South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to take emergency measures against Israel.
Shafaqna English-UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Israel to halt any escalating . “I urge the government of Israel to stop any escalation, and engage constructively in the ongoing diplomatic talks,” he told reporters. Guterres described the potential ceasefire agreement for Gaza as a “crucial opportunity that the region –
John Nichols The ICC prosecutor’s decision to seek arrest warrants against Israeli leaders puts it beyond doubt: It’s time to cut off the weapons.
Israel criticised the UN, accusing it of not delivering “surplus” aid into Gaza as it insisted a key crossing into the strip was open.]]>
The decision by President Biden to withhold the shipments of military aid unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abandons its strategy for defeating Hamas by invading Rafah is unconstitutional.
Israel’s military operation in Rafah and the seizure of Gaza’s only land crossing dampened hopes for a ceasefire, eliciting global backlash. The UN warned of an impending disaster in Gaza, while the U.S. intelligence chief discussed halting operations with the Israeli Prime Minister. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, responded Wednesday, May 8, […]
Following President Joe Biden stating that he would withhold certain weapons from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas war, Republicans were confronted on Sunday over former President Ronald Reagan's similar stance to leverage military aid to Israel.On October 7, 2023, Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, launched an attack against Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage. In the months that followed, Israel's offensive has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza, the...
Germany's Ministry of Defence has requested additional funding for military aid to Ukraine from the government. Berlin aims to increase the volume of military aid to Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence has requested an additional €3.8 billion from the German government for the procurement of weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as reported by BILD. Previously, Germany had already allocated €7.1 billion for military aid to Kyiv for 2024. The Ministry of Defence aims to raise the total amount of...
The cat is out of the bag.US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed the flood of media leaks that Washington had halted a shipment of munitions, especially large bombs, to pressure Israel into refraining from a large invasion of Rafah in Gaza.Hours later, US President Joe Biden went further and said that if Israel ignored this warning shot and fully invaded Rafah anyway, he would halt all offensive weapons shipments (while maintaining the Iron Dome interceptor and other defensive shipments)...
The United States is scrutinizing the delivery of further pending military aid to Israel after pausing a weapons shipment to the close ally, the State Department said on Wednesday. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said earlier in the day during testimony in Congress that "one shipment of high-payload munitions" had been halted, confirming reports in U.S. media. Hours later, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called into question other deliveries. "We have paused one shipment of...
THE HAGUE >> South Africa will ask the top U.N. court on Thursday to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
NY Post readers discuss President Biden withholding military aid to Israel in an effort to stop the IDF from entering Rafah.