MARSEILLE (AFP): At least 1,000 people marched in solidarity with Palestinians in Marseille, southern France, on Saturday as Israel’s army intensified its assault on the Gaza Strip. Organisers said 4,000 people took to the streets, while police put the figure at 1,800. Israel unleashed its bombing campaign after Hamas gunmen stormed acro...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU Council on Friday called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza. “We call for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor and a humanitarian pause,” EU Council President Charles Michel told reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels. “We expressed a united, clear, and firm posit...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that France was sending a navy ship to support the Gaza Strip’s hospitals which are at risk of collapsing under Israel’s bombing and siege. The ship would “leave Toulon in the next 48 hours”, the French leader said during a joint news conference in Cai...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – Kamel Hawwash, a professor at the University of Birmingham, has resigned from the UK’s main opposition Labour Party for its support to Israel enforcing “a full siege on the people of Gaza.” Hawwash announced his resignation on Sunday with an open letter to party leader Keir Starmer, urging him to “stand [&helli...
BRUSSELS (AA) – There are no calls from the European Union for a cease-fire in Gaza, Peter Stano, a spokesperson of the bloc, said on Wednesday. “Hamas keeps holding more than 200 hostages, most of them civilians. This is against any international law,” said Peter Stano, European Commission’s lead spokesperson on foreign affa...
LONDON (AA) – The British prime minister failed again on Wednesday to call for a cease-fire amid a dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Although asked numerous times by MPs during the Prime Minister’s Questions session in the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak avoided mentioning a “cease-fire,” while repeating the UK’s position th...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s president on Tuesday warned Hezbollah and Iran to not open new fronts in the current Mideast conflict. “We must (fight a battle) while avoiding (setting) a blaze in the entire region,” Emmanuel Macron told a joint news conference in Jerusalem alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I...
BERLIN (AA) – More than 100 German Jewish intellectuals have criticized the ban on pro-Palestine demonstrations in many German cities including Berlin, local media reports. “In recent weeks, state and city governments across Germany have banned public gatherings with suspected pro-Palestinian sympathies. These repressions also punish dem...
GENEVA (AA) – The recognition of the Palestinian state is among Spain’s far-left Sumar party’s demands to form a government with the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the party’s spokesperson said on Monday. Ernest Urtasun told a press conference that Sumar believes that there is room to close a government agreement with ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday stressed the need for a two-state solution in Palestine, saying it is “essential” for lasting peace. “Our support for a two-state solution is highly valued across the region, but it can’t be a cliched talking point to roll out at times like this. The […]...
