Palestinian Embassy seeks temporary status for Gazans who entered Egypt during war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Palestinian Embassy in Egypt is seeking temporary residency permits for tens of thousands of people who have arrived from Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, which it says would ease conditions for them until the conflict is over. Diab al-Louh, the Palestinian ambassador in Cairo, said as many as […]
US calls out Israel and Hamas after Gaza aid shipment attacked, diverted
Washington DC, US Reuters The US on Thursday called on both Israel and Hamas to ensure that aid bound for civilians in Gaza is not disrupted, after a shipment from Jordan was attacked by Israeli settlers and subsequently diverted by Palestinian militants. Secretary of State Antony Blinken viewed the aid on Tuesday just before it […]
Conversations: Mercy Aiken, co-author of ‘Yet In The Dark Streets Shining’
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Mercy Aiken, recently on tour in Australia to talk about her book on the life of Bethlehem Bible College founder, Bishara Awad…
Blinken says US cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan
Ashdod, Israel Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday he has still not seen a plan for Israel’s planned offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah that would protect civilians, repeating that Washington could not support such an assault. Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem for two-and-a-half […]
Updated: Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University
Updated: 5:30pm (AEST) New York City, US Reuters New York City police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed-up in an academic building on Columbia University campus late on Tuesday and removed a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President Minouche […]
Bakeries bring bread to north Gaza but hunger persists
Gaza/Doha, Qatar Reuters Asmaa al-Belbasi walks an hour to her nearest bakery each day to fetch bread for her children and other relatives in the north Gaza districts where aid agencies say famine still looms despite rising supplies. The route can be dangerous, along streets strewn with rubble from blown-up buildings that are impassable to […]
UN warns Israel assault on Gaza’s Rafah on “immediate horizon”
United Nations Reuters The United Nations on Tuesday warned that an Israeli assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip was “on the immediate horizon” and that “incremental” progress by Israel on aid access to the enclave could not be used to prepare for or justify an operation. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed for states with […]
Israel concerned over possible ICC arrest warrants related to Gaza war
Jerusalem Reuters Israel is voicing concern that the International Criminal Court could be preparing to issue arrest warrants for government officials on charges related to the conduct of its war against Hamas. The ICC – which can charge individuals with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide – is investigating Hamas’ 7th October cross-border attack […]
Essay: Despair in the Holy Land
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that we have to persevere for peace and have hope because the alternative is too terrible to imagine…
Israeli strikes kill at least 40 Palestinians in Gaza, as ceasefire talks begin
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of Palestinians on Monday as Hamas leaders visited Cairo for a new round of truce talks, with more than half the dead in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which foreign leaders have urged Israel not to invade. Hours after the strikes on Rafah, where almost half of […]