UK government to block arms exports to Israel if military action resumes
Announcement comes after lengthy dispute between leading Tories and Liberal Democrats over restriction of arms sales The British government will suspend some…
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52% of UK voters believe Israel acted disproportionately over Gaza – poll
Guardian/ICM survey, which also found greater opposition to Israel than Palestinians, appears to find support for Lady Warsi who resigned over the…
Living with loss in Gaza – in pictures
Guardian photographer Sean Smith documents bereaved and wounded Palestinians trying to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of the conflict with Israel…
Israeli forces attack Palestinian protesters in West Bank
One Palestinian has been seriously injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces said they opened fire in…
Israel army distributes shocking photos of Gaza as souvenir
Israeli army sources say pictures of a devastated Gaza neighborhood have been distributed among Israeli soldiers as a memento. The photos, showing…
Israel-Hamas talks have made no progress: Israel official
A top Israeli official says the ongoing indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian delegates in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on a lasting…
Tehran blasts Egypt for delay in transferring wounded Palestinians to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran lashed out at Cairo for delaying delivery of Iran’s humanitarian aids to the war-hit Gaza Strip and transferring the…
Out of the carnage of Gaza a new spirit: we are all Palestinians
The world has witnessed the daily brutality of Israel’s collective punishment and our cause is now stronger On this bloody international battlefield…
Tehrani women support mothers of Gaza
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – More than 500 Tehrani women gathered at Azadi Square Tuesday morning to voice their support for mothers…
Veteran actor Entezami, family ask UN to stop Israeli war on Gaza
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – Veteran Iranian actor Ezzatollah Entezami went to the United Nations Office in Tehran on Monday to ask…
Gaza homes ‘uninhabitable’ as tens of thousands come back to rubble
United Nations says the level of destruction is ‘unprecedented’ as 30,000 people in Beit Hanoun alone must be rehoused Tens of thousands…
Human Rights Watch staff denied entry to Egypt
Egyptian authorities have barred the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and another senior staff member from entering the country ahead…
Jewish MP deplores Gaza situation as genocide, organized crimes
Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA – Representative of the Jewish Community at the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Siamak Moresadeq on Monday decried the ongoing…
Why are the Arab Gulf countries silent on Gaza?
Instead of aiming their diplomatic guns at each other, the Gulf states must use their influence to shore up support for Gaza…
250,000 Gazans have no home following Israeli attacks
At least 250,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have no home to return to as the Israeli regime’s relentless military attacks have…
Top commander: Countdown starts for shift in West Bank’s struggling model
TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri announced that the Palestinians in the West…
What we lost when Baroness Warsi resigned
Diversity in the government, as in any workplace, is about valuing different worldviews – if minorities feel their opinions don’t matter, they…
Muslim unity sole way to resolve Palestine issue: Zawawi
The Palestinian ambassador to Iran says unity among Muslim states is the sole way to resolve the issue of Palestine and liberate…
Israel suffered ignominious defeat in Gaza: Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has slammed the Israeli regime’s military onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza, saying the Tel Aviv regime suffered a…
UN official warns against continued Gaza blockade
A senior UN humanitarian official says there will be no end in sight to the fighting in the Gaza Strip unless Israel…
Students stage protest rally in front of UN Tehran office against Israeli war on Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Thousands of students, in a rally in front of the United Nations office in Tehran on Monday, shouted protest against…
Iranian vice-speaker urges Int’l community to bring Israeli war criminals to justice
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament’s First Vice-Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard strongly condemned the recent Israeli attacks on the defenseless Palestinians in the Gaza…
Life stirs in Gaza as new 72-hour truce takes hold
A 72-hour ceasefire took hold in Gaza Monday, as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators headed to Cairo in search of a long-term solution to…
Israel, Palestinians agree to new 3-day truce in Gaza strip
Israel and Gaza Strip militants agreed to Egypt’s proposal for another 72-hour truce, to give negotiators time to try to craft a more enduring accord. Media…
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian child in West Bank
An eleven-year-old Palestinian has been shot dead outside his home by Israeli troops near the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron),…
Netanyahu vows to continue aggression on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to press ahead with deadly military operation against the blockaded Gaza Strip. Netanyahu told a…
IRGC commander: Continued war better option for Palestinians
TEHRAN (FNA)- IRGC Lieutenant Commander Brigadier General Hossein Salami said given the biased ceasefire plan proposed by Egypt, continued resistance and war…
Gaza talks: Hamas says Israel not serious about Cairo summit
Negotiations mediated by Egypt in chaos as Israelis say they ‘will not negotiate under fire’ and Palestinians threaten to leave Attempts at…
Entire Israel within range of resistance missiles: Iran cmdr.
A senior Iranian commander says the entire Israel is within the range of the missiles of the Palestinian resistance movement. “Today, all…
Gaza under fire as Cairo talks face crunch point
Israeli warplanes kept up their pressure on Gaza Sunday as truce talks in Cairo faced moment of truth with the Palestinians threatening…
Palestinians warn to quit talks if Israel does not return
Palestinian negotiators have warned that they will quit the talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, if Israeli negotiators do not show up…
Judiciary officials, staff call for trial of Zionists leaders
Tehran, Aug 10, IRNA – Judiciary officials and staff in a protest gathering on Sunday condemned Israeli crimes in Gaza and called…
Pro-Palestinian activists march to UN headquarters
NEW YORK (AP) — A sea of Palestinians and their sympathizers lined Manhattan streets Saturday, marching to the United Nations and shouting…
1000s join mass funeral for Palestinian killed by Israel
Tens of thousands of Palestinian mourners have attended a mass funeral for a young protester killed by Israeli forces in the occupied…
Gaza protests: tens of thousands gather in London to call for end to conflict
Pro-Palestine groups hold march as Disasters Emergency Committee appeal raises more than £4.5m in 24 hours Thousands of protesters gathered in London on Saturday…
Iranian MP: Egyptian authorities not cooperating on Gaza visit
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Iranian lawmaker announced on Saturday that the parliament is still making efforts to dispatch a delegation of…
UNRWA urges end to Israeli blockade of Gaza
The United Nations has called on Israel to lift its seven-year blockade on the Gaza Strip and end the ongoing deadly attacks…
Hamas official criticizes Egyptˈs ceasefire proposals
Tehran, Aug 9, IRNA – Hamas representative to Iran Khalid al-Qoddoumi on Saturday criticized Egyptˈs ceasefire proposal and thanked Iranˈs diplomatic support…
Israeli warplanes kill more Palestinians in Gaza
At least five Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in a series of fresh Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza…
Iranian FM: Zionists defeated in war on Palestinians
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Israeli regime is looking for a way to escape the war that…