The legacy of the Holocaust “blinds” some countries to the suffering of Palestinians, a Green MEP has said. Ciarán Cuffe, who is seeking re-election, made the comments during a debate with other candidates in the Dublin constituency. The politicians were engaging with representatives from youth charities on the European Parliament’s role in online safety and […]
A CNN report exposes alleged abuse of Palestinians at an Israeli Sde Teiman detention center. The facility operates under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law, allowing detention without due process. Over 9,000 Palestinians are held in deteriorating conditions since October 7. An Israeli detention center is subjecting Palestinians to abuse, strapping detainees down to their beds, blindfolding […]
Eight countries joined the U.S. in opposing the UN’s latest resolution to allow Palestine to qualify to become a full UN member. The United Nations General Assembly backed the Palestinian bid to be eligible for a full UN membership on Friday, with 143 countries voting in favor, 25 abstaining and nine voting against. Those nine […]
Ireland, Spain and other European Union member countries plan to recognise a Palestinian state on May 21st, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, confirmed ahead of an expected UN vote on Friday on a Palestinian bid to become a full member. In March, Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and Malta agreed to take the first steps […]
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief said that Israelis twice set fire to the perimeter of the agency’s headquarters in East Jerusalem on Thursday. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that both UNRWA and other U.N. agency staff were present when the incidents happened. He said no casualties occurred among U.N. staff, but […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah aimed at rooting out Hamas militants, according to U.S. officials familiar with the talks. The officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian security officers killed a gunman in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rare intra-Palestinian clash whose circumstances were disputed and which the fighter’s faction described as an Israeli-style “assassination”. Palestinian Authority security services spokesperson Talak Dweikat said a force sent to patrol Tulkarm overnight came under fire and […]
FIRST ON FOX: A moment of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus Tuesday has captured the nation’s attention. Anti-Israel protesters on Tuesday morning successfully replaced the American flag on Chapel Hill’s quad — which had been flying at half-mast after four Charlotte officers were killed in the line of duty Monday — […]
Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials said. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old. Israel has regularly carried out airstrikes on Rafah since the start of the war […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has cancelled a planned panel discussion on the Gaza war at his official residence in Berlin amid criticism that no Palestinian voice had been invited to take part. At the event called “How do we talk about the war in the Middle East?” originally scheduled at Bellevue Palace for Thursday, Steinmeier […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Israel must be brought to justice for “usurpation and oppression” of the Palestinian territories, if not there won’t be a guarantee that others would not do the same in other lands. Raisi was delivering a statement during his one-day visit to Sri Lanka on Wednesday. […]
A Travis County grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict a man on a hate crime charge in the stabbing of a man showing support for Palestinians near the University of Texas campus in February but indicted him on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Bert Baker, 36, faces up to 20 […]