WASHINGTON (AA) – Hundreds of Jewish protesters gathered inside the Capitol building Tuesday to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and an arms embargo against Israel. Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace staged a sit-in in the Cannon Rotunda, wearing shirts that read: “Stop Arming Israel” and “Not in Our Name.”...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, an event that is expected to draw thousands of protestors. This will be Netanyahu’s fourth address to Congress after being invited by four Congressional leaders: House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakee...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A newborn baby was the only survivor in an Israeli airstrike that killed her entire family in the northern Gaza Strip this month. Asma Ajour is one of 17,000 Palestinian children orphaned by Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 39,000 people since October 7, 2023. “Asma was pulled out of [&h...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden, who has announced he is not seeking another presidential term, promised Monday to keep working to end the war in the Gaza Strip. “We’ve got to keep working for an end to the war in Gaza,” Biden said in remarks in a call into campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware. […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A newborn baby was the only survivor of an Israeli airstrike that killed her entire family in the northern Gaza Strip this month. Asma Ajour is one of 17,000 Palestinian children orphaned by Israel’s war on Gaza that has killed nearly 39,000 people since October 7, 2023. “Asma was pulled […]
Although Vice President Kamala Harris is closely connected to the US Jewish community through her husband, Doug Emhoff, she has taken a strong stance against Israel’s war on Gaza. Harris has been seen as the “bad cop” in the Biden administration’s approach to Israel. Harris, who previously called for a cease-fire and increased aid to […...
Palestinians gathered in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday to protest Israeli detentions. Carrying photos of civilians jailed by Israel, the protesters chanted slogans and demanded the release of the prisoners. Since Oct. 7, Israeli forces have detained over 9,720 Palestinians, including 675 children, in the occupied Wes...
The polio virus has been detected in wastewater across six locations in Gaza, sparking fears of an outbreak. The World Health Organization and local health ministries confirmed the presence of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in sewage samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. Despite no current cases, the discovery has raised alarm about a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has yet again ordered Palestinians living in the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, to evacuate immediately, despite earlier claims that the area was a humanitarian safe zone. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed in a statement that “the presence of multiple...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to a medical source. A medical source said the bodies of the victims were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. Israel has killed nearly 39,000 Palestinians, […]
