Tag Archives: Palestine

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  The Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement in Gaza came into effect on Sunday, after more than 15 months of deadly strikes. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the beginning of the ceasefire in a statement, after Hamas released the names of the first three female hostages set to …

RAMALLAH, Palestine | Xinhua | Palestinian authorities suspended broadcast operations of Qatar-based Al Jazeera Media Network in Palestine, citing its failure to meet regulations, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported Wednesday. The Palestinian Ministerial Committee, comprising representatives from the ministries of culture, interior, and telecommunications, “also ordered the temporary suspension …

  CAIRO | Xinhua | In a region where turmoil has long been the norm, the cascade of events in the Middle East in 2024 has nevertheless shocked the world due to its intensity and complexity. The Israel-Palestine conflict entered the second year, leaving Gaza stranded in a dire humanitarian …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejecting reports that Israel had agreed to a “path toward Palestinian statehood” as part of efforts to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia. “Prime Minister Netanyahu has acted …

Can it support Palestine while supplying Israel with coal? ANALYSIS | SURAYA DADOO | Despite having taken Israel to the International Court of Justice over genocide, South Africa is now the country’s main coal supplier after Russia. Since 1994, South Africa’s criticism of Israel’s occupation of Palestine has been unwavering and …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Saturday that “Iran’s agents who tried to assassinate me and my wife today made a bitter mistake.” He referred to the drone launch from Lebanon, aimed at his private residence in the northern town of Caesarea …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …