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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The first aid vessel heading to the besieged Gaza Strip via a new maritime corridor was visible Friday off the coast of the war-ravaged territory, an AFP journalist said. Images shot by the journalist showed the Open Arms towing a barge which the Spanish charity operating it says is […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza’s health ministry said on Friday that Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive desperately needed aid in the besieged territory, but Israel claimed the reports were “erroneous”. The health ministry in Gaza accused Israeli troops of opening fire from “tanks...
Washington, United States – AFP The leader of the US Senate called Thursday for Israel to hold new elections in the most strident criticism yet by a senior American official of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war on Gaza. The rebuke from Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, came...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States sanctioned three Israeli settlers and two farming outposts Thursday, accusing them of undermining stability in the West Bank. The move marks the second time this year that Washington has sanctioned Israeli settlers, as it looks to respond to the rise in West Bank settler violence. “...
Muslim Network TV MIT is at the center of a controversy for suppressing pro-Palestinian activism. The Coalition Against Apartheid claims the university administration is taking disciplinary action against activists and threatening them with expulsion. Coalition head Safiyyah Ogundipe claims they faced suspension after organizing protests in su...
Muslim Network TV Progressives are condemning what they say are racist remarks by conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. They say the comments are racially charged, and have likened them to post-9/11 Islamophobia. Jennings called Omar a “public relations agent for Hamas” during a CNN segment, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Top officials from the US, four other countries and the European Union agreed Wednesday that Israel must open additional crossings to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza as they work on building a maritime corridor to increase the amount of assistance entering the enclave. The ministers “underscored the need for I...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest demonstration was held Wednesday outside the headquarters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C. one day after the group concluded its annual policy conference. The protestors, some of whom wore Palestinian keffiyehs carried Palestinian flags as well as banners with message...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its warehouses in war-ravaged Gaza was hit Wednesday, amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has caused mass deaths of Palestinians, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wastelan...
Washington, United States – AFP Protecting and aiding civilians must be “job number one” for Israel in the war-battered Gaza Strip, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “Where there is a will, there is a way,” Blinken told reporters after a virtual meeting with ministers on a new maritime corridor ...
