ISTANBUL (AA) – A team of Australian lawyers has referred Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an “accessory to genocide” in Gaza. He is the “first leader of a Western nation to be referred to the ICC under Article 15 of the Rome Statute,” said Birchgrove Legal, who filed the […]
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...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An Indian national was killed by an anti-tank missile launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi has said. Southern Lebanon has been targeted by Israel several times over the past few weeks, leading to dozens of casualties. In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the Israeli [&he...
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...
United Nations, United States – AFP Dismantling the UN Palestinian refugee aid agency (UNRWA) would sacrifice a “generation of children,” its chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Monday amid an increasingly bitter row between the UN and Israel. “Dismantling UNRWA is short-sighted. By doing so, we will sacrifice an entire ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained 55 more Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. At least 22 people were taken into Israeli custody in Hebron city, while other arrests took place in the cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Qalqilya, the C...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli tanks “deliberately” ran over Palestinians alive on Sunday, according to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The Geneva-based organization described these crimes as “part of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.” Euro-Med reported several cases of Israeli forces running over Palestin...
GENEVA (AA) – Spain on Monday announced that it has initiated a process of sanctioning 12 Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In his appearance before the Joint Commission for the country’s Congress of Deputies, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said: “The government of Spain has initiated the procedures to sanction a first...
JERUSALEM (AA) – One person was killed and seven others were injured in an anti-tank missile attack in northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Monday, according to the country’s national ambulance service. Two of the injured were in serious condition, Magen David Adom said in a statement. Israeli Army Radio said the anti-tank missile struck [...
