JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in West Jerusalem on Monday to demand a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions in Gaza. The demonstration coincided with the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 42,000 ...
NEW YORK (AA) – The relationship between the American and Israeli peoples holds more weight than personal ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says US Vice President Kamala Harris. Speaking in a pre-released segment of an interview with US news outlet CBS’ 60 Minutes program set to air on Monday, Democratic presiden...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Far-right radical Zionist Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to withdraw from the ruling coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a cease-fire with Hezbollah. The US, the EU, and nine other nations called on Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a 21-day cease-fire amid an escalation in their cross-bord...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday that he had introduced legislation to block the sale of more than $20 billion in US arms sales to Israel. “Sending more weapons to (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu’s extremist government is unacceptable,” Sanders said in a statement. Stressing that American weapo...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler in an address at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He called for global action to halt what he described as a “murder network.” Erdoğan also criticized the UN for ineffectiveness. He urged the UN Security Coun...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Francesca Albanese, UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine, has sharply criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon were solely aimed at Hezbollah, calling the claim false. “Like the Palestinians, the Lebanese know that you are lying,” Albane...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed his departure to New York for the second time amid unprecedented attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon that threaten to spark a full-scale war. Originally scheduled to leave on Monday, Netanyahu’s trip has been rescheduled for Wednesday, according to Israel’s Army Radio. The ...
Staunchly pro-Israel senator John Fetterman has voiced strong support for Israel’s recent strikes targeting Hezbollah’s communication systems. In a statement, the Democrat praised Israel’s decision to detonate pagers and walkie talkies which it claims were used by Hezbollah. Since 1990, Fetterman has received over $200,000 f...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel on Friday announced its formal opposition to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the court’s prosecutor requested arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The Israeli Foreign Ministry appeal challenges both the authority of the court and the...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Egypt to attend a three day US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue. However, his more crucial engagement is to secure a cease-fire deal and negotiate prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. This is Blinken’s 10th visit to the Middle East since last October, highlighting the US’s active inv...
