Türkiye declares Israeli annexation efforts in West Bank 'null and void'

Türkiye issued a sharp rebuke Wednesday following the Israeli parliament's advancement of bills seeking to annex the occupied West Bank, declaring the move "null and void" under international law, APA reports. The Turkish foreign ministry released...

Quarter million tons of waste threaten residents of Gaza City, authorities warn

More than a quarter million tons of waste have piled up across Gaza City amid severe water shortages and sewage leaks, creating “environmental and health disasters” for thousands of Palestinians, municipal authorities said Monday, Anadolu reports....

MoFA receives credentials copy from new Palestinian Ambassador

UAE emphasises strengthening bilateral relations Alshamsi wished the new Ambassador success in her duties and highlighted the UAE’s commitment to enhancing relations between the United Arab Emirates and the State of Palestine across all fields....

Jordan's King: International force in Gaza must maintain, not impose, peace

King Abdullah II of Jordan has cautioned that any international force deployed in Gaza under the ceasefire plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump should focus solely on "maintaining" peace, not "imposing" it. In an interview with the BBC,...

Palestinians fear that rebuilding Gaza from the ground up is not enough

The rough outline of loss in Gaza is easily visible from space. Eighty-four per cent of what humans built there has been destroyed. More than 61 million tons of rubble lie strewn across its battered landscape, enough to build the Great Pyramid of...

'Starmer Has A Chance To Go Big On Delivering Climate Action – And He Must Not Wimp Out'

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated calling for tougher action against climate change just days before the Oct. 29 general election in the Netherlands, in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Next week, the government faces a huge...

61m tons of rubble, toxic waste, hidden bombs: Gaza's giant clear-up

Clearing the rubble is just the start of the monumental and dangerous task of rebuilding Gaza. /Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters Clearing the rubble is just the start of the monumental and dangerous task of rebuilding Gaza. /Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters...

History and the war on Gaza

Escape from the eastern part of Khan Younis, Gaza on 02 July 2024, after residents were ordered by the Israeli army to leave their neighbourhoods, photo: Zumapress.com | Naaman Omar via picture alliance. According to historian Rashid Khalidi, the...

Palestinian Displacement Post-1948: Internal Conflicts and Missed Opportunities

The quest for Palestinian national representation has been undermined not by external forces alone, but by a self-defeating cycle of factional infighting that has persisted for over five decades. The Lost Promise of 1970 When Egyptian President...

Engaged Buddhism: Tzu Chi Volunteers Offer Free Dental Care for Displaced Gaza Families in Jordan

Volunteers for the Taiwan-headquartered global Buddhist charity and humanitarian organization Tzu Chi Charity Foundation recently provided dental services and emergency medical assistance in Amman, Jordan, to vulnerable families displaced by the...

King Abdullah II to BBC: International Forces Are Not the Entity to Enforce Peace in Gaza

The British BBC channel published excerpts from an interview with King Abdullah II, in which he stated that countries would reject being asked to "enforce" peace in Gaza if deployed under Trump’s ceasefire plan, emphasizing the difference between...

Prominent Jewish Figures Call On World Leaders to 'Refuse' Complicity in Israeli Crimes in Gaza, West Bank

With the Palestinian news agency in Gaza reporting that Israel has violated the 12-day-old ceasefire agreement with Hamas at least 80 times and killed at least 80 people in the exclave, more than 460 prominent Jewish artists, writers, rights...

King of Jordan says Arab nations will object to ‘enforcing’ ceasefire in Gaza

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For one militia leader, rebuilding Gaza could mean big business

The skies over Gaza are, for now, mostly clear. The bombing has abated and the guns have fallen largely silent. What remains after two years of relentless destruction is an appalling human toll and a landscape reduced to rubble. Rebuilding a...

Who is Lucy Powell and what's her stance on Palestine?

MP for Manchester Central Lucy Powell has become deputy leader of the Labour Party after beating Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson by almost 14,000 votes. Who is Lucy Powell? Lucy Powell has been MP for Manchester Central since 2012 after...

European Commissioner: Marwan Barghouti Could Be the “Palestinian Nelson Mandela”

Haja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness, and Crisis Management, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “not the convincing leader capable” of achieving peace in the Middle East, expressing doubts about his...

Queen Rania Criticizes International Community’s Failure to Stop Gaza War for Two Years

Queen Rania Al Abdullah praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his efforts in achieving a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, noting that he used U.S. diplomatic, military, and financial leverage to pressure Israel.اضافة اعلان In an interview on...

Trump’s Test in Gaza & Ukraine

Real peace demands Palestinian statehood, Ukrainian neutrality and the courage to defy the war lobby, write Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares. President Donald Trump is presented with the Richard Nixon Architect of Peace Award on Oct. 21 during a...

Jordan: JBA, PJBF discuss boosting economic cooperation with Palestine

AMMAN — The Jordanian Businessmen Association (JBA) and Palestinian-Jordanian Business Forum (PJBF), discussed ways to boost economic, trade and investment cooperation between Jordan and Palestine. The meeting went over means to develop trade...

The Gaza Flotilla and the Erosion of Peace

Allegations that Israeli authorities mistreated hundreds of detainees following the seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla have drawn sharp condemnation from the international community. After the neutralization of over 40 ships carrying...