Tag: West
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EU diplomats visit West Bank school slated for demolition
KAFR MALIK, West Bank (AP) — European representatives on Friday visited a small schoolhouse serving an impoverished Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank that is under threat of demolition by Israel. The EU funds such construction in order to help Palestinians maintain their presence in the 60% of the West Bank under full Israeli…
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Space, gas, and food: Russia unleashes full weight of leverage as it pressures West, escalates war
Moscow is attempting to unleash its leverage from space to global energy markets in a revamped effort to break Western solidarity and punish the United States and Europe for militarily supporting Ukraine during the more than five months since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The latest salvo saw Russian officials declare on Tuesday that their country…