WASHINGTON (AA) – The US secured further commitments from Israel in the last two days about the situation in the Gaza Strip, the White House claimed on Wednesday. Aid groups said Israel had not met US aid demands within a 30-day period outlined in an Oct. 13 letter. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the US, declared President Joe Biden a “war criminal” Wednesday over his decision to continue supplying arms to Israel despite its failure to meet a US-mandated deadline for allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli captive has said army attacks in Gaza endanger the lives of captives, calling for protests in Israel to press for a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. A video of Alexander Turbanov, 28, was released by Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad on its Telegram channel. “For over a year, I have […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army is building infrastructure, expanding roads and establishing large facilities in Gaza, in a move that shows it is planning to remain in the enclave until at least the end of 2025, an Israeli newspaper has reported. “The work is progressing at full speed. What was a dirt embankment with […]
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the parliament that Israel is not committing a genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. During the Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Independent lawmaker Ayoub Khan raised comments from Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who recently claimed that the term genoci...
Arab and Islamic leaders have called for suspending Israel’s U.N. membership in response to its war and aggression in Gaza and Lebanon. During a summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit emphasized the urgency of the proposal. He described it as a vital step toward addressing long-standing grievan...
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.”...
