GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas demanded on Sunday that the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hold an urgent meeting on Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. It emphasized the need to “make effective decisions that lead to halting the aggression and ongoing genocide against our people in the Gaza [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Sunday. In a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin reiterated the US’s commitment to take “every possible” step to defend Israel, the Pentagon said in a stateme...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria said Saturday it had requested an urgent open UN Security Council session next Tuesday to discuss an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Algeria’s request, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, for the emergency meeting comes “in response to the rec...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden again warned Iran on Saturday about a possible retaliatory attack against Israel amid rising tensions in the Middle East. “Don’t,” Biden responded to reporters before entering his vehicle, when he was asked: “What’s your message to Iran?” Biden issued the same warning in April...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Sunday ordered Khan Younis residents to evacuate the Al Jalaa neighborhood which it had previously designated as a “safe humanitarian zone”. The al-Jalaa neighborhood will no longer be part of the “humanitarian zone,” an army statement said. It claimed that Hamas “operates” from the neighborhood and that...
BERLIN (AA) – Some 68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel, should the war spread to Lebanon or Iran, according to an opinion poll released by public broadcaster ARD. Compared to a survey from March, criticism of the military actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Middle East is growing among the...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian presidency has held the US government responsible for Israel’s attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza. In a statement, Nabih Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for the Palestinian Presidency, condemned the attack and held the US administration “responsible for the massacre due to it...
Tokyo, Japan — AFP The US ambassador to Japan skipped a ceremony on Friday marking the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in protest at Israel not being invited. Rahm Emanuel instead attended a prayer meeting at a Tokyo temple with Israeli ambassador Gilad Cohen and Britain’s Julia Longbottom, who also boycotted the...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Japan on Friday commemorated the US atomic bombing of the city in 1945, while refusing to invite Israel to the ceremonies. At 11.02 a.m. local time, the exact moment a US B-29 airplane released its bomb over Nagasaki, the city fell silent in remembrance. The tragic event at the end of World […]
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Thursday criticized its ally Israel for revoking the diplomatic status of Norwegian envoys to the Palestinian Authority, saying Oslo has played an important role in the Middle East. “Norway has a long history of playing a productive role when it comes to engaging with the governm...
