. This wax-like, toxic substance burns at temperatures high enough to melt metal.
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Black Girl Ignored at Irish Gymnastics Medals Ceremony
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
22 Sep 2023 – Footage shows the official skipping the girl, the only black gymnast in a medals lineup.
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Jupiter-Sized Objects in Orion Nebula Baffle Scientists
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
9 Oct 2023
2 Oct 2023 – The new entities, nicknamed ‘JuMBOs’, are neither stars nor planets. And they shouldn’t exist, researchers say.
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Live Parasitic Worm Found in Australian Woman’s Brain in World First
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
29 Aug 2023 – A live parasitic worm has been found inside the brain of a 64-year-old Australian woman, marking the first case of the infection in humans.
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Gabon President Bongo Detained in Coup Attempt after Winning Third Term
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Sep 2023
30 Aug 2023 – A group of senior Gabonese military officers today announced that they had taken power and detained President Ali Bongo, minutes after the state election body declared the winner of Saturday’s general election.
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India Lands Chandrayaan-3 Craft on Moon, Asserting Its Place in Space Tech
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
23 Aug 2023 – India becomes the fourth country to achieve a moon landing, and the first to land spacecraft near moon’s south pole.
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Amazon Nations Launch Alliance to Protect Rainforest at Key Summit
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2023
9 Aug 2023 – Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela sign declaration to safeguard the Amazon Rainforest (aka Lungs of the World).
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Liberia Has Suffered 20 Years of ‘Negative Peace’–It’s Time for Change
Robtel Neajai Pailey and Aaron Weah | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 Aug 2023
17 Aug 2023 – Since the conflicts ended on 18 Aug 2003, Liberia has only seen what peace studies pioneer Johan Galtung called “negative peace” – the absence of direct physical violence. What Liberia should strive for is “positive peace”, which involves building values, customs and institutions that create and sustain peaceful societies.
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Chocolates and a Chat: A Peaceful Response to Quran Burnings in Sweden
Nils Adler | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
14 Aug 2023
8 Aug 2023 – Muslims present at the burnings refuse to be provoked as they hand out chocolates and seek dialogue with onlookers.
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A Corporate Takeover of the UN Must Be Stopped
Harris Gleckman | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
3 Aug 2023 – The UN’s vision for the future involves giving corporate executives crucial say in decisions. That is too dangerous to be allowed.
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Putin Says African Proposal Could Be Basis for Peace in Ukraine
Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Aug 2023
30 Jul 2023 – The proposal floats a series of possible steps to defuse the conflict, including a Russian troops pullback from Ukraine.
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The International Community Must Stand Up to Myanmar’s Junta
Heidi Hautala | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
31 Jul 2023
22 Jul 2023 – With authoritarianism on the rise in much of our world, the struggle of the Myanmar people is the struggle of all who cherish democracy and justice.
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Argentina’s Yuan Lifeline Is Sign of Brinkmanship between China, US
Natalie Alcoba | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
17 Jul 2023 – Buenos Aires has been looking for ways to safeguard its dwindling dollar reserves and has found a willing partner in Beijing.
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As Russia Exits Grain Deal, Which Countries Will Be Affected?
Hanna Duggal | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Jul 2023
17 Jul 2023 – Almost 33 million metric tonnes of grain were exported since the Black Sea Grain Initiative was brokered a year ago.
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Jenin Raid Is Over–Palestinians Are Left to Cope with the Trauma
Virginia Pietromarchi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
17 Jul 2023
10 Jul 2023 – Palestinians sift through the wreckage of their destroyed homes and of their damaged psyches. In Palestine, there’s no PTSD. Trauma is chronic and enduring.
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‘A Real Massacre’: Israel’s Attack on Palestinians in Jenin
Arwa Ibrahim | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
10 Jul 2023
3 Jul 2023 – Israel’s bloody incursion against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank continues with growing calls for the protection of civilians and fears the tense situation could explode into another devastating war. Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians as major military operation continues in the Jenin refugee camp.
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Tafi Mhaka | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 May 2023
25 May 2023 – In Sudan, ‘African solutions to African problems’ is proving to be a hollow mantra.
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How to Ignore Israel’s Apartheid: Learn from Ursula Von Der Leyen
Andrew Mitrovica | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
8 May 2023
2 May 2023 – The EU boss should be ashamed about her use of anti-Palestinian racist tropes. She won’t be.
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Pentagon Documents Leak: Here’s What You Need to Know
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Apr 2023
11 Apr 2023 – Documents posted online appeared to reveal details of how US agencies spy on other nations, including allies.
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My Plagiarised Work Was Used to Justify the War on Iraq
Ibrahim al-Marashi | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 – Imagine it is February 5, 2003. The US secretary of state is speaking in front of the United Nations, holding your work in his hands, as he calls for a war on another sovereign nation. How would you feel? Well, it happened to me, and I felt shocked.
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How Does GPT4 Work and How Can You Start Using It in ChatGPT?
Mohammed Haddad | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Mar 2023
Launched on 14 Mar 2023, GPT-4 is the successor to GPT-3 and is the technology behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT. All you need to know about this technology–gone viral.
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The Saudi-Iran Détente and Its Regional Implications
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Mar 2023
12 Mar 2023 – What the normalisation between two regional powers means and does not mean.
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For Palestine, Justice Is Not a Question of Law
M Muhannad Ayyash | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
13 Feb 2023
8 Feb 2023 – As we work towards Palestinian liberation, we should not forget that international law is itself a form of imperial violence.
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Want to Be a True Feminist Ally? Learn from These Men
Julie Bindel | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jan 2023
A new generation of pro-feminist men is defying stereotypes and combating sexist violence. This battle is not about hating men but about ensuring the rights of women, and I am seeing more men join the fight. That all men who identify as anti-sexist stand up and be counted.
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How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years
Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Dec 2022
2 Dec 2022 – Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.
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Bad News: Headlines Are Indeed Getting more Negative and Angrier
David Rozado, Ruth Hughes and Jamin Halberstadt | Al Jazeera – TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2022
27 Nov 2022 – New research shows that right-leaning media outlets tend to be more negative and angry. But the left peddles fear, too.
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How Joe Biden Suckered Europe
Marwan Bishara | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
5 Dec 2022
29 Nov 2022 – Europe is lost for answers. Boxed in, the EU is failing the test of the war in Ukraine.
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American Horror: POTUS after POTUS Wronged This Old Pakistani Man
Andrew Mitrovica | Al Jazeera - TRANSCEND Media Service,
7 Nov 2022
3 Nov 2022 – Saifullah Paracha, a 75-year-old Pakistani, was released last week (29 October) after 19 years in the dungeons of Guantanamo Bay for no crime. He won’t even get an apology.
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