Author: Steven Sahiounie

The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said today that the Israeli attack on the Rafah border crossing, threatening to displace citizens from shelters and residential centers, and preventing UN employees from entering the Gaza Strip, constitute war crimes for which the Israeli occupation must be held to account. Abu Rudeineh described the attack as a war crime, calling for holding Israel fully accountable for this escalation. He further called on the U.S administration to intervene immediately to prevent the Israeli occupation authorities from further invading Rafah and displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, especially since most of…

The Israeli occupation intensified its airstrikes across Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, while its tanks and military vehicles stormed the Rafah border crossing. The Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has entered its 214th day, amid intense bombardment on the city of Rafah and airstrikes targeting Gaza City and its northern areas around the Yarmouk area, east of Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun. This continuous bombardment has resulted in the martyrdom and injury of several Palestinians. In further details, local media reported that Israeli occupation military vehicles have advanced toward the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, with…

The United Nations General Assembly could vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full membership and recommend that the UN Security Council “reconsider the matter favorably.”It would effectively act as a global survey of how much support the Palestinians have for their bid, which was vetoed in the UN Security Council last month by the United States. An application to become a full UN member needs to be approved by the 15-member Security Council and then the General Assembly.Diplomats say the 193-member General Assembly is likely to back the Palestinian…

Jordan’s King Abdullah told US President Joe Biden in a private meeting on Monday that an Israeli offensive in Rafah would lead to a “new massacre” of Palestinian civilians and urged the international community to take urgent action.“The king warned of the repercussions of the Israeli ground offensive on Rafah, which could cause a regional spillover of the conflict,” a statement from the Jordan royal court said after Abdullah had lunch with Biden at the White House.Israel carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday and told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the city where more than a million people uprooted…

Israeli military aircraft have heavily bombed the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip accompanied with ground advances shortly after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said it had agreed to a proposal on ceasefire in Gaza. A Palestinian journalist reported flares in the night sky, while locals said dozens of reconnaissance drones flew overhead. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa and Egyptian media said Israeli military vehicles advanced towards the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt, as well as the Karem Shalom crossing with the Israeli-occupied territories. A Palestinian security official and an Egyptian authority have told the Associated Press news agency…

Saudi Arabia, a country historically synonymous with oil production, is making strides toward sustainability. Once reliant solely on its vast oil reserves, it is now embracing a green energy revolution that promises to reshape its economic landscape while safeguarding its environmental future.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen intends to talk to visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping about policies that she claims pose a threat of de-industrialization in the bloc.

The leader has held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen amid growing tensions

In comments that came before Hamas’s announcement that it had accepted a truce proposal, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights delivered his most damning criticism of Israel yet in response to Israel’s apparent plan to invade Rafah, where the majority of Palestinians in Gaza are sheltering. “Gazans continue to be hit with bombs, disease, and even famine. And today, they have been told that they must relocate yet again as Israeli military operations into Rafah scale up,” Volker Turk said. “This is inhumane. It runs contrary to the basic principles of international humanitarian and human rights laws, which have…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh briefed him on the Palestinian resistance movement’s response to a proposed ceasefire for the Gaza Strip.  In a post on his X account on Monday, Amir-Abdollahian said Haniyeh appreciated strong positions of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, President Ebrahim Raeisi and the Iranian nation in support of Palestine and the Gaza Strip. The Iranian minister added that Haniyeh also briefed him on the latest developments on the ground in the war-torn Gaza in the phone conversation on Sunday. He emphasized that Haniyeh said that he had…