Author: Steven Sahiounie

In response to Netanyahu’s so-called day-after plan for Gaza, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said today that “Gaza will only be part of the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.” He added, “Any plans to the contrary are destined to fail. Israel will not succeed in attempts to alter the geographic and demographic reality in the Gaza Strip.” “If the world wants security and stability in the region, it must end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and recognize the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Abu Rudeineh stressed. The Presidential spokesman continued, “Netanyahu’s…

President Mahmoud Abbas called this evening for immediate international intervention to stop the Israeli war of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, including the war of starvation waged by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people there. The President condemned the policies of killing and attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and colonists in the West Bank, including Jerusalem. He also demanded the provision of desperately needed food and medical aid into the Gaza Strip, especially to the northern region. He further called for permitting the Palestinian Red Crescent, the UNRWA, and all relevant international organizations to…

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Thursday it has reached a critical juncture as it struggles to cope with the war in Gaza. “It is with profound regret that I must now inform you that UNRWA has reached a breaking point,” chief Philippe Lazzarini said, as donors freeze funding, Israel exerts pressure to dismantle the agency and humanitarian needs soar.“The Agency’s ability to fulfill the mandate given through General Assembly resolution 302 is now seriously threatened,” he said in a letter to the assembly.That is the resolution under which the UN agency was founded in 1949, following the creation…

An Iranian parliamentary delegation is on a visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan to take part in the 14th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). The Iranian delegation is led by Jalil Rahimi, the member of a parliamentary group that represents Iran in APA, and also includes Abolfazl Amouei, the spokesperson for the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission. The 14th Plenary meeting kicked off in Baku on February 20 and will run until Saturday. Parliamentary delegations from around 40 countries, including 10 speakers, have taken part in the session to discuss plans to strengthen regional…

Russian Foreign Minister is expected to meet with Brazil’s President Lula da Silva in Brasilia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia to meet with the country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a TASS correspondent reported. Earlier, the top Russian diplomat took part in a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro. source: TASS

Two Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a residential building in south Lebanon on Thursday, a security source said, with the Iran-backed group later announcing retaliatory rocket fire.Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7.An Israeli drone shot two guided missiles at the building in Kfar Rumman, near the southern city of Nabatiyeh in Lebanon, the security source said, declining to be identified as they were not authorized to brief the media.Kfar Rumman lies around 12 kilometers (seven miles) from the Israeli…

Russian Foreign Minister said that “we will do our best to promote strengthening this structure’s potency and its ties with the Group of Twenty G20” Russia’s BRICS presidency will promote the association’s closer ties with the Group of Twenty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “This year, Russia is holding BRICS presidency. This format has been supplemented by a number of new members. We will do our best to promote strengthening this structure’s potency and its ties with the Group of Twenty,” he said during the G20 ministerial meeting. In this context, Russia “hails its Brazilian friends’ initiative to invite…

The US-China tensions escalate as a delegation from the House of Representatives committee, led by Chairman Mike Gallagher, visits Taiwan. China criticized a visit by a US delegation to Taiwan as “interference”, following the arrival of the House of Representatives committee chairman on China and four other lawmakers in the self-ruled island. “China always resolutely opposes any form of official exchange between the United States and Taiwan authorities, and resolutely opposes the United States’ interference in Taiwan affairs in any way or under any pretext,” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said during a regular press conference. “We urge the United States to recognize the…

A Palestinian citizen was killed and four others were injured tonight in an Israeli airstrike targeting a civilian vehicle in the Jenin refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, according to medical reports. Dr. Wisam Bakr, the director of the Jenin Governmental Hospital, told WAFA that one fatality and four individuals injured, including one in critical condition, arrived at the hospital due to the bombing of the vehicle by the Israeli occupation forces. source: WAFA

Earlier, while discussing the situation in international politics, Biden made an insulting remark about the Russian president, saying that, because of him, Washington must constantly worry about a nuclear conflict US President Joe Biden’s insulting, expletive-laden remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin only bring shame upon the United States itself, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Earlier, while discussing the situation in international politics, Biden made an insulting remark about the Russian president, saying that, because of him, Washington must constantly worry about a nuclear conflict. “Such boorish statements from the mouth of a US leader are hardly capable of hurting…