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Biden still believes in promise of two-state Mideast solution -White House

Date: 2024-01-19 21:32:06 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:10541592

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden still believes in the promise and possibility of a two-state solution in the Middle East, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday. "He recognizes that's going to take ....

AL Council to hold urgent meeting Monday to discuss Israeli crimes against Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-19 18:04:49 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10541454

CAIRO, Jan 19 (MENA) – Palestine's Permanent Representative to the Arab League Ambassador Mohannad Aklouk announced on Friday that the Arab League Council at the level of permanent representatives will hold on Monday an urgent meeting to discuss ....

Israeli occupation forces bomb Khan Yunis, resulting in civilian casualties

Date: 2024-01-19 15:30:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:10541236

RAMALLAH, Jan 19 (MENA) - A number of civilians were tragically killed and others injured last night in a barrage of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) said. ....

Guardian highlights UN warnings that millions in Gaza ‘at risk of famine’ because of war

Date: 2024-01-19 13:29:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:10540950

LONDON, Jan 19 (MENA) - The US claims it is working “relentlessly” to get humanitarian aid into Gaza amid UN warnings that the territory’s 2.2 million people are "highly food insecure and at risk of famine," the Guardian newspaper reported ....

White House: US will not stop working toward a two-state solution

Date: 2024-01-19 06:35:38 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:4 - ID:10540323

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - The United States will not stop working toward a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, White House national security adviser John Kirby said on Thursday. "There will a post-conflict Gaza, no ....

Canada asserts commitment to two-state solution for Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Date: 2024-01-19 06:35:18 GMT - Canada - Middle East - SN:2 - ID:10540311

OTTAWA, JAN 19 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized Benjamin Netanyahu's position on Palestinian statehood after the Israeli prime minister claimed in a nationally-televised news conference that the so-called "two-state ....

Palestine: Without a Palestinian state, security, stability in region will remain elusive

Date: 2024-01-18 23:08:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:71 - ID:10540263

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official spokesperson for President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Thursday that "without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, ....

Foreign Ministry condemns Ben-Gvir's incitement for murder of Palestinians

Date: 2024-01-18 21:20:05 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:10540236

RAMALLAH, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned the ongoing incitement by top Israeli government officials encouraging the murder of more Palestinians under baseless excuses, WAFA reported. In a ....

PRCS received 5,939 trucks from Egyptian Red Crescent via Rafah crossing since Oct. 21

Date: 2024-01-18 21:17:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:10540087

GAZA CITY, Jan 18 (MENA) – The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Thursday that it has received 5,939 trucks from the Egyptian Red Crescent via Rafah Crossing since October 21. In a statement on Thursday, the PRCS said that the trucks ....

70% of Gaza fatalities are children, women - UNICEF

Date: 2024-01-18 19:39:41 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:10539977

CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban asserted on Thursday that the Gaza Strip is now among the most violent places as the Israeli war on Gaza resulted in the death of about 25,000 people, 70 percent of them are ....