ISTANBUL (AA) – China’s President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that Beijing will coordinate with Arab nations to seek a “lasting solution” to the Palestinian question as he pressed a two-state solution. “China will coordinate more with Egypt and other Arab countries to work for a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian...
ANKARA (AA) – Malaysian veteran politician and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called out US President Joe Biden for his comments about the bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, dubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Pentagon as liars. Biden said on Wednesday that the hospital blast, which killed hund...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has expressed its “deep” disappointment over the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation. “China is deeply disappointed at the US blocking a UN Security Council resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli situation,” said Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry. The Secu...
Palestinian Territories — AFP At least 3,785 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday. Some 1,524 children and 1,000 women are among those killed in the relentless Israeli air strikes, the ministry said, adding another 12,493 people have ...
– RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Amid continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have rounded up 120 Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, a local nongovernmental organization reported on Thursday. “Former parliamentarians and Hamas leaders were among the detainees,” Amani Sarahneh, a spokeswoman for the P...
ANKARA (AA) – French football club OGC Nice said on Wednesday it had suspended Youcef Atal for showing his support for Palestine. The 27-year-old had shared a video supporting Palestine on Instagram on Saturday. “Despite the fact that the Algerian player has acknowledged his error by quickly withdrawing the sharing of the publicati...
LONDON (AA) – The deadly airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza must be investigated as a war crime, Ireland’s President Michael D Higgins has said. Speaking in Italy, Higgins said that it is “very, very important that there be a reliable investigation as to how it (incident) came to be, who is responsible and […]
– RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Scores of Palestinian activists continue to complain about bias by social media platforms as they face growing restrictions, with much of their content being blocked or removed. The activists said social media platforms have intensified monitoring of Palestinian content and blocked accounts that show sy...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has stressed that it is up to Israel to decide when to have a cease-fire in Gaza following UN calls for a truce in the aftermath of the Al-Ahli hospital bombing, which left hundreds dead, including many children. “We are in a situation in which a terrorist organization has not only […]
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A number of councilors from the UK’s main opposition Labour Party have resigned in the past days in protest over party leader Keir Starmer’s support for what he called Israel’s “right” to cut power and water supplies to Palestinians living in Gaza. Some prominent leading members of the shadow cabine...
