Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for a congressional probe into alleged war profiteering by major US defense contractors. Sanders condemns Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and RTX for pocketing $255 billion in taxpayer funds since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Sanders accuses these firms of “fleecing” American tax...
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would not alter the Biden administration’s policies on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and the war on Gaza. Harris’s comments come during an interview with CNN network — her first interview as this year’s Democratic presidential nominee. She, however, stresses the need to secure a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has reported that during its 22-day military offensive in Khan Younis, the Israeli army destroyed water lines supplying areas in the city claimed by Tel Aviv to be “humanitarian zones.” “The Israeli army destroyed main water lines providing essential services t...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has strongly condemned a recent attack on humanitarian workers in Gaza, expressing deep concern over the rising dangers faced by aid personnel in the conflict-stricken region. In a statement, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim described the incident, where a clearly marked UN vehi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The run-up to the presidential election is tense because of two key issues: the economy and the major parties’ support to Israel. As Americans grapple with economic hardships and inflation, their frustration is compounded by their government’s support to Israel’s genocidal actions in the devastated Pales...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has rejected the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after hawkish Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for the “temporary evacuation” of Palestinian civilians to carry out an operation. “We reject the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the West...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top Hamas leader has urged university students across the world to again start their protests to demand a halt to the US support to Israel, which continues to attack Gaza and launched a military operation in the West Bank on Wednesday. “With the return of the academic year and the approach […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 68 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, taking the overall death toll since last Oct. 7, to 40,602, the Health Ministry in the battered enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 93,855 others have been injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli forces killed […]
GENEVA (AA) – The start of a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip remains uncertain as the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the need for “security and access guarantees.” More than 1 million polio vaccines have reached Gaza, but WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said that the vaccination campaign can only com...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
