History of the Question of Palestine

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1917 – 1947: British mandate

Palestine was among former Ottoman territories placed under UK administration by the League of Nations in 1922. All of these territories eventually became fully independent States, except Palestine, where in addition to “the rendering of administrative assistance and advice” the British Mandate incorporated the “Balfour Declaration” of 1917, expressing support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”. During the Mandate, from 1922 to 1947, large-scale Jewish immigration, mainly from Eastern Europe took place, the numbers swelling in the 1930s with the Nazi persecution. Arab demands for independence and resistance to immigration led to a rebellion in 1937, followed by continuing terrorism and violence from both sides. UK considered various formulas to bring independence to a land ravaged by violence. In 1947, the UK turned the Palestine problem over to the UN. Read more.

1947 – 1977: Partition plan, 1948, 1967, 1973 wars, inalienable rights

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Miền Trung mưa lớn đến 700mm, kéo dài và rất phức tạp

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Mưa lớn ở miền Trung liên tục được dự báo cực đoan khi tổng lượng mưa các ngày 13-15/10 có nơi lên đến 700mm. Người dân từ Hà Tĩnh đến Quảng Nam cần chủ động ứng phó với thiên tai phức tạp.

Theo Trung tâm dự báo khí tượng thủy văn quốc gia, đêm qua và sáng sớm nay (13/10), ở khu vực từ Hà Tĩnh đến Quảng Ngãi có mưa vừa, mưa to, cục bộ có mưa rất to. Lượng mưa tính từ 19h tối qua đến 8h sáng nay có nơi trên 170mm như: Hồ Kim Sơn (Hà Tĩnh) 216.6mm, Tân Lâm (Quảng Bình) 201.4mm, Thuận An (Thừa Thiên Huế) 171mm.

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Heavy rains batter Central Vietnam, cut off roads, shut down schools

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SGGP October 13, 2023 at 15:27:32

Heavy rains have continuously drenched the Central region of Vietnam, unleashed floods and landslides, marooned vast areas, cut off roads and shut down schools. 

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This afternoon, the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang City announced that students should not go to school because many roads in the city were flooded due to heavy rains.

After the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue and Civil Defense of Da Nang City announced heavy rain will pummel the city from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang City requested heads of schools to let students stay at home for their safety as some roads are deeply flooded.

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In its quest to crush Hamas, Israel will confront the bitter, familiar dilemmas of Mideast wars

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Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

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Palestinians evacuate wounded people after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

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Palestinians look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike at Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike at Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building leveled in an Israeli airstrike, in Al Shati refugee camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. As Israel escalates its war on Hamas, it will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians. It will want to punish Hamas like never before, but without killing so many Palestinian civilians that it loses international support. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building leveled in an Israeli airstrike, in Al Shati refugee camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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BY JOSEPH KRAUSSUpdated 3:40 AM GMT+7, October 13, 2023

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel pounds Gaza with airstrikes, prepares for a possible ground invasion and escalates a war sparked by Hamas’ unprecedented assault, its leaders will confront many of the same dilemmas it has grappled with over decades of conflict with the Palestinians.

Israeli leaders have pledged to annihilate the Hamas militants responsible for the surprise weekend attack but risk drawing international criticism as the Palestinian civilian death toll mounts. They want to kill all the kidnappers but spare the estimated 150 hostages — men, women, children and older adults — that Hamas dragged across the border and has threatend to kill if Israel targets civilians.

In the end, Israel might decide to reluctantly leave Hamas in power in Gaza rather than take its chances on arguably worse alternatives.

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Xu hướng ma túy thế giới và những vấn đề đặt ra đối với công tác phòng, chống ở Việt Nam

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Cục cảnh sát điều tra tội phạm ma tuý  05/09/2023 |

Do những tác động của xung đột vũ trang, bất ổn chính trị, kinh tế- xã hội tại nhiều quốc gia, khu vực, năm 2023 tình hình ma túy thế giới có những biến động tiêu cực, nổi lên là sự gia tăng số người sử dụng trái phép chất ma túy; hoạt động sản xuất thuốc phiện, cocain, ma túy tổng hợp và các chất hướng thần xảy ra tại nhiều nơi. Đặc biệt là vấn đề sử dụng internet, mạng xã hội và các ứng dụng truyền thông được mã hóa để giao dịch, mua bán ma túy theo những cách thức mới rất khó kiểm soát.

Tình hình ma túy thế giới và một số xu hướng mới nổi

Số liệu khảo sát của Cơ quan Liên hợp quốc về ma túy và tội phạm (UNODC) công bố tháng 8/2023 cho biết: Số người sử dụng ma túy tiếp tục tăng và duy trì ở mức cao trên toàn thế giới, từ 240 triệu người năm 2011 lên 296 triệu người vào năm 2023 (tương đương 5,8% dân số toàn cầu trong độ tuổi 15–64). Trong đó, cần sa là loại ma túy được sử dụng nhiều nhất, ước tính khoảng 219 triệu người; 36 triệu người sử dụng amphetamine; 22 triệu người sử dụng cocaine và 20 triệu người đã sử dụng các chất dạng “thuốc lắc”. Số lượng người tiêm chích ma túy ở mức cao, 13,2 triệu người, tăng 18% so với năm 2013, tiềm ẩn nguy cơ lây nhiễm nhiều loại bệnh và sức khỏe cộng đồng.

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Analysis: Why did Hamas attack now and what is next?

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AL JAZEERA A number of factors led to Hamas’s operation in southern Israel.

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud)
Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on October 7, 2023 [Yousef Masoud/AP Photo]

By Joe Macaro Published On 11 Oct 202311 Oct 2023

On October 7, Hamas launched a massive military operation into Israeli territory. The shooting of thousands of rockets into Israel was followed by an attack by land, air and sea, with fighters penetrating deep into territory under Israeli control. They attacked military installations and temporarily took over various settlements. The death toll among Israelis has exceeded 1,200, including more than 120 soldiers; dozens of Israeli hostages were also taken into the Gaza Strip.

The planning of the operation took somewhere between a few months and two years, per different accounts from Hamas leaders. The depth and magnitude of the attack were unprecedented and took Israel by surprise. It was a reaction to changing regional dynamics and growing Israeli aggression.

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Thiếu điện là nguy cơ hiện hữu trong cả ngắn hạn và dài hạn

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dantri.com Thứ năm, 12/10/2023 – 06:05

(Dân trí) – Thiếu điện trong giai đoạn từ ngắn hạn đến dài hạn (từ 2024 đến 2050) là nguy cơ hiện hữu. Trong 6 chỉ tiêu đảm bảo an ninh năng lượng quốc gia, có 3 chỉ tiêu biến động theo chiều hướng bất lợi.

Nhận định này được Đoàn giám sát của Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội đưa ra trong báo cáo giám sát chuyên đề “Việc thực hiện chính sách, pháp luật về phát triển năng lượng giai đoạn 2016-2021”. Đây là nội dung được cho ý kiến tại phiên họp của Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội sáng 12/10.

3/6 chỉ tiêu về an ninh năng lượng “biến động bất lợi”

Đoàn giám sát cho biết trong giai đoạn 2016-2021, ngành điện đã đạt nhiều kết quả đáng ghi nhận.

Sản lượng điện sản xuất toàn hệ thống hàng năm đều tăng trưởng, năm sau cao hơn năm trước, đảm bảo cung cấp điện cơ bản đầy đủ. Hệ thống điện vận hành an toàn, ổn định.

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UN condemns attacks on civilians in Israel and Gaza

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From CNN’s Caitlin Danaher in London

The United Nations has “unequivocally condemned” attacks on civilians in Israel and Gaza, and also Israel’s “further tightening of the unlawful blockade,” in a statement released Thursday.

The killings and hostage-taking by Hamas “constitute heinous violations of international law and international crimes, for which there must be urgent accountability,” the statement read.

There is no justification for such violence in Israel or Gaza, the statement said.

The UN also focused on the plight of Palestinians in Gaza.

“We also strongly condemn Israel’s indiscriminate military attacks against the already exhausted Palestinian people of Gaza, comprising over 2.3 million people, nearly half of whom are children. They have lived under unlawful blockade for 16 years, and already gone through five major brutal wars, which remain unaccounted for,” they said. “This amounts to collective punishment.”

The experts also warned the withholding of essential supplies, such as food, water and medicine, will “precipitate a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where its population is now at inescapable risk of starvation.” They called for the establishment of humanitarian corridors to allow people to leave Gaza.

The UN urged the international community to “address the root causes of the current conflict, including the 56-year-old occupation and the annexation pursued by Israel.”

Here’s a brief history of the US support for Israel over the last 75 years

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From CNN’s Zachary B. Wolf

Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community at the White House on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community at the White House on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Susan Walsh/AP

President Joe Biden’s promise for the US to “stand with Israel” continues a special relationship that dates back to 1948, when President Harry Truman became the first world leader to recognize the Jewish state, moments after its creation.

There’s now a kibbutz named after Truman in Israel, and the US provides billions in military support to Israel each year.

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What was Hamas thinking? For over three decades, it has had the same brutal idea of victory

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FILE - A Palestinian Hamas supporter attends a protest against Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on March 3, 2008. In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule. Despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict, it has made steady progress. But its stunning incursion into Israel over the weekend marks its deadliest gambit yet, and the already unprecedented response from Israel threatens to bring an end to its 16-year rule over the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

BY JOSEPH KRAUSSUpdated 1:56 AM GMT+7, October 12, 2023Share

JERUSALEM (AP) — In the three and a half decades since it began as an underground militant group, Hamas has pursued a consistently violent strategy aimed at rolling back Israeli rule — and it has made steady progress despite bringing enormous suffering to both sides of the conflict.

But its stunning incursion into Israel over the weekend marks its deadliest gambit yet, and the already unprecedented response from Israel threatens to bring an end to its 16-year rule over the Gaza Strip.

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A look at Russia’s deadliest missile attacks on Ukraine

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSUpdated 3:30 AM GMT+7, October 6, 2023

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, firefighters work to extinguish a fire after the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, firefighters work to extinguish a fire after the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Police Press Office, emergency workers search the victims of the deadly Russian rocket attack that killed more than 40 people in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

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14,000 displaced in Myanmar after record rain sparks floods

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Residents of Myanmar’s flood-hit Bago city navigate the city’s submerged streets, salvaging food and belongings from their waterlogged homes, after record rainfall triggered floods that authorities said have displaced 14,000 people. “My house is flooded. This is the first time my house has been flooded in my life,” says Phwar Than Hme, a 101-year-old resident of Bago.

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What Is Hamas?

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The Palestinian militant group has struggled to govern Gaza and remains committed to violently resisting Israel. Its surprise attack against Israel in 2023 threatens a wider conflagration in the Middle East.

WRITTEN BY Kali Robinson UPDATED Last updated October 9, 2023 1:27 pm (EST)

Summary

  • A spin-off of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the late 1980s, the Islamist militant group Hamas took over the Gaza Strip after defeating its rival political party, Fatah, in elections in 2006.
  • The United States and European Union have designated Hamas a terrorist organization because of its armed resistance against Israel, which has included suicide bombings and rocket attacks.
  • Israel has declared war on Hamas following its surprise assault on southern Israel in 2023, the deadliest attack on the country in decades.

Introduction

What are the group’s origins?

Who are its leaders?

How is Hamas funded?

How does it govern Gaza?

How do Palestinians view Hamas?

How has Hamas challenged Israel?

How is Hamas’s attack on Israel in 2023 different?

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Introduction

Hamas is an Islamist militant movement and one of the Palestinian territories’ two major political parties. It governs more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but the group is best known for its armed resistance to Israel. In October 2023, Hamas launched a massive surprise attack on southern Israel, killing hundreds of civilians and soldiers and taking dozens more as hostages. Israel has declared war on the group in response and indicated its military is planning for a long campaign to defeat it. 

Dozens of countries have designated Hamas a terrorist organization, though some apply this label only to its military wing. Iran provides it with material and financial support, and Turkey reportedly harbors some of its top leaders. Its rival party, Fatah, which dominates the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and rules in the West Bank, has renounced violence. The split in Palestinian leadership and Hamas’s unwavering hostility toward Israel have diminished prospects for stability in Gaza.

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Questions and Answers: October 2023 Hostilities between Israel and Palestinian Armed Groups

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The following questions and answers (Q&A) address issues relating to international humanitarian law (the laws of war) governing current hostilities between Israel and Hamas, and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. The purpose is to facilitate analysis of the conduct of all parties involved in the conflict with the aim of deterring violations of the laws of war and encouraging accountability for abuses.

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