GENEVA – AFP The humanitarian aid allowed into the Gaza Strip is not getting to people in need, the United Nations has said, urging Israel to fulfil its legal obligations. “The aid that is getting in is not getting to the people, and that’s a major problem,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA): Israeli firms have been barred from showcasing their products at a Paris defense fair due to the ongoing war on Gaza. Eurosatory, a premier defense sector event, attracts thousands of investors and firms every two years from countries worldwide. The fair’s main organizer, Coges Events, confirmed the exclusion, stating: ̶...
ATHENS (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday admitted that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is dire, saying Washington is working to allow more aid into the Palestinian enclave. Speaking at a press conference in Prague following an informal meeting of the NATO foreign ministers, Blinken said, “We’ve seen changes, some p...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Israeli army said Friday its troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating its nearly eight-month war on Gaza despite international objections over any offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel first sent tanks and troops into Rafah from the city’s east in early May, ignoring concerns over ...
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has labeled Israel a “rogue state” following a brutal military strike in Rafah. On May 26, Israeli forces bombed tent camps in a humanitarian zone, burning alive at least 45 Palestinians and wounding hundreds more. The attack has drawn global condemnation, with harrowing images of the aftermath. US officials have...
Beijing, China – AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on Israel’s war on Gaza as he addressed Arab leaders and diplomats at a forum in Beijing. Addressing the delegations on Thursday morning, Xi said China supported a “broad-based” peace conference to resolve the conflict. “Th...
Beijing, China – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday urged the international community to ensure Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are not displaced from their war-ravaged territory. “I… call on the international community to immediately provide for long-term humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip and to e...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP Israel’s deadly military offensive in the erstwhile “safe zone” for internally displaced Palestinians sheltering in Rafah is already taking a dire health toll in southern Gaza. If it continues, “substantial” increases in deaths of the severely injured can be expected, a top ...
Paris, France – AFP France’s parliament on Tuesday suspended a left-wing lawmaker for two weeks after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should recognise Palestinian statehood, as President Emmanuel Macron said such a step should not be based on “emotion”. Sebastien Delogu, a member...
Madrid, Spain — AFP Recognising Palestinian statehood is an “essential” step for achieving peace in the Middle East, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said. “Recognition of the state of Palestine is not only a matter of historic justice… also an essential requirement if we are all to achieve peace,” h...
