The features of malnutrition and starvation are unmistakable in Gaza, with severely underweight children and babies. In children, severe protein deficiency causes fluid retention and a swollen abdomen.
United Kingdom, France and Canadawarned Israel earlier this month that it could face sanctions if aid restrictions were not lifted.
Days later, Israel announced it would allow“minimal” deliveriesof essential supplies
But that announcement was, not least for Israel’s decision to bypass traditional aid distribution networks, like those run by the United Nations.
Instead, it tapped the
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The absence of PBS from Tuesday’s filing indicates the two systems will challenge this separately; PBS has not yet gone to court, but is likely to do so soon.The US president’s attempts to dismantle government-run news sources like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty have also sparked court clashes.
administration has battled with the press on several fronts. The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC, CBS and NBC News. And after The Associated Press refrained from calling the Gulf of Mexico “the Gulf of America”, as Trump directed, the administration restricted the news outlet’s access to certain government events.