BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A group of British parliamentarians from the International Development Committee (IDC) have visited the Egyptian city Al-Arish in the Sinai desert to observe humanitarian efforts. Upon the return of the group back to the UK, the committee chair, Sarah Champion, said: “Nothing that has been reported braces you f...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Minister of Settlement and National Missions Orit Strook has denied the very existence of the Palestinian people. “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people,” Strook said in a video on her X account of her speech during a Knesset session. “There will never be a Palestinian state in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – As the 2024 US presidential election approaches, the consequences of the Biden administration’s Gaza policy are becoming evident. President Joe Biden made his first campaign stop this year in the state of Michigan earlier this month, meeting with members of the United Auto Workers union and patronizing a Black-owned...
ANKARA (AA) – The sign off on gas exploration rights off of Gaza’s coast to foreign corporations at a time when Israel is carrying out genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza is further evidence of Israel’s goal of total political and economic subjugation of the Palestinian people, says Susan Power, head of legal research a...
ANKARA (AA) – Casualties of Israeli attacks in Palestine in the past four months are not “mere statistics” but “flesh and blood”, South Africa’s ambassador to the Netherlands told the International Court of Justice on Tuesday. “That defiance by Israel has already led to the killing of tens of thousands...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Prominent Palestinian leader Sheikh Raed Salah has rejected Israeli restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshippers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan. “Our bond with Al-Aqsa Mosque is sacred,” Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement in Israel, said in a recorded message. “We have the eternal and legitim...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has said that it led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza on February 18-19. “The high-risk missions were conducted in close partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Natio...
LONDON (AA) – Britain’s Prince of Wales William has expressed “deep concern” over the “terrible human cost” of Israel’s war on Gaza. “Too many have been killed. I, like so many others, want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible,” William said in a statement issued by Kensington ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Netherlands on Tuesday accused Israel of annexing occupied Palestinian territories. “No sovereignty can be established over occupied territory and occupied territory may not be annexed,” a representative of the Dutch delegation, Professor Rene JM Lefeber told the International Court of Justice during the public he...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday called for ending the decades-long Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, deeming it “illegal.” “Israel’s actions indicate that it has no intention of making peace,” Saudi Ambassador Ziad Al-Atiyah told a hearing at The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). He said Israel has made it im...
