Israel’s Rafah invasion, rejection of the Hamas ceasefire deal, and US role
On Tuesday, a video circulating on social media by Palestinian journalists showed Israeli tanks ramming into the Palestinian side of the Rafah border.
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Hamas backs three-phase ceasefire deal, but Israel does not
Phase One includes a 42-day ceasefire period, Hamas releasing 33 Israeli hostages, Israel releasing Palestinians from Israeli jails, Israel partially withdrawing troops from Gaza,…
At OIC moot, Pakistan FM voices support for Palestine’s bid to become full UN member
Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday also extended Pakistan’s support for the resumption of the peace process for the realisation of a “viable, contiguous and sovereign”…
Why Palestinians can count on American students but not Arab allies to protest
Reasons for the comparative quiet on Arab campuses and streets may range from a fear of angering autocratic governments to political differences with Hamas and its Iranian backers…
Has the war in Gaza exposed limitations of free speech in the US?
It is a cause for concern across the world when the US, which is considered by much of the Western and developed world as the arbiter of human rights and specifically free speech,…
The story of Gaza genocide survivor in Bangladesh
Kamel Abu Amsha, a 24-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, provides a devastating testimony of 170 days of carnage.
Gaza protests: UCLA pro-Palestinian camp attacked by Israel supporters
On the other side of the country, New York police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators holed up in a building at Columbia University and removed a protest encampment on Tuesday…
Cairo-Riyadh talks boost hope on Gaza truce
Hamas had said on April 27 they had received Israel's response to their own position on the Gaza cease-fire — submitted to the mediators Egypt and Qatar on April 13 —and were…
Gaza war tests Indonesia’s free and active foreign policy
Even with the absence of a mediating role, Indonesia should be seen championing an independent Palestinian state and full membership of the United Nations.
World has failed Gaza: Saudi at Global Economic Summit
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Palestinian leaders, and high-ranking officials from other countries trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas are attending the…