Category: 2. Middle East

Germany today reaffirmed its opposition to Israeli plans for a permanent occupation of Gaza, saying the war-ravaged enclave belongs to Palestinians.

The government has a position on this issue “which the minister [Johann Wadephul] also emphasised during his Middle East trip: The Gaza Strip is, of course, part of the Palestinian territories,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner told a press briefing in Berlin.

While Israel has a right to self-defence…

The Israeli occupation army targeted a warehouse storing medical fluids and supplies at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, this morning.

The Gaza Health Ministry posted images on social media showing the aftermath of the Israeli army’s attack on the medical supplies warehouse within the complex.

The photographs reveal extensive destruction of medical fluids, supplies, and vital equipment following the Israeli forces’ attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that his occupation army will take over “all of Gaza” and admitted that mounting pressure has forced Israel to resume humanitarian aid into the blockaded Palestinian territory.

Israel “is going to take over all of Gaza, that’s what we are going to do,” Netanyahu said in a video message on his X account.

Netanyahu admitted that pressure on Israel was “approaching a red line,” forcing the…

Arsenal Football Club is facing a legal challenge after firing a long-serving staff member for expressing anti-Zionist views online, an incident that has further exposed the widening assault on pro-Palestinian speech in the UK.

Mark Bonnick, a lifelong Arsenal supporter who worked at the club’s youth academy for 22 years, was sacked on Christmas Eve 2023 after posting on social media about Israel’s war on Gaza, including calling Israel an apartheid state and…

Since the release of American-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander on 12 May, Israeli occupation forces have intensified their genocidal campaign in Gaza, killing an average of 81 Palestinians per day through direct bombardment, and a further 17 per day due to starvation and the denial of access to medical care and essential means of survival, Euro-Med Monitor said in a report today.

“This surge in lethal attacks is part of a broader escalation by the Israeli…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun today called for the safe and dignified return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to their country.

“We affirm that Lebanon is keen on establishing the best relations with its neighbour Syria and coordinating and cooperating to confront common challenges,” Aoun said at a joint press conference in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

He said Beirut and Damascus will work, through joint committees agreed to be…

The Israeli occupation army killed 30 more Palestinians in the early hours of this morning in deadly strikes across the war-devastated Gaza Strip, medics said.

A medical source told Anadolu that 15 people lost their lives in strikes targeting homes and tents for displaced civilians in the southern city of Khan Yunis.

One of the victims was shot dead after he was targeted with a bullet and his body was brought to the Nasser Medical Complex in the city, the source…

Co-op, one of the UK’s largest supermarket brands, could soon become the first major British retailer to boycott all Israeli goods, after 73 per cent of its members voted in favour of a motion urging the group to end trade with Israel over its genocide in Gaza.

The motion, passed at the Co-op’s Annual General Meeting on Saturday, received overwhelming support, with 73 per cent voting in favour. It calls on the board to show “moral courage and leadership”…