WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will continue to press Israel to get humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, the Pentagon has said. “We’re not going to take our foot off the gas pedal here when it comes to working with the Israelis to increase the amount of aid flowing into Gaza,” spokesman Pat Ryder told […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has announced his selection of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a self-declared “unapologetic Zionist”, as the next US ambassador to Israel. “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has been nominated to be The United St...
Sudanese activists report that the civilian death toll in the town of Al-Hilaliya which has been under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has reached 350 since Oct. 20. RSF attacks have left thousands without essential resources, with allegations of mass killings and severe human rights abuses. Central Call, a local group, condemne...
Israeli soldiers have sparked outrage by posting mock Google reviews about places they destroyed during their invasion of southern Lebanon. One review sarcastically described the Ahel al-Quran Mosque near Yarine as “only rubble.” Another soldier mocked the burning of Mays al-Jabal’s public hospital, calling it “bad service.”...
An Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has urged the U.N. Security Council to implement a binding resolution for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and urgent humanitarian aid. The summit, attended by the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. The final statement pr...
Israel has killed as many as 25 Palestinians since dawn Tuesday in an airstrike targeting a crowded area in the city of Deir el-Balah. The situation in Beit Hanoon remains dire as the area has been under siege for more than 40 days. Families displaced by Israel’s ongoing violence have sought refuge in schools and […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas claimed Tuesday to have killed and injured 10 Israeli soldiers in an ambush in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said its fighters detonated a house in Al-Qasaseeb area as Israeli soldiers moved into the building. It confirmed [&hel...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – Israeli fan groups were responsible for the violence surrounding the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv UEFA Europa League match in Amsterdam last week, said a senior member of an anti-Zionist Jewish group. In an interview with Anadolu, Anna Joseph, Leadership Council member of Erev Rav, a Jewish collective in the Netherlands, clarified th...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AA) – Palestine supporters gathered Monday in San Francisco to demand an end to US support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Waving Palestinian flags, they chanted “Free, Free Palestine!” They also held signs saying “Stop Arm$ for War Crime$,” “Not Another Bomb,” “Stop Arming Israel,...
A prominent Palestinian Islamic scholar in Gaza has issued a fatwa (Islamic ruling) condemning Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The attack, in response to Israel’s occupation of Palestine, led to a brutal Israeli response, which has almost leveled Gaza and killed over 43,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women. Salman al-Dayah, a fo...
