Author: Steven Sahiounie

China’s President Xi Jinping makes a set of promises on Palestine and bilateral relations with Arab countries, as Beijing aims to bolster relations in the region. China’s President Xi Jinping said that the war on Gaza “should not continue indefinitely,” reiterating his government’s support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Xi stressed that “Justice should not be absent forever,” adding that “commitment to the two-state solution should not be wavered at will.” He made the remarks during the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing, where he announced that his country would increase its financial support to the United…

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) today is set to vote on a draft Algerian resolution to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against the city of Rafah. The draft resolution states that the Security Council may “decide that Israel, the occupying power, must immediately cease its military attack and any other action in Rafah.” The draft resolution calls for “an immediate ceasefire respected by all parties, and also demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, and further demands that the parties comply with their obligations under international law with respect to all persons they detain.” It is noteworthy that…

The Slovenian government has approved a decision to recognize Palestine as an independent state, Prime Minister Robert Golob announced at a news conference today. This move aligns Slovenia with Spain, Ireland, and Norway, who recently extended similar recognition, according to a report by Reuters. This decision now awaits approval from the Slovenian parliament in the coming days. The recognition is part of a broader international effort to exert pressure on Israel to halt its ongoing military offensive against Palestinians in Gaza. Prime Minister Golob emphasized the need for an immediate cessation of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. “This is…

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that the aggression against Gaza for more than eight months “marks a turning point in our region’s history.” He said that there was “a deep sense of frustration over the international community’s inability to halt this massacre.” Aboul Gheit was speaking at the opening session of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing. The forum — founded in 2004 in Cairo — includes members of the Arab League. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered the keynote address at the opening ceremony. Leaders from Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia and the UAE were also…

The report Gilbert resigned over is a response to a presidential memo NSM-20 issued by Biden requiring the State Department to assess if “Israel’s” use of US weapons in Gaza violated US law or IHL. A senior US State Department official, Stacy Gilbert, resigned this week over disagreements with a newly published report claiming “Israel” was not blocking aid into Gaza, according to The Washington Post, citing two officials. Gilbert served in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and, on Tuesday, she emailed staff stating her belief that the State Department was wrong in its conclusion that “Israel” is…

The Turkish health minister on Wednesday said the war in Gaza is “against the basic human right to health” as it left the health system “in ruins.” Addressing a World Health Assembly (WHA) session on Palestine in Geneva, Fahrettin Koca said: “Israel has targeted hospitals in Gaza in a way that completely destroys treatment facilities. This is a war against the basic human right to health. Targeting hospitals is a war crime.” Regarding Israel’s ongoing attacks on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Koca said it is not only threatening the lives of 1.4 million civilians but also forcing over…

The World Central Kitchen nonprofit, which provides meals in war-torn Gaza, said it had stopped its operations in the Palestinian territory’s southern city of Rafah due to “ongoing attacks” in the area.The US-based charity was founded by celebrity Spanish-American chef Jose Andres to provide food to communities facing humanitarian crises and disasters.“In the face of Israeli operations in Rafah, countless families are being forced to flee once again,” the charity said on social media platform X late on Tuesday.“Ongoing attacks have forced us to pause work at our main kitchen in Rafah and relocate many of our community kitchens further…

Algeria is seeking a firm United Nations action to force Israel to halt its aggression on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians have sheltered from Israel’s brutal bombardments elsewhere. Algeria’s Ambassador to the UN Amar Bendjama said late on Tuesday that his country will present a draft UN resolution to the Security Council calling for an end to “the killing” in Rafah. Bendjama’s announcement came after a Council meeting focused on Israel’s Sunday massacre of Palestinians concentrated in a tent camp in Rafah. Some 45 people were killed in the attack which left children disfigured…

Palestinian Health Minister, Majed Abu Ramadan discussed with his US counterpart, Xavier Becerra, the condition of the health sector in Palestine in light of the Israeli occupation’s aggression. Health Minister Abu Ramadan and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Becerra also discussed the means to enhance joint cooperation in the health field in a meeting that they held on the sidelines of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in Geneva. Abu Ramadan briefed his US counterpart on Israeli brutal attacks against the Palestinian people and the health sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and called for the…

President Mahmoud Abbas today discussed with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and Israeli army and colonists assaults in the West Bank. In a phone call with his French counterpart Macron, President Abbas stressed the need to halt immediately that Israeli aggression on Gaza, allow the entry of humanitarian and medical aid to and ensure full Israeli withdrawal from the Strip as well as a halt of army and colonist assaults in the West Bank and Jerusalem and secure the release of the clearance revenues withheld by Israel. He…