LONDON (AA) – Activists from Scotland have condemned Israel’s war on Gaza as “genocide” and “war crimes,” calling out Western nations for their hypocrisy, double standards and reluctance to stop the deadly assault on Palestinians. What’s happening now in the Gaza Strip is “absolutely genocide,” Muna Ausat, a member of the Scottish Palestine So...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Even discussing the claim that Israel would establish a buffer zone in Gaza is disrespectful to the Palestinians, the Turkish president has said. “Gaza belongs to the Palestinians. We do not recognize any decision-maker that ignores their decisions,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on his return flight from a two-day visi...
MADRID (AA) – The general secretary of Spain’s left-wing Podemos party has criticized the international community for its silence in the face of Israel’s “attempt to exterminate” the Palestinian people. Speaking at an event for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People organized by Podemos in the capital...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Coming down hard on Israel’s acts in Gaza, Lebanese Information Minister has said: “This is not a war … this is a genocide.” Replying to a question at the International Strategic Communication Summit (Stratcom Summit 2023) held in Istanbul, Ziad Makary said: “They are doing something worse than the...
VATICAN (AA) – A dispute has erupted over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe the situation in Gaza during a meeting with Palestinians. Palestinian families whose relatives are being held in Israeli prisons met with the pontiff at his Vatican residence. “When we shared the stories of the families that have bee...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hopes to lay the groundwork for a peace conference during his visits to Israel, Palestine and Egypt, local daily El Pais reported. On Thursday, the newly reelected leader of Spain will travel to Israel and Palestine to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – After years of impunity for policies that rights groups have described as apartheid and building illegal settlements in violation of international laws, a veteran war crime prosecutor has expressed hope that there could now be some accountability for Israel’s actions against Palestinians. “If other countries raise the imp...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa summoned the Israeli Ambassador to Pretoria, Eliav Belotsercovsky, in connection with his recent alleged conduct relating to Israel’s war against Palestine war. Belotsercovsky is accused of making disparaging remarks about those who are speaking out against attacks on Palestinians. “Ambassador Belotsercov...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Results of a recent poll show that Arab American support for Joe Biden has plunged to an all-time low, with the Democratic Party absorbing the brunt of the blow due to the community’s negative sentiment toward the US president over his support for Israel’s ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip. […]
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday the biggest concern of the Islamic world at the moment is “crimes against Palestinians.” Leading a high-level delegation, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani arrived in Tehran on an unannounced visit in the wee hours of Monday morning. The visit came a day after Sudani ...
