The people of Gaza, Palestine, and the broader Middle East deserve a concerted international effort to establish a lasting peace. COMENT | Xinhua | As the world approaches the one-year mark of the latest Gaza conflict, the Middle East is spiraling into an alarming escalation of violence, with its nations …
Read More »Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates, stoking fears of regional war
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT | Xinhua | The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah sharply escalated on Thursday, with both sides exchanging deadly attacks and vowing further retaliation, heightening fears of a wider regional war. In a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned recent explosions targeting communication devices across Lebanon, calling them “an …
Read More »No end in sight as Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 41,000
GAZA | Xinhua | The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,020, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 32 people and wounded 100 others, bringing the total death toll …
Read More »At least 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on school in S. Gaza
GAZA, | Xinhua | At least 25 Palestinians were killed and some others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. Security sources told Xinhua that Israeli aircraft targeted the gate of the Al-Awda School, …
Read More »Trump dodges question on whether he is ready to recognize Palestine’s independence
NEW YORK, U.S.A | TASS | During televised debates with his election rival, former US President Donald Trump dodged the question on whether we was ready recognize Palestine as a sovereign country to settle the Middle East conflict. “I’d have to see,” he said. In his opinion, Biden fails to …
Read More »The financial destruction of Palestine
It is absurd to demand that it build state institutions while Israel withholds its main source of finance COMMENT | RAJA KHALIDI | Ahead of the recent G7 summit, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, in a rare rebuke of Israel, warned that its plans to cut off Palestinian financial institutions …
Read More »Hamas gives positive response to latest Gaza settlement proposal
DUBAI | TASS | Palestine’s radical Hamas movement announced that it responded positively to the latest proposal about ceasefire in Gaza and release of hostages, put forward by US President Joe Biden. “During all stages of negotiations, Hamas demonstrated its positive attitude, necessary for achieving a comprehensive and sustainable solution, …
Read More »Brazilian president hails decision of Spain, Ireland, Norway to recognize state of Palestine
BRASILIA | Xinhua | Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hailed the decision of Spain, Ireland and Norway to recognize Palestinian statehood, a measure he said will have “a positive impact on peace and stability in the region.” “The joint decision of Spain, Norway and Ireland to …
Read More »Canceling Palestine
Netanyahu rejects the idea of a Palestinian state and promises that Israel would control the entire region it occupies COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | It is only April, but we already have a good candidate for photo of the year. On April 12, German police shut down a Palestine Congress that …
Read More »Hamas to deliver final response to latest truce proposal tomorrow
GAZA | Xinhua | The delegation of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will return to Egypt’s capital Cairo on Tuesday to deliver the movement’s “final response” to the Egyptian proposal over a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a Palestinian source told Xinhua on Sunday. …
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