Blog

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul today slammed Israel’s Gaza strategy, stressing that denying food and medicine to Palestinian civilians was “unacceptable” and violated international humanitarian law.

Speaking at the WDR European Forum in Berlin, Wadephul expressed Germany’s deep concern over the situation in Gaza and outlined ongoing diplomatic efforts to persuade the Israeli government to allow more aid deliveries to Palestinian civilians.

“With regard to the Gaza Strip,…

Palestinian traders in Jerusalem’s Old City returned to their shops on Tuesday to clean up a day after a march by Israeli nationalists that saw scuffles, insults and acts of vandalism.

Some had to use crowbars, hammers and wirecutters to regain access to their own shops after many were vandalised during the Jerusalem Day march the day before.

Jerusalem Day commemorates Israeli forces taking east Jerusalem during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

On Tuesday, metal shutters protecting the shopfronts…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) General Assembly yesterday voted in favour of a resolution to allow the flag of the State of Palestine to be raised at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva.

According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, the resolution was supported by 95 countries, while four voted against it — Israel, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Germany. A further 27 countries abstained, including the United States, which is currently…

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou today rejected turning Islam into a political focus or pitting French people against each other.

“I have no desire to make Islam an obsession in French society. I know it’s fashionable … but we must live together,” Bayrou said in an interview with French broadcasters BFMTV and RMC.

“I believe that in France, atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists … we will have to live together,” he said. “We must not…

The Palestinian resistance group Hamas today called for three days of protests around the world to pile pressure on Israel to end its destructive war on Gaza, as the onslaught approaches its 600th day.

Wednesday will mark 600 days since Israel unleashed its brutal assault on Gaza on 7 October, 2023, killing more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring over 123,100 others.

In a statement, Hamas called for worldwide protests from 30 May to…