WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Arab countries do not want to get into the “business of rebuilding Gaza” if the enclave is “leveled again” in a year. “Arab countries are saying this – they’re saying: look, we’re not going to get into the business – for example – [&hel...
LONDON (AA) – British lawmaker Zarah Sultana accused the government on Tuesday of being “deeply complicit” in Israel’s “genocidal assault” in Gaza, calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to “stop arming war crimes.” In a letter to Sunak, Sultana mentioned the genocide case brought by South Africa at the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Senate rejected a resolution late Tuesday which demanded that the State Department report on Israeli human rights violations in Gaza. The resolution, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, “directs the State Department to provide any credible information it may have on potential violations of internationally...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has called for imposing sanctions on Israel to compel Tel Aviv to dismantle illegal settler groups in the occupied West Bank. “An international action is urgently needed to pressure the Israeli government to dismantle the settler groups, disarm them, dry up their source of funding, and end their polit...
BERLIN (AA) – A new poll has found that the majority of Germans are critical of the Israeli government’s policies and the ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Some 61% of Germans said they believe that Israel’s military actions in Gaza are unjustified as they have claimed too many civilian victims. Only 25% voiced support for […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The mayor of Sderot has called for wiping out neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip in case rockets are fired towards Israel. “If they launch rockets from a certain area, the entire neighborhood must be wiped out,” Alon Davidi told Israeli Army Radio. “The entire area must be exterminated, and we must work […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 24,285 Palestinians have been killed and 61,154 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said Tuesday. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 158 casualtie...
ATHENS (AA) – Three major UN agencies involved in relief works in Gaza have called for faster and safer aid access to the besieged enclave via more supply routes. In a joint statement, UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said: “As the risk of famine grows, and more people […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has destroyed about 70% of the Gaza Municipality’s heavy and medium machinery since October 7, City Mayor Yahya Al-Sarraj has said. The army destroyed more than 90 out of 130 vehicles in a deliberate bombardment of the municipality at a time when it already had a severe […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – South Africa’s nearly 50 lawyers are preparing a lawsuit against the US and UK governments on the grounds that they are complicit in Israeli forces’ war crimes in Palestine. The initiative, led by South African lawyer Wikus Van Rensburg, aims to prosecute those who are complicit in the crime in civilian courts...