Author: Steven Sahiounie

US Capitol police officers have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington, DC, as demonstrators say their call for a ceasefire in Gaza was “nonviolent”. The protest was organized by three advocacy groups and held in an area near the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday night to urge lawmakers for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the brutal Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Several advocacy groups, including IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace Action, claimed on X platform (formerly known as Twitter) that they were “assaulted.” “We were peacefully…

As Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza continues, a Zionist think tank linked to Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a final controversial solution for Gaza. The Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy calls it a unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the whole Gaza strip in coordination with the Egyptian government. Furthermore, it is understood that Britain is sending intercepted Palestinian resistance communications to the Israeli occupation forces. It has also been revealed that the British government has issued a D notice to media outlets directing them to suppress information about SAS operations. Britain’s active participation in genocide Evidently, the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza…

US President Joe Biden says it is “not realistic” to expect Israel to stop its ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, given that the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has already announced that it will not stop attacking the regime. Biden made the remarks on Thursday, following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. “Hamas has already said publicly that they plan on attacking Israel again like they did before… So the idea that they’re going to just stop and not do anything is not realistic,” he…

A total of 12 countries in the 15-member council voted in favor of the document, while the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia abstained UNITED NATIONS, November 16. /TASS/. The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution on the Middle East, authored by Malta and aimed at helping children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone, a TASS correspondent reported. A total of 12 countries in the 15-member council voted in favor of the document. The United States, the United Kingdom and Russia abstained. The document, obtained by TASS, has seven provisions. It contains a call for establishing extended humanitarian…

“Since the very beginning of the current escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone, the US delegation has been sabotaging all efforts to forge a balanced and depoliticized document, envisaging practical and urgent measures to de-escalate the situation,” he said UNITED NATIONS, November 16. /TASS/. Since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated in early October, the United States has been sabotaging a balanced UN Security Council document on the issue, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said. “From the very beginning of the current escalation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone, the US delegation has sabotaged any attempt to develop a balanced…

“There will be no telling what happens there at all,” he said UNITED NATIONS, November 16. /TASS/. Residents of the Gaza Strip are about to find themselves without any communications to the outside world due to fuel and electricity shortages, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council. “Any humanitarian action requires an immediate cessation of hostilities. One cannot clear the debris and evacuate people when under fire, and also it is impossible to bring in much-needed fuel, without which Gaza’s hospitals are about to run out of energy. Besides, without fuel supplies, in the…

The prime minister has fired back after his Canadian counterpart urged the country to adhere to the rules of war in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back against his Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau, who urged him to exercise maximum restraint in the ongoing ground operation in Gaza. The biggest hospital in the enclave, Al-Shifa, has been stormed by the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF), which claimed that the complex was being used as a hideout by Hamas. Netanyahu blamed the militant group for the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.…

The Kan 11 TV channel has reported that talks are being mediated by Qatar and the US Israel and Hamas are negotiating a potential ‘children for children’ exchange deal with the US and Qatar acting as mediators, Israeli state-owned TV channel Kan 11 has reported, citing anonymous sources. A deal could be reached within the next 48-72 hours, according to the outlet ABC, citing an unnamed Israeli official. In a statement on Monday, Abu Ubaida, spokesman for Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, said that the group was ready to free up to 70 Israeli children and women in exchange for a five-day truce.…

Among the items being provided by Washington are missiles for Apache helicopters and 155mm artillery shells, the media outlet claims The US Department of Defense has allegedly ramped up weapons deliveries to Israel without making any public announcements of the move, Bloomberg has reported. The media outlet claimed that deliveries of artillery shells, which supposedly feature prominently on Israel’s wish list, continue despite protests by dozens of relief organizations. The US has for decades been Israel’s closest ally and a major weapons supplier. Following Hamas’ surprise attack on the country on October 7, Washington quickly came to Israel’s rescue, providing…

Key services have shut down due to Israel’s fuel blockade, UNRWA has said At least 70% of Gaza will be without access to drinking water by the end of Wdnesday, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has warned. The agency blamed Israel’s fuel blockade for the crisis, which has resulted in the collapse of water infrastructure in the enclave. The 23,000 liters of fuel Israel has allowed to the UNRWA on Wednesday can only be used “to transport the little aid coming via Egypt,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement. The agency needs around 160,000 liters a day for “basic…