The Hague (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian groups took the Dutch state to court Friday, urging a halt to arms exports to Israel and accusing the government of failing to prevent what they termed a genocide in Gaza. The NGOs argued that Israel is breaking international law in Gaza and the West Bank, invoking, amongst others, the 1948...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The move comes after the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan announced on May 20, that he...
PETALING JAYA: 11 police reports have been lodged over a recent viral video that allegedly defamed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in his recent interview with CNN, says Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police told Sinar Harian that investigations into the cases have begun, classified under Section 504 of the Penal Code and...
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's recent interview with CNN has been edited and taken out of context to give the impression that the government recognises Israel's right to exist. Unity government spokesman Fahmi Fadzil said only one part of the Prime Minister's interview with the channel's Richard Quest was being shared on social media. "Until today, we...
LEBANESE health authorities on Tuesday (Sept 24) raised the death toll from two days of Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah militants to 558. Palestinian officials in Gaza, meanwhile, said new Israeli strike killed at least seven people in the southern city of Khan Younis. Israel’s military says it will do "whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces have withdrawn from the city of Jenin and a refugee camp there, following a 10-day episode of "violent aggression", says the Palestine news agency (WAFA). Twenty-one people were killed in the city and camp, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement on Friday (Sept 6). A Reuters witness said the Israeli...
Allenby Bridge, Ahmad GHARABLI (AFP) - A truck driver shot dead three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan Sunday before being "eliminated", Israel's military said, as it pounded Hamas targets in Gaza. The rare attack at the Allenby Bridge crossing comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank with...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia plans to bring Palestinians injured in the ongoing Zionist aggression in Gaza for medical treatment in the country, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the government would allocate funds for this purpose and expressed gratitude to countries willing to cooperate in this humanitarian mission. "I am in contact with Egyptian President...
KUALA LUMPUR: The funeral ceremony of Hamas' political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Doha, Qatar on Friday (Aug 2) was attended by thousands of people and leaders from various Arab and Islamic countries, including Malaysia. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, representing the Malaysian government at the event, said in a Facebook post...
KUALA LUMPUR: Mosques in the country on Thursday (Aug 1) held funeral prayers in absentia for Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. In addition to mosques under the supervision of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi), the funeral prayers were...
