Paris, France – AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday opened a conference on humanitarian aid for Gaza by calling for a “ceasefire”, echoed by other delegates looking to support the Palestinian territory under bombardment by Israel since the October 7 attack by Hamas. “In the immediate term, we need to work o...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel not to reoccupy Gaza once its war against the Palestinians ends. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would take “overall security responsibility” for the territory following its war against Palestine. Key ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are voices within Israel critical of the actions taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government in response to the Hamas’ October 7 attack. Daniel Levy, a former senior adviser during ex-Premier Ehud Barak’s government, says it is “important to call out lies … (that) are justifying the mass killing [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s finance minister has frozen the transfer of tax revenues amounting to some $188 million monthly to the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to the Israeli media. Bezalel Smotrich said the funds will be withheld over the failure of the Ramallah-based authority to condemn the October 7 cross-border incursions by the Ha...
BERLIN (AA) – Israel has criticized Germany for not rejecting a UN resolution which called for an urgent humanitarian truce in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Berlin, Ron Prosor, said Germany’s decision last week to abstain in the UN General Assembly vote was “more than disappointing” for his country. “Friday’s abstention is morally w...
Palestinian Territories – AFP More than 8000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza as Israel continues to pound the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel has intensified its attacks despite UN calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, outrage across the Muslim world and desperate pleas from families of the 230 hostages to “...
TEL AVIV (AFP): Israeli activists protested outside the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday, calling for an end to the war and a ceasefire. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had “entered a new phase” with its massive bombardment of Gaza. Hamas demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli infantry backed by warplanes mounted an incursion deeper into Gaza, the army said Friday, as it readies for a ground offensive against Hamas for the deadliest attack in the country’s history. As the conflict raged into its 21st day, there was no letup in Israel’s relentless strikes on the Ga...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel said Thursday that a column of tanks and infantry had launched an overnight raid into Gaza, striking “numerous” targets before retreating to home soil. The military announced the incursion into the north of the Palestinian territory hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared prepa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli ministers are considering resigning to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for the cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli border towns, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported. The newspaper did not name the three ministers. “We can’t believe this situation. Netanyahu ...
