The situation in the Gaza Strip could not be more dire. Over 41,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel during its 11-month military operation in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities. After 25 years, polio is back in the Strip, and the Israeli military continues to kill aid workers, health workers and journalists. Hunger is … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 18, 2024 1:59 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year. Canada’s ambassador to the United … Read more
SEATTLE (AP) — For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead. On Wednesday night, hundreds of people traveled to the same beach … Read more
Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris expressed outrage on Wednesday after Israel acknowledged responsibility for killing American activist Ayşenur Eygi in the West Bank, but they stopped short of implementing or threatening to implement any consequences for the country, which the U.S. continues to arm unconditionally. Before Wednesday morning, the White House … Read more
Jerusalem: A Palestinian hospital official said Friday a US citizen died from a “gunshot in the head” in the occupied West Bank, and Israel’s military said it was investigating the incident. “An American solidarity activist arrived at the hospital with a gunshot in the head, and we announced her martyrdom around 14:30,” said Fouad Nafaa, … Read more
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days. The attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban refugee … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, a commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Nur Shams refugee camp. … Read more
The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denounced the nonbinding opinion … Read more
THE HAGUE: The top U.N. court says Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end. The International Court of Justice said in its non-binding opinion issued Friday that Israel has abused its status as the occupying power in the West Bank and east Jerusalem by carrying out policies … Read more
On Feb. 1, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Israeli settler Yinon Levi, locking him out of the international economic system and spurring Israeli banks to freeze his accounts. The State Department accused Levi of leading fellow Israeli settlers in the West Bank — occupied Palestinian territory claimed by Israel — in attacking Palestinians, destroying their … Read more
