Senator Bernie Sanders has announced he will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress. Speaking on the Senate floor, Sanders expressed his dismay at bipartisan leaders, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, for inviting Netanyahu. No date has been set for the ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Free Palestine demonstrators occupied the office of the president of Stanford University early Wednesday to demand the school divest from Israel because of Tel Aviv’s war on Gaza. “At approximately 6:00 A.M. PDT, we, a group of Stanford University students and alumni, entered Stanford President Richard ...
Maldives government has announced a ban on Israeli passport holders, citing solidarity with Gaza. This is because of Israel’s ongoing war there, in which it has killed more than 36,400 Palestinians, most of them children and women, since October last year. Mohamed Muizzu, president of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, declared the ban wi...
As many as 30% of American Jews agree that Israeli actions in Gaza can be classified as genocide. A recent survey by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs reveals that 60% of American Jews support an independent Palestinian state. Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 36,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children and civilians, and [&h...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief has said that he noticed a “clear lack of empathy for what’s happening in Gaza,” from the conservative European People’s Party. Speaking at a Socialist Party campaign event in Madrid ahead of the EU elections, Josep Borrell criticized EU Commission President Ursula von de...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediator Qatar said Tuesday it was waiting for a “clear position” from Israel on a proposed Gaza cease-fire and prisoner release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. “We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government towards the principles laid out by Biden,” foreign minist...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN rights chief demanded Tuesday an end to surging violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “unfathomable” that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since October 7. Volker Turk said the Israeli military and illegal Jewish settlers had killed at least 505 Palestinians in the ...
ANKARA (AA) – The opening ceremony of the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference had to be suspended for a while as two Free Palestine movement demonstrators took the stage to protest continuing Israeli attacks on Gaza. Climate talks in Bonn, Germany, were disrupted as the activists raised a Palestinian flag and a banner with the […]
ATHENS (AA) – Italy’s Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) has urged the government to recognize Palestine as a state and support the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu liable for “crimes against humanity” in Gaza. Speaking to the country’s state-run ANSA news agency, party’s lawmaker Angelo Bonelli ...
Washington, United States – AFP Israel has shown willingness to agree to a cease-fire and prisoner release deal set out by US President Joe Biden and it is up to Hamas to make a move, a top White House official said Monday. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s comments came despite growing doubts over the plan, […]
