LONDON (AA) – The Nordic countries have expressed “deep concern” over the recent introduction of draft legal bills in Israel’s parliament, fearing that if passed, Tel Aviv would prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from continuing its operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The Nordi...
ROME (AA) – The University of Milan has suspended an agreement with Israel’s Reichman University on an exchange of students and researchers after its rector, Marina Brambilla, met with a delegation of Palestinian students who had been pressing for a boycott of relations with Israeli universities. The university’s administration cited the...
In a heated controversy, senior French officials have rallied around Karim Bouamrane, a mayor of Moroccan descent after he was accused of keeping silent on Palestine. A researcher Pascal Boniface labeled Bouamrane “Muslim in appearance” and suggested his popularity is linked to his silence on Israeli actions in Palestine. Bouamrane, who previ...
ANKARA/ ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye’s president on Wednesday said that the “despicable” terror attack on facilities of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the capital Ankara actually targeted the country’s “survival, peace and defense initiatives.” “The terrorist attack against TAI, one of the locomotive organizations of the Turkish defense indu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration strongly condemned Wednesday a terrorist attack on the Ankara headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) that killed at least five people and injured 22 others. White House’s National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby extended Washington’s thoughts to “the victim...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Members of the European Parliament have called for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes there which have injured several UN peacekeepers in recent weeks and also condemned its continuing attacks in the Gaza Strip. As violence escalates across the Middle East, several parliamentarians expressed t...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday faced a strong protest in Berlin as demonstrators gathered to condemn her statements seen as justifying Israel’s military actions in Palestine, targeting civilian areas such as homes, hospitals, mosques, churches, and UN schools sheltering displaced people. The protest, wh...
ISTANBUL (AA) – British King Charles III faced protest by an Indigenous lawmaker in Australia, telling the monarch the southern Pacific nation was not his land. Clad in a fur cloak, Senator Lidia Thorpe raised her voice to make Charles listen to her statement after the monarch delivered his speech in the Australian parliament. Secret [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Nearly 32,000 people took to the streets of Brussels Sunday to call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon, according to the police. The demonstrators also called on the Belgian government to push for a complete international military embargo against Israel. The event was organized by a coalition of civil society...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – A South African activist lambasted Germany’s ambassador at a conference because of Berlin’s support for Israel. Zackie Achmat criticized Andreas Peschke who was included as a panelist at the 6th International Social Justice Conference at Stellenbosch University’s Centre for Social Justice. “Sir, have you no shame. You...
