DUBAI: The outpouring of support to Gaza from both the Saudi government and people has demonstrated the Arab world’s commitment to helping Palestinians, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of Saudi aid agency KSrelief, has said. He suggested one need look no further than the figure of more than SR536.25 million ($143 million) already collected in donations … Read more
KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories: At almost exactly the same time Israeli negotiators pulled out of deadlocked truce talks in Qatar on Saturday, Israeli jets sent a prestige Doha-funded housing development in the Gaza Strip up in smoke.Hamad City is named for the former emir of the Gulf petro-state, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, who laid … Read more
Newcastle demand UEFA apology as Eddie Howe shuts down discussion of Mbappe comments NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe on Friday demanded an apology from UEFA and called for fewer calls to be made by the video assistant referee after the club’s Champions League heartbreak this week. The Magpies are still reeling from the … Read more
ATHENS: “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Spanish-American philosopher’s George Santayana’s poignant quote is still relevant nearly a century after he wrote it as the list of full-blown and low-intensity conflicts worldwide grows longer every year. The unprecedented violence seen in the continuing war between Israel and Hamas has claimed the lives … Read more
Saudi Arabia issues rallying cry at UN for end to war and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza NEW YORK CITY: Saudi Arabia has once again called for an “immediate end to military operations” in Gaza, as the Kingdom’s ambassador to the UN issued a rallying cry for collective international efforts to end the humanitarian catastrophe in … Read more
BURLINGTON, USA: Vigils for three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot in Vermont over the weekend prompted calls for authorities to recognize the violence as a hate crime, and for unity among the Jewish and Arab communities. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arrested and held without bail on three counts of attempted murder. … Read more
LONDON: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Friday called for an end to Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, news agency Wafa reported. Shtayyeh made the remarks during a meeting with Portuguese Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho and Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon at his office in … Read more
CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Friday appeared to discredit the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process and instead called on the international community to recognize the Palestinian state. During a joint news conference with the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium in Cairo, El-Sisi said reviving the process aimed at ending the Israel-Palestinian conflict “may … Read more
Ex-Obama adviser says killing 4,000 Palestinian children ‘wasn’t enough’ in viral racist rant LONDON: A former adviser to Barack Obama said that killing 4,000 Palestinian children “wasn’t enough” in a viral racist rant directed at an Arab food vendor in New York. Stuart Seldowitz served as acting director for the National Security Council South Asia … Read more
