Author: Steven Sahiounie

According to the statement, the Russian Foreign Minister also underscored the urgency of an immediate ceasefire to prevent further civilian casualties MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a phone call with Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Hussein al-Sheikh that Russian nationals need to be evacuated from the Gaza Strip as soon as possible. “The conversation focused on how the situation is unfolding in the area of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, particularly on the ongoing widespread armed confrontation in the Gaza Strip. Lavrov underscored the need for an immediate ceasefire to…

“Hospitals in northern Gaza are experiencing shortages of medicines, food, fuel,” the healthcare authority of the Palestinian exclave said RABAT, November 8. /TASS/. A total of 18 hospitals in the Gaza Strip were forced to end their work in the Gaza Strip amid heavy Israeli shelling and air raids, the healthcare authority of the Palestinian exclave has told Al Jazeera. “A total of 18 hospitals, including eight state-run facilities, had to stop their work in the Gaza Strip. The situation in Gaza hospitals is catastrophic. No words can describe it, particularly in northern regions,” the channel quoted a source as saying.…

In a leaked memo, State Department staffers argued that Washington must condemn Israel’s killing of civilians Lower- and mid-level diplomats at the US State Department have called on the administration of President Joe Biden to condemn Israel’s bombing of civilians and demand a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a leaked memo seen by Politico. The memo is the latest sign of division within the department over Israel. The memo calls on Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other senior diplomats to publicly demand that Israel agree to a ceasefire, and to align their public and private statements on the conflict,…

Washington had warned that a new “occupation” of the Palestinian enclave would be a “big mistake” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will have to manage “overall security” in Gaza for an “indefinite” period of time after the current war with Hamas ends. Speaking to ABC News for an interview published on Monday, Netanyahu was asked about Israel’s long-term plans for the territory should it succeed in dismantling Hamas, suggesting the need for a lengthy deployment. “I think Israel will, for an indefinite period, have the overall security responsibility [in Gaza] because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t have it,” he said. “When…

Western support for military action in Gaza will evaporate as public opinion turns against it, Ehud Barak told Politico The Israeli military only has weeks to destroy Hamas before Western governments withdraw their support for the operation in Gaza, former prime minister Ehud Barak has said. The Israeli military has but weeks to inflict damage on Hamas, before Western governments reduce support for the operation in Gaza, former Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak believes. “Listen to the public tone – and behind doors it is a little bit more explicit,” said the 81-year-old, who also served as defense minister…

An early plan leaked from the Israeli government suggests Canada as a possible final destination for those displaced by the Gaza war By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. Israel’s Intelligence Ministry has come up with a creative solution for dealing with those displaced by the Gaza conflict, of which there are an estimated 1.4 million and counting: Go west — all the way to Canada. As Gaza residents were being directed by Israel to clear out and move towards the southern border with Egypt – while the IOF pelted the northern…

Israel has suggested it could keep troops in the Palestinian enclave for an “indefinite period” The White House has sounded alarms over the possible “reoccupation” of Gaza by Israel, after the country’s leader indicated Israeli forces would handle “overall security responsibility” in the area following the conflict with Hamas. Asked to weigh in on the long-term plans for Gaza during an interview with CNN on Tuesday, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby urged Israel to reconsider a lengthy military deployment. “The president still believes that a reoccupation of Gaza by Israeli forces is not good. It’s not good for Israel; not good for the…

Democrats rejected a Republican proposal for separate funding bills Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a House bill that would have provided emergency aid to Israel without funding to Ukraine, demanding the Republicans agree to President Joe Biden’s $106 bundle request instead. The White House proposal has sought to combine the aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and migration policy – presented as “border security” – in order to overcome opposition by some Republicans to continued funding of Kiev. The Republican-majority House of Representatives, however, passed a $14 billion standalone package for Israel last week, to be offset by cuts to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro once again slams the Israeli occupation over its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pointed out that “Israel” is bombing hospitals in Gaza, killing patients, the wounded, and people left homeless. Maduro noted that “Israel” had destroyed a mosque that was over a thousand years old, an Orthodox Catholic church, and attacked refugee camps. He pointed out that the Israeli occupation has “instilled an ideology even more dangerous than Nazism, initially targeting the Palestinian people and subsequently affecting Arab, Islamic, and Christian communities.” This comes as the number of Palestinians killed in…

The Axios news outlet has reported that the US president made the appeal during a call yesterday with Israel’s prime minister. Citing an unnamed US official, Axios said the US, Israel and Qatar are discussing a proposal under which “Hamas would release 10-15 hostages and use the three-day pause to verify the identities of all the hostages and deliver a list of names of the people it is holding”. Two US and Israeli officials also said “Netanyahu told Biden he doesn’t trust Hamas’ intentions and doesn’t believe they are ready to agree to a deal regarding the hostages”. The Israeli…