Author: Steven Sahiounie

A former head of Israel’s military intelligence has owned up to the fact that Iran is “pragmatic” and exerts ample “patience” to follow through its plans in the West Asia region, one of which he says is the elimination of Israel.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says the besieged Gaza Strip is experiencing the longest communications shutdown that has kept the territory cut off from the outside world over the past week.

The EU ’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the bloc’s ministers will work towards achieving a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine in meetings in Brussels, with Germany saying it backs the initiative. “What we want to do is to build a two-state solution. So let’s talk about it,” Borrell told reporters, telling Israel, “Peace and stability cannot be built only by military means.” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said before heading into the meeting of EU the two-state solution is the “only solution” to the conflict, and “all those who say they don’t want to hear about such…

Jordan ’s foreign minister has lambasted the Israeli government’s “radical racist agenda”, saying it’s defying the world in its refusal to accept a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. “The only way out of this misery is a two-state solution,” Jordan `s Ayman Safadi told reporters at an EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels. “They are defying the whole international community and it is about time the world took a stand.” Source: AlJazeera

The European Union (EU) and its foreign ministers Monday discussed the consequences of the ongoing Israeli occupation genocidal aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, is participating in the meeting to mobilize the greatest support for a permanent ceasefire and to halt the ongoing Israeli genocide against Gaza. Al-Maliki is set to hold several bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of European Union countries and a number of European officials, informing them of the latest developments regarding the Palestinian cause and the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, in light of the horrific…

Saudi Arabia says it won’t normalisation with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a realistic plan for a Palestinian state. In an interview on CNN, host Fareed Zakaria asked: “Are you saying unequivocally that if there is not a credible and irreversible path to a Palestinian state, there will not be normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel?” “That’s the only way we’re going to get a benefit, so yes,” Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud replied. When asked if Saudi Arabia would finance reconstruction in Gaza, he gave a similar answer. “As long as we’re…

Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said that the international consensus on establishing the State of Palestine must be translated into practical steps that embody the state on the ground toward ending the occupation, and that the world must begin thinking about imposing sanctions on Israel for its continued aggression, colonialism, occupation, and for its rejection of peace. The Prime Minister added, in his speech at the beginning of the weekly Palestinian cabinet meeting on Monday in Ramallah, that there is an important international movement around the two-state solution, and that the world should not pay attention to the position of Netanyahu…

Hakan Fidan arrived in New York to attend UN Security Council meeting on Palestine Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in New York on Monday to attend the UN Security Council meeting on Palestine. Fidan “will attend the UN Security Council meeting on the topic of Palestine scheduled to take place in New York on Jan. 23,” Turkish diplomatic sources said. He will also hold bilateral meetings during the visit. Israel has killed more than 25,100 people in the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people. The Israeli…

A large fire at a terminal on the Baltic Sea operated by Russian natural gas producer Novatek was caused by an “external impact,” the company has revealed. 

Lithuanian Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite has issued a call for citizens to finance the country’s defense industry, telling them to “invest in tanks” rather than keep hold of their savings.