The #Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares the following
⭕ The State of Qatar condemns in the strongest terms Israel's of the municipality of Rafah, its invasion of the #Rafah border crossing, and the threat to displace citizens from shelter centers.
⭕ We call for urgent international action to prevent an all-out invasion of the entire city. We call for providing full protection for civilians in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law.
⭕ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that forcing civilians to forcibly move from the city, which has become a final refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced people inside the Gaza Strip, represents a serious violation of international laws.
Al Jazeera rejected accusations that it harmed Israel's #security as a "dangerous & ridiculous lie" that puts its #journalists at risk & said it reserved the right to "pursue every #legal step"
The network is funded by the #Qatar govt & has been critical of Israel's #military op in Gaza.…
"We are constantly working to renew (the truce) & to alleviate the burden of our people in the #GazaStrip, but truces are not an alternative for a comprehensive #ceasefire," Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said in a speech to Gulf leaders gathered in the #Qatari capital #Doha.
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
After two last-minute extensions, the seventh day of a #Qatari-mediated truce on Thursday saw the exchange of eight hostages and 30 #Palestinian prisoners as well as the arrival of more humanitarian aid into the shattered #GazaStrip. #GazaTruce
for real: we need to support #SAGAFTRA by all means necessary. the future of creative workers everywhere is on the line.
fascist billionaires think they can replace actors, painters, tailors, set designers, light technicians with "AI" because to them anything creative is expendable. after they're done with actors they'll come for musicians, directors and the writers again.
and developers: REMEMBER THAT "AI" ALSO PROMISES TO MAKE DEVELOPERS EXPENDABLE
#AMPTP along with every #Saudi & #Qatari tech cartel putting money into "AI" will make it impossible for software developers to form #labor#unions with claims that it is not really labor what they do if they're using "AI"
that's the whole fucking point of the tech layoffs.
it's not that the industry doesn't need the workers. they need to create FUD to stop unionization in the tech industries... especially MEDIA
By Sebastian Usher, #BBC Arab Affairs Editor:
'Reports have emerged from #Qatari officials that the Gulf state - which has long provided vital financial support for #Gaza and also hosts some of the #Hamas leadership - has tried to initiate talks that could secure the release of some of the #hostages
Both #Israel and #Hamas have denied reports of a possible prisoner exchange.'