WASHINGTON — A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent international … Read more
ISRAEL’S invasion of refugee-filled Rafah is imminent if no ceasefire deal is reached, the country’s defence minister has warned. Israel has accused Hamas of blocking a truce deal with “extreme demands”, including leaving the militant group in control of Gaza. 7 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is pictured with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, … Read more
The new Palestinian Prime Minister is a former World Bank executive who vows to fight corruption and waste. The finance minister worked at PwC. The foreign ministry is helmed by a woman with a US doctorate and deep experience in human rights. By many measures, the new Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is just … Read more
Earlier Benjamin Netanyahu had rejected Hamas’s demand to end the war. (File) Doha: Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israel’s prime minister of sabotaging efforts by mediators involved in ongoing talks aimed at a truce and hostage exchange in Gaza. Qatar-based Haniyeh said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “invent constant justifications for … Read more
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his government has voted to shut down Al Jazeera‘s offices, while the broadcaster condemned the move as “deceptive and slanderous.” “The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel,” Netanyahu wrote on X/Twitter. He said in a statement, “Al Jazeera … Read more
Student protesters: I admire your empathy for Gazans, your concern for the world, your moral ambition to make a difference. But I worry about how peaceful protests have tipped into occupations of buildings, risks to commencements and what I see as undue tolerance of anti-semitism, chaos, vandalism and extremism. I’m afraid the more aggressive actions … Read more
An Israeli strike hit a building operated by Syrian security forces on Thursday. (Representational) Damascus: Syria’s defence ministry on Friday said eight soldiers had been injured in Israeli air strikes near Damascus. On Thursday night, “the Israeli enemy launched air strikes from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting a site near Damascus… injuring … Read more
Editor’s note: This report has been updated to clarify the Biden administration’s efforts to empower the Palestinian Authority to replace Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Biden administration and Israel’s supporters in Congress are lashing out at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over potential arrest warrants that could be issued for alleged crimes by Israeli … Read more
Several worker unions, college students and community organizations marched, sat-in and continued to camp out throughout the Bay Area during May Day protests on Wednesday. In the East Bay, Oakland Sin Fronteras, a coalition of organizations that support workers and immigrant rights, held a march to recognize and celebrate International Worker’s Day and in solidarity … Read more
A University of Tehran professor said in an interview that Iran likes seeing protests on US college campuses, adding those are their supporters if there is ever a conflict between the two countries. Professor Foad Izadi, who, according to the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, earned his master’s degree from the University of Houston, … Read more
