London, United Kingdom — AFP Thousands of people rallied Saturday in central London for a pro-Palestinian protest despite police warnings that anyone showing support for Hamas could face arrest. Attendees, who gathered near BBC News’ headquarters through the morning, began a march through the British capital ahead of an afternoon r...
Paris, France – AFP France on Thursday said it was banning all pro-Palestinian demonstrations after the attack on Israel by Hamas, on the grounds such protests threaten public order. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a note to regional prefects that the demonstrations “are likely to generate disturbances to public orderR...
LONDON (AA) – The families of British diplomats are departing Israel as a “precautionary measure,” the UK Foreign Office has said. The embassy would remain open and continue to offer consular services to those in need, it added. In a dramatic escalation of Mideast tensions, Israeli forces have launched a sustained and forceful military campaig...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the Palestinian group Hamas would be outlawed in the wake of deadly attacks in Israel. “The Federal Ministry of the Interior will ban Hamas from operating in Germany,” said the chancellor in a statement to parliament explaining his government’s stance on the latest situation ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday he has offered support to his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant against Hamas. The federal (German) government has also made this offer to the Israeli military attaché, said Pistorius in Berlin after a meeting of the parliament’s Defense Committee. “Both have said so f...
GENEVA (AA) – The Berlin police have banned rallies in support of Palestine, in order to prevent “incitement of anti-Semitic exclamations” and “glorification of violence”. In Berlin, two solidarity rallies with Palestinians were planned for Wednesday under the banners “Solidarity with All Political Prisoners on Pa...
ATHENS (AA) – Pope Francis has expressed concern over the total siege of Gaza, saying the Middle East does not need war but peace, the official Vatican News agency reported on Wednesday. Referring exclusively to the Israeli lives, the Pope said, “I pray for those families who have seen a day of celebration turned into […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The EU on Wednesday said it is engaged in efforts to establish a secure conduit for the expeditious delivery of aid to Gaza Strip, where Israel has launched airstrikes after a surprise attack by Hamas. “Member states of the European Union, in collaboration with undisclosed regional and international entit...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Tuesday announced it gave green light to call up around 360,000 of the army’s reservists amid fighting with Palestinian groups in Gaza. According to the Ynet news website, the Israeli army dispatched air force jets to collect reservists from Europe to join the army. Meanwhile in another st...
LONDON (AA) – Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has reiterated his wish to relocate his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, saying it would be “a desirable step” now. “I have personally been a proponent of relocating the Czech Embassy to Jerusalem for a long time. I am convinced that this would be a desirable [&hell...
