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Israel intercepts Gaza boat after environment movement to wreck blockade 0

Israel intercepts Gaza boat after environment movement to wreck blockade

Israeli naval forces have intercepted a Palestinian vessel hours after it sailed off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported. The boat, carrying 25 Palestinians, was transferred on Tuesday to the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday, according to the Israeli army. Those on board were attempting to break an Israeli-imposed siege…

How WikiLeaks cables paint UAE motive for Qatar blockade 0

How WikiLeaks cables paint UAE motive for Qatar blockade

As Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt started their campaign to isolate Qatar on June 5, 2017, accusing it of aiding « terrorism » and being too close to Iran, the messaging used by the Arab quartet struck a familiar tone. The blockade against Qatar, now nearing the one-year mark, is often referred to as Saudi-led, but the…

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UN entreated to implement findings on Qatar blockade

Qatar’s Human Rights Committee has called on the UN to « immediately » implement the findings of a report which concluded that a blockade imposed by neighbouring countries against Doha was « without legal basis ». The National Committee for Human Rights (NHRC) called on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) to implement the findings of the…

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Euro-med urges GCC international locations to amass Qatar blockade

Geneva, Switzerland – Supplies of essential medical equipment and medicines, including essential antivenom doses, are not reaching Qatar due to the Saudi-led blockade, a human  rights organisation has said. Most of the international pharmaceutical supply companies trading with Qatar come from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the countries involved in the blockade, which has…

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Qatar seeks global arbitration to atomize blockade

Qatar has begun seeking international arbitration in an attempt to end the blockade imposed by three of its Gulf neighbours and Egypt. Foreign ministry spokesperson Lulwa Al Khater announced the moves on Wednesday, days after a UN investigation said the blockade was negatively impacting the people of the region. « We have already begun moving internationally to seek…

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Qatar: UN affirm proof Saudi-led blockade illegal

A blockade against Qatar by several fellow members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is arbitrary and negatively impacting the people of the region, according to a new UN investigation. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, as well as Egypt, cut diplomatic, trade and travel ties with Qatar in June last year,…

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North Korea vows retaliation over US sea blockade

North Korea warned the United States any imposition of a maritime blockade would be an act of war that would push the current standoff towards nuclear confrontation. Discussion of a possible American sea blockade off the Korean Peninsula has emerged in media reports and academic circles in recent weeks, further ratcheting up tensions between Washington…