GENEVA (AA) – Students from the global Free Palestine Movement at the University of Geneva, who have been staging demonstrations for the liberation of Palestine since May 7, have demanded their university call for a cease-fire and condemn the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Swiss student Elisabetta, who asked not to give her surname, told the ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States does not believe that genocide is occurring in Gaza but Israel must do more to protect Palestinian civilians, President Joe Biden’s top national security official said Monday. As ceasefire talks stalled and Israel continued striking the southern city of Rafah, White House National S...
South Africa has approached the International Court of Justice seeking urgent action against Israel. The urgency stems from the Israeli War Cabinet’s approval to expand the ground assault to Rafah. The South African Presidency called for immediate ICJ intervention to halt Israel’s actions and ensure humanitarian access to Gaza. This plea fo...
Malmö, Sweden – – AFP After a run-up in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in Sweden’s Malmo, where representatives from 26 countries will compete. Up to 30,000 demonstrators from the Free Palestine Movement are expected to protest against IsraelR...
Gaza’s civil defense agency has reported the discovery of three mass graves holding 392 bodies, showing signs of executions and live burials. Only 65 bodies have been identified due to decomposition and mutilation. The search in Khan Younis continues amid demands for answers from Israeli leaders. Addressing a press conference Thursday, the hea...
The New York Times has issued an internal memo advising journalists to limit the use of terms like “genocide” and “occupied territory” in the newspaper’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza. Written by Times editors Susan Wessling and Philip Pan, it discourages the use of specific terms, which some staff see as favor...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 52 more Palestinians were killed and 95 others injured over 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 52 martyrs and 95 injured d...
The International Court of Justice has begun two days of hearings concerning Nicaragua’s plea for emergency measures against Germany. Nicaragua accuses Germany of violating international law through its support of Israel’s war on Gaza. This is by aiding Israel militarily, and by defunding the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees or UN...
A report by a UN rapporteur says there are “reasonable grounds” indicating that Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza. Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on Palestine, has found Israel’s actions violating three of the five acts mentioned under the UN Genocide Convention. These are killing members of a group; ca...
GENEVA (AA) – The “painful and slow death” of 23 children in the north of Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration “would be the tip of the iceberg” as only those who reached hospitals are reported, UNICEF’s deputy executive director has said. Ted Chaiban’s remarks came during a panel on the humanitarian situation...
