The White House has expressed deep concern over shocking images showing Palestinian civilians burning alive following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. A spokesperson described the scenes as “horrifying” and emphasized that Israel must do more to prevent civilian casualties. The Israeli airstrike hit Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. It ...
Advocacy group Jewish Voice for Peace staged demonstrations on Monday challenging U.S. military aid to Israel, resulting in more than 200 arrests. A large crowd of demonstrators gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange in solidarity with Palestine. Police intervened and detained several protesters wearing red shirts emblazoned with variou...
Federal emergency workers in North Carolina were forced to evacuate after reports emerged of armed militias “hunting” hurricane response teams in Rutherford County. The progressive group Carolina Forward condemned the situation. It linked it to misinformation spread by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about the Biden administratio...
GENEVA (AA) – The situation for children in Gaza is “worsening” with each passing day, with growing food, water, and medicine shortages compounded by ongoing Israeli attacks and severe restrictions on humanitarian aid, a UNICEF spokesperson has warned. James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva that many Gaza children have been...
ANKARA (AA) – Jordan’s foreign minister has said that the creation of a Palestinian state is the key to peace in the region. “Without the establishment of a sovereign state for the Palestinians, Israel will not achieve peace,” Ayman Safadi said at the Future of Palestine Conference in Ankara. He said Israel only brings destruction [&hell...
BEIRUT (AA) – Rescuers have recovered the bodies of three paramedics from under the rubble following an Israeli airstrike in eastern Lebanon. Israeli warplanes hit a facility of the Islamic Health Authority in Qilya Monday night, destroying the building and killing three paramedics inside. The state news agency NNA said that the bodies of the ...
BEIRUT (AA) – Four members of a family were killed in an Israeli strike on their home in southern Lebanon, local media reported. The state news agency NNA said a father, wife and their two sons lost their lives in the attack that targeted the town of Jarjouaa. The family’s house was levelled in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem has said that a Gaza cease-fire is the key to ending the current crisis. “We have the right to target any point in Israel after its violations in Lebanon,” Qassem said in a televised speech. “Rocket fire will continue.” “The solution is a cease-fire based on an […]...
A senior UN official has revealed that Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in modern history. Lisa Doughten from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says 10 children lose limbs daily due to Israel’s ongoing violence in the region. The situation has also worsened for women, who are three […]
On Indigenous Peoples Day, human rights advocates highlighted the contradictions of celebrating the holiday while the US supports Israel’s war in Gaza. Activists, including Jewish American scholar Benay Blend, emphasized the shared colonial struggles of Native Americans and Palestinians. Native Hawaiian professor Uahikea Maile said the day s...
