JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed Knesset member Gideon Saar as the foreign minister, replacing Israel Katz who became a defense minister. A hardliner, Saar takes the helm of Israeli diplomacy at a time when Tel Aviv presses ahead with its deadly genocidal wars on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Born [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) — As one of the US’ closest allies and the most powerful lobby in the country, Israel is a significant force in Tuesday’s elections. American-made bombs have rained down on Gaza and now Lebanon during Israel’s attacks over the past year. Today, millions desperately await a cease-fire in ravaged Gaza and de-escalation in […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stressing that there should be “no more suffering and destruction in Palestine and Lebanon,” China’s President Xi Jinping has called on the BRICS member states to “uphold peace and strive for common security.” “We should come forward together to form a stabilizing force for peace and explore soluti...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister known for his radical right-wing Zionism Bezalel Smotrich has said that he is working to grant 500,000 illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank “the same rights of every citizens in Israel.” “I will continue to work with all my strength to allow the half million settlers who are […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has strongly denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for using a map that erased the West Bank. “Netanyahu’s map reveals the truth of the colonial and racist agendas of the extremist right-wing government,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has said in a statement. The Israeli premier appea...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli foreign minister has said that Israel will not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, claiming that such a state, mandated by the UN, would pose a “security threat” to Israel. In a post on X, Israel Katz said: “Iran and Hamas have taken over the Palestinian issue.” “A Palestinian [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA/AFP) – The UN said Thursday that a two-state solution cannot be voted away in response to a resolution passed by the Israeli parliament that rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is disappointed by the Israeli parliament’s (Knesset) decision...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that “Israel is in a much weaker position now due to its inhumane response” in the Gaza Strip. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster La Sexta, where he was asked if he considered what Israel is doing as genocide, he replied: “I have my […]
Beijing, China — AFP China has welcomed the UN Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, urging swift “action” to halt fighting over the final weeks of Ramadan. After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time demanded an immediate cease-fire in Gaza after Israel’s forefron...
BERLIN (AA) – The German government has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in which he vowed to stop the creation of a Palestinian state. According to an official statement, Berlin is committed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state “alongside the Jewish state.” Netanyahu’...
