Since the war in Sudan began last April, more than 8 million people have been forced from their homes in search of safety. Nearly 2 million of them have fled Sudan to neighboring countries. Of those who remain, 18 million are facing acute hunger, with 5 million a step away from…

The Netanyahu government's fierce opposition to the notion of a Palestinian state and its refusal to discuss the day after in #Gaza could put an end to a normalization deal with #SaudiArabia . According to this The Guardian report, the US and the Saudis could now reach an agreement…

This is quite an indictment, bearing in mind that Ahmed is from Gaza, unlike the posers he ridicules below.

Why are right-wing extremists destroying flour shipments headed into the Gaza Strip & being allowed to do so by the Israel Defense Forces near the borders? This is sick and shameful behavior that's wasteful, wrong & undermines claims of unhindered international humanitarian aid being allowed in.

#Israel 's Finance Minister Smotrich:
'There are no half measures. [The Gazan cities of] Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat – total annihilation. 'You will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven' – there's no place under heaven.'
This is tantamount to a call for…

Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Dr. Majed Al-Ansari in an interview with Haaretz;
“Our partner in funding Hamas was Israel”

#Russia has expressed a readiness to deepen its military cooperation with #Iran . We know that Iran has been supporting Russia's brutal war in #Ukraine . Does this mean that in return, Russia will support Iran's actions in the Middle East? Will Netanyahu continue in his policy…

Hezbollah, a terrorist group, has killed tens of thousands of innocents in Syria. Praising them and raising their flag within the pro-Palestine movement is just another betrayal of the innocent children's blood in Gaza.

#Russia has expressed a readiness to deepen its military cooperation with #Iran . We know that Iran has been supporting Russia's brutal war in #Ukraine . Does this mean that in return, Russia will support Iran's actions in the Middle East? Will Netanyahu continue in his policy…

'In showing that it has knowledge of #Iran -connected targets and the means to reach them, #Israel is sending a powerful message to Iran about its exposure to Israeli intelligence and surveillance. This significantly limits the extent to which Iran will be willing to escalate its…

Well worth reading this article in Foreign Policy by Lina Khatib:
'If there is a silver lining to the events since October, it is that the conflict has shown Iran to be isolated and vulnerable. When #Iran attacked #Israel , the latter’s Western allies and Arab partners actively…

TV news as it should be!

#OnThisDay 1964: The first episode of BBC children’s favourite, Play School, aired.

It constantly evolved until the last episode transmitted in 1988. Along the way over 50 presenters took the helm. What was your era?

'Sanctioning a battalion, with little practical implications, isn't a policy. It's an application of U.S. law. But it's also a harsh warning, because what the United States does the EU quickly emulates. When Defense Minister Yoav Gallant remarked that 'a hit on a battalion is a…

'Without downplaying the severity of the military failure on October 7, the fact remains that the person who bears foremost responsibility and blame for the disaster is Netanyahu. He is the father of the failed doctrine, the father of the policy of pushing the Palestinian issue…

US Democrat Congressman Rep. Adam Smith spot-on re the #StudentProtest on US campuses:
Well, you understand their passion and all that. And I do understand that, I do. This is a life-or-death situation. It is certainly not the only life-or-death situation that I and all…

The Islamic Republic of Iran has intensified its brutal crackdown on women who are resisting the country's draconian hijab laws. No coincidence that the crackdown has occurred just as its confrontation with #Israel has emerged from the shadows. The regime is increasingly…