Author: Steven Sahiounie

A Palestinian resistance group, based in the occupied West Bank, has announced launching an “expanded operation” against the Israeli regime following the latter’s assassination of the group’s fighters. The Cradle online news magazine reported the development, citing a Tuesday statement by the group in question, which it identified as the Tulkarm Brigade. An umbrella organization of resistance fighters with different political affiliations, the brigade hails from the city of Tulkarm in northwestern West Bank. “We announce the start of an expanded operation for all brigades and groups from now until further notice,” the statement said. The announcement came a day after…

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The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas received US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah. The President discussed with the US Secretary of State the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, the efforts made to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the importance of accelerating the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, and enabling shelter centers and hospitals to operate as they provide what is necessary to alleviate the suffering of citizens. President Abbas warned of the danger of…

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Riyad Mansour, the UN Palestinian ambassador, told the UN General Assembly his people are “being slaughtered,” with entire families killed and stressed that “the horrors need to end and the only way to end them is a ceasefire”. “The whole world is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire,” he said, accusing Israel of “destroying everything to make Gaza unlivable”. But he added: “The Palestinian people are here to stay.” Israel’s far-right cabinet ministers have repeatedly called for the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from Gaza. Mansour said: “This assault is without precedent in modern history – in the scale and pace in the…

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