Tauhierah Salie

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called Israel's creation the "greatest political achievement of the 20th century", in a speech to the Israeli parliament. Leading a delegation of seven Democrats, including Ro Khanna, Adam Schiff and Barbara Lee, Pelosi told Israeli lawmakers that Washington's support for Israel remained "ironclad", as she warned against the threat of a nuclear Iran. "I am very proud that America is Israel's oldest ally," […]

Human rights advocates rallied in Brussels on Wednesday against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who arrived in the Belgian capital for a summit between the European Union and the African Union. The protest was called by Amnesty International, and was held outside the royal palace during Sisi's meeting with King Philippe. Among the protesters was Ramy Shaath, the Egyptian-Palestinian political prisoner recently released in Cairo after 900 days in detention. Speaking to […]

The United Nations has been warned that millions of Yemenis face a “death sentence” if gaps in the UN’s funding for humanitarian aid are not filled. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that, as of the end of January, nearly two-thirds of major UN aid programmes had already been scaled back or closed because of funding shortages. 'We have never before contemplated giving millions of […]

Israeli settlers on Wednesday uprooted and destroyed 50 olive trees belonging to Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank city of Salfit, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. A greenhouse and water-draining facilities were also razed on land owned by the al-Dik family in the town of Kafr al-Dik, west of Salfit. "Most of our 160 dunams of land is planted with olive trees, which are around four to six years old," Kanaan al-Dik, co-owner […]

Israel has been lobbying the Biden administration to re-designate Yemen's Houthi movement as a terror group on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, The Times of Israel first reported on Tuesday. The Houthis are an Iran-aligned group fighting against the Yemeni government and a Saudi-led military coalition that includes the UAE. In recent months, the Houthis launched unprecedented air assaults on the UAE after militias supported by the Gulf state successfully pushed the […]