Author: Steven Sahiounie

“Over the past 40 days, messages have been exchanged between Iran and the US, via the US interests section at the Swiss embassy in Tehran,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian added LONDON, November 17. /TASS/. The Iranian authorities have informed the United States through diplomatic channels that they do not want the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to escalate, the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. “In response to the US, we said that Iran does not want the war [between Israel and Hamas] to spread, but due to the approach adopted by the US and Israel in the region, if the crimes against the people…

According to the media, the death toll has not been updated for several days due to the collapse of the Palestinian enclave’s health system CAIRO, November 17. /TASS/. At least 11,470 people have been killed as a result of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, Al Jazeera television reported. According to the TV channel, the death toll has not been updated for several days due to the collapse of the Palestinian enclave’s health system, which collects the data. On November 12, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported that the death toll from the Israeli shelling amounted to 11,180 civilians,…

Marc Owen Jones mocked “comically bad” propaganda stunts, such as the fake “Palestinian nurse” The Israeli government is resorting to “preposterous” and “increasingly wild” disinformation online and appears to have lost control over the narrative about its war on Hamas in Gaza. That’s according to Marc Owen Jones, who is associate professor of Middle East Studies at Hamad bin Khalifa University, and expert on digital authoritarianism and social media disinformation. Jones, in a piece for teh Daily Beast pointed to the November 11 video posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Arabic-language account on X (formerly Twitter), showing a “Palestinian nurse” condemning Hamas for taking over the al-Shifa hospital…

The leader of the Quds Force made the pledge following reports that Tehran was seeking to avoid direct involvement in the Gaza conflict The head of Iran’s elite Quds Force has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to back Hamas in its war with Israel, claiming that the Palestinian militant group was headed for an “impressive victory” in Gaza. The Quds Force is the foreign operations arm of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), responsible for military and intelligence missions beyond Iran’s borders. In a letter addressed to the commander of the armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Quds Force leader Esmail Qaani declared…

The EU’s top diplomat said he is “shocked by the human suffering” on both sides of the conflict EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has urged Israelis not to be “consumed by rage” over the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas, arguing that one act of violence cannot warrant another. Speaking during his first visit to Israel since the war between Israel and the Palestinian militants broke out last month, Borrell voiced solidarity with the Jewish state, but called on Israeli forces to use restraint in their operation to wipe out Hamas in Gaza. “I understand your rage, but let me ask you not…

A former senior US State Department staffer has admitted that domestic policy concerns are leading US officials willfully to ignore Israeli “war crimes” and to suppress the opposition to arming the regime. Josh Paul, who was the director of congressional and public affairs for the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, for over 11 years, on Wednesday said that many officials are disturbed by the actions of the Israeli military but they turn a blind eye to rules governing arms transfers. “It is my opinion that Israel is committing war crimes in its actions in Gaza right now. And it’s…

Pakistani journalist and commentator Orya Maqbool Jan have given an interview to Press TV on the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, which he describes as the most significant concentration camp in recorded history. Maqbool Jan said the Israeli regime has created conditions worse than a jail across the besieged Palestinian territory. He said the Palestinians in Gaza have been trapped in what was “normally described as an open-air prison” but it has really been designed to incarcerate civilians and should be called “the world’s largest concentration camp.” “Since the dawn of history, even during the First World War and the Second World War,…

Israel has been pummeling Gaza with airstrikes day and night. It has bombed hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, UN facilities, water tanks, fish tanks, and even solar panels. Israel is doing everything it can to make Gaza uninhabitable. In calling up 350,000 reservists for the occupation forces, Israel has taken those people out of the traditional labor market. Have they been replaced? At least 126,000 settlers from areas next to Gaza and the South of Lebanon have tried to evacuate to other places and are being put up in hotels and community centers. It’s also estimated that 250,000 Israeli settlers took…

The United Nations experts say there is “evidence of increasing genocidal incitement” against the Palestinians amid Israel’s relentless assaults on the besieged Gaza Strip. The group of experts, which included several special rapporteurs, said in a statement on Thursday “grave violations” were being committed by Israel against the people across the blockaded Palestinian territory. “We are deeply disturbed by the failure of governments to heed our call and to achieve an immediate ceasefire,” the statement read. “We are also profoundly concerned about the support of certain governments for Israel’s strategy of warfare against the besieged population of Gaza, and the…

Norway’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the government to be ready to recognize an “independent” Palestinian state. The proposal was made on Thursday by the ruling coalition to counter a resolution by smaller parties calling for an immediate recognition of a Palestinian state. The motion passed with an overwhelming majority in parliament. The document said the assembly “asks the government to be ready to recognize Palestine as an independent state when recognition could have a positive impact on the peace process, without making a final peace accord a condition.” Iceland, Sweden, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania are…