GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 18 Palestinians, including four children, have been killed in airstrikes by Israeli warplanes in Gaza. Israel targeted the central Gaza Strip with one of the strikes hitting tents set up for displaced persons in what was a so-called “humanitarian safe zone.” Medical sources at the Al-Ahli Baptis...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The executive director of the rights group B’Tselem has condemned Israel’s actions over the past 11 months in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of pursuing a goal of “Jewish supremacy” since its founding. “To understand the Israeli government’s criminal conduct over the last 11 months, you have t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters rallied through the campus of Georgetown University in the US capital on Wednesday. During their demonstration, which began with the new semester, the student protestors chanted “If we don’t get no justice, then they don’t get no peace” and “Free, free Palestine.” They c...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinian journalists were injured by Israeli army fire in the West Bank town of Kafr Dan, the Red Crescent Society said. The society said two journalists were treated on the spot by its medics while two others were transferred to hospital. Jaraah Khalaf, one of the injured journalists, said he […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The chief of the UN Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has called for the protection of Palestinian civilians amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the northern West Bank. “For more than six days now, Jenin has been ravaged by violence and destruction. This is causing loss of life and injuries, including among […]
Approximately 20,000 people attended the 61st annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America or ISNA at Dallas’ Anatole Convention Centre over Labor Day weekend. It was the first time ISNA has held the annual conference in Dallas, which featured more than 100 speakers, interfaith events, and panels focused on critical issues ...
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...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine has strongly denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for using a map that erased the West Bank. “Netanyahu’s map reveals the truth of the colonial and racist agendas of the extremist right-wing government,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has said in a statement. The Israeli premier appea...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army near the West Bank city of Tulkarm, local media reported. The pair lost their lives in Dannabeh neighborhood in the city and their bodies were withheld by Israeli forces which raided the area and slapped a siege around a house there, asking its occupants […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least seven Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a college building housing displaced people in Gaza City, a medical source confirmed. The attack targeted the Namaa College building, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians had taken shelter northwest of Gaza ...
