ANKARA (AA) – France broke ranks with its Western allies, showing support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after prosecutor Karim Khan sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. “Regarding Israel, it will be up to the court’s Pre-Trial Chamber to decide whether ...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that “Israel is in a much weaker position now due to its inhumane response” in the Gaza Strip. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster La Sexta, where he was asked if he considered what Israel is doing as genocide, he replied: “I have my […]
Bellinzona, Switzerland – AFP Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh. Sonko, 55, is the highest-ranking official ever convicted in Europe under universal jurisdi...
PRAGUE (AA) – For over two weeks, hundreds of students have been encamped at the University of Copenhagen, one of hundreds of similar protests sweeping the entire globe. Their demands are centered on divestment from companies linked to Israel, while also pressing the university administration to declare Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza genocid...
ANKARA/LONDON (AA) – Police stormed the Free Palestine Movement camp at the University of Geneva and violently dispersed the protesting students. The protests had started on the campus last week, according to the daily Le Temps. Cleaning work started in the building after police broke up the protest camp. The students started protesting ...
GENEVA (AA) – Dozens of students from Switzerland’s Fribourg and Basel universities have joined protests in solidarity with Palestine. Occupying the Perolles 21 building in Fribourg and the Bernouillanum building in Basel, students called for the suspension of all collaborations with Israeli institutions. The student protests origi...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A group of students at the Free University of Brussels has joined the Free Palestine Movement, asking for an academic boycott. The students of the Dutch-language campus of the university occupied the dining hall where they set their tents, blankets, carpets, sleeping bags, and food. They expressed their determination to n...
GENEVA (AA) – Students from the global Free Palestine Movement at the University of Geneva, who have been staging demonstrations for the liberation of Palestine since May 7, have demanded their university call for a cease-fire and condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Swiss student Elisabetta, who asked not to give her surname, told the ...
Malmö, Sweden – AFP Police pushed back protesters outside the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest final where more than a hundred demonstrators waved flags and chanted “Free Palestine”. Police, who confirmed having used pepper spray, later cleared out the square in front of the arena. Israel was one of 25 nations competing i...
Frankfurt, Germany — AFP Germany has condemned the “escalation of violent protest” against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in occupied east Jerusalem, which temporarily closed its headquarters there following repeated attacks. “Israel must ensure the protection of UN facilities and personnel in the occupied Pales...
