Category: 1. Palestine

Canadians head to the polls in an election that could change the country by redefining its relationship with the United States. The leading candidate, Prime Minister Mark Carney, has already faced off with US President Donald Trump over tariffs, while Conservative Party candidate Pierre Poilievre has drawn comparisons with the US leader. So, who will Canadians choose?

DOHA, (PIC)

The Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Pierre Krähenbühl, said on Monday, “a new inferno has been unleashed on Gaza following the restart of war in the Palestinian territory.”

“Gaza is experiencing and enduring death, injury, multiple displacements, amputations, separation, disappearance, starvation and denial of aid and dignity on a massive scale,” he added.

In his speech at the Global Security Forum in the Qatari capital,…

By Iqbal Jassat

South Africa’s groundbreaking legal initiative at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel’s genocide in Gaza defined one of the high marks of the country’s commitment to a foreign policy informed by values of human rights and justice. 

The date of December 29, 2023, will be recorded in the annals of South Africa’s post-1994 history as the day it commenced proceedings…

GAZA, (PIC)

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor announced that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed 345 Palestinians and wounded 770 others in just seven days (April 20-26), emphasizing that at least 94% of the victims were civilians.

The Euro-Med Monitor said in a press statement on Monday that 51% of the victims during that period were children, 16% of them were women and 8% of them were elderly. Field verification also showed that at least 63 of the 81 adult male victims were…

On March 20, the government unanimously approved Bar’s dismissal, which was set to take effect on April 10, but the Supreme Court froze the decision on March 21 pending review of opposition petitions.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly accused Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar on Sunday of an intelligence failure over the October 7, 2023, resistance operation.

Citing the…

The WFP warns of widespread famine in Gaza as food supplies run out, while the Civil Defense faces a fuel shortage, worsening the humanitarian crisis.

The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Monday that its food supplies in Gaza have been depleted due to Israel’s ongoing closure of crossings for the past seven weeks. International organizations have confirmed that famine is now spreading across the…