Author: Steven Sahiounie

Jordan has warned against potential Israeli military action in Rafah, an area in the southern Gaza Strip that is densely populated by Palestinian refugees. Sufyan Qudah, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in Jordan, reiterated Jordan’s firm rejection of Palestinian displacement, emphasizing the imperative of ending hostilities, protecting civilians, and facilitating their safe return to their homes. He urged swift international intervention to halt Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, which has caused an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.” He also emphasized the urgent need for the UN Security Council to fulfill its responsibility by promptly imposing a ceasefire to…

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron expressed deep concern yesterday over “Israel’s” invasion of the southern Gazan city of Rafah. The Israeli occupation forces have been attacking Rafah for several days, getting ready for a ground offensive. Rafah is the last refuge for over a million Palestinians after they were forced to flee Gaza by the IOF amid the ongoing genocide in the Strip. In a post on X, Cameron stated: “Deeply concern about the prospect of a military offensive in Rafah – over half of Gaza’s population are sheltering in the area.” He emphasized that “the priority must be an immediate pause…

Hungarian President Katalin Novak has resigned. Novak announced her resignation on Saturday after coming under mounting pressure for pardoning a man convicted as an accomplice for helping cover up a sex abuse case in a children’s home. “I made a mistake… Today is the last day that I address you as a president,” Novak said in a speech broadcast on state television, Al Jazeera reported. “I made a decision to grant a pardon last April, believing that the convict did not abuse the vulnerability of children whom he had overseen. I made a mistake as the pardon and the lack…

The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah persisted Sunday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising “safe passage” to civilians displaced there.In an interview airing Sunday, Netanyahu reiterated his intention to extend Israel’s military operation to the city.Despite international alarm over the potential for carnage in a city crammed with more than half of the Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million people, Netanyahu told ABC News: “We’re going to do it.”He conceded he agrees “with the Americans” that the operation will need to first plan for the impact on civilians.“We’re going to do it while providing safe…

An Israeli drone launched a strike that targeted a civilian car in Jadra, a Lebanese town to the north of Saida, on Saturday afternoon, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported. Our correspondent reported that three people were martyred in the attack and others were injured. Moreover, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said the targeted “Palestinian figure” survived the attack in the north of Saida. Later, our correspondent said that the three people who were martyred were not the targets of the attack, but were merely bystanders. In fact, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said that the Israeli drone initially fired one missile at the car to later launch another…

Moscow demands an international investigation into the Kiev regime’s attack on a Russian Il-76 aircraft which carried Ukrainian POWs for a swap, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with TASS. “Nobody has any doubt that the attack on the Il-76 was carried out by the regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky. Kiev was well aware that the plane was transporting Ukrainian servicemen for an exchange. Russia insists on holding an international investigation so that experts can evaluate the current evidence that the aircraft was shot down with the US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system from…

Some lawyers see that the crimes stated by the ICJ are not forbidden as long as the occupation conducts them without “genocide intent”. UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories, Francesca Albanese, declared that “Israel” is violating orders issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to immediately protect Palestinians’ rights and cease all activities amounting to genocide. “Israel” has until February 23 to hand over a report to the ICJ regarding its compliance with the six orders issued. “Israel” is required to “take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit…

Amnesty International Secretary-General urges the international community to support the Palestinian people who are facing a real and imminent risk of genocide. Amnesty International issued a severe warning, yesterday, stressing that Benjamin Netanyahu’s orders to the IOF planning an attack on Rafah in the Gaza Strip constitute a “grave risk of genocide” for Palestinians. Andalou agency reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed yesterday the IOF to submit a “military plan” to evacuate Palestinians from Rafah and “defeat Hamas battalions there.” Amnesty International Secretary-General, Agnes Callamard, posted a statement on X, expressing concern about the feasibility and safety of evacuation…

Saudi Arabia has warned of “extremely dangerous repercussions” if Israel launched an offensive towards the southern city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, where thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from the Israel-Hamas war. The Kingdom’s foreign ministry in a statement Saturday said that “Rafah represents the last refuge for hundreds of thousands of civilians who the brutal Israeli aggression have forced to flee.” The kingdom said “it stresses it is complete refusal and strong condemnation of the forcible displacement [of Palestinians] and renews calls for an immediate ceasefire. “The deliberate violations to international and humanitarian laws stresses the need…

The official spokesman for the Palestinian Presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said that the ground Israeli military offensive escalation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and attempts to forcibly displace Palestinian citizens, do not absolve the American administration of its responsibility. Abu Rudeineh called on US administration to force the Israeli government to halt its genocidal massacres and atrocious crimes committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza. “What is required of the American administration is to force the occupation to stop the genocidal massacres it is committing against the Palestinian people, the latest of which was the killing of at least 25 civilians…