ISTANBUL (AA) – New Zealand’s spy chief said Thursday he was “considering” a request to probe the country’s possible role in Israeli war on Gaza which has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since last October, public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported. The confirmation by Brendan Horsley, who is inspector-general of intelligence and secu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US should stop funding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war in the Gaza Strip, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday. “This week: 19 people killed & scores injured in a strike in a ‘humanitarian zone’ in Gaza. An American shot in the head in the West Bank. Now, another school b...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has said that it has again closed the King Hussein Bridge (Allenby) Crossing with the West Bank to both outbound and inbound travelers, as well as cargo, hours after statements regarding its reopening. In a statement from the Public Security Directorate, which operates under the Interior Ministry, authorities ...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine’s envoy to the UK urged the US and the international community to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist. Speaking to the media, Ambassador Husam Zomlot said that Israel has not only killed Palestinians but also citizens from other nations, including the US,...
WEST BANK, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian eyewitness Mounir Khdair said that the Israeli sniper who killed Turkish-American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank shouted with joy after shooting her. Khdair said, “After shooting her, he was happy, he shouted for joy.” Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli activist who has been taking...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt has accused Israel of spreading “lies” to divert attention from its failure to secure a prisoner swap agreement with Palestinian resistance group Hamas. “Israel is spreading lies to distract attention from the failure to reach a prisoner exchange deal in Gaza and implement a cease-fire in the enclave,” Egyptian Foreign Mi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister known for his radical right-wing Zionism Bezalel Smotrich has said that he is working to grant 500,000 illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank “the same rights of every citizens in Israel.” “I will continue to work with all my strength to allow the half million settlers who are […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli strikes hit central Syria late Sunday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 43 others, as well as causing fires at sites believed to house Iranian forces, according to Syrian state media. Syrian air defenses responded to the attacks, which damaged a highway in the Hama province, with firefighting teams working ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli and US officials said Saturday that Washington is “not optimistic” about reaching a swap deal with Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, but will soon present a new proposal. Washington is drafting a new proposal, which will be presented to Tel Aviv and mediators, although the US is not optimistic a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called for a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives from Gaza. “Strike a deal, end the war, fix the country,” Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, said in a brief post on X. Israel has killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza since […]