Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel Sunday of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and compared its actions to Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jews. In response, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the 78-yea...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Prospects for a cease-fire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. Efforts to pause the over four-month-old war languish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The West’s support for and alliance with Israel has undergone a visible shift in recent weeks, with leaders pushing more for a cease-fire, addressing the humanitarian crisis and raising concerns over a potential ground assault in Rafah. The change in position comes as civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, where Israel’...
Kiryat Malakhi, Israel – AFP A gunman killed two people Friday at a bus stop in southern Israel, authorities said, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn the entire country was a frontline in the war. Four others were wounded in the shooting near the southern town of Kiryat Malakhi, Israeli police said. Two people […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Friday the international demands for a permanent settlement with Palestinians, opposing unilateral recognition of the Palestinian state. “Israel outright rejects international dictates regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians,” Netanyahu wrot...
Jerusalem, Undefined — AFP Israeli history teacher Meir Baruchin has paid a high price for denouncing the war in Gaza: he was sacked from his job and even locked up as a “high-risk detainee”. The school teacher triggered a firestorm after October 7, by posting a photo of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army. He […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered the army to submit a military plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah. “It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war of eliminating Hamas by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah,” stated Netanyahu’s office on X. “On the contrary, it is clear that […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Friday voiced concern over Israeli premier’s plan for civilian evacuation from Rafah in southern Gaza. “We are extremely worried about the fate of civilians in Rafah,” Dujarric told reporters in New York. His remarks came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Lebanon-based official of Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was “genocide”. Netanyahu’s “insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal of the aggression on Gaza is geno...
