ANKARA (AA) – Australia has added its voice to the growing opposition to the Israeli ground offensive into Rafah, warning that the impact of the operation will be “devastating.” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, in a post on X, said her “country has been clear about our objections to a major Israeli ground offensive into […]...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned Israel’s incursion into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, saying it has resulted in continuous loss of life and widespread devastation for civilians. Mahamat said in a statement that the African Union “firmly condemns the extension of this ...
Doha, Qatar – AFP A Hamas official on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah to block talks seeking a truce. Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early Tuesday a ...
Many academic groups of Georgetown University stand united in solidarity with students advocating for Palestinian rights. The Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (ACMCU), The Bridge Initiative and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University have condemned the use of force to suppress peaceful protests. They h...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza’s crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to stop supplying artillery shells and other weapons to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead. It was the starkest warning yet from the United States, Israel’s m...
Washington, United States – AFP Police forcibly cleared a Free Palestine camp at George Washington University in the US capital on Wednesday, arresting dozens in the latest clash with students demonstrating against Israel’s war on Gaza. Republicans in Congress had pressured local authorities to act on the encampment, summoning Wash...
GENEVA (AA) – Switzerland has decided to contribute 10 million Swiss francs (over $11 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), focusing on the basic needs of the people in Gaza. “The CHF 10 million contribution is exclusively earmarked for Gaza and will be used to provide the urgent assistance specified in the [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian groups have strongly rejected any foreign party controlling the Rafah border crossing, a day after the Israeli army occupied it. In a statement, the Follow-up Committee for National and Islamic Forces, which includes the majority of Palestinian groups, said regardless of the accuracy of the reports...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel on Wednesday claimed to have reopened of the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing with Gaza following a few days of its closure. The crossing, also known as Karm Abu Salem crossing, is located in the southern Gaza Strip, near Rafah, which is being attacked by the Israeli forces. According to the Israeli […]
Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFP Free Palestine protests by students to demand that universities break ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread across Europe on Tuesday, with police breaking up demonstrations in the Netherlands, Germany and France. Students at some elite European universities, inspired by ongoing demonstrations at US campus...
