More than 40,000 New Jersey voters have chosen the uncommitted option on the ballot, signaling support for a cease-fire in Gaza. Although President Joe Biden secured 88% of the vote, nearly 9% of Democratic voters in the state remain uncommitted. In New Mexico, the uncommitted vote, driven by opposition to Biden’s handling of Israel’s w...
A Jewish U.S. Army officer has resigned citing his opposition to American support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Major Harrison Mann served in the Defense Intelligence Agency. In interviews, he explained he no longer could support a campaign resulting in high civilian casualties. He highlights that the U.S. has provided Israel with substanti...
GENEVA (AA) – The Spanish prime minister on Thursday called on all states to support the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the implementation of the provisional measures against Israel. Pedro Sanchez’s remarks came after Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced Spain’s decision to join South Africa’s genocide case again...
The House has approved a bill to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) over arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials. The vote was 247-155. The court’s prosecutor has sought arrest warrants for the Israeli PM on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel has k...
Senator Bernie Sanders has announced he will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress. Speaking on the Senate floor, Sanders expressed his dismay at bipartisan leaders, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, for inviting Netanyahu. No date has been set for the ...
Maldives government has announced a ban on Israeli passport holders, citing solidarity with Gaza. This is because of Israel’s ongoing war there, in which it has killed more than 36,400 Palestinians, most of them children and women, since October last year. Mohamed Muizzu, president of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, declared the ban wi...
As many as 30% of American Jews agree that Israeli actions in Gaza can be classified as genocide. A recent survey by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs reveals that 60% of American Jews support an independent Palestinian state. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 36,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children and civilians, and [&h...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief has said that he noticed a “clear lack of empathy for what’s happening in Gaza,” from the conservative European People’s Party. Speaking at a Socialist Party campaign event in Madrid ahead of the EU elections, Josep Borrell criticized EU Commission President Ursula von de...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An activist group in Morocco has urged the government to block a Japanese-owned cargo ship, Vertom Odette, suspected of transporting weapons to Israel from passing through its territorial waters. Sailing under the flag of Luxembourg, the commercial ship departed from India on April 18 and is set to arrive at the Spanish [...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediator Qatar said Tuesday it was waiting for a “clear position” from Israel on a proposed Gaza cease-fire and prisoner release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. “We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government towards the principles laid out by Biden,” foreign minist...
