The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The top United Nations court on Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah “immediately”, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on Israel more than seven months into its war on Gaza. The International Court of Justice also ruled Israel must keep open ...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The leaders of some top US universities were grilled by Congress on Thursday for their handling of Free Palestine camps on campuses. The presidents of the University of California, University of Los Angeles (UCLA), Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Northwestern University in Illinois were scrutinized by the House E...
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor Karim Khan has disclosed that he is receiving threats amid investigations into top Israeli officials. In an interview with CNN, Khan revealed a senior figure’s blunt statement that the court was “built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,” not for the West and its allies. He was referring to [&he...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden denied on Monday that Israel’s war on Gaza was “genocide” as he defended the key US ally against a series of international legal cases. “What’s happening is not genocide, we reject that,” he said, referring to a case in the International Court of Just...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt has denied reports of retracting its involvement in South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel, lodged at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over genocide allegations in Palestine. The private Al Qahera News channel quoted an unnamed high-ranking source as saying that “the reports circulated by Israeli media abo...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The hearing at the International Court of Justice on Friday was briefly interrupted, as judges were listening to Israel’s concluding defence against charges of “genocide” from South Africa. A woman shouting “liars” could be heard on the feed from the court, which then went down f...
GENEVA (AA) – Dozens of students from Switzerland’s Fribourg and Basel universities have joined protests in solidarity with Palestine. Occupying the Perolles 21 building in Fribourg and the Bernouillanum building in Basel, students called for the suspension of all collaborations with Israeli institutions. The student protests origi...
BRUSSELS (AA) – A group of students at the Free University of Brussels has joined the Free Palestine Movement, asking for an academic boycott. The students of the Dutch-language campus of the university occupied the dining hall where they set their tents, blankets, carpets, sleeping bags, and food. They expressed their determination to n...
GENEVA (AA) – Students from the global Free Palestine Movement at the University of Geneva, who have been staging demonstrations for the liberation of Palestine since May 7, have demanded their university call for a cease-fire and condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Swiss student Elisabetta, who asked not to give her surname, told the ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States does not believe that genocide is occurring in Gaza but Israel must do more to protect Palestinian civilians, President Joe Biden’s top national security official said Monday. As ceasefire talks stalled and Israel continued striking the southern city of Rafah, White House National S...
