Category: 1. Palestine

By Yves Engler

Why the double standard? Is it because Israel is Canada’s ally, as Zionists claim? An ally in the announced Trump-Netanyahu plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is openly throwing his weight behind Pierre Poilievre. But few are pushing back against this flagrant interference in Canada’s election.

On Friday, the Israeli prime minister posted,…

“The day that those hostages are released, the fighting will end.” In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Trump administration’s envoy for hostage negotiations Adam Boehler says he told Hamas that the US will “come for them” if Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander is harmed. He added that “the day that those hostages are released, the fighting will end.”

Real Madrid’s Champions League defence ends with a tame 2-1 defeat in Spain by Arsenal, who claim a 5-1 aggregate win.

Arsenal have defeated defending champion Real Madrid 2-1 to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time since 2009 in a match in which VAR played a key role in two penalty decisions.

Arsenal advanced 5-1 on aggregate on Wednesday after a 3-0 first-leg win at home in London last week, keeping alive its chances of winning Europe’s top club competition for the…

US Sen. Chris Van Hollen flew to El Salvador to try to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported by the Trump administration. The Maryland Democrat said Trump officials were “lying” about MS-13 ties and that El Salvador’s vice president told him they are holding Abrego Garcia at the administration’s request.

A motorised wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire and capsized near the town of Mbandaka.

A boat has capsized after catching fire in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said.

The search for the missing was under way on Wednesday with rescue teams supported by the Red Cross and provincial authorities, following the accident on the Congo River late Tuesday night.

The motorised wooden boat…

Attacks on judges and threats to defy the courts – highlights of the increasing tension between the Trump administration and US judiciary.

Some believe it’s a constitutional crisis; others say the president is simply doing what he promised voters.

How serious is all this – and what’s at stake?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Bruce Fein – Former US associate deputy attorney general

Allen Orr – Immigration…

It took just two days for me to see how Gaza’s reality has turned even more bitter. Far darker than it appears on the surface. That realization began with the sound of my child crying after a fall during a moment of innocent play. His small hand broke—and so did something in me. That pain wasn’t just from a fracture. It was the beginning of a journey that showed me how far Gaza’s living conditions have deteriorated under Israel’s ongoing genocide.

A Walk of Desperation

I…

The US and China are locked in a fast-moving trade war. It’s a game of brinkmanship.
Tariffs on both sides are now so high that commerce between them is effectively about to cease.
If it escalates into a full economic break, the consequences will hurt both economies and will send shockwaves worldwide.
But, if he wants to negotiate, Donald Trump might have to bargain alone.
China is seeking…

Washington (Quds News Network)- Adam Boehler, the U.S. envoy for hostage affairs, said the genocide in Gaza will end immediately if Hamas releases the remaining Israeli prisoners. He claimed he could guarantee Israel would stop its assault once the Israeli prisoners are freed.

Boehler made the remarks during an interview with Al Jazeera. He expressed confidence that Hamas knows the U.S. position well and said the movement could reach out at any time. He also said the U.S. prefers…