Category: 2. Middle East

Following the recent premiere of his documentary in Grenada, ‘The Phoenix of Gaza’, filmmaker Yousef Alhelou challenged Grenadians to become active advocates for Palestinian justice. 

Yousef was on the island as part of a regional tour bringing awareness to what life in Gaza was like for Palestinians before the recent armed conflict which began on 7 October 2023. 

“You can play a vital role by pressuring your government to pressure the Israeli government…

At least 27 more Palestinians were killed and scores of others wounded on Saturday when the Israeli army opened fire on people waiting for food aid in central and northern Gaza, medical sources and witnesses said, Anadolu reports.

In central Gaza, 15 Palestinians lost their lives and dozens were injured when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of civilians waiting for food aid near a distribution site near the US-Israeli aid distribution centers near the…

Tal Friedlander was grateful to be alive on Saturday after emerging from a bomb shelter in central Israel to find his apartment entirely destroyed by an Iranian missile strike.

The shell of a residential building stood at the scene of the hit in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, with much of the block reduced to concrete rubble and mangled metal.

The debris-strewn street was lined with the wreckage of several destroyed cars, an AFP journalist reported, a rare sight in Israel where advanced air defences…

The sixth round of Iran-US nuclear talks scheduled for this Sunday in Muscat has been called off, Oman’s foreign minister confirmed on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

“The Iran US talks scheduled to be held in Muscat this Sunday will not now take place,” Badr Albusaidi said on X.

The minister, however, stressed that “diplomacy and dialogue remain the only pathway to lasting peace.”

Israel launched a series of strikes against Iranian territory, targeting…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent effusive birthday wishes to US President Donald Trump on Saturday, praising him as a staunch ally as Israel continued to bombard its arch foe Iran, Reuters reports.

There had been reports in the Israeli press of friction between the two men in recent weeks as Netanyahu threatened to attack Iran, even as the US was in talks with Tehran to secure restrictions on its long-contested nuclear programme.

However, within…

Israel is the “greatest threat” to the region’s stability and security, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Anadolu reports.

President Erdogan said “Israel, under the Netanyahu administration, poses the greatest threat to the region’s stability and security, and this has been reaffirmed through its recent attack on Iran,” Turkiye’s Communications Directorate said in a…

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Saturday he will introduce a legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds for any US military action against Iran without explicit authorization from the Congress, Anadolu reports.

“The United States must not be drawn into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran,” Sanders said on X.

“I will be introducing legislation to prohibit the use of federal funds for any use of military force in or against Iran without specific…

At least 55,297 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

A statement said 90 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 48 hours, while 605 people were injured, taking the total number of injuries in the Israeli onslaught to 128,426.

Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them, the ministry…

Israel’s strikes on Iran have taken aim at its nuclear facilities, amid fears that the Islamic republic is seeking to develop nuclear weapons — an accusation Tehran denies.

Experts told AFP that while the attacks might have caused some damage to Iran’s nuclear programme, they are unlikely to have delivered a fatal blow.

– What is the extent of the damage? –

Israel’s operation included strikes on Iran’s underground uranium enrichment sites at Natanz and Fordow, and a uranium conversion facility…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the warring sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies.

Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile did not mention whether Ukraine would agree to the next round of talks, only saying that “the exchanges will be completed and the parties will discuss the next step.”

Putin and Trump held a call for the fifth time…