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It is necessary to abide by the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas and halt the "Israeli aggression" on Gaza, the statement said. The GCC countries support "the sovereignty of the Palestinian people over all occupied Palestinian territories," it said, demanding urgent collective a...
The Israeli government approved a plan on Sunday to expand settlements in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory currently occupied by Israel, according to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. According to the statement, the plan aims to double the Israeli population in...
The move by the three European countries was the latest example of Israel's increasing international isolation, both over the civilian casualties resulting from its tactics in the Gaza war, as well as its over longstanding policies such as building Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian territories...
The Palestinian leadership has long accused Trump of pro-Israel bias and denounced the Arab rapprochement with Israel, even though Netanyahu agreed, in return for normalization with the UAE, to suspend a plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. Articl...
Deadly violence also broke out in the occupied West Bank. Some of the deadliest days of the fighting last year were in December, when a series of Israeli airstrikes killed hundreds across Gaza. READ: Who Lives in Israel and Gaza? Ukraine Estimated death toll: 30,700 Nearly 1 in 5 of ...
For 30 years, Armenian settler colonialists occupied these lands and committed crimes against humanity while the world looked on silently as an area larger than Lebanon endured a brutal occupation. However, when Azerbaijan decided to reassert her national sovereignty and enforce international law, the...
An Ipsos poll on public attitudes toward the Russia-Ukraine conflict reveals, unsurprisingly, a stark divide between the Global North and South. While 82 per cent of people agreed that the conflict poses great global risk, only 39 per cent (entirely in the north) disagreed with the proposit...
However, the search for a peaceful solution has been given new urgency by the 11-month-long war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas - the bloodiest episode yet in the overall conflict - as well as escalating violence...
In a televised speech following a cabinet meeting on the first day of the ceasefire, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Israel to "fully commit to the ceasefire resolution, withdraw from all areas and sites it has occupied, and implement resolution 1701 in total." ...