As the United Nations General Assembly readied itself to vote on Tuesday on an emergency humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month-old conflict between Israel and Hamas, aid groups reported that hunger was growing among Palestinians in the beleaguered Gaza strip. Since the United States rejected a Security Council resolution urging a ceasefire on Friday, hundreds more […]
As international pressure to stop Israel’s assault in Gaza and the West Bank grows, fast fashion retailer Zara has sparked fresh controversy with its latest advertising campaign. The Spanish store posted images of the newest Zara Atelier collection, which features American model Kristen McMenamy, on its official social media accounts. In the advertisement, McMenamy is […]
On Monday, Israel persisted in its ruthless bombardment of the main city of southern Gaza, following a warning from Hamas that unless its demands for prisoner releases were met, no Israeli captive would escape the region alive. Israel’s savage attack has killed at least 18,000 people, the majority of them women and children, and left […]
On Saturday, Israel continued its assault on the beleaguered Palestinian territory of Gaza, following the US’s obstruction of an unprecedented UN attempt to demand a truce in the two-month battle. Following the announcement by the Palestinian health ministry that 17,487 individuals, predominantly women and children, had died in Gaza as of late, Hamas and the […]
Friends of the Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer reported late on Thursday that he had died in an Israeli attack. Refaat was a leading figure in a new wave of writers in Gaza who decided to write in English to share their tales. Mosab Abu Toha, a poet from Gaza, posted on Facebook, “My heart is […]
Taylor Swift, who was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, has made it quite evident that she is indifferent to the situation in Palestine. Not enough to like a post, discuss it, or even donate. We find it incomprehensible that Time selected Swift as their Person of the Year for this year. Is there […]
According to the former ruling party, Sher Afzal Marwat, the Senior Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was reportedly detained on Monday while traveling to the Bajaur province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. PTI said on its official account that Marwat was “kidnapped” from Chakdara while traveling to Bajaur for a worker’s convention that was set to […]
In the assault that has left the beleaguered enclave in ruins and taken thousands of Palestinian lives, the Palestinian resistance group Hamas engaged in combat with invading Israeli forces on Friday in and around Gaza’s main cities. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported that over 17,000 people have died in Gaza, the majority of them women […]
Invoking Article 99 of the UN Charter, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has alerted the Security Council to the worsening circumstances in the beleaguered Palestinian enclave of Gaza. “The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security,” according to […]
After demolishing what it described as “terrorist infrastructure,” the Israeli army declared on Tuesday that it had encircled the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera. Since October 7, Israel has repeatedly attacked the largest camp in Gaza, Jabalia, with the result that hundreds of people have died and that infrastructure has been […]
