ANKARA (AA) – Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz said on Friday his country rejected Saudi Arabia’s condition of “establishing a pathway to a future Palestinian state” for normalization of ties. He spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken after a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediate...
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, agreed on Friday to temporarily deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza via Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing. In a phone call, the two presidents addressed the severe humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, including the lack ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Friday he had decided to “sever the connection” between Spain’s diplomatic mission and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over Madrid’s recognition of a Palestinian state. “I have decided to sever the connection between Spain’s re...
Washington, United States — AFP Israel has taken US concerns into account as it wages an unprecedented military operation in the battered Gaza city of Rafah, which is packed with refugees, a senior United States official has said. “It’s fair to say, I think the Israelis have updated their plans. They’ve incorporated man...
Meta’s Oversight Board has received more than 2,300 comments relating to the use of the phrase “from the river to the sea” on Facebook and Instagram in the context of activism and self-determination for Palestine. The 22-member board is still deciding whether the phrase constitutes hate speech. This is specifically in the co...
The National Press Club, the largest organization for journalists in the US, has urged Israel to restore The Associated Press’ equipment and live feed in Gaza. Israel earlier confiscated the New York-based news agency’s broadcast equipment and shut down its live feed into Gaza. Press Club President Emily Wilkins has asked Israel to reverse cou...
No aid has reached Gaza despite the temporary pier built by the US and put into operation five days ago. Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder confirmed that 569 tons of aid delivered via the pier have not yet been distributed. Israel’s closure of key access points is making the situation worse. Meanwhile the UN has […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Two more Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese pro-Palestine resistance group said. The group identified the slain fighters as Mohamed Ali Butoam and Ali Hassan Soltan, without providing any details about the circumstances of their death. The announcement came shortly after Lebanese me...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel on Tuesday shut down US news agency the Associated Press’s live feed from Gaza, two weeks after it ordered the closure of Al Jazeera. The AP said Israeli authorities accused the news agency of violating its ban on Al Jazeera, which was targeted based on a new Israeli law […]
Israel killed 106 Palestinians and wounded 176 others in Gaza in 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In the Nuseirat refugee camp alone, 31 Palestinians were killed. Doctors Without Borders reported that al-Awda Hospital near Jabalia has completely run out of drinking water, highlighting the dire humanitarian situation. ...
