Author: Steven Sahiounie

South Africa ‘s Minister of Justice, Ronald Lamola, stood firm today outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, maintaining that Israel has failed to refute South Africa’s lawsuit accusing the occupying regime of committing the crime of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. “The State of Israel today has failed to disprove South Africa ‘s compelling case that was presented before the ICJ yesterday. We stand by the facts, the law, and all the evidence we have submitted,” Lamola asserted. Despite Israel’s defense today, South Africa maintains its belief that Israel is acting in violation of the Genocide…

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Syria condemned the US- British air strikes on Yemeni cities and called this aggression against the Yemeni people a threat to security and stability in the Red Sea region and the navigation therein, Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement on Friday. “Syria considers this aggression a desperate attempt to divert the attention of world public opinion from the war crimes committed by “Israel” against the Palestinian people,” the statement read. These attacks confirm once again that the United States is a complicit in Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, the statement indicated. The statement criticized statements of the…

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Massive protests have erupted in Yemen as Yemeni denounce the joint military invasion conducted by the United States and the United Kingdom against their country. Angered Yemeni people took to the streets in extensive demonstrations across the country, expressing their condemnation of the collective aggression on their soil by the US and the UK. On the ninety-eighth day of Israeli offensive against Gaza Strip in Palestine, the United States and the United Kingdom executed a joint attack on Yemeni soil in support of the Zionist regime. The Yemeni army issued a statement reporting 73 instances of joint attacks by the…

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Israel is shortly slated to begin its push against a case presented by South Africa to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) detailing genocidal acts committed in Gaza. A string of Israeli officials and legal advisers linked with the government will soon take to the floor in The Hague to present their counterarguments. South African lawyers presented a sturdy case on Thursday against Israel. You can read the key takeaways here. Source: AlJazeera

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China expressed concern on Friday over escalating tensions in the Red Sea, urging “all relevant parties” to avoid further conflicts in the region, according to spokesperson Mao Ning. Mao Ning’s comments were in response to the US and UK launching an attack in Yemen, a direct response to Yemeni assaults on an Israeli-linked merchant ship in the Red Sea. Beijing emphasized the need for the involved parties to “remain calm and exercise restraint,” as reported by the daily Global Times. The airstrikes were prompted by ongoing drone and missile strikes by the Yemeni military on Israeli-owned shipping lanes in the…

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UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, has condemned Israeli genocide in Gaza in her newly released book, which was presented on Thursday at the European Union representative office in the Italian capital, Rome.

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