Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
Tag: Palestine Resistence
Israel Laser Defense
Amid an escalation of tensions between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas government, Palestinians have launched hundreds of incendiary devices carried by balloons over the border into Israel. Now, Israel has developed a laser defense system – the first of its kind in the world – to shoot them down
Israel/OPT: Unlawful ‘Annexation’ Plan Promotes ‘Law...
Annexation is the claim to acquire territory by force and is a flagrant violation of international law. Such a step by Israel would violate the UN Charter, jus cogens norms of international law, and obligations under international humanitarian law. The prohibition on the acquisition of territory by force is enshrined as a fundamental principle in Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.
Israel Settlement Annexation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to impose Israeli sovereignty on more than 130 Jewish settlements, as laid out in President Trump’s Deal of the Century, the U.S. administration’s peace plan. Palestinians strongly oppose the plan, and while most Jewish settlers support it, some settlers worry it could lead to a Palestinian state in the part of the West Bank that is not annexed
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, arrives to address the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Behind him is Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations
West Bank Palestinians Say Peace Further...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recently announced Middle East peace plan calls for Israel to keep control over all of Jerusalem, with its Jewish, Christian and Muslim holy sites. The plan envisions the capital of the Palestinian state in outlying suburban neighborhoods of Jerusalem such as Abu Dis, which is technically in the West Bank
Boutique Hotel at the Separation Wall...
In Bethlehem, the town where Christians believe Jesus was born, a hotel designed by famed graffiti artist Banksy offers a different kind of Christmas. The Walled Off Hotel abuts the separation wall which Israel has built on its border with the Palestinian West Bank, and has now become a canvas for protest
Good News
A Museum in Washington D.C. dedicated to Palestine Causes and highlights the Palestine Culture and Heritage. A special report Drones are being used as a new weapon in the fight against Malaria on the island of Zanzibar. In the village of Cheju in particular, drones are spraying a silicone-based liquid on large stretches of stagnant …
Arab Parliamentarians Want the Israeli Government...
Violence in Israeli Arab communities is growing. Seventy-nine people have been murdered so far this year. In some areas, parents are afraid to let their children out of their homes at night
UN Security Council Considers Situation in...
Nickolay Mladenov UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, speaks with Riyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, ahead of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question
Unfazed by Conflict, Palestinian Winemaker Keeps...
Seemingly untouched by decades of conflict, a Christian winery near Bethlehem has been making wine since 1885