EU High Representative Josep Borrell said that the move against Norway was “unwarranted.” | Nhac Nguyen/Getty Images The ambassadors of all these countries — Slovenia, Spain, Norway, Ireland, and Belgium — were called for a “reprimand conversation” at least once by Israeli authorities since making their efforts public. In Dublin, an Irish diplomatic official told POLITICO that its embassy in … Read more
“All options, including the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” the Iranian officials said, referring to the alliance of armed groups backed by Iran, including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Yemen’s Houthis and Iraqi Shiite militias. The threats from Iran come after former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz declared on Tuesday: “We can … Read more
Hamas has also criticized the ICC’s decision to file for arrest warrants for its members. Where to now? The requests for warrants will now be assessed by the pre-trial chamber of the ICC. “Let us today be clear on one core issue: if we do not demonstrate our willingness to apply the law equally, if … Read more
Israel has been waging war in Gaza since Hamas militants killed around 1,200 Israelis and took another 250 hostage on Oct. 7 last year. Israeli strikes in the Palestinian controlled region have killed at least 35,000 people, according to figures from the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza which provides separate casualty figures for combatants and … Read more
Dozens of Ukrainian children from a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine were taken to Belarus and sent to “emergency survival training” with the Belarusian military, according to local media. The Belarus 4 Mogilev state television channel reported on Wednesday that 35 children from the city of Antratsyt in eastern Ukraine, which Russia has occupied since 2014, … Read more
