CNN says its analysis by weapons experts shows munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a refugee camp in Rafah on Sunday. Serial numbers matched those for a manufacturer of GBU-39 parts based in California. About 1.3 million Palestinians took shelter in Rafah to avoid Israeli bombings of […]
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...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Tuesday it did not support sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the tribunal’s prosecutor sought an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “We don’t believe that sanctions against the ICC is the right approach here,...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said Tuesday it still considers Israel’s assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah to be “limited in scope” despite a weekend attack that left 45 people dead as a blaze tore through a camp for displaced people. “Right now it is still our assessment that what [&he...
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...
Paris, France — AFP About 10,000 people took part in a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in Paris against Israel’s bombing of the refugee town of Rafah. The demonstrators gathered a few hundred metres from the embassy in the centre of the French capital and chanted “We are all Gaza children”, “Free Gaza”...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a third complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) alleging war crimes against journalists in Gaza. They have accused the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of killing eight Palestinian journalists and injuring another between December and May. Israel’s war on Gaza has so far killed more than 100...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AA) – The University of Copenhagen announced Tuesday it would divest from three commercial entities operating in the occupied West Bank. “From tomorrow (May 29) KU will no longer have investments in funds that have Airbnb, Booking[.]com and the online travel company eDreams ODIGEO in their portfolio,” it said in a...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The Walloon government in Belgium decided to ban arms delivery to Israel via airports on Tuesday because of pressure from non-governmental organizations. Anais Mangon, spokesperson for Minister-President of Wallonia Elio Di Rupo, confirmed the move to Anadolu. “In view of the situation in Gaza and the decisions of the Int...
