Dearest friends, The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying – all sorts of injured Palestinians, all ages, all civilians, all innocent. The heroes in the ambulances and in all of Gaza’s hospitals are working 12-24 hour shifts, grey from fatigue and inhuman workloads (without payment …

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Ken Loach, Brian Eno, many more call for comprehensive military embargo on Israel, like that imposed on Apartheid South Africa. Israel has once again unleashed the full force of its military against the captive Palestinian population, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, in an inhumane and illegal act of military aggression. Israel’s ability to launch …

Thousands of civilians the world over took to the streets this past week to protest against the Israeli incursion in Gaza, calling on the world leaders to end the conflict.Since July 7th, Israel has killed over than 271 Palestinians and wounded over 1,770 people, destroyed at least 1,660 homes and displaced over 22,000 people. In Turkey, police warded off hundreds …

Islamic State (IS) extremists have killed 115 Syrian fighters of the Syrian regime, security guards and employees of the gas field they seized in the Homs province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. The monitor described Thursday’s hostile takeover of the Shaar gas field as the IS’ “biggest” anti-regime operation since it got involved in the Syrian …

On Thursday, the Chilean government suspended its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation with Israel, and said that it was considering withdrawing its ambassador to Israel, protesting against the Israeli assault on Gaza Strip. The Palestinian-Chilean parliamentary group, after meeting with ChileanMinister of Foreign Affairs Heraldo Munoz, said that the Chilean government will seek the condemnation of Israel by the UN …

On Friday, the UN Security Council demanded a full, international and independent probe into the reported shooting down of a Malaysian Airlines jet over Ukraine, with all the 298 passengers on board reported dead. “The members of the Security Council called for a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines and …

Israel pressed a large-scale ground offensive on Friday, as its assault on Gaza entered its 11th day. At the time of writing, the death toll of Palestinians stood at 271, according to numbers given out by medical officials. An Israeli soldier was killed when the offensive started, raising the death toll of Israelis to two, the Israeli army said. Three …

On Thursday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched his most harsh attack on Israel yet regarding the Israeli air campaign in Gaza, and accusing Israel of looking for a “systematic genocide” of Palestinians. Erdogan, a pious Mulsim who considers himself as a champion of the Palestinian cause, said that the last few days managed to intensify his rhetoric against …

On Thursday, Hamas denied that it had reached a ceasefire agreement with Israel, rejecting the claim of an Israeli official that they had reached a deal to stop the crossfire on Friday. “The news about a ceasefire is incorrect. There are continuing efforts but no agreement until now”, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said. Earlier, an Israeli official, on the …

On Thursday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave thought to the idea of holding a donors conference and use it to rebuild devastated Gaza, the Egyptian presidency said. Abbas and Sisi, who have discussed ways to end Israel’s aerial campaign on the enclave, also agreed to open Israeli crossing to the besieged strip and facilitate …