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US Agency: Biden Ignored the Impact of the Floating Dock in Opening Gaza Crossings

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

United States – USAID said President Joe Biden ignored its concerns that the construction of the floating dock “diminishes the agency’s call to open land crossings” to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

The agency indicated in a report published yesterday, Tuesday, that officials of the United Nations World Food Program stipulated the construction of the pier in the north of the Strip, but the US Department of Defense built it in the central areas of the coast.

She explained that “the security requirements of the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) and Israel prevented the agency’s efforts to deliver food and other aid to Gaza via the sidewalk.”

She said agency staff had expressed concern that using the sidewalk would “diminish the agency’s call for the opening of land crossings, which are more effective for delivering aid to refugees in Gaza.”

The $230 million floating dock, funded by the United States and implemented by the US military, has faced difficulties and has been disrupted several times.

The floating dock, which opened in mid-May, was used to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea, but international organizations and official Palestinian bodies have repeatedly confirmed that the aid that entered through it represents only a small percentage of the needs of the Strip.

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2024-08-29 07:28:07

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Yoga sect guru and 40 others arrested: women forced to have sex with group leader

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

According to the source, the sect is accused of numerous violations under the leadership of the aforementioned man, who has repeatedly come under the scrutiny of Romanian, Swedish and French law enforcement in recent years.

The source added that other important members of the sect were among those arrested in the Paris region and southern France. It was stated that about 175 police officers participated in the operation, during which 26 women were freed, some of whom were held against their will.

A network called the “Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute” (Movement for Spiritual Integration into the AbsoluteMISA), runs several yoga schools and related activities.

The source said the sect has several hundred members, but did not give an exact number.

The arrests come after Paris prosecutors opened an investigation in July into the sect, which is suspected of kidnapping, rape and human trafficking, among other things.

The investigation was initiated by the League of Human Rights, a French non-governmental human rights organization, which approached the prosecutor’s office after receiving statements from 12 former members of the sect, a judicial source said.

MISA, which became known as Atman when it expanded outside Romania, taught tantric yoga with the aim, the source said, of coercing victims into consenting to sex through psychological manipulation techniques aimed at eliminating any notion of consent.

The women were encouraged to consent to sexual relations with the leader of the group and to participate in paid pornographic activities in France and abroad, the report added.


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2024-08-29 07:22:01

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Israel accepts proposal on Gaza war

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to resolve differences over a cease-fire and the release of hostages in Gaza and called on Hamas to do the same.

The official did not say whether the move addressed the militant group’s concerns.

Blinken spoke at the conclusion of a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was scheduled to travel to Egypt later today. The United States, Egypt and Qatar have already spent months trying to negotiate a deal after talks have stalled on numerous occasions.

Blinken did not say whether the proposal addresses Israel’s demands to maintain control of two strategically important corridors inside Gaza, which Hamas has already said is non-negotiable, and other issues that have long dogged the negotiations.

“In a very constructive meeting today with Prime Minister Netanyahu, he confirmed to me that Israel is in favor of the proposal,” Blinken told reporters. “The next important step is for Hamas to say yes.”

Earlier, the secretary of state said it was time to finalize a ceasefire agreement in Gaza that would bring back Israeli hostages held by Hamas and bring relief to Palestinians who have been under a devastating offensive in the Gaza Strip for more than 10 months.

Blinken’s visit to the Middle East, his ninth since the conflict began in October, came days after mediators including the United States expressed renewed optimism that a deal was near. But Hamas has expressed deep dissatisfaction with the latest proposal and Israel has said there were areas on which it was not prepared to budge.

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2024-08-29 07:15:06

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Govt turns bulldozer on famous Indian actor’s convention center – World

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The convention center of famous South Indian film actor Nagarjuna was demolished as it was classified as encroachment. The actor has termed this act completely illegal.

Akkineni Nagarjuna built a magnificent convention center in Hyderabad (Deccan), the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana. The city administration said that the convention center was built by occupying 1.12 acres of land of a pond called Tamedikanta.

The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection (HYDRA) carried out the demolition. This agency is demolishing every building illegally constructed on government land in the entire city of Hyderabad.

Nagarjuna Convention Center is spread over 10 acres. Officials say that irregularities were found in the construction of the convention center. Officials claim that the pond land was also cleared for the construction of the convention center. 2 acres were also confiscated from the buffer zone of the lake.