Cairo. Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 25 Palestinians and wounded many others, doctors reported Monday, as Egyptian and Qatari mediators were expected to hold a meeting in Cairo. new round of ceasefire talks with Hamas leaders. In Gaza City, in the north of the strip, … Read more
Riad. The British Foreign Minister, David Cameron, stated this Monday that the plan proposed to the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for a truce in Gaza includes a forty-day ceasefire. Cameron said in Riyadh during the World Economic Forum (WEF) that Hamas received “a very generous offer of a 40-day ceasefire, the potential release of thousands … Read more
Nueva York Y Washington. Students defied orders from academic authorities to clear sit-ins at dozens of universities, including Columbia in New York, where instead of leaving they received support from hundreds of other students and professors along with outside supporters, as the movement against Israel’s war in Gaza and American complicity is expanding in both … Read more
Hague. The highest court of the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday rejected a request from Nicaragua to order Germany to suspend military and other aid to Israel, as well as the renewal of funding for the world body’s aid agency in Gaza. . The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said the legal conditions for issuing … Read more
Tel Aviv. The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, pledged this Tuesday to launch an incursion on Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are taking refuge from a war that has lasted seven months. Netanyahu noted that Israel will enter Rafah to destroy the Hamas battalions present there “with … Read more
Bogota. Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday that he will break diplomatic relations with Israel for its war actions in the Gaza Strip and reiterated that he considers them a “genocide,” as he has warned since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. “Tomorrow diplomatic relations with the State of Israel will … Read more
Ashdod. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Hamas to accept the new truce proposal in the Gaza Strip and reaffirmed his opposition to an Israeli invasion of Rafah, in the south of the war-torn Palestinian territory. Blinken stated in Tel Aviv that the United States is determined to achieve “a ceasefire that … Read more
Mexico City. This Thursday, Mexico reaffirmed its support for Palestine to be a full member of the United Nations (UN). The Mexican representative to the UN, Héctor Vasconcelos, participated in the open debate of the UN Security Council (CSONU) on the situation in the Middle East. There he emphasized the call to the parties to … Read more
Washington. The President of the United States, Joe Biden, signed into law this Wednesday that includes humanitarian aid for Gaza and asked Israel to ensure that it “reaches the Palestinians” in this territory without delay. “We are going to immediately guarantee that aid and get it there,” including “food, medical supplies, drinking water,” Biden said … Read more
Mexico yesterday reaffirmed its support for Palestine to be a full member of the United Nations (UN) and demanded that the Security Council live up to its responsibility to avoid a generalization of war in the Middle East. The Mexican representative before the international organization, Héctor Vasconcelos, participated in the open debate of the Security … Read more