Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden said Monday he was “appalled” after violent clashes between two groups outside a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend. Protesters wearing keffiyehs and holding Palestinian flags gathered on Sunday outside the Adas Torah synagogue, where several US media outlets report a pr...
Abdullah Hammoud, the Democratic mayor of Dearborn, says the US president risks losing reelection against Donald Trump by siding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Frankly, it’s Biden right now who is choosing Benjamin Netanyahu over American democracy,” says Hammoud during an interview with AFP. “For me, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, saying his “incorrect” claims that the US is withholding weapons deliveries are “vexing” the administration. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the allegations by Netanyahu on Tuesday “were d...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US envoy to Tel Aviv has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the imminent arrival of American weapons and ammunition, Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday. “US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew told Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday that the ammunition and weapons that the PM referred to are in the proces...
Muslims across the United States marked Eid al-Adha on Sunday with community gatherings and prayers for Palestinians. One of the largest congregations was at the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland, where hundreds gathered for the Eid prayer. In New York, a similar scene unfolded around the Washington Square Fountain. Eid al-Adha, one of the...
BEIRUT (AA) – President Joe Biden’s senior adviser Amos Hochstein on Tuesday stressed immediate political solution to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group. Following a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, he said, “The conflict on both sides of the Blue Li...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday said she will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on July 24, saying he has “created a humanitarian catastrophe.” Responding to reporters’ questions, Warren said, “He (Netanyahu) has also made clear that he does not support US...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to US nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. The Biden administration has been struggling to address immigration, a hugely div...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Two key Democrats in the US Congress signed off on a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion, The Washington Post reported Monday. Citing three unnamed US officials, it said Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin agreed to support the deal under […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel continued its strike in Gaza on Monday and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory’s south. Witnesses told AFP they could hear blasts in the centre and west of the southernmost city of Rafah on Monday morning. Elsewhere in the Palestinian territory an AFP correspondent said strikes a...
