WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican lawmakers have denounced the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Advisor pledged a strong response in January. Rep. Mike Waltz, the incoming nation...
ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. In a statement, the OIC describe...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has urged all member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enforce arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense chief Yoav Gallant. “Israel’s crimes of starvation, persecution, and intentionally directing an attack against civili...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has affirmed its compliance with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense chief Yoav Gallant. “First of all, as Canada has always said, it’s really important that everyone abide by international law. This is somethi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 27 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting homes and makeshift shelters for displaced people across the Gaza Strip. A medical source at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza said that eight fatalities and multiple injuries were reported following an Israeli airstrike on a home in [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has welcomed the “long overdue” decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a statement, the Michigan Democrat said the warrant...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Outgoing President Joe Biden denounced a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants Thursday for Israel’s prime minister and his former defense minister. “The ICC issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” said Biden in a statement. “Let me be c...
Several members of the U.N. Security Council have condemned the U.S. for vetoing a fourth resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. China’s envoy Fu Cong expressed deep disappointment, accusing the U.S. of worsening the plight of Palestinians, pushing them “further into darkness and desperation.” He called for accountability, qu...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 88 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip early Thursday, with ordinary citizens and hospital staff assisting in transporting the injured and the dead to hospitals after Israeli forces destroyed Palestinian Civil Defense’s emergency assistanc...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The US vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that demanded an “immediate, unconditional, and permanent” cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. It also urged the prevention of starvation of Palestinians. The draft resolution, submitted by 10 elected members of the Council — Algeria, Ec...
