Thousands of people gathered near Bryant Square Park in Minneapolis for a rally for Palestine. Organizers said they're concerned about a looming invasion of Gaza by Israel that they say could mean the deaths of scores of civilians.
The government proposed the first constitutional change since 1977 as a step forward in Indigenous rights. But the vote divided Indigenous leaders as well as the wider community.
The chief military spokesman said Israeli forces will strike Gaza City "very soon." The announcement came as thousands of Palestinians scrambled to leave northern Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for protection of civilians in both the Gaza Strip and Israel as the Israeli military ordered half of the Palestinian territory’s population to evacuate in advance of an expected ground assault.
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France’s interior minister ordered local authorities to ban all pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid a rise in antisemitic acts since Hamas attacked Israel over the weekend. President Emmanuel Macron urged French people not to allow the war in the Mideast erupt into tensions at home.
The order from Israel faced immediate international objections, including from the U.N., which warned such an evacuation would have “devastating humanitarian consequences.”
The small, quiet enclaves have long thrived on leftist ideas about collective living. Those located near Gaza suffered some of the worst of the Hamas attacks, with hundreds reported dead.