WASHINGTON (AA) – A vigil was held Monday evening outside the White House in memory of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces on Sept. 6 during a peaceful protest in the occupied West Bank. Eygi’s father Mehmet Suat Eygi, sister Ozden Bennett and husband Hamid Ali, joined the event at Lafayette […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The family of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israel in the West Bank, will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, a family spokesperson confirmed to Anadolu on Wednesday. Family members, including her father Mehmet Suat Eygi, sister Ozden Bennett, and husband Hamid Ali, will als...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A key Republican ally of President-elect Donald Trump introduced legislation Thursday in the Senate that, if enacted, would prohibit the federal government from using “West Bank” to refer to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. Sen. Tom Cotton’s legislation would mandate the federal government r...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Canada on Friday announced a $50 million commitment to address the escalating humanitarian crises in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank. “Canada continues to be deeply concerned by the persistent and worsening catastrophic humanitarian conditions and the imminent risk of famine in Gaza,” said a stat...
ANKARA (AA) – Nine Israelis have been injured in a shooting attack near the illegal Israeli settlement of Ariel in the northern West Bank, according to Israeli media. The incident occurred aboard a bus near the settlement, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the perpetrator of the attack has been “neutra...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained at least 18 Palestinians in raids in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. A young girl and two children were among the detainees in the raids that targeted East Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus and Tulkarem, the Comm...
LONDON (AA) – The UK, France, and Germany have urged Israel to renew vital banking ties with Palestinian financial institutions for at least 12 months, warning that failure to do so could lead to the collapse of the Palestinian economy and destabilize the region. Israel’s indemnification of its banks for cross-border transactions with Pa...
LONDON (AA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will keep following the US in terms of polices on Gaza, but could take a different approach when it comes to the occupied West Bank, says veteran British journalist Peter Oborne. In an interview with Anadolu, Oborne emphasized that Israel’s genocide in Gaza, now in its second […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, terrorized people and vandalized properties, witnesses said. “A group of settlers from Horsha settlement raided the town of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbiya northwest of Ramallah and set fire to three vehicles,” an eyewitness said. Video footage sh...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US administration plans to present a draft resolution to the UN Security Council to oppose Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. Israel Hayom newspaper, citing a US source close to the Biden administration, said the draft will state that Israel’s presence in the occupied West Ban...
