Tel Aviv, January 3 (RHC)-- The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday that the latest instances of violence happened at several prisons in northern occupied territories and testimonies were submitted to the daily and human rights groups.... More


Bogota, January 3 (RHC)-- Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on his country’s artists to come together at a major event against Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.... More


Ramallah, January 3 (RHC)-- The Palestinian foreign minister has issued a New Year message calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli regime has been waging a genocidal war for more than two months.  The call was made through a post on the official account of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on X social media platform.... More


Mexico City, January 3 (RHC)-- In Mexico, the Zapatistas have been holding a four-day celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the group’s 1994 uprising when they declared war on the Mexican government and took five towns in Chiapas in southern Mexico. ... More


Beirut, January 2 (RHC)-- Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri has been killed in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Palestinian group and Lebanese media outlets say.  Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in a “treacherous Zionist strike”, Hamas said on its official channel. Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Sharq called it a “cowardly assassination.”... More


Tel Aviv, January 2 (RHC)-- Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for Palestinian residents of Gaza to leave the besieged enclave, making way for the Israelis who could “make the desert bloom.”  Smotrich, who has been excluded from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet and discussions of day-after arrangements in Gaza, made the comments while speaking to Israeli Army Radio on Sunday.... More


New York, January 2 (RHC)-- Protesters calling for a ceasefire and an end to the genocide in Gaza have targeted the three major airports in the New York City-area on one of the busiest travel days of the year.... More


Pasadena, January 2 (RHC)-- Protests and vigils that have been launched for weeks throughout Southern California and around the world echoed at the Rose Parade on Monday, January 1st.  Dozens gathered outside a popular Pasadena Rose float exhibition on Monday, where the glare of the Tournament of Roses became a platform in a vigil for peace.... More


Gaza City, January 2 (RHC)-- Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza for nearly three months has destroyed 70 percent of the homes in the besieged Palestinian enclave, according to the Government Media Office.  No further details were provided but an earlier report said more than 200 heritage and archaeological sites were destroyed in the Israeli bombardment considered the most destructive in modern history.... More


Gaza City, January 2 (RHC)-- Israeli attacks have continued across the Gaza Strip with little let-up, as the death toll in the enclave rose above the latest milestone of 22,000.  The total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 7 now stands at 22,185, while at least 57,000 have been injured, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, air and ground attacks continued across the Strip, including in the south, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have been directed to seek safety.... More


Istanbul, January 1 (RHC)-- Turkish protesters have staged a protest rally in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul to express their solidarity with Gazans trapped under Israeli fire.  The demonstrators marched towards the US Consulate on Sunday after Islamic NGOs made a call for a protest march on New Year’s Eve to protest the aid to Israel, which has been pounding Gaza since October 7th.... More


Berlin, January 1 (RHC)-- Thousands of pro-Palestine activists gathered in Berlin on Sunday for a solidarity rally in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip ahead of the New Year's Eve.  The demonstrators held a symbolic protest choosing not to celebrate the New Year as a sign of solidarity with the people in Gaza.... More


Geneva, January 1 (RHC)-- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned that 40 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million population are facing a “risk of famine,” as Israel ramps up attacks in the besieged territory.... More


United Nations, January 1 (RHC)-- The United Nations has expressed frustration at how life-saving aid is being hampered from entering the Gaza Strip as the dire humanitarian crisis worsens with no end in sight to Israel’s weeks of constant siege and bombardment of the populated coastal territory.... More


Tehran, January 1 (RHC)-- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says he hopes the international community takes urgent action in the New Year to put an end to Israel's massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza.  In separate messages on Sunday, Raeisi extended his congratulations to the leaders and people of Christian countries on the arrival of the New Year.  He prayed to God Almighty for a year full of peace and health for the peoples across the world.... More


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