Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A Hamas official said on Tuesday that talks seeking a pause in its war with Israel cannot go on “indefinitely”, after US President Joe Biden called on the group to accept a cease-fire deal. “We will not allow the path of negotiations to be open indefinitely while the aggression and the […]
Hagerstown, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of a “very, very dangerous” situation if Israel and Hamas fail to reach a Gaza cease-fire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Biden added that it was up to Hamas whether to accept an offer for a six-week truce, while warning Israel there were […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel’s “inadequate interpretation of the right to self-defense” is the primary reason for the escalation of the confrontation in the Gaza Strip, Russian geopolitical analyst Vitaly Naumkin says. Speaking at a news conference on Monday to explain the deliberations and outcome of the February 29-March 2 in...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations Monday of “terrorism” and torture, after the United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza. While mediators in Cairo persisted with efforts toward a Gaza truce, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) ca...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Brazil and Russia have underlined the importance of efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, where over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since early October last year. A statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Mikhail Bogdanov, Moscow’s special envoy for the Middle East and Africa, held...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli war cabinet rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two conditions, which are a major impediment to talks with Hamas about a prisoner swap and a cease-fire in Gaza, local media reported on Monday. The cabinet rejected Netanyahu’s pre-conditions for moving forward with negotiations with Hamas, which...
WASHINGTON (AA) – United States Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. During remarks in Alabama to mark the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day state law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Harris said the threat posed by Hamas to Israel must ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Hamas delegation discussed with Russia’s special envoy for the Middle East and North Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, the latest developments in the Gaza Strip. “On the sidelines of the Palestinian meetings held in Moscow, the delegation of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas met with the Special Envoy of the Russian Preside...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 92 Palestinians were killed and 156 others injured in 24 hours as Israel continued its war on Gaza, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The Israeli occupation committed 10 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 92 martyrs and 156 injured during the past 24 hours,” the ministry [&hellip...
Golan Heights, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the green hills of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near Lebanon, Arye and Ditza Alon are hiking through a tranquil nature reserve, wondering whether the wider region could become a war zone. While mediators hope for a truce soon in the ongoing war raging in Gaza to the […...
