Author: Steven Sahiounie

The US president Joe Biden has told reporters that a message was delivered to Iran on the Yemeni group, responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea. “We delivered it privately and we’re confident we’re well-prepared,” Joe Biden said. The US launched new attacks earlier today against the Houthis for a second straight day after the Iran-aligned group warned it would retaliate for a series of attacks on its facilities. Source: AlJazeera

Riyad Mansour, the Permanent Representative of Palestine to the United Nations, has called upon the UN Security Council and the international community to take immediate measures to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, stressing the urgent need to provide humanitarian assistance and halt the ongoing forced displacement of Palestinians. In letters addressed to the UN Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council for the current month (France), and the President of the UN General Assembly, Mansour highlighted Israel’s continued aggressive attacks against Palestinian civilians living under its occupation, spanning almost 100 days. Mansour expressed his concern, stating, “Despite the toll reaching…

Israeli occupation forces today detained six Palestinians, including a child , in a military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to local and security sources. The occupying Israeli army detained 17-year-old child Ahmed Soman, in addition to four siblings after raiding and inspecting their families’ houses. Forces reportedly seized a motorcycle belonging to a local citizen after breaking into and thoroughly searching his house during the raid. In a related context, Israeli army forces also raided and searched the homes of four prisoners. Source: WAFA

Israeli newspaper Haaretz says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to achieve desired objectives on the Gaza and Lebanon fronts and failed to manage the economic crisis in the occupation. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz criticized Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the occupation government, describing him on the eve of the 100-day war on the Gaza Strip as “the master of failure in multiple fields.” The critique highlighted his failures in the realms of security, diplomacy, and economics. The newspaper suggested that, after these prolonged days of the war, the government’s top priority should be the repatriation of Israeli captives from Gaza, even…

Israeli war crimes against Palestinians were to blame for heightened regional tension and violence that threatened to ignite a wider war in the Middle East, Jordan ’s foreign minister said on Friday. Ayman Safadi also voiced support for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over the war in Gaza, and said Amman was ready to submit legal documents and appear in court. “The Israeli aggression on Gaza and its continued committing of war crimes against the Palestinian people and violating international law with impunity are responsible for the rising tensions in the region,” he…

Cuban Foreign Minister condemns US and NATO ally attacks on Yemen, considering it an act that encourages genocide in Gaza. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned the attacks launched by the United States and NATO in Yemen and their violation of international law. Rodriguez considered that such actions encourage genocide in Gaza, reiterating the call for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian territories.  Furthermore, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed steadfast support for South Africa’s lawsuit filed before the International Court of Justice against ‘Israel,’ highlighting the crimes and acts of genocide committed against the Palestinian people. He emphatically declared, ‘We will never…

An Egyptian rights group has called on the government to fully open the Rafah crossing with Gaza, following remarks by Israeli officials before the ICJ that Egypt “is fully responsible for the Rafah crossing”. “The Sinai Foundation calls on the Egyptian authorities to assume their responsibilities, fully open the Rafah land crossing and allow the crossing of wounded Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for treatment, and also allow the entry of humanitarian and relief aid accumulated in the areas of Al-Arish and Rafah into the Gaza Strip without delay,” the group Sinai for Human Rights said in a social media…

In an address to the UN Security Council, Martin Griffiths has said that Israel’s campaign in Gaza is being waged “with almost no regard for the impact on civilian ”. “As ground operations move southward, aerial bombardments have intensified in areas where civilian were told to relocate,” Griffiths said, noting that UN facilities sheltering displaced Palestinians have come under “relentless attack”. Griffiths added that it’s difficult to imagine that Palestinians “would or could” move back to northern Gaza, which has been devastated by Israel’s assault. He also said that statements from Israeli cabinet members promoting the expulsion of Palestinian civilians…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it concluded the two-day public hearing of South Africa’s case, which accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ICJ said it will begin deliberations and will issue its decision in a public session, the date of which will be announced in due course. South Africa filed an 84-page application to the court in December, in which it accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The two-day hearing, which began on Thursday, dealt exclusively with South Africa’s request for urgent action to compel Israel to suspend its military operations in…

UNITED NATIONS, January 13. /TASS/. The US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen are an “obvious armed aggression” and constitute a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said on Friday.