ISTANBUL (AA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) faces allegations of hypocrisy for delaying the arrest warrant requests for Israeli officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who spearheads the genocidal war on Gaza and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have not had arrest warrants issued for over five months, while the warr...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli Security Cabinet has postponed a vote on the timing of an attack on Iran and potential targets, according to Israeli media. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation reported that the Cabinet failed to reach a concrete decision after a four-hour late-night discussion on the issue of an attack on Iran. The [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in West Jerusalem on Monday to demand a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions in Gaza. The demonstration coincided with the first anniversary of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 42,000 ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US did not have “advanced warning” of the recent Israeli strike in Beirut which is claimed to have killed Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah, the Pentagon said. “The United States was not involved in this operation, and we had no advanced warning,” Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that attacks on the Lebanese group Hezbollah will continue until Israeli residents displaced from northern Israel can safely return to their homes. “Hezbollah is beginning to experience the strength of the Israeli army, and there is already a strong sense that they are being hunte...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000 displaced people to their homes in areas near the Lebanon border would displace “hundreds of thousands” more. Naim Qassem, number two in the Lebanese group, was speaking after Defence Minister ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has expressed concern over pressure the court is facing from the US regarding its investigations into Israel’s actions in Gaza. In an interview with Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun, Karim Khan disclosed that ICC officials were receiving personal threats from supporters of Israel. ...
LONDON (AA) – The UK’s decision to halt 30 of its 350 arms export licenses to Israel will not have a “material impact” on Israel’s security, the British defense secretary has said. Speaking to Times Radio, John Healey said the suspension decision “will not have a material impact on Israel’s security.” Healey...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is pushing the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the issuance of arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. Official sources said Tel Aviv is putting diplomatic pressure on The Hague-based court ...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has said that it would not proceed with efforts to question whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has jurisdiction to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and defense minister, according to local media. The ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan announced in May that he had requested arrest warrants for [...
