Author: Steven Sahiounie

Grant Shapps, the UK defence secretary, says the Israeli leader’s outright rejection of Palestinians’ right to statehood is “disappointing”. “I don’t think I can be more explicit; I think it’s disappointing to hear Benjamin Netanyahu saying he doesn’t believe in a two-state solution and a Palestinian statehood. In fairness, he’s said that all of his political career as far as I can tell,” he told the London-based Sky News. “I don’t think we get to a solution unless we have a two-state solution. So we do disagree on that particular issue, but we do agree that Israel has a right…

The foreign minister of Iran paid tribute to five Iranian military advisers who were martyred in an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, promising that the Islamic Republic’s advisory missions in the region will continue incessantly in the fight against terrorism. “The activities of Iran’s military advisers in the fight against terrorism and for ensuring regional security will continue vigorously,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a post on his X account on Saturday night, after the loss of five Iranian advisers in an Israeli airstrike on the Mazzeh neighborhood of Damascus. Branding the Zionist regime as the prime accomplice of terrorist…

In videos obtained by Al Jazeera, Palestinians at the Jabalia refugee camp market in the northern Gaza Strip expressed their suffering as they looked to secure daily food sustenance amid dire shortages of flour and food in the markets and an absence of humanitarian aid. “We have only some rice. We do not have flour. There is crowding over the available quantities,” one person said. “We have been living in suffering for 104 days. Today we are searching for our daily eats. There is no flour or wheat. People eat corn, and this is food for birds and animals, not…

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova says unconditional support for the Israeli occupation is a prerequisite for partaking in Washington’s “rules-based international order” club.  Commenting on Germany’s support for “Israel” against South Africa’s case in the ICJ, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Moscow is not surprised to see that Berlin is defending “Israel” in a genocide case. Zakharova lashed out at Berlin, saying it has established itself as an expert in the mass extermination of people, highlighting the consistency between Berlin’s Nazi past and the Zionist present.  Zakharova also pointed out that such a stance is natural for Germany, as unconditional…

Hakan Fidan, Omani Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi hold phone call, diplomatic sources say Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Al-Busaidi on Sunday discussed over phone the situation in Gaza and regional security issues, Turkish diplomatic sources said. They also discussed cooperation between the two nations, according to the sources. Israel has killed more than 25,000 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 offensive has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine,…

Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Secretary-General of the PLO Executive Committee, has strongly rejected any deductions from the tax funds Israeli collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, and which may hinder the ability of the PA to fulfill its obligations towards the Palestinian people in Gaza. “Any reduction in our financial rights or any conditions imposed by Israel that may hinder the Palestinian National Authority from providing for our people in Gaza is rejected by us,” PLO Al-Sheikh said in a press statement. Al-Sheikh urged the international community “to halt this practice of piracy and theft of Palestinian funds and compel…

FM Malki discusses efforts to end Israeli war on Gaza with South African international relations minister Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad al- Malki, today discussed with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, joint efforts exerted at all levels to end the Israeli war against the Palestinian people. The two discussed efforts made to end the genocide war that is being waged by Israel against Palestinians, in addition to efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to realize all their legitimate and inalienable rights; with the right to self-determination and independence at the forefront of these…

“During the meeting, they discussed a possible and soonest implementation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ways to increase humanitarian aid, the release of hostages and the settlement of the conflict based on the formation of two states to reach the lasting peace,” the source added

The IOF’s press office also announced that a projectile was launched earlier this weekend from the territory of Lebanon in the direction of Israel

There are no restrictions whatsoever on the amount of humanitarian aid that can be delivered to the Gaza Strip