The State Department has expressed concern about Israel’s move to ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Spokesman Matthew Miller says the move poses risks for millions of Palestinians who rely on UNRWA for essential services. These include health care and primary and secondary education. Miller’s ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Representative Pramila Jayapal sharply criticized the Biden administration Tuesday for the lack of movement toward an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi last month by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “It has been 53 days since Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was ki...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters interrupted US Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ speech during her presidential campaign rally Monday. Addressing thousands of supporters in the battleground state of Michigan, Harris faced a group of chanting attendees who said, “Israel bombs, Kamala pays...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a candidate in the upcoming presidential election. “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one,&...
Thirteen former Trump administration officials have voiced their support for ex-White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after he described the ex-president as exhibiting “fascist” tendencies. In a letter, the officials, all lifelong Republicans, praised Kelly for prioritizing the country over party and emphasized the urgency of his w...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Monday that Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip “should end” as the Palestinian death toll in the coastal enclave has topped 43,000. “We need a cease-fire. This war should end,” the president said in brief remarks before reporters after he cast his early ballot ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump warned that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris could get the US into a hot war if she won the Nov. 5 elections. “She would get us into a World War 3 guaranteed because she is too grossly incompetent to do the job,” Trump said at a Saturday […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden on Saturday expressed hope that Israeli strikes against Iran were “the end.” “I was on with the intelligence community for the last half hour. It looks like they didn’t hit anything other than military targets. I hope that this is the end,” Biden told the reporters. The Israeli army...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations on Saturday accused the United States of complicity in the Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military sites, claiming that Israeli warplanes used Iraqi airspace under US control to launch their attacks. “1. The Zionist regime’s warplanes attacked several Iranian military ...
The Washington Post has refused to endorse any candidate for president, in a move not seen since the 1980s. It also has said it will no longer do so in future presidential elections. Publisher Will Lewis announced the decision in a post on X on Friday. He wrote the statement is “in support of our […]
