Author: Steven Sahiounie

The State of Palestine rejected and condemned the latest statements made by Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, pledging to continue the genocidal war in defiance of both the international community and the role of the International Court of Justice. The same objectionable sentiment was also echoed by other officials, including Israel’s representative to the UN, Gilad Erdan, who called for the UN to be put on trial before the Court. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, in a statements , stressed that states that have enabled, encouraged and participated in Israel’s genocide are also complicit in these attacks against…

In a post on X, Israel Katz said he held a “constructive conversation” with UAE foreign minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “I emphasised the importance that Israel attributes to our relations with the UAE,” Katz wrote. “We agreed to continue working together to strengthen our bilateral relations and to promote peace and security for the benefit of all people of the region.” The UAE did not immediately comment on the content of the call. The Gulf nation signed an agreement to normalise ties with Israel in September 2020, but has been among the Arab nation condemning operations in Gaza.…

Israeli soldiers detained two sisters of Saleh Al- Aruri , a top leader of Hamas who was killed in Lebanon this month, Palestinian sources and the Israeli army said on Sunday.The killing of Aruri, the deputy chief of Hamas, in a suburb of Beirut on January 2 was widely attributed to an Israeli drone strike, fueling fears that Israel’s war in Gaza could widen into a regional conflict.The Israeli army said on Sunday it had detained the two women in the occupied West Bank “after they incited to terrorism against the state of Israel,” without elaborating.The brother-in-law of Aruri, Awar…

From murdering children to bombing hospitals and schools to spawning the worst humanitarian crisis to rendering people homeless, the Israeli regime has done everything since October 7 to crush the resolve of Gazans, but to no avail. 

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Washington DC, calling for an end to Israel’s brutal war in the Gaza Strip, which has entered its 100 days.

The secretary-general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says Israel has suffered “unprecedented” losses at the hands of Palestinian resistance and has failed to achieve any of its goals after 100 days of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

On the 100 days of the war in Gaza, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini emphasizes that the war is a man-made catastrophe exacerbated by the manipulation of essential resources such as food, water, and fuel as tools of war. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini commented on the Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip saying, “The massive death, destruction, displacement, hunger, loss, and grief of the last 100 days are staining our shared humanity.” “In the past 100 days, sustained bombardment across the Gaza Strip caused the mass displacement of a population that is in a state of flux – constantly…

The Axios news website has claimed that the US administration patience is running out with Israel’s rejection of most of their recent requests related to the war on Gaza. “The situation sucks and we are stuck. The president’s patience is running out,” a US official reportedly told Axios. The report also said that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken,had made it clear to Netanyahu and the war cabinet during his recent visit to Israel that the Israeli plan for the day after the war is “pie in the sky”. Source: AlJazeera

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has expressed disagreement with South Africa’s move to bring a case against “Israel” at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the genocide in Gaza. Despite his earlier concerns about potential breaches of international humanitarian law by “Israel” in Gaza, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron stated, on Sunday, that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) should not subject “Israel” to accountability in the case raised by South Africa. Cameron, responding to a question on Sky News, shared his view on whether he backed South Africa’s assertion that “Israel” should face charges in the ICJ saying, “No, I…

Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, made the accusations in an interview with Newsweek publication after two nights of joint air raids on Yemen. Iravani told Newsweek that “any country engaging in this military aggression or subsequent hostilities may expose itself to potential danger”. He added that the strikes were a “flagrant violation of national sovereignty, a breach of international law, and a transgression of the United Nations Charter”. “This military aggression is indicative of the success of the Israeli regime’s lobbying in Washington to draw the US into direct war and exacerbate the spill-over of…