Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas on Wednesday accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of “colluding” with Israel in the “forced displacement” of residents of Gaza. “UNRWA and its officials bear responsibility for this humanitarian catastrophe, in particular the residents of the Gaza (Ci...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in the West Bank since October 7. A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members. According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Tourism in Israel fell by 76% annually in October because of the war on Palestine and the cancellation of the majority of flights to and from Tel Aviv, according to a report by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The report noted that 89,700 tourists visited Israel in October, with the majority […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 900,000 Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, which consists of five governorates, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry has said. Interior Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Buzm said during a news conference in Gaza that residents are still living in Gaza despite the Israeli mi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Far right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has said that tens of thousands of gun permits have been granted to Israeli citizens. “The Firearms Division received hundreds of thousands of requests for personal weapons licenses, and we have issued tens of thousands of conditional permits (without spe...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s foreign reserves have dropped by $7.3 billion in October amid the Israeli war on the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Bank of Israel said the country’s foreign reserves reached $191.2 billion in October, down from $198.55 billion in September. Israel’s reserves are now at their lowest le...
LONDON (AA) – Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, Husam Zomlot, has reiterated his warning about Israel’s plan for another “Nakba” in Gaza, and shared video footage showing mass displacement of people in Gaza from north to south. “Invading Israeli tanks are in #Gaza to force the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes,” Zomlo...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the death toll from Israeli’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has jumped to 10,328 people. Among the killed are 4,237 children and 2,719 women, Gaza-based Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said at a press conference. More than 25,956 others have also […]...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Results of a recent poll show that Arab American support for Joe Biden has plunged to an all-time low, with the Democratic Party absorbing the brunt of the blow due to the community’s negative sentiment toward the US president over his support for Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip. […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has expressed concern over mounting anti-Muslim racism in the country since the start of the attacks on Gaza on October 7. Any attacks on Muslims in Germany, for religious or other reasons, are “absolutely unacceptable,” government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said at a news conference in Berlin. “The nearly 5 million Mus...
