JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant left a security cabinet meeting Saturday because his chief of staff was not allowed to attend, according to media reports. Israeli state television channel KAN said Gallant left the meeting and noted “increasing tension within the Security Cabinet.” Channel 13 said...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Tens of thousands of people gathered Saturday in Washington DC for a march to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and an end to US military aid to Israel. The rally, organized by the American Muslim Task Force on Palestine, ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and Racism), started with […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hebrew news site, Walla, has said that 4,000 Israeli soldiers have become disabled since the beginning of the war against the Gaza Strip in October, with estimations suggesting that the number could rise to 30,000. “The country is preparing to receive a large number of disabled Israeli soldiers, and after 100 days ...
ATHENS (AA) – Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza, which have continued since October 7 of last year, as well as NATO, EU, and US policies regarding the plight of Palestinians, were protested on Saturday noon in the Greek capital city of Athens. The rally was organized by the Palestinian Community of Greece and Stop the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The US has sanctioned two more companies for financially supporting Yemen’s Houthis, a State Department spokesman has said. “Iran’s financial support to the Houthis has fueled their unrelenting attacks on global commerce in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” Matthew Miller said in a statement. “The United States is today [&...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has expressed deep concern about military strikes by US-led allied forces in the Red Sea and Yemen, warning that if the international community fails to act immediately to halt armed actions in the region, Israel’s war on Gaza could spread throughout the Middle East. The country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement [&h...
The US and UK’s strikes on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis rebels, aimed at stopping their attacks on Red Sea shipping, were designed to send a “very strong message” to Tehran, says Melanie Garson, Associate Professor in International Conflict Resolution at University College London. “In the absence of having been det...
LONDON (AA) — A massive pro-Palestine march was held on Saturday in the heart of London, marking the seventh demonstration in the British capital since Israel’s war on Gaza began in early October. The event, which drew hundreds of thousands of participants, was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). It was part of a [&hell...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Israel is consistently blocking humanitarian convoys into northern Gaza, making it increasingly difficult to bring desperately-needed fuel and other aid to hospitals there, the United Nations said Friday. After planning aid missions to the north, UN agencies said their convoys were subjected to slow and unpredic...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Voicing concern over rising tensions in the Red Sea, China has called on “all relevant parties” to avoid a further escalation of conflicts in the region. Beijing said the parties should “remain calm and exercise restraint,” daily Global Times reported. The US and UK carried out airstrikes on multiple targets inside Yemen ...
