Author: Steven Sahiounie

Speaking after a meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping in California, US President Joe Biden has continued to push the Israeli narrative that al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City was used as a “military headquarters” by Hamas. Biden said that Hamas committed “war crimes” by having a headquarters there. However, Israel has presented little in the way of proof of any such headquarters, despite having been functionally in control of the hospital, which is full of medical staff, displaced people and patients, including premature babies, who have been taken out of incubators because of a lack of power and oxygen. Israel…

The Japanese mission to the UN has explained why Japan joined in voting for the first UN Security Council resolution to pass on the unfolding humanitarian situation in Gaza. In a post on X, the Japanese mission to the UN said that Japan voted in favour because the resolution “emphasises the need to protect civilians”. Japan also expressed gratitude to Malta “for taking initiative to help finally craft a balanced text that could be adopted”. The adopted resolution called for “urgent and extended humanitarian pauses” but not a ceasefire in Gaza. Source: AllJazeera

The two leaders held private discussions about trade, sanctions, and Taiwan—topics that have strained ties between the two for years In their first meeting in a year, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping shook hands and promised to keep their nations out of conflict. Relations between the two countries have significantly deteriorated in the past years due to Washington’s increasingly hostile policies against Beijing and its encroaching on its geopolitical sphere, particularly regarding Taiwan. The two leaders held private discussions about trade, sanctions, and Taiwan—topics that have strained ties between the two for years. Biden began his speech by stating that…

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca was quoted by AFP news agency as saying that 27 patients had been flown to Turkey from Egypt. He said the patients were accompanied by 13 other people, although it was unclear whether they were medical staff or family members. The two planes carrying the patients, many of them children, landed at Ankara airport shortly after 00:30 on Thursday (21:30 GMT Wednesday). Koca had been in Egypt for discussions on the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, and said the patients were able to be transferred to Turkey thanks to “coordination between Turkey, Egypt and…

A senior Hezbollah official has vowed Israel “will be eliminated once and for all” if it tries to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and that it is essential to attack US interests in order to bring the aggression to a halt. Sheikh Naim Qassem, who has served as the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah since 1991, made the remarks in an interview with the Spain-based El Mundo daily. “If Israel decides to extend the aggression, it will be digging its own grave and will provide a good opportunity to be eliminated once and for all,” he said, referring to proposals by…

The spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned Israel’s attack on al-Shifa Hospital as a “clear example” of war crimes the regime has committed over the course of its bombardment and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. “This morning’s brutal attack on the al-Shifa hospital by the Zionist forces is a clear example of war crimes and must be prosecuted internationally,” Nasser Kana’ani wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The regime raided al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the besieged strip where thousands of patients, staff, and displaced people were trapped, destroying parts of it and also attacking medical and…

Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE’s ambassador to the UN, said the “council has been unable to produce anything that would alleviate the suffering of the civilians in Gaza” after four previous votes on resolutions failed. “Outside this building, and in our region in particular, the council appears indifferent to the carnage and dismissive of the suffering,” she said. The UAE is the only Arab country currently on the Security Council. “The draft resolution is born from the idea that we must come together now to act under one fundamental common aim – the protection of children. That has been the North…

The negotiations between the two leaders take place at the Filoli estate, located 40 km south of San Francisco The US and China must guarantee that their competition will not escalate into a conflict, and Washington intends to act in this direction exactly, US President Joe Biden said, opening the meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in San Francisco, California. “We have to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict,” Biden said, adding that the US and China must manage this competition responsibly. “This is what the United States want and what…

Twelve voted in favor. Zero voted against. Three countries, including the US,UK and Russia abstained. Source: AlJazeera

The Israeli Prime Minister made this statement during his visit to the Israeli military base in Zikim, located near the Palestinian enclave TEL AVIV, November 15. /TASS/. Israeli forces will search far and wide for the Hamas radical organization as part of their operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. He made this statement during his visit to the Israeli military base in Zikim, located near the Palestinian enclave. “Do you remember how they said we would not invade Gaza? We did invade. They said that we would not reach the outskirts of Gaza city, but…