VATICAN (AA) – A dispute has erupted over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe the situation in Gaza during a meeting with Palestinians. Palestinian families whose relatives are being held in Israeli prisons met with the pontiff at his Vatican residence. “When we shared the stories of the families that have bee...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The return of Israeli prisoners and the suspension of hostilities between Israel and Hamas are steps toward eventual peace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. “This is an important bit of progress, but we have to redouble our efforts now to get toward a lasting peace,” Trudeau told reporters on […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stuart Seldowitz, a former Obama administration adviser, who was captured on video making threats and Islamophobic comments against a Muslim food vendor in New York City, has been arrested and faces hate crimes charges, local media reported. Seldowitz, 64, faces charges including aggravated harassment and several counts o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to resign from the government if fighting does not resume following the end of the four-day humanitarian pause announced after the hostage-exchange agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership. Ben-Gvir made the statement...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone to discuss the new deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The two sides discussed ways to stop the dangerous military escalation in Gaza and its […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli activist and writer Miko Peled, the grandson of a signatory to the Jewish state’s 1948 Declaration of Independence, has criticized Israel’s policies towards Palestine, asserting that “they cannot defeat the Palestinians.” The author, whose father served as a general in the Six-Day War of 19...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army killed on Thursday a Palestinian and wounded others with a gunfire in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. “Our teams received a martyr from the village of Burqa near Ramallah, and he is being transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex,” the aid […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Around 1,600 Israeli soldiers have been left physically disabled since Israel began its war against Palestinians living in Gaza last month, according to a veterans’ organization. “Some 1,600 soldiers (have) suffered physical disabilities since Oct. 7,” Idan Kleiman, chairman of the army’s Disabled Veterans Organization, told A...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that “the number of Palestinian deaths is unacceptable,” according to Spanish daily El Pais. In a meeting with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Sanchez urged Israel to distinguish between civilian and military targets. While acknowledgin...
Six-page agreement includes specific conditions that include cessation of Israeli military operations and a ban on Israeli aircraft over the southern Gaza Strip, as well as restricted air traffic in the northern region By Iftikhar Gilani The much-needed ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian resistance organization Hamas is expected to bring...
