ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the call by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to build a synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. Ben-Gvir claimed on Monday that Jews had the right to pray at the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque, saying he would build a [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The heads of churches in Jerusalem have expressed deep concern over Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a cease-fire. In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation, “the situation in ou...
ATHENS (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stressed the need for a cease-fire in Gaza to allow children to be vaccinated against poliovirus. “The quick spread of polio threatens all children in Gaza, already weakened by displacement, deprivation & malnourishment,” he stated on X. Urging an immediate three-day cease-fire, indep...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government will finance for the first time the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied East Jerusalem. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the office of Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu will allocate 2 million NIS ($545,000) for the project which is expected to...
ANKARA (AA) – After a gruesome case of sexual assault by Israeli soldiers on a Palestinian detainee last month, rape threats against Palestinians by illegal Israeli settlers have become common. Illegal Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinians and encroach on their properties with no accountability but protection by the Israeli ar...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied southern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Eyad Ayed Abdel-Najjar, 46, died after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in the Jinba area near Yatta, south of Hebron, a ministry statement said. Witnesses said that [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah have forced most water wells out of service, resulting in an 85% water shortfall, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. The Israeli army has demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir al-Balah that was previously designated [&helli...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine strongly denounced a call by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday to build a synagogue inside the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem as an attempt to drag the region into a “religious war.” “The Palestinian people will not accept any harm to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes targeting homes and a school sheltering displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone hit a house in western Gaza City, killing five people, including two children and a woman, and injuring 15 […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have turned the designated “safe humanitarian zones” within the Gaza Strip into heaps of rubble and ashes, leaving only 9.5% of the territory as “safe zones” for displaced people, the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has said. According to a statement released by the authority, at the ons...
