Diplomats said fate of draft resolution hinges on final negotiations between Israel ally and council veto power, the United States, and the UAE, which has drafted the text.
Israel’s assault on Gaza has killed at least 18,205 Palestinians, wounded nearly 50,000. Palestinian Authority welcomed the resolution and urged countries to pressure Israel to comply.
The keffiyeh has even been addressed in news headlines as 'the unofficial flag of Palestine', and Palestinian communities globally mark World Keffiyeh Day on 11 May.
Two months into Israel-Hamas conflict, EAM Jaishankar said he spoke to Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh Saturday & ‘reiterated India’s long-standing position on Palestine’.
Machiavelli might have also counselled the Israeli PM not to be too eager in his grasp of total victory. Triumph, he might have said, can be almost as dangerous as defeat.
The keffiyeh has even been addressed in news headlines as 'the unofficial flag of Palestine', and Palestinian communities globally mark World Keffiyeh Day on 11 May.
The seven-day ceasefire, which began on 24 November and was extended twice, allowing for the exchange of hostages and prisoners, expired Friday, as neither side extended it.
105 hostages and 240 Palestinian prisoners have been freed by Hamas & Israel respectively during past 7 days of truce. Egypt and Qatar, who negotiated earlier ceasefire, are working to extend it.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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