Hamas yesterday released three more Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip in the sixth such exchange following days of tense negotiations that threatened to undo the precarious ceasefire. In return, Israel began returning 369 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, most without any charges or convictions. It is the largest number of Palestinians to be freed since the beginning of …

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun has reiterated China’s firm stance on the Palestinian issue, emphasizing that Gaza is an inalienable part of Palestinian territory and should not be treated as a political bargaining tool or controlled by external powers. His remarks come amid discussions about the future of Gaza and international diplomatic efforts to establish a lasting ceasefire in …

Ireland, Spain, and Norway have announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, triggering an immediate response from Israel, which is recalling its ambassadors from Dublin, Madrid, and Oslo. The three European governments made the long-awaited announcements in coordinated moves yesterday morning that they said were intended to support a two-state solution and foster peace in the …

As we were saying, Abram, father of the Jewish faith of Judaism, the Christian faith of Christianity and the Muslim faith of Islam, came from Ur in Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq. Christianity’s Old Testament bible and the Jewish Tanakh bible, which are significantly the same, has this to say in Genesis 12: 1 -6: “Now the Lord had said unto …

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew …

Israel awoke in shock on Sunday after Hamas fighters killed hundreds of Israelis and abducted an unknown number of captives into Gaza, setting off a war that risked spreading as Israel struck a Hezbollah militia target in southern Lebanon. Israeli air strikes battered Gaza overnight, killing more than 300 Palestinians and smashing buildings, tunnels and the houses of Hamas officials, as …