Gaza Post The Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today expressed deep alarm by France’s rhetoric on Islam, warning it could fuel far-right hatred and endanger Muslim communities in Europe. “We are deeply alarmed by the French Government’s growing hostile rhetoric towards Islam, which can only exacerbate tensions...More
Gaza Post The UAE has called upon UN member states to uphold their obligations to promote and protect the fundamental freedoms and rights of women at the UN’s High-Level Meeting on Beijing+25 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. In her virtual address to the UN General Assembly, Hessa Essa...More
Gaza Post A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage circled Islam’s holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months. The kingdom had taken the rare step of suspending the smaller...More
Gaza Post Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, said today he is scheduled to begin separate consultations next week with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and other members of the Security Council to discuss President Mahmoud Abbas's initiative to hold an international...More
Gaza Post -- Xi stressed at the High-level Meeting to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations that "international affairs ought to be addressed through consultation among us all." -- China is committed to peaceful, open, cooperative and common development, Xi reiterated. -- Xi called on all countries to...More
Gaza Post Lawmakers at the US House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan bill on Friday that could allow the occupying state of Israel to veto any American arms sales to the Arab countries. The proposed bill "would require the President to consult with the Israeli government to ensure [qualitative military edge] concerns are...More
Gaza Post Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia, the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan, which is fighting ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, has not...More
Gaza Post Emmanuel Macron has announced a law against religious “separatism” aimed at freeing Islam in France from “foreign influences”. In a keenly awaited speech, the French president outlined new measures to fight what he identifies as "separatism". Macron described Islam as "a...More
Gaza Post Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that he had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said he anticipated more cases to come. “I fully expect that, as this virus continues to go on, other people in the White House will certainly have a positive test result,” he...More
Gaza Post U.S. President Trump walks to the Marine One helicopter to depart the White House to fly to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where it was announced he will work for at least several days after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. U.S....More
Gaza Post Over 70 film professionals from Palestine and other Arab countries have signed apetition protesting a recent cooperation pact between Emirati and Israeli cinemas and calling for solidarity among the Arab film world. The UAE’s Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), Israel Film Fund (IFF), and the Jerusalem Sam...More
Gaza Post The European Union took legal action against Britain today over its plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached late last year. The EU action underscored the worsening relations with Britain, which was a member of the bloc until Jan 31. Both sides are trying to...More
