Author: Adham Jafari

On April 24, 2024, Special Envoy Zhai Jun of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Bogdanov Mikhail Leonidovich in Moscow on the sidelines of the Consultations of Deputy Foreign Ministers/Special Envoys of BRICS Countries on the Middle East Affairs. Zhai Jun said that coordinating positions on Middle East affairs between China and Russia is an important part of the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era between the two countries. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Russia, and the Chinese…

After the shooting of three college students in New England and a string of other incidents, Palestinian Americans say they are worried about their safety. When Samer Elbandak heard that three young Palestinian men were shot over American Thanksgiving weekend in Burlington, Vermont, he immediately feared for his 16-year-old daughter. His daughter, who lives in Florida, is vocal about the plight of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. On her Instagram page, the Palestinian flag is prominently displayed. Embracing her identity is something that Mr Elbandak, a Palestinian-American Christian who was born and raised in Bethlehem and who immigrated…

Greece expressed support for the ongoing humanitarian pause in Gaza between Israel and Hamas and called for its extension on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Gerapetritis highlighted the need to increase the capacity of humanitarian aid entering Gaza and swiftly restore essential facilities to normal operations. Highlighting the importance of finding a lasting solution to the long-standing Israel-Palestine conflict, Gerapetritis added “What matters now is to find a sustainable settlement of the situation. And that is why all governments are now exercising pressure for the extension of the humanitarian pause,” he said. Gerapetritis also reiterated Greece’s support for Ukraine and Sweden’s NATO bid,…

Two British-Palestinian men have described their fears for their families in Gaza amid Israel’s siege on the territory. Mohammed Awad, from Cambridge, told the PA news agency his “entire family” lived in Jabalya in northern Gaza. Fady Abusidu, meanwhile, a business development consultant in Warwick, said his family were “extremely scared”. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “complete siege” after the attack by Hamas militants on Saturday. About 1.1 million people living in northern areas have been told to leave and more than 1,500 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched retaliatory air strikes. Last week, hundreds of Hamas militants launched…

The Israeli captives released from Gaza were not exposed to torture or ill-treatment by the Palestinian groups, Israeli media reported on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. The Israeli Channel 12 said it met with a number of relatives of the Israeli captives released by the Hamas group in Gaza who confirmed that they were not exposed to any form of torture or bad treatment. The Channel, however, said the captives received limited quantities of food. Israel still does not allow the released captives to speak with the media. However, some of their relatives spoke with the media without mentioning their names. The captives in Gaza…

An Egyptian intelligence official has said Israel repeatedly ignored warnings that “something big” was being planned by the Palestinian resistance. The unnamed Egyptian said Israeli officials were too focused on the occupied West Bank and played down the threat from Gaza, which has been besieged for 17 years.“We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it would be big. But they underestimated such warnings,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press. Cairo often mediates between Israel and Palestinian factions to restore a sense of calm after periods of fighting. Apart from…

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy said in an article in Haaretz newspaper that Israel’s arrogance is behind everything that has happened, adding that the Israelis thought they were allowed to do anything and that they wouldn’t pay a price or be punished for it. Levy went on to say: “We continue without uncertainty. We arrest, kill, mistreat, rob, protect settlers committing massacres, visit Joseph’s Tomb, Othniel’s Tomb, and Joshua’s altar, all in the Palestinian territories, and of course we visit the “Temple Mount” [Al-Aqsa Mosque], with more than 5,000 Jews visiting it on Sukkot. We shoot innocent people, gouge out their eyes and…

Turkish lawmakers will decide on Sweden’s NATO accession protocol as soon as possible, Turkiye’s parliament speaker said yesterday. Numan Kurtulmus told Anadolu that they will send the accession protocol to the Foreign Affairs Commission when he gets back to Turkiye from the Czech capital Prague. “I hope that it will come to the General Assembly … as soon as possible and our deputies will make their decisions,” he said after attending the Second Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea Platform in Prague. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed the accession protocol and sent it to parliament on Monday. Sweden welcomed the move. Commenting…

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently appealed to the leaders of Ukraine, Germany the UK and Italy for official support following the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement’s attack on the occupation state on Saturday. Netanyahu had telephone conversations with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni. Scholz has since announced the suspension of aid to Palestine, while Sunak had a giant Israeli flag projected onto No 10 Downing Street, his official residence. This, say critics, was pure gesture politics, given that Downing Street is closed to the public. Nevertheless, he is said to have told government buildings to fly the…

NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation. “This is a big deal,” said Biden. “This is a really big deal.” The corridor, outlined at the annual Group of 20 summit of the world’s top economies, would help boost trade, deliver energy resources and improve digital connectivity. It would include India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel and the European Union, said Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser. Sullivan said the network…