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- by Marwa AThe UN has received testimony alleging widespread torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7, 2023, with mounting calls for an independent international investigation, Anadolu reports. The submission was made by the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC), a UK-based organization that holds special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, according to The National. The testimony was based on documentation by Khaled Mahajneh, a lawyer […]
- by Marwa AThe Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Saturday it will not give up its arms unless an “independent, fully sovereign” Palestinian state is established, Anadolu reports. The statement came following reports by the Israeli daily Haaretz citing a recording attributed to US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff: “Hamas has said that they are prepared to be demilitarized.” “We are very, very close to a solution to end this war,” Witkoff is […]
- by Marwa AThe Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Saturday warned of plans by illegal Israeli settler groups to stage a mass incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. The move coincides with what Jews mark as Tisha B’Av, a day of mourning they associate with the destruction of the First and Second Temples, Anadolu reports. The ministry in a statement condemned the “incitement campaigns and settler preparations” for the […]
- by Marwa AAt least 60,430 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports. A ministry statement said 98 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 1,079 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 148,722. Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach […]
- by Marwa AMore than twenty former Belgian diplomats and ambassadors are urging the federal government to take action against Israel in an open letter. The letter from diplomats is a “unique signal”, according to political experts. For decades, diplomats have taken “countless steps” to make Belgium a defender of a fairer international legal order and human rights, reads the letter published in De Standaard. As far as Gaza and Israel are concerned, […]
- by Marwa ANewly declassified British documents reveal that the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak supported US and British efforts to defeat and humiliate Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, predicting that a military defeat would lead to the Iraqi leader’s downfall. The documents, released by the British National Archives, show that Mubarak advised British Prime Minister John Major to disregard Arab public opinion and press forward with the military campaign. He argued […]
- by Marwa AThey have been the playthings of powers for decades, and there is no promise that this will end soon. Empires and powers seem to come and go, yet the plight of the Palestinians remains more horrific than ever. Now, in the next instalment of the grand morality game, France, the United Kingdom and Canada promise to recognise Palestinian statehood at the September meeting of the 80th session of the United […]
- by Marwa AAt least 27 Palestinians were killed early Saturday in a series of Israeli airstrikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip, including 16 people who were waiting for humanitarian aid, sources said, Anadolu reports. According to medical sources, 12 bodies were transferred to the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after Israeli forces opened fire at the aid distribution area along the Netzarim Corridor. Three Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid near distribution […]
- by Marwa AThe term apartheid is no longer just a historical reference; it has become an increasingly unavoidable descriptor for the lived reality in the occupied West Bank. While the word may conjure images of South Africa’s past, the systematic structures of segregation, domination, and racialised control that Israel has institutionalised across Palestinian territories are no less profound. Perhaps more insidious, however, is the transformation of this system from one of visible […]
- by Marwa AIsrael’s actions to expel Gazans from their lands and annex the West Bank are unacceptable, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Hamas Shura Council head Mohammed Ismail Darwish on Friday, Anadolu reports. Fidan met with a Hamas delegation led by Darwish in Istanbul, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry sources. The Hamas delegation stressed that the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza falls far short of the needs and […]