LONDON (AA) – Renowned Emmy-winning actor Tobias Menzies has joined the chorus of voices speaking out on the “very troubling” situation in the Gaza Strip, devastated by weeks of Israeli attacks, as well as the “heartbreaking” scenes of civilian suffering. Menzies, best known for his performance in hit shows The Cr...
BOSTON – AFP Thousands gathered in Boston on Sunday to support Palestinians and call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 18,800 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s government. The offensive came in response to Hamas October 7 attacks which resulted in the deaths of 1,...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Secretary-general of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) says that Israel always attempts to control the media and narrative, but it will not succeed this time. Describing the events in Gaza as “heartbreaking,” ABU Secretary-General Ahmed Nadeem told Anadolu: “It’s extremely inhuman what is being done in...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, taking the death toll to 89 since Oct. 7, the government media office said. A statement by the media office said Ahmed Abu Absa and Hanan Ayyad lost their lives in Israeli bombardment. It, however, did […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 87 journalists have been killed in the ongoing Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the government media office in the besieged Palestinian enclave has said. In a statement, the office said the latest fatality was Abdulkarim Oda, who was killed in an Israeli attack. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Electronic Intifada is an independent online publication which is playing a pivotal role in combatting disinformation and fake news, providing alternative perspectives, analysis, and firsthand accounts from those at the center of all the death, destruction and suffering in Gaza. “The mainstream US media and … the European m...
Paris, France -AFP An investigation by Agence France-Presse into the strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 that killed a Reuters journalist and injured six others, including two from AFP, points to a tank shell only used by the Israeli army in this high-tension border region. Jointly conducted with Airwars, an NGO that investigates attacks ...
ANKARA (AA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said that Israel’s deadly strikes on journalists in Lebanon were an “apparently deliberate attack on civilians and thus a war crime.” “Two Israeli strikes on a group of Lebanese, American, and Iraqi journalists in south Lebanon on October 13, 2023, were apparently deliberate attacks on c...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 44 Palestinian journalists are held in Israeli prisons, and 29 of them have been arrested since October 7, a local journalists group has said. In a statement, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) said: “The Israeli occupation forces released 12 of the detained journalists after serving various terms.”...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called on media outlets to increase their presence in the Gaza Strip and view the extent of destruction caused by Israel in the enclave. “We call on journalists and international media agencies to intensify their presence in the Gaza Strip to see the extent […]
