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As Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians across the occupied West Bank. CNN Producer Abeer Salman reports from Umm al-Khair, where razor wire has blocked Palestinian children from going to school.

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Dozens of Palestinian children have been unable to go to school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this week because of a barbed-wire fence villagers say was put up by Jewish settlers across the path they normally use reut.rs/42ebfua

"Between October 2023 and December 2025, more than 38,000 women and girls were killed in #Gaza, the result of Israeli air bombardment and land military operations. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 47 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮." - @UN_Women

6+ years later, we’re still fighting for equality in Québec. The @SCC_eng will begin hearing our appeal re: #Bill21 tomorrow morning at 9:30. You can watch it live: scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers… @nccm @cancivlib

“A throwback to the bygone days of colonialism” –UN experts condemn ‘Board of Peace’, call for a reparative, rights-based approach to reconstruction in #Gaza. Decision-making concerning Gaza’s reconstruction & future should be in the hands of Palestinians. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Nearly 40,000 children in Gaza are facing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe after losing one or both parents, in what UNICEF has described as the largest orphan crisis in modern history. trib.al/tLT9o7v

Thank you Pep Guardiola for using your platform. Governments killing, displacing and dehumanising millions across the world want to make us think it's normal. But Guardiola is right. We can't look away. And we cannot accept it. What is being asked of us right now is to fight for justice, for every single human. You're not alone. Let's do it together. 🕯️ @PepTeam

Hind Rajab's mom, Wesam, made this brilliant speech on Saturday: Ladies & gentlemen, I'll begin with no introductions. On January 29, 2024, my daughter Hind Rajab was trapped inside a car, under direct fire. Hind was a five-year-old child. At that age, children don't think about politics, & don't know the meaning of war. All they know is fear… & the hope that someone will come to save them. Hind didn't die suddenly. Hind waited. She waited for help, For her cries to have meaning. She said: "I'm scared…come get me." This isn't a literary phrase. This is the last thing a child said, who knew she might not survive. She said a sentence that tore my heart apart: "Mom, they're lying. Stay with me!" At that moment, I realized the betrayal. An ambulance was sent to her. It didn't arrive. It was bombed. This means one thing: Saving a life wasn't allowed. Today, 2 years later, I'm not standing here to tell you a sad story. I am here to speak about responsibility. I will pose a weighty question: What is the value of a human life when it is Palestinian? Because what happened to my daughter Hind, Had it happened anywhere else, would have shaken the world. But it was in Gaza. And that is why time was allowed to pass, & the crime to be forgotten. I ask you to imagine, even for a few seconds, The magnitude of pain that mothers in Gaza carry when they lose their children. Imagine the bitterness of the pain, When you cannot save your child, Or even reach them, Or know what their final moments were like. This pain lives with mothers every day, & with every breath. What happened to Hind is not just a personal story. It reveals how a child can be left to die, before the eyes of the world, without accountability. You live in countries that believe in the rule of law, that teach human rights, & sign agreements to protect children. But Hind was not protected. Nor were the paramedics. Nor was the truth protected. I don't blame the people of the world, but I do hold silence responsible. The silence that makes the crime possible, & makes its repetition easy. Your presence here today means that you have chosen not to be silent. And that is important. But what is more important, is what happens after this event. Will Hind remain just a name at an event? Or will she become a turning point? I am not asking for the impossible. I am asking for something very simple: That the life of a Palestinian child be protected… as if it were your own child's life. If the law cannot save a child, then it is a law that needs to be held accountable. And if the world only acts when the victim resembles its own children, then the world needs a new conscience. Hind is no longer here. But her story is a trust. And a trust is not preserved with words, But with actions!

@CanadaFP …and, as such, we shall…??

Canada strongly condemns Israel’s decision to approve 19 new settlements in the West Bank. This continued settlement expansion, illegal under international law, puts at risk the 20-points Peace Plan and undermines prospects for a two-state solution.

Today, a 29-day-old baby died at Nasser hospital, southern Gaza, Palestine, just two hours after arriving at the MSF- supported paediatric ward in the early hours of the morning. Despite treatment efforts, he could not be saved. According to the Ministry of Health, he died from hypothermia. "Children are losing their lives because they lack the most basic items for survival. Babies are arriving to the hospital cold, with near-death vital signs: even our best efforts are not enough. They say the war has ended, but people are still having to fight for their lives," says Bilal Abu Saada-Nursing Team Supervisor at Nasser Hospital. The harsh winter weather combined with the already dire living conditions is increasing health risks and MSF teams are consistently seeing high rates of respiratory infections - something which will only increase throughout winter and is particularly dangerous for children under five-years old As Gaza is battered by heavy rains and storms, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians continue to struggle in flooded and broken makeshift tents. MSF calls on Israeli authorities to urgently allow a massive scale up of aid into the Strip.

Entering Gaza earlier today. Amid practical work to save lives, we also bear witness.

Nothing stands in their way. Not bullets, not missiles, not drones!

Far too late - many in Gaza have already died of starvation and hundreds of thousands more are severly/irreparably malnourished. Feels like a "better hurry up and get on the right side of history" post. This mass starvation was telegraphed months if not years ago. #Gaza

. @MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP. Words of condemnation are insufficient. This catastrophe demands decisive action.

@MarkJCarney In these dire circumstances, the Palestinian People deserve more than condemnations and calls to negotiate, PM @MarkJCarney. They deserve concrete, decisive action. Words alone won't do it.

Canada condemns the Israeli government’s failure to prevent the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Israel’s control of aid distribution must be replaced by comprehensive provision of humanitarian assistance led by international organizations. Many of these are holding significant Canadian-funded aid which has been blocked from delivery to starving civilians. This denial of humanitarian aid is a violation of international law. Canada calls on all sides to negotiate an immediate ceasefire in good faith. We reiterate our calls for Hamas to immediately release all the hostages, and for the Israeli government to respect the territorial integrity of the West Bank and Gaza.   Canada supports a two-state solution which guarantees peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians. Canada will work intensively in all fora to further that end, including through the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the UN High-Level Conference on a Two-State Solution in New York next week.

From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!

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"They should be ashamed of their silence." This is not a bunch of student protestors. This is the editorial board of the Financial Times.