Palestinians must 鈥榮tay on their land鈥�: Vatican
A top Vatican official on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to move Palestinians from Gaza, saying 鈥榯he Palestinian population must remain on its land鈥�....
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Displaced Gazans mass at Israeli barrier waiting to reach north
A vast crowd of Gazans massed near an Israeli military barrier preventing them from heading to their homes in the north on Sunday amid a row between Hamas and Israel over the terms of their ceasefire deal....
Shooting, explosions in Jenin as Israel presses raid
Gunfire and explosions rocked the occupied West Bank鈥檚 Jenin area on Wednesday, a Palestinian official and an AFP reporter said, as the Israeli military pressed on for a second day with a large-scale raid...
Abbas 鈥榬eady to work鈥� with Trump on two-state solution
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas congratulated US president Donald Trump on his inauguration on Monday and said he was ready to work for peace with Israel based on a two-state solution.
The ceasefire charade
ISRAEL, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants 鈥� in this case the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza 鈥� but Israel habitually fails to implement subsequent phases that would lead to a just and equitable peace. It eventually...
ISRAEL鈥橲 HUMANITARIAN OBLIGATIONS TO UN:聽Bangladesh should participate in ICJ advisory opinion
THE Israeli government鈥檚 decision to ban the operations of the UNRWA in the Israeli-claimed territory and prohibit Israeli state agencies from having any contact with it or its representatives in October 2024 resurfaced...
鈥極n the brink鈥� of Gaza truce: Biden
鈥業n the war between Israel and Hamas, we鈥檙e on the brink of a proposal that I laid out in detail months ago finally coming to fruition,鈥� Biden said in a farewell speech at the State Department...
Gaza death toll 40pc higher than recorded: Lancet study
The new peer-reviewed study used data from the ministry, an online survey and social media obituaries to estimate that there were between 55,298 and 78,525 deaths from traumatic injuries in Gaza by that time...
7 children among killed as Israel hits Khan Yunisca
Gaza health officials said a wave of Israeli strikes hit the territory鈥檚 southern district of Khan Yunis on Tuesday evening, killing a dozen people, including seven children...
Bangladesh interim government chief urges collective actions to end Israeli brutalities in Gaza
Reiterating Bangladesh鈥檚 steadfast stance for a two-state solution to the Palestine crisis, interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday called for decisive and collective actions to end the brutalities unleashed by the Israeli forces in Gaza.
Israeli strikes kill 40 Palestinians
Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said its cameraman Ahmed al-Louh was killed 鈥榠n an Israeli bombardment鈥� that targeted Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza...
Palestinian leader Abbas lays ground for succession
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday announced who would replace him in an interim period when the post becomes vacant, effectively removing the Islamist movement Hamas from any involvement in a future transition.
Freeing Palestine from occupation urged
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the globe.
Art exhibition expresses solidarity with Palestine
In a tribute to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Embassy of Palestine in Dhaka on Friday hosted an art exhibition featuring the artworks of Bangladeshi artist Tahina Tabani.
Bangladesh urges EU to recognise Palestine
Bangladesh has urged the European Union member states to expedite their formal recognition of the State of Palestine, affirming this as a crucial step toward legitimising and empowering...
DU students show solidarity with Palestine
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a 鈥楳arch for Palestine鈥� began at around 3:30pm at the Anti-Violence Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University attended by the students and others on Friday.
Professor Yunus reaffirms Bangladesh鈥檚 support for Palestine
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reiterated Bangladesh鈥檚 unwavering commitment to justice, freedom, peace, and supporting the Palestinian quest for the full realisation of all of their inalienable rights, and aspirations to live...
Upholding solidarity and economic imperatives
THE recent escalation in the Middle East, associated with intensified Israeli military operations in Gaza, has drawn constant global attention. The war has made ripple effects on Lebanon, Yemen and Iran. The ongoing conflict has provoked responses from Iran, striking missiles directly on Israel, which is unprecedented, in response to the death of many...
Voting against genocide
ARAB and Muslim American voters did not remove Democrats from office, nor did they cost Kamala Harris the Oval Office. They merely sent a strong message that Palestine matters, not only to Arabs and Muslims but to many Americans as well...
PSG 'Free Palestine' banner has no place in football: French minister
A gigantic banner proclaiming 鈥楩ree Palestine鈥� unfurled by Paris Saint-Germain supporters at a Champions League match has no place in a football stadium, France's interior minister said on Thursday.
Genocidal scorecard
A United Nations report, published on Monday, lays out in chilling detail the advances made by Israel in Gaza as it seeks to eradicate 鈥榯he very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine.鈥� This genocidal project, the report ominously warns, 鈥榠s now metastasizing to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.鈥�..
UN proposal for a 鈥榮afe zone鈥�
THE war and conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, Palestine and Israel, and others 鈥擝angladesh鈥檚 own political situation for the last couple of months, as it appears 鈥� turned the Rohingya refugee crisis a 鈥榣ess important鈥� concern. But the situation of the Rohingyas in Cox鈥檚 Bazar is dire. On the one hand, the number of Rohingya has been increasing...
Parties, orgs demand end to Israeli attacks on Palestine, Lebanon聽
Different political parties and organisations on Monday held separate rallies in Dhaka, protesting against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.
Netanyahu鈥檚 dangerous militarism
THE mainstream media has been largely critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin鈥檚 dangerous use of military power, and largely supportive of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 equally dangerous use of military power.聽 The leading proponents of these contrasting views have been David Ignatius in the Washington Post and Bret Stephens...
Protesters march cities around world for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark...
LDA demands expulsion of Israel from UN
Leaders of the Left Democratic Alliance, a combine of six left political parties, on Wednesday at rally in Dhaka demanded the expulsion of Israel from United Nation for its atrocities in Palestine and Lebanon...
As legacies of colonialism go
PALESTINE and Kashmir have too readily been likened to each other and to this end, they were mentioned in the same breath last week at the United Nations 鈥� not for the first time 鈥� by Pakistan鈥檚 prime minister...
Yunus reaffirms Bangladesh鈥檚 support for Palestine
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reaffirmed Bangladesh鈥檚 continued support for the State of Palestine and its people.
Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 21
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the...
Evolution of Zionist aggression
THE most significant recent escalation in the ongoing Zionist real estate project, enabled by apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people, occurred on October 7, 2023, when Hamas fighters broke through Gaza鈥檚 prison fence, carrying out a bloody incursion on Israeli military installations and border towns. Since, the Israel 鈥楧efence鈥� Forces have...