ANKARA (AA) – Malaysian veteran politician and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called out US President Joe Biden for his comments about the bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, dubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Pentagon as liars. Biden said on Wednesday that the hospital blast, which killed hund...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden on Thursday dodged a reporter’s question on whether Israel is acting in line with the laws of war in Gaza. “Mr. President, are Israelis operating within the laws of war that you talked about last week,” a reporter asked Biden. Instead of answering the question, Biden said, “Good t...
LONDON (AA) – The deadly airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza must be investigated as a war crime, Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has said. Speaking in Italy, Higgins said that it is “very, very important that there be a reliable investigation as to how it (incident) came to be, who is responsible and […]
Strasbourg, France – – AFP EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said that there is “no excuse for hitting a hospital full of civilians” in Gaza, but did not apportion blame for the blast. The European Commission president told EU lawmakers the “facts need to be established” on the the Gaza hospital strike. Isra...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has stressed that it is up to Israel to decide when to have a cease-fire in Gaza following UN calls for a truce in the aftermath of the Al-Ahli hospital bombing, which left hundreds dead, including many children. “We are in a situation in which a terrorist organization has not only […]
Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in Tunisia on Wednesday outside the French embassy, condemning Western support for Israel for a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital. Some protesters were waving Palestinian flags while others demanded the ambassador be expelled, accusing France of being among the Western &...
– LONDON (AA) – A Human Rights Watch (HRW) official has said that the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza is “yet another war crime committed by the Israeli army, in a list that keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer.” “When will Western powers open their eyes and pressure their ally to […]
– LONDON (AA) – England’s top cleric, the archbishop of Canterbury, has decried the “devastating loss of innocent lives” from an airstrike on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, a facility run by the Anglican Church. “This is an appalling and devastating loss of innocent lives. The Ahli hospital is run by the Anglican...
