ISTANBUL (AA) – Pro-Palestinian activists in Belgium are working to remove the status of the Brussels municipality of Ixelles and city of Antwerp as “twin cities” with the Israeli town of Megiddo. Belgian citizen Malika Hamri, the pioneer of the initiative, shared that protests have been held in front of the Ixelles municipal buil...
LONDON (AA) – The Bosnian Mosque in the Swedish city of Norrkoping has been attacked in a “targeted hate crime” in which windows were broken and neo-Nazi slogans written on the walls. “With great shame and deep sadness, we condemn the disgusting attack on the construction of our mosque in Norrkoping, where windows were broken, […]...
A Palestinian student in Sweden is being denied citizenship due to her pro-Palestine activism at Chalmers University of Technology. Following the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, Isra Barham helped launch a campaign to support Palestinian rights. This included protests and a petition with nearly 150 signatures urging the university to cu...
ROME (AA) – The Italian police have banned two Palestine rallies, which were scheduled to take place on October 5 in Rome, due to public security concerns, local media reported. The decision came after the meeting of the Public Order and National Security Committee, which was chaired by Interior Minister Matteo Pieantedo, state-run ANSA news [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump, has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying a leader who received billions of dollars in US aid has no right to comment on his father. Trump Jr. responded to an interview with The New Yorker magazine in which Zelenskyy questioned the ability [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy supports the Democratic Party in the upcoming elections, former US President Donald Trump claimed during a rally in Pennsylvania on Monday. “He (Zelenskyy) wants them to win this election so badly,” the Republican presidential nominee said, calling Zelenskyy “the greates...
The detention of a 10-year-old boy by German police during a free-Palestine protest has sparked backlash on social media. Footage on X showed several German police officers first chasing a 10-year-old boy and then taking him to a police car after catching him. Many users mocked the Berlin police for chasing the boy.
ANKARA (AA) – Celtic football club fans have expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine facing Israel’s devastating attacks. Fans of the Scottish team displayed pro-Palestine banners during a Wednesday night UEFA Champions League match in Glasgow against Slovan Bratislava. “They can oppress you, they can imprison you, but th...
BERLIN (AA) – An apartment fire that claimed the lives of a Turkish Muslim mother and her 4-year-old son was deliberately set, German authorities say. “We do not believe that there was a technical defect, but rather that the fire was caused intentionally,” Ingo Kechichian, a spokesman for public prosecutors, told public broad...
MADRID (AA) – A large group of people staged a demonstration Sunday in support of Palestine in the Spanish capital Madrid. Responding to a call from civil society organizations, the crowd gathered at Sol Square, waving Palestinian flags and wearing Palestinian scarves. They protested Israel’s killing of over 40,000 people in Gaza in the ...
