RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 20 more Palestinians in various areas of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. According to a joint statement issued by the Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society, the new arrests brought the total number of Palestinians detai...
RAMALLAH- (AA) – Israeli soldiers killed a young man in his 20s during an overnight incursion into a village in the West Bank, according to Palestinian media. The official news agency Wafa reported that “a twenty-seven-year-old Palestinian was killed overnight after being shot by Israeli forces’ live fire during confrontations in the village o...
LONDON (AA) – The UK is facing pressure to cease arms exports to Tel Aviv following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) order to Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. The call comes in the wake of the top UN court’s judgment for provisional measures, highlighting a plausible risk of genocide in the […]
ANKARA (AA) – A Palestinian man who lost his family members in the Gaza bombing confronted UK lawmaker Angela Rayner at a Stockport fundraiser. “I lost my family in Gaza,” shouted the aggrieved man who had lost his mother, brother, and nieces in the Israeli war on Gaza. The man added choking with tears, “I […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) — South Africa has welcomed provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the genocide case against Israel in the Hague, calling it a “decisive victory” for the international rule of law. “Today marks a decisive victory for the international rule of law and a significant milesto...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki has welcomed provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. “We call on all states to ensure that all provisional measures ordered by the Court are implemented, including by Israel, the occupying power,” Al-Malik...
WASHINGTON (AA) – As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) moves forward on genocide charges against Israel for its war conduct in the besieged Gaza Strip, a growing number of Americans are supporting the allegations. That has been particularly true among young voting-age Americans. Polling released Wednesday indicates that those aged...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Uganda distanced itself Friday from Julia Sebutinde, a judge who voted against all provisional measures that a UN court ordered Israel to undertake in a case brought by South Africa concerning the war in the Gaza Strip. “Justice Sebutinde ruling at the ICJ (the International Court of Justice) does not represent [&h...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Several Latin American countries celebrated a UN court’s ruling Friday that demanded Israel take measures to prevent genocide in the Gaza Strip. The lawsuit was filed by South Africa that denounced the genocide by Israel in bombardments in Gaza since Oct. 7, which have left more than 26,000 Palestinians dead. The ...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
