Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the office of one of Israel’s most recognizable Palestinian politicians, framed pictures show him posing with famous figures like Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In front of Ahmad Tibi’s desk is the Arabic slogan, “The more beautiful days are tho...
LONDON (AA) – Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has confirmed that the Nordic country will accept and treat injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, local media reported. Norway will participate in the international effort to help Palestinians who badly need hospital treatment, according to media outlet VG. The announcement come...
Just under a month after returning home from a medical mission to Gaza, two US doctors and a nurse visit Washington to warn White House and congressional officials that Palestinian civilians are dying at Khan Yunis’ European Hospital because of restrictions imposed by Israel in the way of medical supplies. Ammar Ghanem, an intensive care...
The United Nations marked the 27th International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Wednesday, highlighting ongoing global concerns, particularly in Palestine and Syria. The Convention Against Torture has been in force since June 26, 1987. The date was designated an international day in 1997 to raise awareness and support for torture vic...
ANKARA (AA) – The situation in Gaza, where Israel continues its military offensive since last October, has become “incommensurable,” the EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell, at the doorstep of the EU’s foreign affairs council meeting in Brussels, deplored the death of over 100 Palestinians in latest Israeli attack...
Khan Yunis, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Teenagers across the Gaza Strip should have been taking their final exams this month, a last hurdle before university and lifelong dreams, but Israel’s brutal war imposed upon the battered Palestinian territory has crushed those hopes. According to the education ministry in the Gaz...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — A Palestinian child succumbed to injuries inflicted by Israeli army gunfire near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said “the child, Muhammad Murad Ahmad Hoshiya, 12, succumbed to critical injuries he sustained about a week ago in Ramallah.” The...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 37,551 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave has said. A ministry statement added that 85,911 other people have also been injured in the onslaught, most of them – like those killed – women and […]
GENEVA (AA) – After nearly nine months of the war that started on October 7, 2023, the Gaza population has been almost entirely dispossessed of the means to ensure food security, shelter, health, and livelihood, a UN official told journalists. Maryse Guimond, from the Palestine office of the UN Women, spoke at a UN news […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has summoned the Armenian ambassador for a “harsh reprimand conversation” after the former Soviet republic said it recognized the state of Palestine. “Following Armenia’s recognition of a Palestinian state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Armenia to Israel for a h...
