ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that nine out of 10 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in the Gaza Strip. “Families seek shelter where they can: overcrowded schools, destroyed buildings, makeshift tents on the sand or amid piles of trash,” the agency said in a statement. It stressed [&he...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has said that it would not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and defense minister, according to local media. The ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced in May that he had requested arrest warrants for [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden emphasized the need to close remaining gaps and finalize a Gaza cease-fire deal during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said Thursday. During the meeting at the presidential mansion, the two leaders discussed developments in Gaza and ongoing negotiations on...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly criticized allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech at the US Congress, accusing him of “distorting facts” over his war conduct in Gaza. In a statement, Hamas slammed what it said “giving him an opportunity to polish his f...
The International Criminal Court has accepted 64 fillings by states, organizations and persons to intervene in Prosecutor Karim Khan’s requests to issue arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas officials. Among the leaders with an arrest warrant out is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US, Palestine, Germany, South Africa, Bangla...
Washington, United States – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Gaza cease-fire demonstrators Wednesday and called for a global alliance against the Iranian regime he accuses of funding them, as he addressed a US Congress divided by the war. Washington has become increasingly alarmed by the humanitarian toll of Israel&#...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army at dawn Wednesday killed five more Palestinians in an airstrike on a home in Jabalia town in the northern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian official news agency Wafa quoted reported that the five Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid on a home in the Juron area in Jabalia. It […]
ANKARA (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Israeli athletes are “welcome” to the Paris Olympics 2024, and added that Russian athletes’ participation in the international sporting event is up to the Olympic Committee. In a live-streamed interview with France 2 ahead of the games, Macron claimed that Is...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US State Department announced Tuesday that it would review a China-mediated deal to heal the years-long rift between Palestinian factions and form a national unity government. It voiced opposition to a role for Hamas. “We have not reviewed the text of the so-called Beijing declaration, of course, we will do th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas on Tuesday evening denied links to any clip threatening attacks on Israeli athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics, calling it a fake video circulated by Israeli security forces for nefarious purposes. Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Rishq said in a statement that Israeli security forces circulated a fake video dep...
