Author: Steven Sahiounie

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Palestinian fighters and all the resistance groups in the region are quite ready to resist the Israeli enemy and counter any move against the defenseless people of Palestine. Amir-Abdollahian made the announcement in a Friday phone conversation with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Mekdad. The top Iranian diplomat said the Islamic Republic has made great diplomatic efforts and held consultations with influential countries in the region with the purpose of putting an immediate end to the war crimes and genocide committed by the child-killing Israeli regime and dispatching humanitarian aid to…

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said that all options are on the table against Israel, urging the Zionist regime to stop its aggression against Palestinians in Gaza immediately. Speaking in a televised speech on Friday, Nasrallah repeated that Hezbollah is ready for all possibilities. The Hezbollah chief said whoever wants to prevent a regional war, must quickly stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. He warned that there was a realistic possibility of fighting on the Lebanese front turning into a “wide war.” “You, the Americans, can stop the aggression against Gaza because it is your…

The IOC has undermined itself with talk of individual responsibility at the Paris 2024 Games, Russia has claimed The International Olympic Committee’s position that Israeli athletes aren’t responsible for the actions of their government is “outrageous” given the IOC’s blanket ban on Russia on those very grounds, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. “The IOC has discredited itself entirely,” Lavrov told reporters, accusing the body of “demonstrating its political activism time and again.” “Whatever fits the interests of the West, mainly the US, they support and look for formulas to make it work,” the Russian foreign minister added. According to Russian Sports Minister…

The Committee to Protect Journalists stated that from 7 to 31 October, amongst the 9,000 killed on either side of the war so far, 31 were journalists and media workers. By Homera Hassan Journalists are always braving the dangers of the frontline in often deadly war zones to report and document what they see. However, to report through war they do so at the cost of facing death, injury and being captured as hostages. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an organisation founded by journalists to promote global press freedom and defend the rights of journalists to fearlessly report the…

The IOF said earlier on Thursday that it had surrounded Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave A continued Israeli ground operation in Gaza will have catastrophic consequences for West Jerusalem, Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said on Thursday, according to AFP. “Gaza will be the curse of history for Israel,” a spokesman for the militant group, Abu Obeida, said in an audio address, the news agency reported. He also told Israel to expect heavy casualties among its forces, adding that more of the Israeli soldiers would “return in black bags.” So far, the Israel Occupation Force (IOF) has…

It is Tunisia’s duty to stand with the Palestinians, its president has said The Tunisian parliament on Thursday began discussing a bill that would define any attempt to normalize relations with Israel as treasonous, citing support for the Palestinian cause. The proposal defines “normalization” as “recognition of the Zionist entity or the establishment of direct or indirect ties” with it, and classifies it as a crime in the category of “high treason.” Any interaction with Israelis, including at “events, demonstrations, meetings, exhibitions and competitions,” and in any context, whether “political, economic, scientific, cultural, artistic or sporting” in territory held or occupied by Israel, would be prohibited. If adopted, the…

The war against Israel will “reshape the future,” Hassan Nasrallah declared Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his forces would continue their skirmishes with the Israeli military until Hamas achieves victory in Gaza. Nasrallah warned that an attack on Lebanon would be the “most foolish mistake” in Israeli history. “What is happening in Gaza today is not just another war; it is a decisive historical battle with consequences that will reshape the future,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech. Hezbollah’s objectives in this battle, he stated, are to “stop the aggression” on Gaza and ensure that Hamas “achieves victory” against Israel. Nasrallah’s speech was his…

Acting Charge de’ Affairs of Syria’s delegation to the UN, Al Hakam Dandi, affirmed that the state of paralysis facing the Security Council regarding the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is the result of the US prevention of the Council from assuming its responsibility to maintain international peace and security, and its insistence on giving “Israel” the green light to continue its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip. During an emergency meeting of the General Assembly regarding the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip, Dandi noted that the brutal Israeli practices we have witnessed against the Palestinian people over the…

People in Gaza have ‘very genuine fears’ that they will be displaced permanently or even ‘expelled out into Egypt,’ says Medical Aid for Palestinians official The UK-based Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has joined the chorus of calls for more sustained humanitarian assistance for people in the Gaza Strip, while also warning of the potential catastrophic effects of the forced transfer of millions of people. Many international organizations have pointed out that the amount of aid crossing into Gaza from the Rafah crossing with Egypt does not meet the needs of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza, who are…

written by: Martin Jay The servile, revolting, passive international press pack might be all that Netanyahu has left. Is Israel really losing the media war? In a conflict where the truth seems to be the first and most predominant casualty, this might be the only truth, certainly when we look at recent events. The war in Gaza is not an irony-free zone though. Recently, Israel stormed social media with claims that the Palestinians were faking videos and they took one of a medic giving resuscitation to a victim, claiming that the technique was erroneous, and so, therefore, the video must…