ANKARA (AA) – The Palestine Football Association said on Wednesday that it expects FIFA to impose sanctions on Israel Football Association for violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the Gaza Strip. “We appreciate the professionalism and impartiality FIFA has shown in handling this matter, particularly in referring the issue t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that he had introduced legislation to block the sale of more than $20 billion in US arms sales to Israel. “Sending more weapons to (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s extremist government is unacceptable,” Sanders said in a statement. Stressing that American weapo...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler in an address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He called for global action to halt what he described as a “murder network.” Erdoğan also criticized the UN for ineffectiveness. He urged the UN Security Coun...
ROME (AA) – The Italian police have banned two Palestine rallies, which were scheduled to take place on October 5 in Rome, due to public security concerns, local media reported. The decision came after the meeting of the Public Order and National Security Committee, which was chaired by Interior Minister Matteo Pieantedo, state-run ANSA news [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump, has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying a leader who received billions of dollars in US aid has no right to comment on his father. Trump Jr. responded to an interview with The New Yorker magazine in which Zelenskyy questioned the ability [...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A top Israeli military official said Tuesday that prisoner swap negotiations with Hamas had reached a dead end, according to Israel’s Channel 12. “At the moment, there is no deal,” Gen. Nitzan Alon, told the families of the Israelis held in Gaza, adding “the gaps are too great.” Asked by one family […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 51 Palestinians including children have been killed and several more injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting homes, vehicles, and crowded areas since Tuesday morning. The Palestinian Civil Defense issued a statement confirming the extent of the damage and casualties caused by the latest Israeli attacks on t...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said representatives of the Fatah and Hamas groups will soon hold a meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Mubasher channel Tuesday, Mustafa said the talks aim to reach agreements to improve conditions for serving the people of Gaza. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The military wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas has announced that one of its field commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Monday. The Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed in a statement that Hussein Mahmoud al-Nader, a field commander from Marjayoun town in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh Governorate, wa...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The soaring tensions in the Middle East will be an “important theme” in President Joe Biden’s meetings during this week’s UN General Assembly, says a senior administration official. Biden and his senior officials “will be convening to talk about various aspects of the crisis, and what we ca...
