LONDON (AA) – The UK government is considering imposing sanctions on two Israeli ministers in response to inflammatory comments supporting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have carried out attacks on Palestinians. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed the government is “looking at that”, during Prime Minister’s Questio...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister known for his radical right-wing Zionism Bezalel Smotrich has said that he is working to grant 500,000 illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank “the same rights of every citizens in Israel.” “I will continue to work with all my strength to allow the half million settlers who are […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called for a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives from Gaza. “Strike a deal, end the war, fix the country,” Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, said in a brief post on X. Israel has killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza since […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Kisiya family is trying to dismantle an illegal settlement outpost on land they own in the Al-Makhrour area near Bethlehem. Ever since Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans two weeks ago for the establishment of a new settlement in Bethlehem, which...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli security minister has said that “there will be no halt to the war” amid the US vice president’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza. The daily Haaretz reported earlier on Thursday that after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, US Vice President and presidenti...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned that the country’s leaders could face international prosecution and arrest warrants for crimes committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In an article published by the Israeli daily Haaretz, Olmert said Israel would have no defense when accused of...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has condemned Israel’s Security Cabinet decision to expand illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, warning of “dire consequences,” according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry. The statement came following an announcement by Israel’s official broadcasting authority that the Israeli Security Cabi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Minister of Settlement and National Missions Orit Strook has denied the very existence of the Palestinian people. “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people,” Strook said in a video on her X account of her speech during a Knesset session. “There will never be a Palestinian state in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s radical far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has renewed his call for displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. “After the war, we must remain in the Gaza Strip, control it, and encourage the voluntary migration of hundreds of thousands of Gazans,” Ben-Gvir told Israeli public broadcaster KAN. The f...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has said that he is “very disturbed” by the Israeli government’s suggestion of mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. “Very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials’ statements on plans to transfer civilians from #Gaza to third countries,” Volker Turk said in a ...
