Gaza was ‘near and dear’ to Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral bid, father says

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Mahmood Mamdani, a postcolonialist, claims that Zohran’s campaign for mayor of New York City was influenced by Palestinian rights. He claims Zohran didn’t anticipate winning, but instead entered the race “to make a point” and outperformed his rivals because he resisted making concessions on issues that are “near and dear” to him.

‘Violence never ended’: Israeli attacks kill 24 Palestinians in Gaza

Despite a truce intended to end Israel’s two-year occupation of the region, more than 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.

As the Israeli military carried out strikes in Deir el-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday, the government media office reported that at least 24 Palestinians, including children, were killed.

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In addition to the 87 injured, the attacks took place in addition.

Hani Mahmoud, a journalist for Al Jazeera in Gaza City, reported on the ceasefire as a reminder that it is fragile and that the violence never came to an end.

Mahmoud claimed that Gaza continues to be rife with fear despite the hundreds of Palestinian casualties that have resulted from the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Since the ceasefire broke out last month, Israel has killed and injured 788 people, according to the most recent data from the Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry.

According to Mahmoud, “what was going at a very quick pace over the past few years has now turned into this slow and steady pattern of killing.”

After its troops were attacked close to the so-called “yellow line,” where the army is still stationed in Gaza, on Saturday, the Israeli military announced that it was attacking Hamas.

Five prominent Hamas members were killed, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. The Palestinian organization did not respond to that assertion right away.

Hamas criticized the most recent Israeli attacks as part of Israel’s “systematic” cease-fire violations, which claimed Palestinians had been killed using “fabricated pretexts.”

Additionally, it claimed that Israel has altered the boundary established as part of the agreement and pushed westward past the yellow line.

The Palestinian organization issued a statement urging the mediators to step up and put pressure on them to stop these violations.

We also ask that Israel follow through on its promises, compel it to follow its orders, and stop attempting to stifle the US administration’s efforts to end the Gaza ceasefire.

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In addition, more Israeli military and settler violence was reported on Saturday in the occupied West Bank as a result of a record-breaking rise in Palestinian attacks, according to the UN.

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers southeast of Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills area of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

In addition to the injuries they sustained in a raid on Dura, a town south of Hebron, Wafa claimed two Palestinians were also hurt by Israeli soldiers.

Since October 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza, which has claimed the lives of nearly 70, 000 Palestinians in the coastal enclave, has increased.

They are also a result of far-right activists’ efforts to formally annex the territory.

More Israeli settler attacks were reported in October than in any other month since 2006, according to a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesperson last week.

According to Thameen Al-Kheetan, “Israeli authorities have ramped up home demolitions, the seizure of property, arrests, and movement restrictions, along with the continued construction of settlements and outposts and the forced displacement and transfer of thousands of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the military,” the surge in violence comes as the Israeli government continues to impose its own laws.

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Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao 4-0 on emotional return to Camp Nou

Barcelona returned home from their cherished Camp Nou and won the game-tying 4-0 over Athletic Bilbao in the celebrations.

What is expected to be Europe’s largest football stadium reopened on Saturday at roughly half capacity with 45, 000 fans present.

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The indebted club anticipates that Camp Nou will increase revenues after it had been closed for more than two years as a major overhaul.

In the fourth minute, Robert Lewandowski capitalized on an error in Athletic’s defense to set the tone. When Alex Berenger attempted to play the ball out of the back, Unai Simon’s low effort was slashed past the Polish striker who mishandled it.

Barcelona relentlessly exerted control over an underperforming Athletic side throughout. Six of Ernesto Valverde’s team’s last nine league games have been lost, and they have only managed three victories so far this month.

Athletic, who sits eighth with 17 points, never threatened to host them.

In stoppage time in the first half, Barcelona once more struck. Torres was found by Lamine Yamal’s skillfully delivered long ball into space, and the Spanish forward quickly and skillfully tapped the ball past Simon.

Barcelona punished another Athletic defensive error by three minutes into the second half. The visitors gave possession to the alert Fermin Lopez, who fired a bullet into the net as the visitors attempted to play it out from the back.

Oihan Sancet was shown a straight red card in the 53rd minute for a careless challenge on Lopez, which added to Athletic’s frustrations.

Torres added his second in the closing stages, drawing in Yamal, who added a third sublime assist, to complete another counterattack.

Lewandowski and teammate Fermin Lopez [Getty Images] celebrate the team’s first goal.

Before Madrid travels to Elche on Sunday, the win brought Barcelona’s lead to a point with Real Madrid at the top.

The key is returning to Camp Nou, Lewandowski said, “We played well from the beginning and gained three more points.” There is another game to be played here. We are a little bit stronger when we play at Camp Nou, in my opinion.

Despite the chilly weather, Barcelona’s fans pumped up the club song before kickoff.

They were even more happy than they were. In May of 2023, they last had the opportunity to watch a game at Camp Nou. The municipally owned 55, 000-seat Olympic Stadium, which was situated atop a hill overlooking Barcelona’s city that was more difficult to reach, hosted the team for the following 900 plus days.

The 36-year-old fan Carlos Narváez told The Associated Press, “It has been two years at the]Olympic Stadium], and it wasn’t easy, the atmosphere wasn’t the same, and it wasn’t Camp Nou.

“This is like going home,” he says. The players will likely feel that way, just like our supporters do. Everyone seems to be getting excited, can you tell?

Despite the welcome homecoming, there is still work to be done before the brand-new Camp Nou is finished and ready to welcome 105, 000 fans.

Large construction cranes loom over the stadium and are visible from the stands, and there are areas that appear to be construction sites. The top tier of Camp Nou is mostly composed of metal and concrete beams and pillars.

In order to repair, modernize, and expand a venue that had formerly had a capacity of 99, 000, construction work began in June 2023. To carry out the remodelling project, the club secured 1.45 billion euros (then $1.6 billion) from a number of investors.

Barcelona had originally intended to return to Camp Nou to play games in November 2024 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the organization. The club has not yet disclosed when it anticipates finishing the stadium work, which has been repeatedly postponed. As the work gets closer, the club said it intends to ask the city for permission to expand its seating options.