Author: Steven Sahiounie

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet at the sidelines of the 60th Munich Security Conference and discuss several files. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held “candid and constructive” talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. Blinken and Wang’s meeting came after an extremely fraught period between the two world giants over issues such as tensions over Taiwan and trade. Blinken underlined the “importance of continuing to implement the progress made” by a November summit between Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping,…

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Friday met David Cameron, the UK’s foreign secretary, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. The parties reviewed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said. They also discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and its surrounding areas, and the international efforts being made to end the conflict. Prince Faisal also held similar meetings with Melanie Joly and Mariya Gabriel, respective Canadian and Bulgarian foreign ministers. He also met NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the most prominent international developments. Prince Faisal’s meeting with…

Qatar is expected to conduct a second round of UN meetings regarding the situation in Afghanistan between February 17 and 18, to be presided over by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Regional organizations’ special envoys on Afghanistan will also be in attendance at the event, centered on stabilizing the situation in the country with the help of the global community, supplying aid to the Afghanis, and discussing the international approach needed towards the Taliban rule which is now under UN sanctions. However, it remains unknown whether the Taliban will be attending, though it still desires to be acknowledged among the international…

Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh, on behalf of the President Mahmoud Abbas, is set today to participate in the 37th session of the African Union Summit, held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the participation of 34 African leaders and officials. The Prime Minister is set to deliver the speech at the summit on behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas. The summit is set to discuss the crises affecting the continent, the African`s position regarding the brutal Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the aggression. source: WAFA

Egypt is constructing a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive displaced Palestinian civilians from the Gaza Strip, a US media report and an Egyptian human rights monitor said on Friday.But Israel, which is waging a four-month-old war against Hamas militants in the territory, said it had no plans to move civilians there, as it prepares an offensive in Rafah, in Gaza’s far south.The Wall Street Journal said an eight-square-mile (21-square-kilometer) “walled enclosure” was under construction on the Egyptian side of the border.The compound was part of “contingency plans” if ceasefire talks in Cairo failed and could accommodate more…

The great Arab artist Duraid Lahham today stressed the necessity of keeping the Palestinian issue present in Arab artistic works, calling on all Arab writers to continue working on the approach of al-Taghreba al-Falastenya series, which showed the world part of what happened to the Palestinian people in terms of catastrophe and displacement. The artist Lahham said in an interview on Palestine TV, that the Palestinians set an example to the world in their steadfastness and belonging and defeated the impossible in remaining on their land, and that everyone must pay attention to supporting and advocating the Palestinian cause. He continued “I…

Thousands of university and school students in New York City today participated in a massive protest denouncing the ongoing Israeli brutal genocide in Gaza Strip. Thousands of activists joined the students in the protest that roamed the streets of New York City, where participants raised the Palestinian flags and chanted slogans demanding freedom for the Palestinian people and an immediate ceasefire. The demonstrators staged a sit-in in front of the New York Times building, protesting it’s biased coverage and double standards in dealing with the horrific crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in the Strip. The ongoing Israeli aggression on…

Russia has invited Hamas and other Palestinian factions including Fatah to Moscow for talks on the Israel-Hamas war and other issues in the Middle East, an official said Friday.Moscow, which for years tried to court good relations with all major players in the region, has grown increasingly critical of Israel and its Western backers amid the ongoing war in Gaza.Russia has invited around a dozen Palestinian groups to Moscow for “inter-Palestinian” talks from February 29, the state-run TASS news agency reported, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.“We invited all Palestinian representatives — all political forces that have their positions in…

The Argentina Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in cooperation with a number of social and political organizations, today organized a vehicle and bicycle march in the capital, Buenos Aires, denouncing the brutal Israeli aggression in Gaza. Among those who participated the march were many leaders and activists of human rights organizations, trade unions, and civil society institutions. The demonstrators in Argentina denounced the ongoing genocide committed by Israeli occupation forces, particularly in the Gaza Strip. They also strongly condemned the statements made by President Javier Miley regarding his intention to move the country’s embassy to the occupied Jerusalem. The march,…

Human Rights Watch reported on Friday that a record number of countries and international bodies are expected to participate in the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) oral hearings regarding the Israeli 75-year-long occupation, with the ICJ focusing specifically on the past 57 years of the occupation, beginning in 1967. According to the NGO, fifty-two countries and three international organizations are set to participate in the proceedings. “The International Court of Justice is set for the first time to broadly consider the legal consequences of Israel’s nearly six-decades-long occupation and mistreatment of the Palestinian people,” said Clive Baldwin, senior legal adviser…