WASHINGTON (AA) — President Joe Biden said a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip would be “possible” before the end of his presidency. “Yes. It’s still possible,” Biden said in comments broadcast Sunday, when asked if he believed a cease-fire could be secured with five months of his term left. Biden sat on Wednesday...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas demanded on Sunday that the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hold an urgent meeting on Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. It emphasized the need to “make effective decisions that lead to halting the aggression and ongoing genocide against our people in the Gaza [&he...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria said Saturday it had requested an urgent open UN Security Council session next Tuesday to discuss an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Algeria’s request, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, for the emergency meeting comes “in response to the rec...
BERLIN (AA) – Some 68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel, should the war spread to Lebanon or Iran, according to an opinion poll released by public broadcaster ARD. Compared to a survey from March, criticism of the military actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Middle East is growing among the...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian presidency has held the US government responsible for Israel’s attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza. In a statement, Nabih Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Presidency, condemned the attack and held the US administration “responsible for the massacre due to it...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine accused Israel of carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza on Saturday. Describing Gaza as “the largest and most shameful concentration camp of the 21st century,” Francesca Albanese wrote on X: “Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospit...
WASHINGTON (AA) — The White House on Friday blasted Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, calling his criticism of a Gaza cease-fire proposal “absurd” and accusing him of endangering the lives of Israelis held in Gaza. “We’ve seen some statements from some quarters in Israel over recent days attacking the deal. I j...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 100 Palestinians were killed early Saturday when the Israeli military bombed the Al-Taba’een school in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. The school was housing displaced residents. Dozens more were injured in the attack. Israeli military aircraft targeted the school while worshippers were perf...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japan on Friday commemorated the US atomic bombing of the city in 1945, while refusing to invite Israel to the ceremonies. At 11.02 a.m. local time, the exact moment a US B-29 airplane released its bomb over Nagasaki, the city fell silent in remembrance. The tragic event at the end of World […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP UN rights chief Volker Turk was “shocked and appalled” by comments by Israel’s finance minister suggesting it might be “justified” to starve the population of Gaza to free the Israelis held by Palestinian resistance fighters, his spokesman said Friday. The United Nations high commis...
