Tag Archives: Gaza

JERUSALEM,  | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that his government will not release Palestinian prisoners or withdraw forces from Gaza, despite international efforts to achieve a ceasefire deal. Netanyahu said in Eli, an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, that “I hear various claims …

The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has dealt a particularly crushing blow to the system COMMENT | MOHAMED ELBARADEI | After COVID-19 struck in 2020, creating chaos and misery, I hoped that some silver lining would emerge from this global tragedy. For a time, it seemed possible. The pandemic was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has reiterated the urgency for administrative reforms at the global body and the independence of Palestine. Speaking at the closing of the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Kampala, Guterres noted that the persistent violations of the rights of the poorer …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | The current Palestinian-Israeli conflict may continue throughout this year, but the overall situation remains controllable, said a Chinese expert. Li Shaoxian, director of the China-Arab Research Institute at Ningxia University, made the remarks at a seminar on major global events held recently in Beijing. Since its …

It would ensure security, work towards reconstruction and to lay the foundations for stability and development COMMENT | JULIEN TOURREILLE | The massacre perpetrated against Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7 opened a new chapter in the tragedy that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For more than 75 years, too many opportunities …

Moving from apartheid to advocacy, South Africa is pulling its geopolitical heft on the issue of Gaza, launching a genocide case against Israel with a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | South Africa’s unprecedented move to sue Israel for genocide at the …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday with Israeli officials the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and urged the Israeli side to protect civilians in Gaza. Blinken’s visit marks his fourth trip to Israel since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in …

  ATHENS, GREECE | Xinhua | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Hania, Crete on Saturday, and expressed growing concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. During the meeting, Mitsotakis also expressed concern about the risks of escalating tensions in the Middle …

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL | Xinhua | The Israeli army announced on Saturday evening that it has dismantled the military framework of Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a press conference that in the north of the strip, Hamas had two military brigades …

UNITED NATIONS | TASS | Russia is concerned about the situation in the Red Sea and is confident that developments there are the direct projection of violence in the Gaza Strip, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said. “I think that hardly anyone of our counterparts will …