BERLIN (AA) – A group of German, Canadian and American lawmakers have signed an open letter calling on their countries’ leaders to step up diplomatic efforts for an “urgent humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. The letter, published by the TAZ newspaper, was signed by German parliament’s Vice President Aydan Ozoguz, Social Democrat Par...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has said that there is a clear and growing risk of the ongoing war in Gaza spilling over into the Middle East, which he said would be “an authentic catastrophe.” He said he has been lobbying his counterparts for an immediate cease-fire that gives way […]
ROME (AA) – Italy is ready to send peacekeepers to the Gaza Strip if needed, the nation’s foreign minister has said. Over a thousand Italian military staff are already taking part in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Radio24. “Should a peace mission be needed in...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Another Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, taking their number to 119 since October 7, the government media office said. A statement by the media office said Wael Abu Fannouna was killed in Gaza City, but did not provide any further details. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli mother has accused the army of intentionally killing her son during an operation in the Gaza Strip in November. Sergeant Ron Sherman,19, was captured by Hamas on October 7. In mid-December, the Israeli army said that it had recovered the body of Sherman from a Hamas tunnel in Jabalia in […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s radical far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has renewed his call for displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. “After the war, we must remain in the Gaza Strip, control it, and encourage the voluntary migration of hundreds of thousands of Gazans,” Ben-Gvir told Israeli public broadcaster KAN. The f...
DUBAI, UAE (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pledged $10 million for the ailing health sector in the Gaza Strip amid the nightmarish conditions faced by the besieged Palestinian enclave. “The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI) pledged a contribution of around AED 37 million (US $10 million) in support of [&...
ROME (AA) – Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said that Gaza needs a “civil government” and that all G-7 countries are working towards a two-state solution to the conflict. “I will reiterate to Israeli authorities that Italy aims at a ‘civil government’ in Palestine, to a two-state solution. The two people, two states is […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his Cabinet ministers have signed special postcards addressed to the UN chief, urging the world body to recognize Palestinian nationhood. “This special postcard is to express the wishes of the people of Malaysia by urging the UN to accept Palestine as a member state and demanding [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has called for imposing sanctions on Israel to compel Tel Aviv to dismantle illegal settler groups in the occupied West Bank. “An international action is urgently needed to pressure the Israeli government to dismantle the settler groups, disarm them, dry up their source of funding, and end their polit...
