Category: 2. Middle East

The French government said on Monday that it has called on Israel to “stop the massacre in Gaza.” Government spokesperson Sophie Primas told reporters that Paris is also calling for the release of the captives still being held in the Palestinian enclave, the “demilitarisation” of the Hamas movement that controls it, and a “renewal of the Palestinian Authority.”

She indicated that “these measures are essential prerequisites for progress towards the…

Over 1.2 million Palestinian students in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have benefitted from Jordan’s free e-learning platform, which was specifically developed to support Palestinian students. The platform has been available since the start of the current academic year.

Alaa Jarrar, CEO of the Jordanian interactive e-learning solutions and content company, Jo Academy,  said the “Wise School” platform and application were developed in collaboration with…

The Government Media Office (GMO) in the Gaza Strip accused Israel on Monday of intensifying the suffering of Palestinian children as a result of the ongoing genocide and the oppressive blockade that the occupation state has imposed on the enclave. This has led to the spread of severe malnutrition among more than 65,000 children out of a total of 1.1 million suffering from daily hunger, said the GMO.

“Israel uses starvation and deprivation as a systematic…

Israeli authorities yesterday shut down a Palestinian institution in Jerusalem, claiming it was linked to the Palestinian National Authority, a move Palestinian organisations described as “aggressive”.

The Palestinian Governorate of Jerusalem announced that Israel’s far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, ordered the closure of the Jerusalem Fund and Endowment office in occupied Jerusalem.

The governorate said it considers “this…

Hamas said on Monday that the Israeli army’s killing of 40 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza Strip, even as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is in session to discuss Israel’s obligations to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip, is a “blatant message of defiance to the international community.”

The resistance movement stressed that the intensive raids on defenceless civilians in residential areas and refugee camps…

Israel is reportedly concerned after a Chinese early warning aircraft landed in Egypt’s Beni Suef Military Airport, Israeli media reported.

The Israeli website Natsiv.net said the arrival of a Chinese Air Force early warning aircraft in Egypt to participate in a joint air exercise with the Egyptian Air Force has raised widespread concern among military experts.

According to the site, the aircraft, which is equipped with some of the world’s most advanced…

An Egyptian businessman has told a local television channel that Donald Trump clearly hasn’t studied history or geography, after the US president said that American warships and commercial vessels should pass through the Suez Canal without paying any fees as part of America’s “strategic cooperation” with Egypt. According to Trump, neither the Panama nor Suez Canal owe their existence to the US.

“The Suez Canal was built with the sweat and sacrifices of…

Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at Iran’s main port, following a deadly explosion blamed on negligence, authorities in the Islamic republic said.

The explosion, heard dozens of kilometres (miles) away, hit a dock at the southern port of Shahid Rajaee on Saturday.

At least 70 people were killed and more than 1,000 others suffered injuries in the blast and ensuing fire, which also caused extensive damage, state media reported.

Red Crescent official Mokhtar Salahshour told the…

The Iranian Foreign Ministry yesterday responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, warning that any hostile action would be met with a strong and decisive response.

Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmaeil Baghai, said Israel is well aware that “any adventurous action or miscalculated move against Iran will be met with a devastating response.”

Baghai added that the Israeli statements are merely an…