Author: Steven Sahiounie

Türkiye’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz will make on Monday an oral statement at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during a hearing on the legal consequences of Israeli actions in occupied Palestinian land. The public hearings started last Monday in The Hague following the UN General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from policies and the practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian land, including East Jerusalem. More than 50 countries are presenting arguments. “At the end of this process, legal findings regarding the oppression of Palestinians will be presented,” Oncu Keceli, the Turkish…

American and British forces have carried out a series of airstrikes against positions across Yemen, including the capital Sana’a, as the Yemeni Armed Forces stepped up their attacks on Israeli-linked ships in the Red Sea in protest against the brutal war on Gaza. Yemen’s official Saba news agency reported that three airstrikes hit a pesticide factory in the al-Nahda neighborhood of Sana’a early on Sunday. No further details about any casualties were immediately available. The US-British coalition also conducted six raids against the Faj Attan neighborhood, while locations in three areas of al-Nahdain were bombed on three occasions. Two airstrikes were conducted against…

Israel will seek to maintain security control over the entire area west of the Jordan River after the war with Hamas ends, according to a plan submitted by the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The “day after Hamas” paper was submitted to the Israeli war cabinet and released by the country’s Foreign Ministry. “Israel will maintain security control over the entire area west of the Jordan, including Gaza and the land, air and sea to prevent activities of terrorist groups in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip to thwart threats from them toward Israel,” the plan said. “In the immediate…

The Israeli military has killed two young female human rights lawyers in its recent air raids on the Gaza Strip, drawing a wave of condemnations. Both victims, who were working for the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), lost their lives this week as Israel pushes ahead with the genocidal war against the besieged Gaza, now in its fifth month. Dana Yaghi, a lawyer at the Women’s Rights Unit of the PCHR, was killed along with 40 others, including 10 children, in an Israeli aerial assault on her family’s house in the central Gaza governorate of Deir al-Balah on February 22. It…

Türkiye working to secure collective action by Muslim world against oppression in Gaza, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Türkiye will use all means at its disposal to halt “oppression in Gaza and harassment in Jerusalem” by Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Anyone who claims that this issue has nothing to do with us is either unaware of the world or is working on behalf of others. Therefore, for the oppression in Gaza to stop, for the harassment in Jerusalem to cease, without making any exceptions, I say we will use all the means at our disposal,”…

The Speaker of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), Rawhi Fattouh, briefed today the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, on the latest developments regarding the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people. During the meeting, which was held in the Spanish capital, Madrid, Fattouh stressed the need to immediately halt the brutal aggression against innocent civilians, especially women and children, in the Gaza Strip, ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid including medicine, drinking water and basic materials. Palestinian National Council speaker, Fattouh further called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and…

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu ordered during the visit to the Battlegroup Center headquarters to further reinforce the battlegroup with electronic warfare equipment Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu listened to reports by commanders of the Battlegroup Center on the current situation and the nature of the enemy’s activities in the special military operation area in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “During his work in the area of the special military operation, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu listened to reports by the commander of the Battlegroup Center and headquarters officers on the current situation, the nature of…

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of a new escalation if the Israeli regime goes ahead with a plan to restrict Muslims praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. “Let our enemy know that souls are boiling … [our] anger is imminent … and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” said the group in a post on its Telegram account on Saturday. The post came a day after the office of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said the regime is going…

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…