ANKARA (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine has urged member states to impose sanctions on Israel along with an arms embargo until it stops “this madness.” “Let’s be clear. As the ICJ orders Israel to stop its offensive in Rafah, Israel intensifies its attacks on it,” Francesca Albanese said on X. The Interna...
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 ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, said Thursday that it had captured an Israeli military commander during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year. The announcement contradicted previous reports from the Israel army which said he was killed in the attacks that day. In [&hel...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The top United Nations court on Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah “immediately”, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on Israel more than seven months into its war on Gaza. The International Court of Justice also ruled Israel must keep open ...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The leaders of some top US universities were grilled by Congress on Thursday for their handling of Free Palestine camps on campuses. The presidents of the University of California, University of Los Angeles (UCLA), Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Northwestern University in Illinois were scrutinized by the House E...
Washington, United States – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address the US Congress, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Thursday. “We will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress,” Johnson said, adding that the visit would mark “a very ...
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...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for “harsh punitive measures” against the Palestinian Authority (PA) following announcements by Spain, Norway and Ireland to recognize Palestine as a state. The three European countries said on Wednesday that they will officially recognize a Palestinian state on May 28. In a...
Oslo, Norway – AFP Norway, Ireland and Spain announced on Wednesday that they will recognize Palestine as a state. Ireland’s leader said his nation would recognize Palestine as a state but did not specify timing, while leaders of Norway and Spain said their nations would do so as of May 28. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas […]
