Washington, United States – AFP The leader of the US Senate called Thursday for Israel to hold new elections in the most strident criticism yet by a senior American official of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war on Gaza. The rebuke from Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking elected Jewish American in history, came...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States sanctioned three Israeli settlers and two farming outposts Thursday, accusing them of undermining stability in the West Bank. The move marks the second time this year that Washington has sanctioned Israeli settlers, as it looks to respond to the rise in West Bank settler violence. “...
Muslim Network TV Progressives are condemning what they say are racist remarks by conservative CNN contributor Scott Jennings against Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. They say the comments are racially charged, and have likened them to post-9/11 Islamophobia. Jennings called Omar a “public relations agent for Hamas” during a CNN segment, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest demonstration was held Wednesday outside the headquarters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, D.C. one day after the group concluded its annual policy conference. The protestors, some of whom wore Palestinian keffiyehs carried Palestinian flags as well as banners with message...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has soared to 31,272, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement added that 73,024 people have also been injured in the onslaught. “At least 88 people were killed and 135 others injured in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest calling for a cease-fire in Gaza was held in front of the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Washington D. C. on Tuesday. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners reading “Free Palestine,” and “End All US Funding of Israeli Apartheid.” They also chanted slogans, including “Free PalestineR...
VIRGINIA – AFP Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment they will need to build a temporary port on Gaza’s coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. The new facility — which will consist of an offshore platform for transshipment of aid from larger to smaller vessels and [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned that Israel will lose support “unless it changes its course” in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. “October 7th was a ‘terrorist’ attack and the world was rightly very sympathetic to and in solidarity with Israel at that time,” Wong told the Australian F...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip were killed and dozens injured on Tuesday in Israeli gunfire. Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting to receive aid near Kuwait roundabout, Salameh Maarouf, head of the Gaza-based government media office, said in a stateme...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A Spanish charity ship taking food aid to Gaza left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday in an attempt to open a maritime corridor to the besieged Palestinian territory. The vessel Open Arms set sail towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of relief goods and was expected to arrive […]
