Author: Steven Sahiounie

Mustafa Barghouti, the leader of the Palestinian National Initiative Party (PNI), has said that the attack on al-Ahli Arab hospital should make Arab countries rethink normalisations with Israel, which have been brokered by the US. “I think it is absolutely shameful for any Arab government now to have an Israeli ambassador in their country,” said Barghouti, who co-founded the PNI as an alternative to the dominant Fatah and Hamas Palestinian political parties. “All the acts of normalization between Arab governments and Israel must be eliminated and canceled. This is the least they can do.” “But also they should tell the…

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has denounced the bombing of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital, also known as the Baptist Hospital, and renewed calls for President Biden to push for an end to the conflict. “This is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a ceasefire & help de-escalate,” Tlaib wrote in a social media post, addressing Biden. “Your war and destruction only approach has opened my eyes and many Palestinian Americans and Muslim Americans like me. We will remember where you stood.” Tlaib and several of her progressive colleagues have introduced a congressional resolution urging a ceasefire. Source: AlJazeera

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has declared three days of mourning following the Israeli bombing of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reports. Various political factions have also called on Palestinians in the West Bank to observe a commercial strike on Wednesday to protest the deadly Israeli attack on the hospital. Source: AlJazeera

It is no longer possible to claim international law is supreme and applies equally to everyone. The mask that has long obscured the true nature and purpose of “international law”, the supposed foundation of the current global order, is finally off. As Palestinian cries for help from Gaza remain unanswered, the sinister truth is now undeniably out in the open:international justice, more often than not, is used as a tool to advance imperial interests, and not justice. This was, of course, long known by anyone who has ever examined, even superficially, the history of imperialism, from the European scramble for…

Nearly 700 people have been arrested in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem since Israel’s war in Gaza began. On Monday, Israeli forces raided a school near Hebron where Palestinian workers from Gaza were seeking shelter. Source: Al Jazeera

Iranian leader accuses Israel of committing ‘genocide’ in its continuing assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has accused Israel of carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and warned Israel that it must pull back from its attacks on the besieged territory. Speaking on Tuesday Khamenei said Israeli officials should face trial for their actions in Gaza and warned that “no one can stop” forces opposed to Israel if it continues its assault. “If the crimes of the Zionist [Israeli] regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become impatient, and no one can stop them,”…

Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israel protests have come head to head on some campuses, raising concerns over student safety. New York City, United States – It was an unprecedented scene. Columbia University, located in the heart of Manhattan, took the extraordinary move of closing its doors to the public last week as dueling protests erupted simultaneously on its lawn. Hundreds of protesters, representing pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli student groups, clashed in front of the stately colonnade of Butler Library on October 12. Three helicopters hovered overhead, and rows of New York Police Department officers stood ready to intervene if tensions boiled over into violence.…

 An Israeli air strike has hit al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands of civilians are seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless attacks. Gaza health ministry says at least 500 casualties in hospital blast. A UN-run school housing refugees also struck. Iran’s foreign minister says pro-Iranian groups in the region could act preemptively against Israel, even in the “coming hours”. Some 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack inside Israel, which has killed more than 1,400. Source: Al Jazeera

GAZA, Tuesday, October 17, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli warplanes this evening launched an airstrike against the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza city, killing and injuring a large number of people. Sources said that Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike against the hospital, where thousands of displaced people sought refuge after their homes were destroyed in the ongoing Israeli shelling. A video footage showed an ambulance transporting martyrs and the injured, while fire broke out as a result of the shelling. In a related manner, UNRWA announced the killing of six people in an Israeli airstrike that targeted its school in al-Maghazi…

The International Criminal Court must investigate Israel’s siege of Gaza, Palestine’s ambassador to the UK said on Tuesday, adding that Tel Aviv has committed war crimes in its 10-day bombardment of the enclave’s 2 million people.The Israel Defense Forces have killed medical and rescue teams with airstrikes as they attempted to reach civilians, Husam Zomlot told a press briefing attended by Arab News.He described Israel’s alleged use of white phosphorus and “disproportionate, lethal” bombardments as a war crime, calling on ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan to “take his job immediately and with responsibility.”Zomlot said: “The sad fact is that a Palestinian…