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His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.

Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said the move would happen only after Hamas releases all Israeli hostages and no longer manages Palestine.

Also at council this week: a report on an active transportation crossing at the CN rail corridor, local street bikeway in Dartmouth, and new security measures at City Hall.

Let's put the brakes on archaic policies for airline workers.

Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

Watch ACORN Halifax surveying north end tenants on affordability Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Watch ACORN Halifax surveying north end tenants on affordability Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

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Tim Houston doesn't care about bike lanes. Andy Fillmore doesn't care about bike lanes. Bike lanes are just a cheap political gimmick.

Tim Houston doesn't care about bike lanes. Andy Fillmore doesn't care about bike lanes. Bike lanes are just a cheap political gimmick.

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<article data-history-node-id="423781" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israelisraeli-attacks-damaged-more-90-percent-educational-institutions" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israelisraeli-attacks-damaged-more-90-percent-educational-institutions" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks on Gaza damaged more than 90 percent of educational institutions, over half of cultural and religious sites</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli attacks on Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a United Nations investigation body has said.&nbsp;</p> <p>The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, published its findings in a new report&nbsp;on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p> <p>It found that Israeli air strikes, shelling, burning and controlled demolitions had damaged or destroyed more than 90 percent of schools and university buildings across the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</p> <p>That destruction has made it impossible for 658,000 children in Gaza to have an education over the past two years.&nbsp;</p> <p>“We are seeing more and more indications that Israel is carrying out a concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian&nbsp;life in Gaza,” said Navi Pillay, chair of the commission.</p> <p>“Israel’s targeting of the educational, cultural and religious life of the Palestinian people will harm the present generations and generations to come, hindering their right to self-determination.”</p> <p>The report said Israeli forces had committed war crimes, “including directing attacks against civilians and wilful killing, in their attacks on educational facilities that caused civilian casualties”.</p> <p>It also documented cases in which Israeli forces used educational buildings as military bases.</p> <p>One example cited was the conversion of al-Azhar University’s al-Mughraqa campus into a synagogue for Israeli troops.&nbsp;</p> <p>More can be read <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-guilty-extermination-attacks-gaza-schools-and-cultural-sites-says-un?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=Social_Traffic&amp;utm_content=ap_olkecceuhz">here.</a>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

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