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Pezeshkian calls environmental destruction caused by regional wars 'ecocide'

Pezeshkian calls environmental destruction caused by regional wars 'ecocide' Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called the destruction of ecosystems caused by the "wars of aggression" an act of "ecocide", urging the international community to establish effective and enforceable mechanisms to protect biodiversity during armed conflicts. Addressing the Leaders’ Summit of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Armenia’s Yerevan on Friday, Pezesh…

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Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians, settlers open fire at farmers in West Bank

Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians, settlers open fire at farmers in West Bank Israeli settlers opened fire at and attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported. Three people were injured in a settler attack a day earlier when they went to pick olives, Wafa reported. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the Ma’in area east of Yatta city, south of Hebron. Separately, Wafa reporte…

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