BRUSSELS (AA) – All EU member states “are under an obligation to execute arrest warrants issued by the ICC,” EU spokesperson Peter Stano has said in a written statement, specifically noting the warrants issued for two top Israeli officials in the ongoing war on Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC), in a landmark move last [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Chile has officially filed a declaration of intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip. Chile’s intervention, submitted under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute, asserts its interest in the ...
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 […]
ANKARA (AA) – A young Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in the city of Al-Bireh, occupied West Bank, the official Wafa news agency reported. Security sources told the agency that Ahmed Ramzi Sultan, 20, was killed by Israeli live ammunition during a raid against Palestinians in northern Al-Bireh. The Israeli army held the body [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, the consequences of the Biden administration’s Gaza policy are becoming evident. President Joe Biden made his first campaign stop this year in the state of Michigan earlier this month, meeting with members of the United Auto Workers union and patronizing a Black-owned...
ANKARA (AA) – Chris Gunness, a former spokesman for UNRWA, has described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “the first genocide broadcast live.” In an interview, Gunness said that what the Israeli army is currently doing in Gaza is “genocide.” He pointed out that the most terrifying aspect of this situation is that “it [&hell...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian properties in the village of Kisan east of the city of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank. “The settlers burned a house, a vehicle, and a sheep pen,” Mousa Ubayyat, head of the village council reported. “The fire caused significant dam...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Washington next week for a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the White House has said. The February 12 meeting comes as regional efforts continue to broker an agreement to halt Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The White House said Abdullah and Biden will […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has criticized Peru for allowing its citizens to fight with the Israeli army in its war on Gaza. This statement followed Peru’s condolences for a soldier killed during the war. In a tweet on its official account, Peru’s Foreign Ministry said: “The Peruvian government regre...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 20 more Palestinians in various areas of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. According to a joint statement issued by the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the new arrests brought the total number of Palestinians detai...
