Author: Steven Sahiounie

During a telephone conversation with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night, Raeisi lauded the “courageous” initiative, stressing that the move was taken by a country that has experienced the menace of racism and genocide for years.

Following the landmark decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s ‘Genocide Case’ against Israel, the EU High Representative and the European Commission said: “Orders of the International Court of Justice are binding on the Parties and they must comply with them. The EU expects their full, immediate and effective implementation. “The EU reaffirmed its continuing support to the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,” said the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, and the European Commission in a joint statement. source: WAFA

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom’s welcoming of a preliminary decision issued by the International Court of Justice on Friday, which aimed to stop any practices and statements aimed at genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The UN’s top court, which issued an interim ruling in a case brought by South Africa against Israel last year, stopped short of ordering a ceasefire in the enclave, but demanded that Israel attempted to limit deaths and damage caused by its military offensive there. The foreign ministry expressed the Kingdom’s categorical rejection of the practices of the Israeli occupation and violations of the UN Convention on Genocide. The ministry also…

Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzouz has spoken to residents of the al-Dahra neighbourhood of Khan Younis, where flee residents came under Israeli army gunfire earlier today. Video verified by Al Jazeera captured the incident, in which Israeli army vehicles opened fire on displaced Palestinians after they were ordered to flee their homes and makeshift shelters. Press sources told Al Jazeera that many residents of al-Dahra were wounded by the gunfire. “One of the people informed us that [the Israeli army] has been gathering men and women and forcing them to take a certain road to Rafah,” Abu Azzoum said. As…

Over 40 former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists, and prominent business leaders have called on the occupation’s President to forcibly remove Benjamin Netanyahu from office for being an “existential” threat to the country. In a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the officials hold Netanyahu “primarily responsible” for “creating the circumstances” and fragmentation within “Israel” that led to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, including his right-wing cabinet and various policies. The letter touched on how leaders of Iran and the Palestinian and Lebanese Resistance saw a destabilized “Israel” and utilized this weakness to fight the occupation. Haim Tomer, a Mossad officer who…

Jordan ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates today welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark order in the proceedings brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel, according to Jordan’s Petra News Agency. The Ministry’s spokesperson, Ambassador Sufyan Qudah, welcomed emphasized the significance of the Court’s decision that establishes prima facie jurisdiction over the case and orders provisional measures, which if implemented would lead to stopping Israel’s crimes of killing the Palestinians, causing them serious physical and mental harm, and subjecting them to living conditions intended to physically destroy them, as well as ordering Israel allow the…

Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said that the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) constituted the end of Israel’s impunity era, which he stressed obliges countries supporting Israel to refrain from doing so. The court’s rejection of Israel’s request to dismiss the case filed against it by South Africa implies a high degree of importance because it puts Israel in the dock for war crimes, marking the first time for Israel to stand trial before the court, said the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said he was hoping the court’s decision included an order for an immediate ceasefire given…

Israel’s ’empire of lies’ fueled by violence, disinformation, censorship, Turkish Fahrettin Altun says Members of the “global community of conscience” must act more forcefully to raise awareness in the world on war crimes Israel is committing, Turkish communications director said on Friday. “As members of the global community of conscience, we must use every means at our disposal to bring the situation in Gaza to the forefront of the agenda and shout out more forcefully to the world that Israel is committing war crimes,” Fahrettin Altun said in his address at a symposium in Istanbul. The two-day symposium, titled Media’s…

During their marches, in support of Palestine , which spanned several Yemeni districts, the Yemeni people raised the slogan: Yemen and Palestine are in one trench. This morning, massive demonstrations were held in the cities of Saada, al-Marazem, and the Razih and Ghamr Districts west of northern Yemen, under the slogan: “Yemen and Palestine are in one trench,” in support of Palestinian people and condemnation of American-British aggression against Yemen. The statement of the demonstrations confirmed “the unity of the path and destiny for the Yemeni and Palestinian peoples.” The statement said, “We will continue at all levels to support Gaza and the Palestinian…

Ukraine may allow Russian natural gas to be piped through its territory beyond 2024 when the current deal governing transit is due to expire, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.