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...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The row between the Democratic Party establishment in the US and advocates for Palestine lays bare the party’s hypocrisy when it comes to Israel’s war on Gaza, says an American doctor who recently returned from Gaza. Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement, many of whom are longstanding Democratic operatives di...
ANKARA (AA) – A Sydney-based law and advocacy firm has announced it will defend veteran broadcaster Mary Kostakidis from the charges brought against her by the Zionist Federation of Australia for sharing posts about the situation in Gaza. “XD Law are proud to defend Mary Kostakidis from the charges brought against her by the Zionis...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden ignored warnings from his staffers in order to approve a floating pier off the Gaza coast that was meant to facilitate aid deliveries, according to a report published Tuesday. Multiple officials within the US’s humanitarian aid agency, USAID, raised concerns that using the temporary pier would distra...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The heads of churches in Jerusalem have expressed deep concern over Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a cease-fire. In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation, “the situation in ou...
ATHENS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stressed the need for a cease-fire in Gaza to allow children to be vaccinated against poliovirus. “The quick spread of polio threatens all children in Gaza, already weakened by displacement, deprivation & malnourishment,” he stated on X. Urging an immediate three-day cease-fire, indep...
