CAIRO/ANKARA (AA) – Egypt wants Palestinians to remain in Gaza during the reconstruction of the enclave. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated this during a phone call with his Portuguese counterpart, Paulo Rangel. Abdelatty acknowledged Portugal’s support for Egypt and expressed hope for continued backing for a strategic partnership between ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Education and Higher Education Ministry in Gaza has reported that Israel’s genocidal war spanning over 15 months has left 85% of schools out of service resulting in a two-year interruption in education. In a statement, Ahmed Al-Najjar, the director-general of the ministry’s Public Relations Uni...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza government has announced that Israel is delaying the implementation of the humanitarian provisions of the cease-fire agreement which came into effect on January 19. Speaking at a press conference at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, Salama Marouf, head of the Gaza Government Media Office, sai...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected President Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza and resettle its Palestinian population in other countries in the region. “I completely reject what President Trump has put on the table,” the Social Democrat said during a campaign event in Ludwigsburg. “The population of Gaza must...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Legal analysts argue that President Donald Trump’s executive order on combating antisemitism is unlawful. Hatem Bazian, a professor at the University of California’s Ethnic Studies Department, and Robert McCaw, national government affairs director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), spoke about the potent...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) — Britain will oppose any efforts to move Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip to neighboring Arab countries, the UK government says. “There must be no forced displacement of Palestinians, nor any reduction in the territory of the Gaza Strip,” the UK’s Minister for Development at the Foreign Office, Anneliese Dodds, said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank since the start of this year, the Palestinian Health Ministry has stated. The victims included 10 children, one woman and two elderly people, the ministry added in a statement. The ministry said that 38 people were […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 46,960 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to local authorities. “Around 30,000 women and children were among the victims,” Gaza’s government media office said in a statement. It added that over 14,200 people have been missing since [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Indonesia has emphasized that the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza should lead to a two-state solution. “Indonesia’s stance remains unequivocal; any attempts to displace or remove Gaza’s residents are entirely unacceptable,” its Foreign Ministry said on X. The ministry warned that any efforts to relocate ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian women released as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas have revealed severe mistreatment by Israeli authorities during their detention. The accounts shed light on the struggles faced by detainees in Israeli prisons and the abuse they endured before their release. Raghad Amro, 23,...
