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Rosie SCAMMELL

Sally Ibrahim Azar, the first female pastor in the Holy Land of the Lutheran Church, poses for a picture at the Lutheran Church in the Jerusalem's Old City, on January 25, 2023. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
February 8, 2023, 3:57 pm
First female Palestinian pastor hopes to inspire women to break more ground
Trailblazer Sally Azar recounts ‘indescribable moment’ she was ordained at Jerusalem Old City’s Lutheran Church last month, laments community ‘getting smaller by number every day’
By Rosie SCAMMELL
A cat waits to eat a fish on a boat the port in Gaza City early on December 1, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
December 5, 2022, 6:50 am
Gaza fisherman get boats back in ship-shape as Israel lifts ban on fiberglass
Hundreds of vessels waiting to be repaired following UN-brokered deal to allow sheets in, ending 15 years of restrictions imposed due to military uses of material
By Rosie SCAMMELL and Belal Alsabbagh
An electoral banner is seen in the village of Hura in the southern Negev desert on October 7, 2022 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
October 25, 2022, 9:41 am
‘Vote or don’t vote, it’s the same’: Arab Israelis despondent ahead of 5th elections
Campaign is somewhat lackluster nationwide, but apathy is especially acute among Arab minority where turnout is feared to be low
By Rosie SCAMMELL and Majeda El Batsh
A solar farm facility powering "The Sailor" seafood restaurant, which is also used to shelter and provide oxygen for fish pools underneath, next to an agricultural field in Gaza City, September 7, 2022. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)
October 4, 2022, 12:30 pm
Electricity cuts, costly bills push Gazans to seek out solar power
Estimates say one-fifth of Strip’s residents have installed panels; restaurant owner says investment in renewable source slashed energy outlay, allowing him to refurbish business
By Rosie SCAMMELL and Mai Yaghi
Mariam Kansan, 27, a Palestinian with special needs, works at a boutique hotel ran by the Maan Lil-Hayaat, an organization which supports Palestinians with intellectual disabilities, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, on August 26, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
September 1, 2022, 9:00 am
A Bethlehem boutique hotel is changing perceptions of disabled Palestinians
Maan lil-Hayat employs people with intellectual disabilities, giving them skills for life and also raising their visibility in a society where they are often shunned
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Israelis shop for groceries at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on September 14, 2020.(Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 3:00 pm
‘It’s unfair!’ Israelis rail at new coronavirus lockdown dampening holidays
Populace frustrated by three-week closure; some voice concerns about its mental health impact as pharmacist cites a run on sleeping, anxiety pills
By Rosie SCAMMELL
View of the border fence between Israel and Lebanon in northern Israel, February 16, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 23, 2020, 12:03 pm
Sudanese jobless in Lebanon risk lives to try to cross border into Israel
Local economic crisis is pushing some to attempt perilous crossing over heavily guarded frontier in the hope of finding employment and a better life
By Bachir El Khoury and Rosie SCAMMELL
Attendees, including Holocaust survivors, at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020.(Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
January 23, 2020, 7:31 pm
‘I am here’: Holocaust survivors mark Auschwitz liberation
Survivors who join political leaders at World Holocaust Forum laud the ‘simple people who helped’ Jews in WWII, lament a world that still ‘keeps quiet’ in the face of atrocities
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Presidential candidate President Vladimir Putin addresses the crowd during a rally and a concert celebrating the fourth anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea at Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, on March 18, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
March 19, 2018, 12:04 am
Putin rejects spy attack claims, as chemical weapons experts head to UK
Moscow suggests Britain behind poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia; international experts collect samples of nerve agent for testing
By Maria Antonova and Rosie SCAMMELL
This file photo taken on October 31, 2017 shows Britain's Defense Secretary Michael Fallon leaving 10 Downing Street after the weekly meeting of the cabinet in central London. (AFP PHOTO / Tolga AKMEN)
November 2, 2017, 2:13 am
UK defense minister quits as sexual harassment scandal deepens
‘I accept that in the past I have fallen below the high standards,’ Michael Fallon writes in resignation letter
By Rosie SCAMMELL
Screenshot of Audrey Hepburn from the film 'Charade' (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
September 23, 2017, 2:41 am
Audrey Hepburn’s family opens up her attic for auction
The working script for the 1961 film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ including deleted scenes, is among rarities being sold
By Rosie SCAMMELL
People gather to attend a vigil outside Finsbury Park Mosque, close to the scene of a van attack targeting mosque-goers, in north London on June 19, 2017. (AFP Photo/Isabel Infantes)
June 20, 2017, 6:46 am
Londoners hold vigil for mosque attack victims
Around 100 rally at site of the incident, carrying signs ‘United Against All Terror’
By Rosie SCAMMELL
A police officer lays flowers inside a police cordon near the scene in Finsbury Park area of north London after a vehicle was driven into pedestrians, on June 19, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/Tolga AKMEN)
June 19, 2017, 1:15 pm
‘I want to kill all Muslims,’ London mosque attacker said, ramming worshipers
Pedestrians were helping an unwell elderly man after Ramadan prayers when van deliberately targeted them, eyewitnesses say
By William EDWARDS and Rosie SCAMMELL
Smoke and flames rise from a high-rise building on fire in London, June 14, 2017. (AP/Matt Dunham)
June 14, 2017, 8:56 pm
Death toll in London tower fire rises to at least 12
Residents say fire spread on tower’s exterior, where new cladding had recently been installed to spruce up the building
By Alice Ritchie and Rosie SCAMMELL
Well-wishers release thousands of balloons into the sky during a vigil to commemorate the victims of the May 22 attack on Manchester Arena at Tandle Hill Country Park in Royton, northwest England, on May 26, 2017. (AFP/Lindsey Parnaby)
May 27, 2017, 10:54 am
Two more arrested in Manchester suicide attack probe
UK police say a ‘large part’ of the network behind IS-claimed attack in custody; father and brother of bomber held in Libya
By Rosie SCAMMELL
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