Gazans struggle to feed their children under Israeli continuous bombardments
June 27th, 20240 Famine approaches slowly for Gazans, who spend hours in queues for a few ladles of cooked food and the chance to fill plastic containers with drinkable water after nearly nine months of Israel's military campaign in the enclave. Sometimes there is nothing to queue for in the shattered streets and crowded schools that have been turned...
Hezbollah’s leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah warns Israel against wider war
June 21st, 20240 BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that would allow it to target and destroy more critical Israeli military and infrastructure positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, the powerful group’s leader warned on Wednesday. Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s comments came as the...
Rifts growing between Israel’s political and military leadership over conduct of the war on Gaza
June 21st, 20240 On Wednesday the Israeli army’s chief spokesman appeared to question the stated goal of destroying the Hamas group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military leadership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted Israel will pursue the fight against Hamas, the group running the besieged...
UNICEF finds 9 out 10 children in Gaza lack necessary food for growth
June 15th, 20240 UNICEF has found that nine out of 10 children in Gaza do not have enough food necessary for growth and development. "In the Gaza Strip, months of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian aid have collapsed the food and health systems, resulting in catastrophic consequences for children and their families," UNICEF said in a...
Hezbollah hits deep in Israel with most rockets yet in war after Israel kills a top field commander, revealing more of its capabilities
June 14th, 20240 Hezbollah fired the most rockets it has launched at Israel in a single day since cross-border hostilities broke out eight months ago, as part of its retaliation on Wednesday for an Israeli strike which killed a senior Hezbollah field commander. The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since the eruption of the Gaza...
Israeli forces advance deeper into Rafah, Hamas fighters re-emerge in central Gaza as diplomacy falters
June 14th, 20240 Israeli tanks advanced deeper into the western area of Rafah, amid one of the worst nights of bombardment from air, ground and sea, forcing many families to flee their homes and tents under darkness, residents said on Thursday. Residents said the Israeli forces thrust towards the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah near the beach, which is...
“Immense” scale of Gaza killings amount to crimes against humanity, U.N. inquiry says
June 14th, 20240 GENEVA — Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a U.N. inquiry found on Wednesday, saying that Israel's actions also constituted crimes against humanity because of the immense civilian losses. The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and another...
End of an era: Pro-Palestine language exposes Israel, Zionism
June 7th, 20240 If one were to argue that a top Spanish government official would someday declare that “from the river to the sea, Palestine would be free”, the suggestion itself would have seemed ludicrous. But this is precisely how Yolanda Diaz, Spain's deputy prime minister, concluded a statement on May 23, a few days before Spain officially...
Spain applies to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at top U.N. court
June 7th, 20240 On Thursday, Spain became the first European country to ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. South Africa filed its case with the International Court of Justice late last year. It alleged that Israel was breaching the genocide convention in its military assault...
The untold ICC story: How the Global South helped Palestine challenge Western Institutions
May 31st, 20240 Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor would be uttering these words: “I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin Netanyahu... and Yoav Gallant... bear criminal responsibility for... war crimes and crimes against humanity...” Aside from...
AI Image “All Eyes on Rafah” goes viral on Instagram with 45 million shares
May 31st, 20240 An AI-generated image bringing attention to the attack on Rafah has gone viral, with nearly 45 million Instagram users sharing the image on their accounts. Celebrities, including Gigi and Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa and Nicola Coughlan, also shared the post. The AI image read "All Eyes on Rafah" in large letters surrounded by what seems to be...
Iran’s President Raisi buried in Mashhad as mourners pack Iranian holy city
May 24th, 20241 President Ebrahim Raisi was buried in the Iranian holy city of Mashhad on Thursday as many thousands of mourners packed its streets for his funeral, four days after he died in a helicopter crash, footage broadcast by Iranian media showed. Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed 85-year-old Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who...
“Israel must be stopped” in Gaza, South Africa tells World Court
May 17th, 20240 THE HAGUE – On Thursday, South Africa urged the U.N.'s top court to order a halt to Israel's offensive on Rafah, saying attacks on Gaza city "must be stopped" to ensure the survival of the Palestinian people. South Africa's ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, asked judges to order Israel to "immediately, totally and......
Palestinians mark 76 years of their dispossession, the Nakba, as more catastrophe unfolds in Gaza
May 17th, 20240 On Wednesday, Palestinians marked the 76th year of their mass expulsion from their country, Palestine — what is now Israel — an event at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now unfolding in Gaza. Palestinians refer to it as the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe....
Federal lawsuit filed against Lebanese banks and their American affiliates for defrauding U.S. depositors
May 17th, 20240 WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a complaint filed May 15 in federal court, for years, Banque du Liban (BDL), Byblos Bank, S.A.L. (Byblos) and others (together, the “Lebanese Banking Enterprise”) have stolen billions of dollars from U.S. depositors. These U.S. citizens and residents claim the Lebanese Banking Enterprise......
More than 500 Oxford faculty and staff endorse Gaza solidarity encampment
May 17th, 20240 OXFORD, U.K. – On Tuesday, just over a week since the establishment of Oxford’s “Liberated Zone” for Gaza, more than 500 members of the faculty and staff at the University of Oxford have now pledged their support in writing for the solidarity encampment and its demands. More signatures are being added in support daily. The...
Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who have halted exports?
May 10th, 20240 The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that have killed nearly 35,000 Palestinians in seven months. President Biden acted in the face of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to pursue a...
Biden says U.S. won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah
May 10th, 20240 President Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. On Wednesday Biden said in an interview with CNN that the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply...
NATO’s never-ending war: The 75-year-old bully is faltering
May 8th, 20243 The Western discourse on the circumstances behind the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 75 years ago, is hardly convincing. Yet, that over-simplified discourse must be examined in order for the current decline of the organization to be appreciated beyond the self-serving politics of NATO’s members. The......
Netanyahu assures Israelis of “total victory”, while teetering on the brink of total defeat
May 8th, 20240 By Jamal I. Bittar Last Friday, Israel launched an assault on Iran in response to an Iranian incursion onto Israeli soil the weekend prior, involving over 300 missiles and drones. Among the various options available to the Israeli government – ranging from assaults on numerous nuclear facilities, military bases and key national...
Pro-Palestinian students protests and encampments spread across major Canadian universities
May 8th, 20240 TORONTO — Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday the encampment at Montreal's McGill University should be dismantled as more students erected pro-Palestinian camps across some of Canada's largest universities, demanding they divest from groups with ties to Israel. The Canadian protests come as police have been arresting......
Palestinians are gratified for American students’ support, wonder why students in the Arab world are dormant
May 6th, 20240 Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in Gaza, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar protests have hit the Arab countries they long viewed as allies. Demonstrations have rocked U.S. universities this week, with confrontations between...
Pro-Palestinian protests and encampments sweep campuses of major universities across the nation
April 26th, 20240 INTIFADA ON CAMPUSES College campuses have become breeding grounds for pro-Palestine protests. Student protesters have continued to set up encampments at their universities and display their support for Palestinians and against Israeli aggressions. Students are also demanding that their universities divest from companies that......
