Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US administration has asked Israel to stop targeting members of the civilian police force who escort aid trucks in Gaza, Axios website has reported. Washington warned that a “total breakdown of law and order” is significantly exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, the outlet said, quoting three US and Israeli officials. Israel claims the members of the police force are affiliated with Hamas, while US officials have said they “also include individuals who don’t have a direct affiliation with Hamas who are there as part of the Palestinian Authority’s remnant presence and security”. As a result of the…

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets today in multiple cities around the world in weekly rallies calling for an end to the Israeli genocidal onslaught on Gaza. The death toll from the US-backed Israeli genocide campaign now stands at nearly 29,600 Palestinian martyrs. In the German capital Berlin, hundreds of people took to the streets demanding an end to the genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Similar protests condemning German government support for the Israeli occupation were also held in other cities across the country. In the UK, thousands marched in the city of Manchester in…

Namibia’s Minister of Justice, Yvonne Dausab, accused Germany on Friday of committing the first genocide of the twentieth century. Dausab delivered this address on Namibia’s behalf during proceedings held by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, to evaluate the legal ramifications of “Israel’s” policies and actions in occupied Palestine. The ICJ is conducting hearings throughout the week to assess the legal consequences of the 75-year-long Israeli occupation, with the Court focusing specifically on the past 57 years of the occupation, beginning in 1967, with an unprecedented 52 nations, including the United States and Russia, expected to present evidence. The…

Even UN Security Council does not and cannot call for an immediate cease-fire, says Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday criticized the UN and Western countries for “just watching the humanitarian crimes” committed by Israel in Gaza for the last 140 days. “So much so that the UN Security Council does not and cannot call for an immediate cease-fire,” Erdogan decried, speaking at a meeting of the Justice and Development (AK) Party in Türkiye’s northwestern province of Sakarya. “Neither Western powers nor the UN Security Council have made a useful effort to prevent Israeli violence,” he…

The ICJ is currently examining arguments from more than 50 states after a 2022 request by the UNGA for a non-binding opinion on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation. South Africa’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusimuzi Madonsela, urged nations worldwide to provide testimony in the case filed against Israeli atrocities in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In January, South Africa initiated the genocide case, leading to the ICJ’s subsequent order for the Israeli regime to cease its genocidal actions in Gaza, among other measures. The court is currently considering arguments in a separate case concerning the prolonged…

The Iraqi President has underlined the responsibility of the international community in furthering the rights of Palestinians. Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid stressed that there would be no stability in the region without “completely ending the plight of the Palestinian people and [granting them] their deserved rights in their own state on their nation’s soil.” Rashid made the remarks during an address to the attendees of the Sixth Baghdad International Dialogue Conference, in which he stressed that “now” is the most appropriate time for the international community to further the aforementioned goal. “Among the responsibilities of the International community is…

The Supreme Court chairman died after an illness, the health authorities specified Russia’s Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev died at the age of 80 in Moscow, the Court’s press office told TASS on Saturday. The Supreme Court chairman died after an illness, the health authorities specified. Lebedev was appointed as the Supreme Court chairman in July 1989. “Lebedev made an invaluable contribution to strengthening and developing the national judicial system, establishing constitutional and legislative fundamentals of an independent judiciary and forming judicial community institutions,” the Supreme Court said in a statement. source: TASS

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held discussions, on Friday, with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas. According to diplomatic sources who spoke anonymously due to media communication restrictions, Fidan expressed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appreciation for Venezuela’s steadfast backing of Palestine. They also discussed Erdogan’s upcoming visit to the South American nation, with the sources noting that the Turkish Foreign Minister underscored Ankara’s principled stance that the future of Venezuela should be determined solely by its people. Fidan conveyed that Turkish authorities do not endorse unilateral sanctions against Venezuela, as per the sources. The Turkish minister expressed contentment with Caracas’…

Ambassador Hussam Eddin Ala, Syria’s permanent representative to the Arab League said that Syria’s current priority is to liberate the rest of its land from terrorism and occupation. Meeting an Egyptian media delegation from “Media gathering in support of Syria”, Ala said that the delegation’s visit to the Syrian Embassy in Cairo coincided with the anniversary of the unity between Syria and Egypt which constituted an important milestone in the history of the two countries and embodied the deep ties between the two brotherly peoples. He underlined the importance of the gathering in revealing the reality of the terrorist war…

Minister of Information, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, called today for a unified Arab and Islamic stance to press the US administration to compel Israel to halt its ongoing aggression and massacres against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem. During his speech as the State of Palestine representative at a conference held in Istanbul, Abu Rudeineh emphasized the importance of consolidating efforts with all international parties “to compel Israel to stop its ferocious war, allow humanitarian, medical, and food aid, and provide water, electricity, and fuel to the entire Gaza Strip, including the northern Gaza…