ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday demanded the Group of 20 meeting recognize what he called Israel’s right to defend itself. In a statement on his X account, Saar also called for condemnation of Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 103,600 […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reiterated the gravity of the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying sufficient aid has never been available throughout the 13 months of the Israel’s offensive. “People are hungry. We are surrounded every day by people who beg for pieces of bread, who need a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – About 90 Democrats called on US President Joe Biden to use his “lame-duck” period in the presidency to sanction two Israeli ministers, according to a letter made public on Thursday. In a letter sent on Oct. 29, 88 lawmakers called on Biden to sanction Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security M...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government is advancing a bill that would prohibit displaying the Palestinian flag at universities and institutions funded by Israel, according to the local media. If passed, the law would apply to any institution funded by the state budget, including universities, and would impose fines of up to 10,000 shekels ($2...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli minister has called for extending the occupation of the Gaza Strip “for a very long time” and annexing the occupied West Bank. “I don’t believe there should be an exit strategy from Gaza,” Settlement Minister Orit Strook told Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. “We set very clear goals for this war, which […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the US, declared President Joe Biden a “war criminal” Wednesday over his decision to continue supplying arms to Israel despite its failure to meet a US-mandated deadline for allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli captive has said army attacks in Gaza endanger the lives of captives, calling for protests in Israel to press for a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. A video of Alexander Turbanov, 28, was released by Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad on its Telegram channel. “For over a year, I have […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army is building infrastructure, expanding roads and establishing large facilities in Gaza, in a move that shows it is planning to remain in the enclave until at least the end of 2025, an Israeli newspaper has reported. “The work is progressing at full speed. What was a dirt embankment with […]
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the parliament that Israel is not committing a genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza. During the Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons, Independent lawmaker Ayoub Khan raised comments from Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who recently claimed that the term genoci...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have joined a wave of condemnations of a call by Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to annex the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Saud Foreign Ministry warned that Smotrich’s call “undermines peace efforts, including the two-state solution, encourages war, fuel extremism and threat...
