TENSof thousands of people marched on the streets of London on Saturday to condemn Israel’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 45,000 people in the besieged enclave. Starting from Park Lane, marchers held Palestinian and Lebanese flags with signs that condemned the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for his arrest following the International … Read more
THE UN General Assembly, in a meeting convened on Friday in New York, has urged the Security Council to give “ favourable consideration” to Palestine’s request The emergency special session on the Gaza crisis overwhelmingly passed a resolution that upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State without offering full membership. Aid … Read more
THE Security Council on Thursday rejected Palestine’s request for UN membership, with the United States casting a veto. In a vote of 12 in favour to one against, with two abstentions, the Council did not adopt a draft resolution that would have recommended the General Assembly to hold a vote with the broader UN membership … Read more
A massive protest took place in Abuja, the nation’s capital, by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shi’ites, to mark the International Qudus in solidarity with Palestine. Members of the sect trooped out in their numbers shortly after the Juma’at prayer at the National Mosque. They defied the presence of … Read more
PALESTINE Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah Shawesh has alleged that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in the ongoing siege to Gaza, insisting that the Israeli force is flagrantly provoking famine in the trouble Palestinian city. Shawesh in his weekly briefing of the ongoing siege to Gaza by Israeli force at the weekend … Read more
PALESTINE Authorities have said the estimated figure of 9,000 women death in the ongoing attacks in Gaza by Israeli forces is an underestimation, decrying that at current rate of attack, an average of 63 women will continue to be killed daily. Addressing a press conference in Abuja at the weekend, the Palestine Ambassador to Nigeria, … Read more