ROCHDALE – AFP “Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza,” said George Galloway from the Workers Party of Britain after winning the Rochdale by-election, beating the Conservative and Labour parties with 12,335 votes. The left-wing leader was elected to the UK parliament after tapping into anger over Israel’s war on Gaza. “K...
GENEVA (AA) – The European Commission on Friday announced that it will “proceed to paying” €50 million ($54.1 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) next week. The second and third tranches of €16 million will be released later, a commission statement said. “Beyond its support to UNRWA, the Commissio...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Global condemnation flowed on Friday after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a chaotic incident which the territory’s health ministry said killed more than 100 people. The Israeli military said a “stampede” occurred when th...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said on Friday the wartime death toll had reached 30,228 after 193 new fatalities were recorded in the previous 24 hours. The ministry also said 920 injuries were tallied in the same period in the besieged territory, bringing the total wounded from Israel’s nearly five-month...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Thursday denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings of a risk of nuclear war as “irresponsible,” but said there was no sign of greater risk. “It is not the first time we have seen irresponsible rhetoric from Vladimir Putin. It is no way for the leader...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Thursday asked Israel to provide answers after more than a hundred displaced Palestinians scrambling for aid were killed in Gaza. “We are urgently seeking additional information on exactly what took place,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters as he offe...
TEL AVIV – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted he has been under “pressures to end the war” on Gaza. “Today I am pushed, together with my friends, to end the war before we achieve all its goals. These pressures are increasing,” he said in a statement on Thursday. He also warned the […...
Golan Heights, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the green hills of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near Lebanon, Arye and Ditza Alon are hiking through a tranquil nature reserve, wondering whether the wider region could become a war zone. While mediators hope for a truce soon in the ongoing war raging in Gaza to the […...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations’ highest court, the UN human rights chief has said. On January 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague said Israel must “prevent the commission of all acts within the ...
ANKARA(AA) – Two American soldiers’ views on wars evolved due to their military experiences, said Levi Pierpont, a friend of American soldier Aaron Bushnell who self-immolated in protest against Israel’s assaults on the Gaza Strip. Pierpont spoke about Bushnell with Democracy Now — an independent American news program. ...
