After more than a year of Israeli bombing, tens of thousands of Palestinian deaths, and a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, the world was largely united in saying “enough is enough”. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution 12667 in December was clear in its demand: An immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Countries as diverse as Vietnam, Zimbabwe…
Columbia University in crosshairs as video of Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest released – CBS News Watch CBS News Newly-released video shows the moment U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took legal permanent resident and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil into custody from his Columbia University apartment last weekend, while his wife, who is eight months pregnant, was…
US president says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians from Gaza’, reversing earlier comments on emptying the war-torn territory of its population. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem has welcomed United States President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposed permanent displacement of more than two million Palestinians from Gaza. The statement by the Hamas official came after Trump…
The White House has confirmed that the Trump administration engaged in direct talks with Hamas, saying the discussions align with US interests. Following this, President Donald Trump threatened Palestinians in Gaza with deadly consequences if all captives were not released. Here is what we know: What do we know about the US-Hamas direct talks? The…
Hamas calls Israel’s move ‘cheap blackmail’ and a ‘coup’ on the ceasefire agreement between the two sides. Israel has issued a threat to Hamas, saying there would be “consequences” if the Palestinian group did not agree to extend the now-ended phase one of the ceasefire agreement following a proposal put forward by the United States…
The Israeli army has acknowledged its “complete failure” to prevent the October 7 attack by Hamas, admitting that it had, for years, underestimated the Palestinian group’s capabilities. The summary of an Israeli army investigation, published on Thursday, said it “failed in its mission to protect Israeli civilians”. “October 7 was a complete failure, the IDF…
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Hong Kong director Jun Li Jun-shuo has said he received threats and insults from German right-wingers after reading out a pro-Palestine speech by an Iranian actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, which triggered a police probe. He also told the Post that he was not worried about his safety, adding that he planned to…
German police have launched an investigation after Hong Kong director Jun Li Jun-shuo read out a pro-Palestine speech by an Iranian actor at the Berlin International Film Festival. Local police confirmed on Thursday they were looking into the incident, but it was not immediately clear whether Li was also under investigation. “The statement [by Li]…
As world leaders gathered in Munich, Germany, for Europe’s top annual security conference, placating, pleasing, and managing US President Donald Trump stood as a top agenda. Trump’s phone call to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s disruptive speech challenging Europe, and, by association, the very nature of trans-Atlantic alliances, and demands to end the…