Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces struck Gaza on Friday as truce efforts failed to make progress and tensions surged on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Witnesses reported strikes on the southern city of Rafah and central areas of the Gaza Strip. At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah, men...
Jerusalem – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said Friday that Israel has killed at least 37,266 Palestinians in the territory since early October last year. A ministry statement said that a total of 85,102 people have been wounded in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. Besides, Israeli attacks have destroyed or damaged more than […]
The University of Minnesota has halted the employment of an Israeli historian as director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The decision comes within two days of Raz Segal being hired. Segal currently is a professor at Stockton University in New Jersey. In a recent article he authored, titled “A Textbook Case of Genocide,” he said […...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has dismissed allegations made in an Israeli government-sponsored Google ad campaign as “simply untrue.” The campaign, appearing as sponsored links in searches for “UNRWA,” accuses the agency of compromising its neutrality. It links to a website making various claims, incl...
As more than a billion Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha, Gaza is mired in a severe humanitarian crisis. Nearly 2 million Palestinians face starvation, with rampant malnutrition casting a grim shadow over the Islamic holiday’s festive spirit. The Israeli blockade, restricting essential supplies for more than eight months, has made it impossible fo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of State has imposed sanctions on a radical Israeli group for disrupting humanitarian aid to the civilians in the Gaza Strip. “The Department of State is today designating Tzav 9, a violent extremist Israeli group that has been blocking, harassing, and damaging convoys carrying lifesaving humanit...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A civilian was killed and at least seven others injured in an Israeli nighttime strike on southern Lebanon, the country’s national news agency reported on Friday. “Enemy warplanes launched a raid targeting a house” in the town of Janata, killing one civilian and injuring seven other civilians, the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The language and narrative used in the Western media’s coverage of Palestine over the years has been an effort to legitimize Israel’s crimes, says Ali Abunimah, a renowned Palestinian-American journalist. The founder of the Electronic Intifada website, Abunimah said that the mainstream media’s use of passive language conceals I...
In a contentious move, the House of Representatives has voted to halt American funding for the reconstruction of Gaza. The amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Republican representatives, passed without a recorded vote. Pro-Israel Rep. Brian Mast criticized the idea of rebuilding a region devastated by US-ba...
ANKARA (AA) – Indonesia on Thursday announced that it will evacuate 1,000 victims of Israel’s war on Gaza for medical treatment. The announcement was made by Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto at a news conference at the State Palace in Jakarta, local English daily Jakarta Post reported. “We are taking steps to channel as...
