Israeli airstrikes on areas sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have reportedly killed at least six people, including a young mother and her one-year-old child, as the humanitarian situation in the enclave continues to deteriorate. According to Arab media reports, the latest strike targeted tents housing displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area of southern […]
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West Bank mosque damaged in suspected settler arson attack
JILJILIYA: A mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank was damaged in an apparent arson attack on Wednesday, with Palestinian officials accusing Israeli settlers of carrying out the incident. According to Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, settlers allegedly set fire to part of the village’s main […]
Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan condemn Al-Aqsa incursions
Eight Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, have strongly condemned recent incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli settlers, describing the actions as a violation of international law and the longstanding status quo governing the holy site. Read More: Israel committed to Al–Aqsa status quo: foreign minister The joint statement was issued by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, […]
Dar draws Palestine red line after Rubio praises Pakistan’s Iran role
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar used his first Washington visit since Pakistan took up shuttle mediation between Washington and Tehran to restate what he called Islamabad’s “clear and consistent” policy on Palestine. Speaking to Pakistani journalists after meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he reiterated that there would be no change […]
A Steadfast Friend: Pakistan’s Enduring Stand for Palestine
For more than seventy long years, the people of Palestine have carried a burden that no nation should ever bear. From the narrow streets of Gaza, where families huddle amid rubble, to the hills of the West Bank, where ancient olive groves are uprooted by the day, an entire population has known the daily ache […]
US pressures Palestinian envoy over UN role bid
The administration of US President Donald Trump has reportedly pressured the Palestinian delegation at the United Nations to withdraw its bid for a vice presidency position in the UN General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters. Read More: US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership The cable instructed US diplomats in Jerusalem to warn […]
Pakistan renews support for Palestine on Nakba anniversary, urges end to occupation
Pakistan has reaffirmed its “unwavering” solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just struggle for self-determination at a special meeting marking the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Nakba – an Arabic word meaning “catastrophe” – held at UN Headquarters in New York. (Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli […]
The Palestine Cause: Pakistan’s Historical, Ideological & Diplomatic Commitment with the Sovereign Statehood of Palestine
Pakistan’s foreign policy posture regarding the Palestine cause is not a contemporary political reaction to regional crises, nor is it merely a product of Islamic solidarity. It is a foundational pillar of the state’s identity, meticulously structured long before 1947. Pakistan’s support for Palestine is rooted in the ideological foundation provided by the founding fathers […]
Pakistan, Palestine and the Honour of a Nation
There are some questions in international politics on which silence becomes complicity and neutrality becomes cowardice. Palestine is one of them. For Pakistan, Palestine has never been a fashionable slogan, a seasonal outrage or an issue to be remembered only when Gaza burns on television screens. It has been a matter of principle, law, faith, […]
Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli minister’s Al-Aqsa act
Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned what it described as an “provocative act” by an Israeli minister at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, calling it a violation of Islamic sanctities and international law. Read More: Pakistan, seven Muslim states condemn Israeli closure of Al–Aqsa mosque gates In a statement, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised the Israeli […]