UN chief urges ceasefire to end Gaza's 'godawful nightmare'
Saturday, 21 October 2023 UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded Saturday for a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Hamas militants that has devastated much of Gaza, demanding "action to end this godawful nightmare". Abbas stressed his demand for a two-state solution and an "end to Israel's occupation" and rejected what he has warned could be a "second Nakba" -- a reference to the more than 760,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their lands during the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.
NYC Cultural Center , Staff Resign After Canceling , Acclaimed Author's Event.
NPR reports that staff from 92nd Street Y,
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after a scheduled reading by author Viet Thanh Nguyen was canceled. .
Earlier this week, the Pulitzer Prize-winning
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The leader of the Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf has urged Rishi Sunak to call for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza as discussions with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel,..