Author: Gulf News Week
Only 32 percent of survey respondents said they approve of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, down 10 points from last year.Washington, DC – A new poll from the research firm Gallup suggests that only 32 percent of Americans approve of Israel’s military action in Gaza, a 10-point drop from September 2024, as anger over atrocities against Palestinians continues to rise.The survey, released on Tuesday, also showed an enormous partisan divide over the issue. Seventy-one percent of respondents who identified as members of the Republican Party said they approve of Israel’s conduct, compared with 8 percent of Democrats.Overall, 60 percent of respondents…
Trump rolled back sanctions against Israeli settlers, including Yinon Levi, the alleged killer of Awdah Hathaleen.Washington, DC – A spokesperson for the State Department in the United States has been questioned about the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen, allegedly at the hands of an Israeli settler previously sanctioned by the US government.At a news briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce demurred when asked whether the suspect in Hathaleen’s death, Yinon Levi, would be held accountable.“Israel has investigations that it’s implementing regarding situations of this sort,” Bruce said. “I don’t know the end result of what that’s going…
The right-wing congresswoman condemns the ‘starvation happening in Gaza’ as she criticises her pro-Israel colleague Randy Fine.Washington, DC – United States Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a right-wing ally of US President Donald Trump, has suggested that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, highlighting a growing schism in the Republican Party.In a social media post this week, Greene condemned the dire situation in Gaza, where an Israeli-imposed hunger crisis has killed more than 120 people.She also criticised her colleague Randy Fine, who has openly celebrated the starvation and bombardment of Palestinians.“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say…
PM says Israel must take major steps in coming weeks or the UK will make its move ahead of UN General Assembly in September.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that the United Kingdom will recognise the state of Palestine by September unless Israel takes “substantive steps” to end its war on Gaza and commits to a lasting peace process.According to a government statement issued after an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Starmer said the move could come before the United Nations General Assembly in New York unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire, halts plans to annex parts…
The family man, activist, and football fiend also helped make an Oscar-winning documentary.Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank – Awdah Hathaleen was standing by a fence in the Umm al-Kheir community centre when he was shot in the chest by an Israeli settler on Monday.The beloved 31-year-old activist and father of three fell to the ground as people rushed over to try to help him. Then an ambulance came out of the nearby illegal settlement of Carmel and took him away.Israeli authorities have refused to release his body for burial, simply telling his family on Monday night that he had died,…
RSF attacks in North Kordofan are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis on the provincial capital of el-Obeid.On the morning of June 25, the crackling sound of machinegun fire startled Hamisa and her family as they were having breakfast in Sudan’s North Kordofan state.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had just stormed her village, Kazkeel, on motorbikes, as they burned huts and farms and fired artillery at women and children fleeing for their lives.Hamisa, 60, fled with her seven teenage children, siblings and mother. As they made a run for it, she saw young men from her village picking up guns to…
Token measures mask Western complicity and protect Israel from real accountability.On July 28, 2025, an Israeli settler shot Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in the chest, causing injuries that later proved fatal. The attack was captured on video, and the shooter was identified as Yinon Levi, a settler previously sanctioned by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States under the Biden administration.Hathaleen, aged 31, was a beloved activist and teacher from Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills. He also played a supporting role in the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, which depicts the story of his village, subjected…
The grim milestone reaches as Israel continues to target aid seekers amid famine conditions in Gaza, with at least 147 deaths directly attributed to starvation.At least 60,034 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the war on Gaza erupted in October 2023, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.The grim milestone was reached on Tuesday, with medical sources telling media that at least 62 Palestinians, including 19 aid seekers, have been killed since dawn, despite “pauses” in fighting to deliver essential humanitarian aid.Local accounts indicate that Israel used booby-trapped robots, as well as tanks and drones, in what residents…
First Private Medical College in Kerala to Offer 100% Tuition Fee Waiver for Eligible MBBS Students Kochi, July 28, 2025 – In a path breaking initiative to make medical education accessible to meritorious students and students from economically challenged backgrounds, Padma Shri Dr. Azad Moopen, Founder & Chairman of Aster DM Healthcare and a globally recognized philanthropist, has announced an annual scholarship programme Dr. Moopen’s Legacy Scholarship & Fellowships Programme aimed at supporting meritorious students seeking admissions in Dr. Moopen’s Medical College, Dr Moopen’s Nursing College and Dr Moopen’s College of Pharmacy in Wayanad, Kerala. This initiative marks the first…
Palestinian Odeh Hadalin was from Masafer Yatta, a community whose resistance to Israeli settler violence was documented in the Oscar-winning film No Other Land.An Israeli settler has shot and killed Palestinian activist and teacher Odeh Muhammad Hadalin in the village of Umm al-Khair, in Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, local officials and journalists said.Hadalin was well known for his activism, including helping the creators of the Oscar-winning film No Other Land, which documents Israeli settler and soldier attacks on the Palestinian community of Masafer Yatta.Hadalin “was shot dead by settlers… during their attack on the village of Umm…