JERUSALEM (AA) – Director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea held talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha to discuss a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal, Israeli media reported. Israeli news portal Walla said Barnea’s visit to Qatar was part of efforts to reach a deal with […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was confronted by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the continued flow of weapons to Israel, despite its war crimes in Gaza. Joaquin Castro, a representative from Texas, sharply criticized the “inhumane” actions by...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters repeatedly disrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony Wednesday before a House of Representatives panel on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. One protester shouted: “Bloody Blinken” and “Butcher of Gaza” as Blinken began his remarks. A second demonstrator, hold...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army Thursday morning killed at least 37 Palestinians in a series of airstrikes that targeted guards escorting aid trucks as well as homes sheltering displaced people across the war-torn Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 15 Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured in two Israeli ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Wednesday reaffirming its support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and calling on Israel to ensure the agency’s uninterrupted operations. The resolution, stressing the urgent need for humanitarian aid, was adopted with 159 votes in favor, nine against ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A UN peacekeeping force has entered Khiam town in southern Lebanon to verify reports of Israeli troop withdrawal from the area. An engineering battalion from the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL moved into Khiam to inspect reports that the Israeli army had withdrawn from the town, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Israeli army has struck a home in northern Lebanon and demolished several buildings in the country’s south, in the latest violation of a cease-fire deal between Tel Aviv and Beirut, Lebanese media said. Israeli aircraft fired a missile into a 3-story home in Qleiaat town in Akkar province, but the missile […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group says that it targeted three US supply ships and two escorting destroyers the other day. Yahya Saree, the group’s spokesperson, said: “The naval forces, the drone unit, and the missile force (of the Houthis) carried out a unique military operation targeting three US supply ships after their [&he...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has announced the release of “If I Must Die,” a collection of works by the late Palestinian poet and activist Refaat Alareer. The book’s title references his last poem, which he famously tweeted just weeks before his assassination by Israel on Dec. 6 last year. It has since become a ...
Free Palestine supporters gathered in New York City on Saturday to protest outside a hotel where former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant reportedly was staying. Chanting slogans and holding banners, demonstrators expressed opposition to Gallant’s policies and actions during his tenure, advocating for Palestinian rights and justice. ...
