United Nations, United States – AFP An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found “neutrality-related issues” but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) rem...
President Joe Biden has signed the bill passed by Congress banning funding UNRWA, the U.N. agency which feeds Palestinians, for at least a year. The U.S. was the refugee agency’s largest donor providing $300 to million annually. The new law also bans funding of the U.N. agency investigating Israel, known as the U.N. Commission of […]
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt is building a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive Palestinians displaced from the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, says a US media report. The Wall Street Journal article, citing Egyptian officials and security analysts, comes after a rights group reported Egypt was preparing “a high-security ga...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed and 150 others injured in Israeli shelling targeting hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, the Health Ministry said. The death toll is likely to rise as many injured people are in critical condition, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in [&hell...
PARIS (AA) – While most of Paris is busy with preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, locals in the suburbs of the French capital came together with members of the Palestinian diaspora in Europe in solidarity with each other and people in the Gaza Strip, devastated over the past 12 weeks by relentless Israeli attacks. […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians arrested by Israel in the West Bank since Oct. 7 has crossed 3,290, says the Palestinian Prisoners Society. They include 125 women and 145 children, the group said. At least 168 Palestinians have been detained in the five days during the ongoing pause in the Gaza Strip. […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Hundreds of people, including foreign nationals in Djibouti, participated in the African Peace March in solidarity with Palestinians in the Djiboutian city of Arta on Friday. The peace rally was organized by Djibouti’s Sports Ministry. The marchers were waving banners with peace slogans and flags of several countries,...
NEW YORK (AFP): Thousands of people marched through the streets of Brooklyn, as part of a series of demonstrations in support of Palestinians facing Israeli attacks throughout New York City. Israel unleashed a massive bombing campaign after Hamas gunmen stormed across the Gaza border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, according to Israeli off...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 rose to 7,326, the Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Friday. Ashraf al-Qedra, a ministry spokesman, said during a news conference: “The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached 7,326, includin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Friday reiterated a controversial statement, claiming that the life of Israeli settlers is more important than the movement of Palestinians. Ben-Gvir made his remarks while commenting on the Israeli army closure of Palestinian shops in Huwara town, northern West Ba...
