JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities Thursday began freezing work permits for around 80,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, an Israeli media outlet reported. “The Israeli Civil Administration, which is a unit in the Ministry of Defense, has begun freezing nearly 80,000 work permits for Palestinian workers from the West Bank,” the Isr...
Madrid, Spain – AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for his stance on the Gaza war which has seen the Spanish leader emerging as an outspoken critic of Israel. “Mr Sanchez has pursued a principled and consistent policy from day one (of the war) and has a special […]
Bari, Italy – AFP G7 leaders on Thursday called on Hamas to accept a roadmap towards a cease-fire in Gaza announced by US President Joe Biden in May. The UN Security Council had supported the plan and “now it is important that everyone implements it,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the Group of Seven […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP More than 8,000 children aged under five have been treated in the Gaza Strip for acute malnutrition since Israel launched its war on the region, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 28 of those children had died and a significant proportion of Gaza’s po...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Wednesday to keep pressing to seal a Gaza cease-fire deal, saying that not all Hamas demands were acceptable but voicing hope that gaps could be closed. Consulting with key mediator Qatar on the Hamas response to President Joe Biden’s plan, Blinken said Hamas could have [&h...
The Canadian government has confronted Israel for allegedly backing an online Islamophobic misinformation campaign targeting Canadian citizens. The Toronto Star reported that Canada conveyed these concerns after Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed a state branch had hired a private firm to influence public opinion in Canada and the US. Global A...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – With raw emotion and tears, Palestinian child Rafif Abed expressed a heartfelt desire to keep the keys to her family’s home destroyed by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Kafr Dan as a cherished memento. This tradition mirrors the actions of her ancestors, who were forcibly displaced in 1948 […]
ANKARA (AA) – Hundreds of illegal Israeli settlers forced their way into the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem to mark a Jewish holiday. The settlers performed Talmudic rituals at the complex to mark Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks. Local sources estimated that hundreds of settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mos...
Kfar Dan, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Palestinian health ministry and Red Crescent said six Palestinian men were killed Tuesday during an Israeli army raid in the northern occupied West Bank village of Kfar Dan. The men aged between 21 and 32 were “shot by the occupation forces in the town of Kafr Dan, Jenin […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR has praised Democratic Congressman James Clyburn for refusing to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. He is urging other members to follow suit. Netanyahu is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress on July 24. CAIR has accused the Israeli leader...
