LONDON (AA) – Israel, as the occupying power for many decades, is actively preventing the full realization of the Palestinians’ right to self-determination, Slovenia’s delegation to the International Court of Justice said Friday. Presenting Slovenia’s statements in advisory proceedings on the legal consequences arising ...
GENEVA (AA) – A UN report Friday urged accountability and justice for severe violations of armed conflict laws and other gross human rights violations committed by all parties in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Israel. The UN Human Rights Office report covers the year leading up to Oct. 31, 2023. “The [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz threatened on Friday that the army “will eventually launch its much-anticipated offensive” in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. “The fighting will continue also in the future, deep within the enemy’s territory and not along the border,” Gantz said in a video message shared on social...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japan has reiterated its position that the way forward to end the conflict between Israel and Palestine is a two-state solution. Tokyo “believes a two-state solution for a future independent Palestinian state, living side by side with Israel with peace and dignity, remains the only viable path for both peoples,” Tomohiro ...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A group of British parliamentarians from the International Development Committee (IDC) have visited the Egyptian city Al-Arish in the Sinai desert to observe humanitarian efforts. Upon the return of the group back to the UK, the committee chair, Sarah Champion, said: “Nothing that has been reported braces you f...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday evening raided Bethlehem city in the southern occupied West Bank, triggering clashes with Palestinians. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its medical teams treated 22 Palestinians. Two were injured by live bullets, while the remaining suffered asphyxiation from...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas hailed a shooting attack on Thursday that killed one Israeli and injured 11 others near occupied East Jerusalem as a “normal response to Israeli massacres” in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. According to Israeli police, three Palestinians opened fire near the settlement of Maale Adumim early Thursday. The three were [&helli...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP At least two Hezbollah fighters were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a residential building in south Lebanon on Thursday, a security source said. Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since Israel la...
ANKARA (AA) – The sign off on gas exploration rights off of Gaza’s coast to foreign corporations at a time when Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza is further evidence of Israel’s goal of total political and economic subjugation of the Palestinian people, says Susan Power, head of legal research a...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed three Palestinians during an overnight raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the military said on Wednesday. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed at least one death in the Israeli operation, the latest in a months-long military crackdown across the occupied West Bank...
