Author: Steven Sahiounie

Former US officials who had previously resigned due to the government’s “Israel” policy expect resignations to increase amid the Israeli invasion of Rafah. The United States government expects to witness more official resignations due to the administration’s “Israel” policy, Politico reported, citing four former officials. “I have seen a clear uptick in non-public resignations in the past few weeks, and would not be surprised to see more follow a sham report,” said former State Department official Josh Paul, who had been responsible for supplying US allies with weapons until his resignation in November. This comes amid the Biden administration’s failure to issue a report detailing “Israel’s”…

Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned an attack by Israeli settlers on a Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy that was heading to the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in the second incident of its kind in less than a week. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that said “the repetition of these attacks is a result of the failure of the Israeli occupation forces to carry out their responsibilities under international humanitarian law and is considered systematic complicity in preventing the necessary humanitarian aid from reaching the Gaza Strip.” The Kingdom called on the international community to take all necessary…

The foreign ministers of Iran and Oman talked about the latest developments in Gaza, with both emphasizing the necessity of an immediate ceasefire in the enclave which has been suffering from more than seven months of Israeli strikes. In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Albusaidi talked about a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the most recent developments in the Gazaa Strip. They also reaffirmed the two countries’ commitment to the enhancement of bilateral relations. Reviewing the latest developments in Gaza, the two ministers called for an end…

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree that sets national development goals for 2030 and for a longer run, the Kremlin said. The decree is titled On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation until 2030 and for a Longer Term until 2036. The new May decree defines such national development goals as population preservation and family support, education of a patriotic and socially responsible person, comfortable and safe living environment, environmental well-being, sustainable and vibrant economy, technological leadership, as well as digital transformation of government administration, economy and social area, and others. Structure of the decree The preamble…

Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations has roundly dismissed the Israeli regime’s groundless accusations and provocative rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, stressing that no resistance group was involved in the country’s legitimate missile and drone strikes against the occupied territories. In two identical letters addressed to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN Security Council President Pedro Comissário Afonso on Tuesday, Amir Saeid Iravani unequivocally rejected the lies and misinformation against Iran raised by the Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, in a letter dated April 19, 2024. “Contrary to such unfounded claims, Iran has consistently upheld international law, adhered to the principles…

Hospitals in the southern Gaza Strip have only three days of fuel left, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, due to closed border crossings.Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into the overcrowded southern city of Rafah on Tuesday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt that is the main conduit for aid into the besieged Palestinian territory.“The closure of the border crossing continues to prevent the UN from bringing fuel. Without fuel all humanitarian operations will stop. Border closures are also impeding delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X,…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi denounced the Israeli regime’s deliberate prevention of medical and relief aid supplies from being delivered into Gaza, calling on the international community and the “awakened human consciences” to help Palestinians. In a message on the occasion of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on Wednesday, Raisi decried the Zionist regime’s obstructions to providing basic health, medical and relief services to the oppressed people of Gaza. He called on the world assemblies and all awakened human consciences to help the oppressed people of Gaza and provide the grounds for sending humanitarian aids and reducing the…

The request of the Westerners was that if you want to respond, do not hit hard

Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa today met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Hanke Bruins-Sloat, during which they both discussed the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, including the need for coordinated efforts for the delivery of essential aid to Gaza. They further affirmed the need for urgent international intervention to put pressure on Israel to release withheld Palestinian funds and cease the Israeli deductions. This came during Mustafa’s reception of the Dutch Minister, in his office in Ramallah in the presence of the Palestinian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Farsin Shaheen, and the Dutch Representative to Palestine, Michel…

Jordan’s Queen Rania on Tuesday discussed the global effects of Israel’s war on Gaza and called for a just solution to the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking during a session at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2024 in Los Angeles on Monday, she said the war has “exposed old fractures” and “divided people along new battle lines,” which has contributed to a growing global polarization. “Polarization leads to binary thinking; it makes us think of our world as us versus them, left versus right, East versus West,” she added. “And even though that might give us a false sense of security…