Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli military killed five Palestinian resistance fighters in the occupied West Bank on the second day of the so-called “counter-terrorism” operations that have killed 14 in total. “Following exchanges of fire, the forces eliminated five terrorists who had hidden inside a mo...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Kisiya family is trying to dismantle an illegal settlement outpost on land they own in the Al-Makhrour area near Bethlehem. Ever since Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced plans two weeks ago for the establishment of a new settlement in Bethlehem, which...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cut short his visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to Ramallah on Wednesday following Israeli military attacks in the northern West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Abbas decided to cut short his trip to the kingdom “due to Israel’s escalating aggression in the no...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden ignored warnings from his staffers in order to approve a floating pier off the Gaza coast that was meant to facilitate aid deliveries, according to a report published Tuesday. Multiple officials within the US’s humanitarian aid agency, USAID, raised concerns that using the temporary pier would distra...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The heads of churches in Jerusalem have expressed deep concern over Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a cease-fire. In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation, “the situation in ou...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government will finance for the first time the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied East Jerusalem. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the office of Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu will allocate 2 million NIS ($545,000) for the project which is expected to...
ANKARA (AA) – After a gruesome case of sexual assault by Israeli soldiers on a Palestinian detainee last month, rape threats against Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers have become common. Illegal Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians and encroach on their properties with no accountability but protection by the Israeli ar...
In her acceptance speech for the Democratic Party’s 2024 nomination, Vice President Kamala Harris called for a cease-fire in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing war. However, she is facing criticism for not endorsing a halt to U.S. weapons transfers to Israel, which critics argue is essential to securing peace. Despite expressing concern over th...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has backed Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, saying it had “the right to self-defense.” “At the weekend we had a threat of escalation, above all from Hezbollah, which had already made massive threats in advance and then proceeded with rockets and shelling of Israel. In fact, in the light of this threat, […]...
