ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli activist and writer Miko Peled, the grandson of a signatory to the Jewish state’s 1948 Declaration of Independence, has criticized Israel’s policies towards Palestine, asserting that “they cannot defeat the Palestinians.” The author, whose father served as a general in the Six-Day War of 19...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that “the number of Palestinian deaths is unacceptable,” according to Spanish daily El Pais. In a meeting with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Sanchez urged Israel to distinguish between civilian and military targets. While acknowledgin...
JERUSALEM: British Foreign Minister David Cameron on Thursday reiterated his country’s support to Israel, saying “we stand with the people of Israel in sympathy for what you have gone through”. During a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his visit to Jerusalem, he said: “There’s never an exc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the prisoner swap with Hamas will not include the release of Palestinians sentenced for killing Israelis. Netanyahu, addressing a news conference, also said that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will be allowed to visit the other captives in Gaza to pro...
ANKARA (AA) — A former Israeli minister has said the “solution” to the situation in the Gaza Strip is the “complete departure” of its over 2 million Palestinian inhabitants. Speaking on Israeli Channel 13, former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said recently that the city of Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Stri...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said on Thursday. Khaled Abu Samra, a doctor at Al-Shia Hospital, also told Anadolu that Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of the hospital, has been detained by the Israeli army. “The occupati...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Two mothers have been killed every hour and seven women every two hours in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, the UN Women executive director said Wednesday. “Before October 7th, 67 percent of all civilians killed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the past 15 years were men, and less than 14 […]
Beijing, China — AFP China has welcomed the deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in exchange for the release of 50 hostages in Gaza. “We welcome the temporary ceasefire agreement reached by relevant parties and hope that it will help ease the plight of the humanitarian crisis, de-escalate the conflict and...
ANKARA (AA) – US President Joe Biden has welcomed the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas. “As President, I have no higher priority than ensuring the safety of Americans held hostage around the world. That’s why—from the earliest moments of Hamas’s brutal assault—my national security team and I have worked closely with re...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar has voiced hope that the humanitarian pause deal in the Gaza Strip will lead to serious peace talks. ”We thank our partners who contributed to reaching the humanitarian pause deal in Gaza, particularly the US and Egypt. We hope that it will establish a comprehensive and sustainable agreement that will […]...
