US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to the statements of Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister in Doha, on 13 October 2023 (AFP) By Azad Essa in New York City and Umar A Farooq in Washington Published date: 25 October 2023 23:13 BST | Last update: 1 day 3 hours ago US State Department staff are preparing urgent dissent cables over Washington’s support for Israel‘s relentless bombing campaign of Gaza, …
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Israel-Palestine war: Senior US State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a press conference in Tel Aviv, on 17 October 2023, after an overnight meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP) By MEE staff Published date: 19 October 2023 02:18 BST | Last update: 1 week 19 hours ago A senior official at the US State Department issued his resignation on Wednesday evening, citing the Biden administration’s approach to …
Read More »Spanish minister calls on Europe to sever ties with Israel
The Acting Minister for Social Rights and Agenda 2030, Ione Belarra, speaking at the Official College of Architects of Madrid, Spain on 18 October, 2023 [Gustavo Valiente/Europa Press via Getty Images] Spain’s acting Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra, called on European countries to sever diplomatic relations with Israel and impose an arms embargo and economic sanctions. Belarra said …
Read More »What is Happening in Gaza is “Inhumane, illegal, and Unacceptable” By Thalif Deen
A young girl eats bread distributed by World Food Programme, at a school shelter in Gaza. Credit: WFP/Ali Jadallah UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 2023 (IPS) – Last August, 91 UN member states, “in a demonstration of solidarity and commitment”, signed a U.S.-Led Joint Communiqué condemning the Use of Food as a Weapon of War. Roughly 345 million people – in …
Read More »US asks Qatar to ‘tone down’ Al Jazeera – Axios
Influencing the network would show Doha’s change of heart about Hamas FILE PHOTO: Picture of the newsroom of the Aljazeera news station in the capital city of Qatar, Doha © Jan Kuhlmann / picture alliance via Getty Images US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked the Qatari government to change its relationship with Hamas, starting with the way Al Jazeera …
Read More »Zionist think tank publishes blueprint for Palestinian genocide
By Kit Klarenberg In a white paper released over a week after the Hamas-led surprise attack on Israeli military bases and kibbutzes, The Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy outlined “a plan for resettlement and final rehabilitation in Egypt of the entire population of Gaza,” based on the “unique and rare opportunity to evacuate the entire Gaza Strip” that Israel’s …
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