The lawsuit accuses the State Department of discriminating against Americans of Palestinian origin by abandoning them in a war zone and not making the same effort that it would to promptly evacuate and protect Americans of different origins in similar situations. It was the second case against the U.S. government this week after Palestinian families […]
“This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities have committed the crime against humanity of extermination, which is ongoing. This policy also amounts to an ‘act of genocide’ under the Genocide Convention of 1948,” Human Rights Watch said in its report. Israel has repeatedly rejected any […]
A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said that mediators had narrowed gaps in most of the agreement’s clauses. He said Israel had introduced conditions that Hamas rejected but would not elaborate. On Tuesday, sources close to the talks in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, said an agreement could be signed in the coming days on […]
“We are following developments in Syria and are concerned about the escalation in violence… We express full support for the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Syria. Any solution to the Syrian situation should correspond to the aspirations of the Syrian people for their security, stability, and development,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said […]
Hamas also provided the names of four hostages who are US citizens but do not fall into the previous category. Moreover, Hamas also submitted a list of Palestinian security prisoners held in Israel, which it wants to be released in exchange for the hostages. The list is under review by Israel, with an Israeli negotiating […]
The IFJ and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) condemned the killings and continued attacks on journalists. The IFJ also called for an immediate investigation into their killings. “In such dangerous conditions, the IFJ reminds journalists on the ground to take precautions, wear professional safety equipment, and not to travel without their media providing them with […]
Under the plan, which needs Abbas’s approval, the committee would be composed of 10 to 15 non-partisan figures with authority on matters related to the economy, education, health, humanitarian aid, and reconstruction, according to a draft of the proposal seen by AFP. Following talks in Cairo brokered by Egypt, the two rival factions agreed the […]
Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there. “I am compelled to warn about what is happening there and is being concealed from us,” Yaalon told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan […]
The Hamas visit to Cairo was the first since the United States announced on Wednesday it would revive efforts in collaboration with Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, that would include a hostage deal. White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he thought the chances of a ceasefire and hostage […]
Medics said they had recovered 19 bodies of Palestinians killed in northern areas of Nuseirat, one of the enclave’s eight long-standing refugee camps. Later on Friday, an Israeli air strike killed at least 10 Palestinians in a house in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, medics said. Others were killed in the northern and southern areas […]
