Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – AFP Russia on Thursday reopened its embassy in Burkina Faso after a gap of nearly 32 years after the West African nation fell out with former colonial ruler France. The Burkinabe foreign ministry confirmed in a statement that “Russia formally reopened its embassy this Thursday in Ouagadougou.” Russ...
ANKARA (AA) – A French publisher has said many people are trying to muzzle voices critical of Israel in France and announced the re-release of the book “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.” La Fabrique told the media that the book by renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, which discusses the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel allows non-Israeli Jewish individuals to voluntarily join military service, an army spokesperson has said, without disclosing the number of foreign mercenaries currently serving, as a debate has erupted following a French lawmaker filing a criminal complaint and South Africa threatening to revoke the nationalities of na...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Recent revelations by a French lawmaker and the South African government, as well as media reports of a Spanish mercenary in the Israeli army, have sparked a debate about the Israeli army’s employing mercenaries for attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7. Israel has a history of using mercenaries from various […]
ATHENS (AA) – A left-wing French parliamentarian slammed the speaker for ignoring lawmaker Meyer Habib’s defence of Israel’s war crimes. “Unconditional supporters of Israeli war criminals protect each other. A French MP can therefore calmly apologize for war crimes. What a shame!” Thomas Portes, a lawmaker from the France Unb...
NICE, France (AA) – Left-wing lawmakers in Paris have blasted Tel Aviv over the killing of a French Foreign Ministry staffer in Gaza during an airstrike and demanded sanctions against Israel. Prominent members of the French parliament accused France of failing to take necessary measures to protect its staffer and his family. “This ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority urged France on Sunday to help resolve the problem of settler violence against Palestinians. During a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh emphasized the need to put pressure on Israel to ...
ANKARA (AA) – France has decided to freeze Palestinian resistance group Hamas leader’s assets for six months under a ruling published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday. The decision came with a ministerial ruling adopted by economy and interior ministries on November 30 . Assets belonging to or controlled by Yahya Sinwar or on his [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – In France, journalists, artists, and opposition politicians who have been giving vocal support to Palestine have been getting threatening messages from an extremist group. A joint investigation by Anadolu and Gaza News+ revealed that the Jewish Defense League (LDJ) targets prominent figures who declare support for Palestine...
Paris, France – AFP A group of French diplomats have penned a highly unusual joint memorandum deploring what they allege is a pro-Israeli bias from President Emmanuel Macron, adding to pressure on the president after sometimes controversial statements over the conflict between Israel and Hamas. French daily newspaper Le Figaro said on Mo...
