Palestine issue top priority of Muslim world: Iran Parliament chief
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has described Palestine as the foremost issue of the Muslim world, urging the nation to pursue the path of resistance amid increasing Western support for the occupying regime. Faraan: Addressing the 16th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) in Istanbul on Friday, Qalibaf…
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Iran, Israel and the JCPOA
The most profound hypocrisy that prevails in our world is the legitimization of Israel as a Western-style liberal democracy. Faraan: Beyond serious debate, regardless, is that in truth Israel is a racist apartheid state which exists in clear violation of international law and has done arguably since its inception in 1948, and unarguably since the…
Israeli forces kill young Palestinian in Nablus
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian young man during anti-settlement protests in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus. Faraan: The Palestinian Health Ministry said the young man succumbed to injuries he sustained on Sobeih Mountain in Beita, south of Nablus City, on Friday. The victim was identified as Jamil Abu Ayash, 31. He…
UN passes resolution against Israeli annexation plans in Syria’s occupied Golan Heights
The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution declaring that the Israeli regime’s decision to impose its jurisdiction in Syria’s Golan Heights with the aim of changing the character and legal status of the strategic territory are “null and void” and constitute a flagrant violation of international law. Faraan: On Thursday, a total of…
Trump: Had I not come along, Israel was going to be destroyed
Former friends and allies, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, have fallen out with each other to the extent that the former US president says he hasn’t spoken to him since he lost power. Faraan: In interviews with journalist and author, Barak Ravid, for his new book ‘Trump’s peace: The Abraham Accords and the Reshaping of…
IOF carries out new arrest campaign in West Bank, Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested, at dawn Friday, five leaders and activists affiliated with the Hamas Movement and stormed several homes in Ramallah. Faraan: Ex-prisoners were among the reported detainees, while clashes broke out during the arrest campaign. Meanwhile, IOF soldiers arrested late on Thursday several Palestinians from Jenin and Jerusalem. The Palestinian young…
Israel court postpones striking prisoner,s trial
Israeli appeals court in Ofer jail adjourned on Thursday the trial of the Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawash, who has been on hunger strike for 115 days. Faraan: The lawyer Jawad Boulos affirmed that the court was supposed to look into the health report of hunger striker Abu Hawash, but it adjourned it at the…
Israel closes probe into fatal shooting of Palestinian youth
Israeli navy gunboats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat and arrested two fishermen onboard on Friday morning. Faraan: Local sources said that the Israeli gunboats chased the fishing boat in the northern shores of Gaza Strip before forcing it to stop and took away two fishermen who were onboard. Israeli navy harasses Palestinian fishermen while working…
Israeli navy detains two Palestinian fishermen
Israeli navy gunboats intercepted a Palestinian fishing boat and arrested two fishermen onboard on Friday morning. Faraan: Local sources said that the Israeli gunboats chased the fishing boat in the northern shores of Gaza Strip before forcing it to stop and took away two fishermen who were onboard. Israeli navy harasses Palestinian fishermen while working…
Israel: No one’s friend
Strange or not, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, have fallen out with each other to the extent that the former U.S. president says he hasn’t spoken to him since he lost power. Faraan: Former U.S. President has launched a scathing attack on his once-close ally, Netanyahu, accusing him of disloyalty. In interviews with journalist and…