Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iran says it does not want further spread of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, but the approach taken by the United States and the Israeli regime in the region makes the expansion of the war quite possible. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an interview with Financial Times during his recent trip to Geneva, Switzerland. The Israeli regime launched its devastating war on the blockaded territory on October 7 following a surprise operation by Gaza-based resistance movements. At least 12,300 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 5,000 children, and over 29,800 people sustained injuries so far during the war. The United…

It is unclear “what kind of Gaza will be left” after West Jerusalem ends its operation there, the Jordanian foreign minister says Arab nations have no plans to put boots on the ground in Gaza as part of post-conflict peacebuilding after the fighting between Israel and Hamas ends, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in Bahrain on Saturday. The Arab world would not “clean the mess” supposedly created by Israel, he added. The post-conflict fate of the Palestinian enclave has emerged as a pressing topic amid the continued fighting between Israel and the Gaza-based Hamas militant group. In early November, roughly a…

The world must know the truth “before it’s too late,” President Recep Tayyip says Türkiye will ask international inspectors to determine whether Israel has nuclear weapons in its possession, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday. Speaking to reporters on his flight home from Germany, the Turkish leader noted that Israel is among the very few countries that are not parties to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Erdogan said that Ankara would ask the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate whether the Jewish state has a nuclear arsenal. “Moving forward with this is very important in…

The conflict with Hamas will negatively affect GDP in 2023 and 2024, according to the rating agency Israel’s economy will contract 5% in the fourth quarter of this year amid rising geopolitical and security risks due to the conflict with Palestinian military group Hamas, credit rating agency S&P said in a report this week. The rating agency cited lower business activity, falling consumer demand, and a “very uncertain” investment environment. S&P projects an Israeli fiscal deficit of 5.3% of GDP in 2023 and 2024, compared with the agency’s pre-war estimate of 2.3%. The Israeli government has significantly increased expenses to fund the…

Witnesses say Israel’s air raids caused massive destruction at the UN-run al-Fakhoora School in Jabalia refugee camp. “The scenes were horrifying. Corpses of women and children were on the ground. Others were screaming for help,” wounded survivor Ahmed Radwan said by phone. Photos from a local hospital showed more than 20 bodies wrapped in bloodstained sheets. The Israeli military, which warned Jabalia residents and others in a social media post in Arabic to leave, said only its troops are active in the area “with the aim of hitting terrorists”. Israel rarely comments on individual attacks saying only it targets Hamas.…

In an opinion piece published in the Washington Post, the US president says Gaza and the occupied West Bank “should be reunited under a single governance structure” – a revitalised Palestinian Authority. “Gaza must never again be used as a platform for terrorism. There must be no forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, no reoccupation, no siege or blockade, and no reduction in territory. And after this war is over, the voices of Palestinian people and their aspirations must be at the center of post-crisis governance in Gaza,” he wrote. Biden also said the international community must commit resources to…

President Mahmoud Abbas called tonight on U.S. President Joe Biden to immediately intervene to stop the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, which has so far resulted in 42,000 civilian casualties, predominantly children and women. In a televised statement aired by the Palestine TV, President Abbas urged President Biden, given his international standing and significant influence on Israel, the occupying power, to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli aggression. President Abbas also urged Biden to press for the entry of badly needed humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, stop the ongoing attacks by Israeli occupation forces and put…

Number of evacuees are expected to increase during the day, foreign ministry spokesman says Türkiye has started evacuating its citizens from Gaza to Egypt, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said on Saturday. Right after the conflict in Gaza broke out, Türkiye brought 30 of its citizens and their relatives back to the country. However, after the Rafah border had closed, the evacuation operation had been halted. The initiative to bring back Turkish, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizens and their relatives had been ongoing for a while, spokesman Keceli said. “Today (Nov. 18), 44 people reached Egypt after…

Minister of Health, Mai Alkaila, said today that the Israeli occupation is committing a genocide against the entire healthcare system in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals, medical doctors, and patients. Speaking at a press conference held at the ministry’s headquarters in Ramallah, Alkaila called on the United Nations, international health organizations, and the International Committee of the Red Cross to exert pressure on Israel to allow the transport of the remaining children and patients from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza to hospitals in the West Bank or Egypt. Alkaila held Israeli authorities fully responsible for their lives. She questioned, “How long…

The people of Iran will hold nationwide rallies on Saturday to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian children in Gaza and vent their anger at the Zionist regime, which has been pounding the besieged enclave relentlessly since October 7. The demonstrations in support of the children of Gaza will kick off across Iran at 3 pm local time. The keynote speaker at the rallies in Tehran, which will be held at Enqelab (Revolution) Square, will be Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami. At least 12,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since…