ANKARA (AA) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has urged the Biden administration to address Israeli war crimes after soldiers destroyed a Gaza water reservoir and new reports of sexual abuse at an Israeli prison emerged. “Every day that the Biden administrat...
BEIRUT (AA) – Flights at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport have resumed after airlines reported delays and cancellations. The airport’s online data indicated that several flights landed on Monday morning from key destinations, including Amman, Dubai, Doha, and Larnaca. However, morning departures from the airport pr...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said an Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people Saturday, while a rocket fired from Lebanon killed 12 youngsters in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. The latest strike on a school in Gaza came after a days-long military operation further south that killed around 170, said [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided Saturday to expedite his return from Washington to Tel Aviv after a missile attack on Golan Heights’ Majdal Shams town killed 11 people. Earlier, he was scheduled to return on Sunday evening. Earlier in the day, the Israeli authorities said that 11 people were killed and ...
The White House has distanced itself from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks describing Free Palestine demonstrators as “Iran’s useful idiots.” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby called the comments “unfortunate” and inaccurate. He emphasized that while Iran has attempted to influence and fund some p...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has said that it would not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and defense minister, according to local media. The ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced in May that he had requested arrest warrants for [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that she expressed concern about the situation in the Gaza Strip to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the White House. “I made clear my serious concern about the dire humanitarian situation there, with over 2 million people facing high l...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden emphasized the need to close remaining gaps and finalize a Gaza cease-fire deal during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said Thursday. During the meeting at the presidential mansion, the two leaders discussed developments in Gaza and ongoing negotiations on...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has strongly criticized allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a speech at the US Congress, accusing him of “distorting facts” over his war conduct in Gaza. In a statement, Hamas slammed what it said “giving him an opportunity to polish his f...
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has called for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She says he is a war criminal who needs to be handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Tlaib also calls it utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties invited him to address Congress. Tlaib is a Palestinian-American lawmaker...
