Author: Steven Sahiounie

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has received a number of Arab foreign ministers and urged them to speak with one voice about Gaza, according to state media. He added that it was the duty of Arab countries to put pressure on the international community to stop the war on the besieged enclave. The monarch condemned the killings of civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, state media reported. Source: AlJazeera

Israel dropped at least two 2,000-pound bombs — the second largest type in its arsenal — on the site of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the New York Times. The regime forces carried out air attacks on the heavily populated camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday, killing hundreds of Palestinians, mostly women and children. According to the analysis conducted by the Times of satellite images, photos, and videos, the bomb used in the regime’s attacks on the site is generally the largest that most militaries use on a regular basis. Such bombs, the newspaper…

Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has had some “very difficult meetings” with leaders of five Arab countries. “They do not agree with the US position. They are all calling for an immediate ceasefire,” Bays said. While the US supports the idea of humanitarian pauses to get “sustained supplies of aid” into Gaza and foreign nationals out, it still has not managed to convince Israel to agree to this, he said. “I think there is real difficulty here for the secretary of state. How is he going to balance his words … I…

A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the group’s top man and its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was in Iran in recent days to meet with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Osama Hamdan, himself a member of Hamas politburo and its top representative in Lebanon, said on Saturday that Haniyeh had traveled to Tehran “a couple of days ago” and “had met and talked with” Ayatollah Khamenei, according to a report by the Lebanon-based TV channel Al Mayadeen. Haniyeh, who is based in the Qatari capital of Doha, had met with the Leader in…

In their effort to stop the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, Arab foreign ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) represented by Hussein al-Sheikh today held a coordination meeting in the Jordanian capital, Amman. The ministers are also expected to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting the region, in which they are expected to affirm the Arab position calling for an immediate ceasefire and the immediate and urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. They will also discuss with Blinken the repercussions and ways…

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the United States’ unwavering support for Israel’s war crimes and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is a clear manifestation of the US arrogant nature. In a post on his X account on Saturday, Nasser Kan’ani said the 13th day of the Iranian month of Aban is registered as the National Day against the Global Arrogance. Given Israel’s bombardment of the besieged territory from air, ground and sea over the past 29 consecutive days, it is necessary to turn the day into an “international and global” event, he said. The Iranian spokesman emphasized that…

The activists claim that the vessel was delivering arms to Israel Demonstrators demanding an end to the war in Gaza delayed a US military supply vessel for several hours on Friday. Some activists attached themselves to the reservist vessel MV Cape Orlando, which was believed to be bound for Israel with weapons and gear. Led by the San Francisco-based Arab Resource Organizing Center, the protest began early in the morning at the Port of Oakland and lasted into the afternoon, with some members climbing aboard the military container carrier ship using a rope ladder. “It’s a US military ship. It’s…

Ankara has withdrawn its ambassador to Israel, citing the country’s refusal to consider a ceasefire in Gaza Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cut off contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza, he told reporters on a flight home from a summit in Kazakhstan on Saturday. “Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We have given up on him,” Erdogan said, according to Turkish media. The Turkish Foreign Ministry also announced on Saturday that it had recalled its ambassador to Israel, Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, “in view of the unfolding humanitarian tragedy…

Ireland’s Sinn Fein has called for the envoy’s expulsion for as long as Israel ignores demands for a ceasefire Israeli ambassador Dana Erlich “should no longer enjoy diplomatic status in Ireland,” Sinn Fein party leader Mary Lou McDonald said on Friday. McDonald’s party, which has deep historical ties to the Palestinian cause, has repeatedly condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. “[The Israel Occupation Forces] are engaged in a ferocious military offensive against a civilian population; breaking international law by targeting civilians, destroying civilian infrastructure, forcing mass population displacement and cutting off vital supplies of water, food, medicines and fuel,” McDonald told reporters. Erlich’s presence…

By Shabbir Rizvi Millions across the world tuned in on Friday to hear Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah deliver a much-awaited speech after nearly a month of strategic silence amid the Operation “Al Aqsa Storm.” The Hezbollah leader, in his characteristic style, touched on the events unfolding in the besieged Gaza Strip and vowed that all options are on the table if the Israeli regime and its backers in Washington insist on continuing their brazen aggression against the territory’s 2.2 million population. The much-anticipated speech was broadcast live worldwide and was attended by thousands of people in the Lebanese capital Beirut, where…