Britain meanwhile suspended free-trade negotiations and summoned Israel's ambassador. Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Netanyahu's government of "egregious actions and rhetoric".
Evidence-based and policy-driven independent journalism. Tribuna Magazine offers accesible & interactive bilingual longform articles discussing relevant policy in the liberal and democratic world. Based in Costa Rica, we are: Costa Rica’s Link to the World.
All tagged Palestine
Britain meanwhile suspended free-trade negotiations and summoned Israel's ambassador. Foreign Secretary David Lammy accused Netanyahu's government of "egregious actions and rhetoric".
The dire humanitarian situation in the Strip has prompted an international outcry, with the European Union saying it would review its trade cooperation deal with Israel.
"Families are forced to live in tents under conditions far below standards keeping their human dignity, and extreme hunger is deepening due to the Israeli blockade," the statement said.
"We're troubled by the humanitarian situation there," Rubio told reporters after warnings of famine in war-ravaged Gaza.
Macron emphasised that he himself had visited the border between Egypt and Gaza earlier this year where he saw that "all the aid that France and other countries deliver" is "blocked by the Israelis."
Farsi called on Cannes Festival organisers to denounce Israel's ongoing bombardment and siege of the Palestinian territory.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization warned that agriculture in Gaza was "on the brink of total collapse".
"We must move towards recognition, and we will do so in the coming months," Macron, who this week visited Egypt, told France 5 television.
The civil defence agency said Israeli military operations across Gaza killed at least 30 people on Friday.
"When a State Party withdraws from the Rome Statute, it clouds our shared quest for justice and weakens our resolve to fight impunity”.
The Academy "condemns violence of this kind anywhere in the world" and its leaders "abhor the suppression of free speech under any circumstances," said the letter, seen by AFP.
Hamdan Ballal co-directed "No Other Land", which won Best Documentary at this year's Academy Awards.
The allies said Israel must "fully respect international law" and allow the flow of aid into the territory.
Humanitarians described an alarming situation in Gaza, amid a growing civilian death toll since Israel resumed aerial bombardment and ground operations this week after a six-week ceasefire.
After a ceasefire went into effect on January 19, the United Nations made progress with bringing food and medicine into Gaza.
On Monday afternoon, over 1,000 protesters gathered in New York to express their outrage at Khalil's arrest.
The destruction came as Muslims marked the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
The summit also called on Palestinian representation to be unified under the Palestine Liberation Organization.
"It's very good to rebuild Gaza as a riviera -- but with its people in it," said Varsen Aghabekian.
Now, in the relative safety of the community shelter, he feels "stuck here -- there's no place to return to, nothing left".