Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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ANKARA (AA) – Student-led Free Palestine Movement protests against Israel’s genocidal offensive on Gaza which started last month at New York’s Columbia University have since spread to universities across the world. In France, demonstrations in support of Palestine continue at many universities, often met with harsh police intervention. In Pari...
New York, United States – AFP Columbia, the prestigious New York university at the heart of Free Palestine Movement, announced Monday that it has canceled the main ceremony for graduating students next week. The Ivy League institution said it would “forego the university-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15” and hold a ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant spoke by phone Sunday about talks between Israel and Hamas on a prisoner deal that would lead to a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Austin and Gallant exchanged views on humanitarian assistance efforts and the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Pentagon [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army issued on Monday morning urgent evacuation orders to Palestinian residents and displaced individuals in several areas of eastern Rafah, telling them to immediately relocate to the town of al-Mawasi. “The Israeli army is expanding the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi and urging Palestinians to temporar...
BANJUL, GAMBIA: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit called for “an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip”. “The principled position of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation” is “to support the Palestinian people and their just cause”, said Hissein Brahim Taha, the Secre...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel shut the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid on Sunday following rocket fire from the besieged enclave. At least 10 Israelis were injured when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at a military site near the illegal settlement of Kerem Shalom, according to the Walla news […]
ANKARA (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday condemned the closure of campus entrances at top universities by students protesting against Israeli attacks on Gaza. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche and La Provence dailies, Macron condemned “with the utmost firmness” the blockades at universities. He said he was in favor...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts to reach a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas is still keen on reaching an agreement that ends the aggression, guarantees Israeli troop withdrawal, and achieves a serious prisoner exchange deal,” Hani...
PARIS (AA) – A Palestinian-British surgeon who served as a doctor soon after Israel began its current war on Gaza was prevented from entering France due to a ban on his entry to Europe imposed by Germany. At Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, Ghassan Abu-Sitta wrote on X: “They are preventing me from entering France. […]
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned on Saturday of the psychological effects of Israel’s war on the children in Gaza. “Children in Gaza are suffering devastating levels of stress,” said the agency in a statement on X. “UNRWA team is working with children and adolescents to mitigate the impact of [&he...
