Tag: Palestine
Nigerians react to video of Muslims raising Palestine flag in Osun
A video circulating online has sparked outrage among Nigerians after showing a group of Muslims, including children and adults, raising…
Fragile Ceasefire: Heartbreak in Gaza as families dig through rubbles for loved ones
With cemeteries also destroyed, families are resorting to burying loved ones in home gardens or beside damaged graves. Civil defence…
Trump to speak at UN after France recognises Palestinian state
US President Donald Trump will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, along with leaders from Jordan and Qatar.
Badenoch blasts Starmer over Palestine recognition
Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch, has torn into Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the UK formally recognised the State of…
Historic Shift: UK, Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state
coordinated announcement, made on Saturday, comes just days ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, where the issue of Palestinian…
Israel-Palestine conflict: Nigeria, 141 countries endorse 2-State solution
Israel voted against it, alongside nine other countries: Argentina, Hungary, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga and the…
17 dead as Israel presses new Gaza offensive
Palestinian media reports by WAFA and others said that a special unit of the Israeli army had killed a commander…
Spain to join Norway, Ireland in recognising Palestinian state
Before the announcement, some 143 out of 193 member-states of the United Nations recognised a Palestinian state. European countries have…
Israel recalls envoys from Norway, Ireland over Palestine recognition
I have instructed the immediate recall of Israel’s ambassadors to Ireland and Norway for consultations in light of these countries’…
UN General Assembly presses Security Council to consider Palestine’s full membership
Mansour said after holding observer status for 50 years, “we wish from all those who invoke the UN Charter to…
U.S vetoes Palestine’s request for full UN membership
“This vote does not reflect opposition to Palestinian statehood, but instead is an acknowledgment that it will only come from…
Palestine welcomes Canada’s halt of arms export to Israel
Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through…
U.S. stands by two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Envoy
Greene who was responding to a question on how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears to have divided the world, including Africa,…
Israel completes 10% of plan to destroy Hamas – Reports
Israel’s plan to destroy the Palestinian movement Hamas is 10% complete, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday, citing a…
Gaza: Fuel supply set to run out in 3 days, says UN agency
UNRWA also published its latest situation report on Sunday, which revealed that 13 more staff members have been killed since…
More than 1,000 dead in Israel, 830 in Palestine as Hamas, Israeli’s war rages on
Hamas' surprise attack on Israel leading to the death of several Israelites fueled the war, as Israeli's troops have continued…
Israel hits Palestinian targets in tit for tat
The Israel-Gaza frontier has been relatively calm since May 2021, when Israel and Palestinian militants fought an 11-day war.
Israel calls in ground troops as Gaza death toll tops 109
At least 109 people, including 29 children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli bombs over the previous four days…
Saudi Arabia names price to resume ties with Israel
Saudi Arabia has named its price for normalising relations with Israel. It is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state…
Ties with Israel: Palestinians hammer UAE as sell-out
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday rejected the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, describing it…
Jewish New Year: Israel set to seal off West Bank and Gaza
Israeli authorities said it would seal off the West Bank and Gaza Strip for two days ahead of Jewish New…
Hamas endorses initiative to hold Palestinian elections by 2020
Hamas Chief, Ismail Haniyeh announced on Thursday that his Islamic movement has accepted the initiative of eight Palestinian factions to…
Israeli military kills 3 Palestinians at Gaza border – reports
The Israeli military opened fire at a group of Palestinians as they tried to cross the Gaza border, killing three…
Iranians reject Trump Mideast plan, march for Palestine
In a clear solidarity for their Palestinian brothers, tens of thousands of Iranians marking the annual “Quds (Jerusalem) Day” in…
Nigeria calls on Israel, Palestine to end hostilities
Nigeria has called on Israel and Palestine to end all forms hostilities between them and work towards peace in the…
Palestine slams Israeli new settlement plans
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry slammed on Thursday an Israeli declaration to build a new settlement in the West Bank’s southern…
U.S. attacking international law with UN funding cuts – Palestine
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said on Tuesday that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to UN…
Palestine asks ICC to investigate alleged Israeli human rights crimes
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Tuesday submitted a request asking the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged human rights…
Gaza protests: UN chief urges Israel, Palestine to avoid further bloodshed
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to show restraint, as Gaza violence left dozens…
Palestine calls on ICC to investigate “Israeli war crimes”
The Palestinian national unity government on Tuesday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an immediate investigation into “Israeli…