Category: 2. Middle East

Dozens of Kuwaiti academics have called for a boycott of Western universities involved in supporting Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, explaining that the Palestinian civilians’ suffering in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law, Quds Press reported.

The Association of Faculty Members at the Public Authority for Applied Education; the trade union body comprising academics working in applied colleges,…

An article published by the Hebrew Maariv newspaper addressed the crisis in Israeli military performance in the Gaza Strip, highlighting what it described as the “collapse” of the army’s ground forces, in contrast to the air force’s superiority in attacks on Iran.

The article considered the disparity a revelation of the Israeli defence system fragility in the absence of an effective ground force due to long-standing neglect in preparing the ground forces…

The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza said Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces are seeking to spread chaos and destabilize the Gaza Strip by repeatedly targeting police and security personnel.

This came in a statement issued by the Ministry after the Israeli occupation forces bombed on Thursday a gathering of citizens in the Deir al-Balah market in the central Gaza Strip, killing 18 Palestinians, including police and security…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has said that the war on Gaza has failed and “reached a dead end,” urging the government to bring the war to an end and prioritise the return of the captives.

Lapid stated, “What we are doing now [in Gaza] is not working. The war has reached a dead end,” adding, “It is time to end the war in Gaza. Leadership must know when to change strategy once it stops succeeding.”

He continued, “It is not right to leave…

US President Donald Trump voiced optimism Friday about a new ceasefire in Gaza, as criticism grew over mounting civilian deaths at Israeli-backed food distribution centers in the territory.

Asked by reporters how close a ceasefire was between Israel and Hamas, Trump said: “We think within the next week, we’re going to get a ceasefire.”

The United States brokered a ceasefire in the devastating conflict in the waning days of former president Joe Biden’s administration, with support from Trump’s…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least 62 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

The reported killing of people seeking aid marks the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid sites in Gaza, where a US- and Israeli-backed foundation has largely replaced established humanitarian organisations.

Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 62 Palestinians had been killed Friday by Israeli strikes…

Desperate relatives of two French detainees in Iran demanded “proof of life” Friday after Israel struck their Tehran prison and a lawyer denounced their “forced disappearance”.

French national Cecile Kohler, 40, and her 72-year-old partner Jacques Paris have been held in Iran since May 2022 on espionage charges their families reject.

Their fate has been unknown since Israel targeted Tehran’s Evin prison in an air strike on Monday, before a US-proposed ceasefire between the Middle East foes…

United Nations officials on Friday said a US- and Israeli-backed distribution system in Gaza was leading to mass killings of people seeking aid and urged Israel to let UN humanitarian supplies to the war-stricken territory resume.

Eyewitnesses and local officials have reported repeated killings of Palestinians seeking aid at distribution centres over recent weeks in the territory, where Israeli forces are battling Hamas militants.

The Israeli military has denied targeting people seeking aid…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a halt to aid deliveries to northern Gaza after far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to quit the coalition, citing unverified claims that Hamas was looting humanitarian supplies.

Smotrich reportedly made the ultimatum during a cabinet meeting, referencing a widely circulated video on social media showing armed men atop aid trucks. Although the footage was quickly seized upon by pro-government…

Slovenia has announced that it will take joint action with like-minded countries if the European Union does not take concrete steps within the next two weeks to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, which has been under a deadly Israeli assault for the past 21 months.

Speaking to journalists on the side-lines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob criticised some EU member states for prioritising…