Geneva, Switzerland — AFP More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations has said, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion. Israel’s military earlier called for displaced peoples in Gaza to leave eastern Rafah, which triggered widespread international alarm. The ...
Nairobi, Kenya — AFP An Israeli ground attack in Gaza’s Rafah would lead to an “epic humanitarian disaster”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned after negotiators left truce talks in Cairo without a deal. “A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to (an) epic humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on ...
Frankfurt, Germany — AFP Germany has said that calls to boycott Israeli artists at the Eurovision song contest were “unacceptable”, after demonstrators in host country Sweden protested against Israeli participation due to its ongoing genocidal military campaign in Gaza. Israeli singer Eden Golan qualified Thursday for this we...
Cambridge, United States – AFP Police carried out swoops Friday on students protesting the war on Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country. And late Thursday, police broke up a Free Palestine protest at the University of Calgary in western Canada using tear gas. The police action [&hell...
Several Palestinian civilians were killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes in the early hours of Friday, as Israel’s war on Gaza marked its 217th day. Israeli fighter jets struck throughout central and northern Gaza, hitting a total of 40 targets. Khan Younis is one of the areas that Palestinians fleeing Rafah have been heading to. […]...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that Israel has killed at least 34,943 people in the Palestinian territory since October last year. The tally includes at least 39 deaths in the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 78,572 people have been wounded in Gaza.
While celebrities dazzled at the Met Gala, a contrasting scene unfolded outside as thousands of Free Palestine demonstrators marched through Manhattan. Advocating against the Israeli war on Gaza, thousands of Free Palestine demonstrators chanted slogans and waved flags. Despite police attempts to control the situation, tensions rose with sever...
President Joe Biden has acknowledged for the first time that American weapons supplied to Israel have been used to kill civilians in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with CNN on Wednesday, Biden revealed that US-made bombs were used by Israel in civilian areas, prompting him to halt the shipment of certain weapons. The US has […]
Malmö, Sweden – – AFP After a run-up in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in Sweden’s Malmo, where representatives from 26 countries will compete. Up to 30,000 demonstrators from the Free Palestine Movement are expected to protest against IsraelR...
Casablanca, Morocco — AFP North African football fans are using the sport to express solidarity for the Palestinians amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. As early as October 8, supporters of Raja Club Athletic in Casablanca revived an old chant: “You for whom my heart is saddened,” goes the song which spread thr...
