WASHINGTON (AA) – The US should be withholding military aid to Israel in its ongoing war on Gaza, Senator Bernie Sanders has said. “The United States should be withholding all offensive military aid to Israel and using our leverage to demand an end to this war, the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, a […]
BEIRUT (AA) – President Joe Biden’s senior adviser Amos Hochstein on Tuesday stressed immediate political solution to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group. Following a meeting with Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, he said, “The conflict on both sides of the Blue Li...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday said she will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on July 24, saying he has “created a humanitarian catastrophe.” Responding to reporters’ questions, Warren said, “He (Netanyahu) has also made clear that he does not support US...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Hundreds of protestors staged a sit-in Tuesday outside Citibank’s headquarters in New York City for Palestinians in Gaza, who have been under constant Israeli attacks for more than eight months. “Citibank, Citibank, you can’t hide, you are committing genocide,” they chanted, holding banners in solidari...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 21 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the third day of the Eid al-Adha, according to medical sources. Israeli warplanes struck three homes in the central city of Deir al-Balah, killing 13 people and injuring several others, the sources said. Two more […]
Washington, United States – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Washington is still reviewing one shipment of bombs for Israel over concerns about their use in crowded areas of Gaza, but that other weapons are moving as usual. Blinken’s remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Tel ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Two key Democrats in the US Congress signed off on a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion, The Washington Post reported Monday. Citing three unnamed US officials, it said Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin agreed to support the deal under […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP A US envoy held talks with top Israeli leaders to press for de-escalation on the Lebanese border, as an Israeli official said Hezbollah had fired thousands of projectiles towards Israel in the last eight months. Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily cross-border fire since October last year...
GAZA CITY / ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday burned down the departure hall on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, disconnecting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from the outside world. The Israeli army also set fire to other facilities and buildings, according to an Anadolu correspondent. Several Palestinian social media a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Another journalist was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Monday, bringing the total number of media persons’ deaths to 151 since Oct. 7 last year, local authorities said. In a statement, the Gaza Government Media Office identified the victim as Mahmoud Qasem, who worked for a local […]
