U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, condemns France's Macron for "not taking sufficient measures to combat antisemitism" in France. The American ambassador expressed his displeasure with #Macron's pledge to recognise the State of Palestine, claiming it only emboldens antisemites and endangers French #Jews. In a letter addressed to the French president, Kushner said: "Tolerating antisemitism is betraying the French Republic". #Kushner is the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump and the father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Charles Kushner directed much of Trump's foreign policy during his first term (2017-2021).

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France will recognise the state of #Palestine in September, #Macron says. He added: “True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make the solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly next September.”

Houthis say they attacked Tel Aviv, Ashkelon The #Houthis from Yemen's rebel Ansar Allah movement have delivered strike on Tel Aviv’s #Jaffa neighborhood and on the city of #Ashkelon, the movement’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said. "The air forces <…> conducted a military operation and delivered strikes on a number of military and vital facilities of the Israeli enemy in Jaffa and Ashkelon in the south of occupied Palestine," he said in a statement posted on his Telegram channel. According to Sarea, the Houthi drones "successfully hit their targets" in Israel.

Iran: Tehran unveils blood-spattered mural proclaiming ‘no hostage will be released’ In a provocative move, authorities in #Tehran have unveiled a mural featuring blood-splattered images of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas on October 7th, accompanied by the Hebrew phrase “No #hostage will be released.” This mural, located in Palestine Square, was reported by Iran International and other local media outlets. Prominently displayed among the images is Noa Argamani, who, contrary to the mural's declaration, was rescued by #IDF forces in a June operation alongside three other hostages. As an ally of #Hamas, Iran has intensified its aggression, orchestrating two large-scale aerial assaults on Israel since the onset of the conflict. Furthermore, the regime has been implicated in efforts to recruit Israeli citizens for espionage and assassination activities on its behalf.

Yemeni Houthis claim strikes at three ships in Indian Ocean The Yemeni #Houthis attacked three ships in the Indian Ocean, the movement's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said on the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah TV channel. "The Yemeni Armed Forces have started to expand the scale of its operations against Israeli and Israeli-affiliated ships travelling to ports of the occupied Palestine, increasing it to the Indian Ocean and the Cape of Good Hope. […] They have already carried out three operation against three Israeli and US ships in the Indian Ocean using several naval missiles and drones," he said. The spokesman also said that commercial ships that travel to Israel through the Cape of Good Hope in the southern part of Africa will become a "legitimate target" for the Houthis. "The Yemeni Armed Forces reaffirm that they will not stop preventing the Israeli navigations in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, as well as in the Indian Ocean," he added.

Iraqi journalist Safian Alsmara'i: Time to expose the 'Mohammed lie'! An Iraqi journalist feels 2024 is time to stop the childish Islamic lies. It's time to expose the lie: 1. There is no proof of the existence of Palestine in the Koran. 2. Al-Aqsa Mosque was the mosque at the edge of Al-Madinah. 3. There was no mosque in Jerusalem during the Prophet's time because Islam simply had not yet arrived there. 4. The prophet did not demand to conquer Jerusalem when it was under Byzantine rule. 5. The story of the night journey has no connection in Jerusalem but only in the interpretations of the Persians from the Abbasid period. 6. There is no such thing as 'the first of the two qiblas' and 'the third of the two holy places' - this is a linguistic and logical error.

Houthis attack CMA CGM’s commercial ship Tage - spokesman Houthis from Yemen’s rebel Ansar Allah movement have attacked the French company CMA CGM’s Tage container ship, which was sailing towards "occupied Palestine", Yahya Saree, the movement’s military spokesman, said. "The Yemeni Navy carried out a targeted operation against CMA CGM’s Tage ship sailing to a port in occupied Palestine," the Ansar Allah spokesman told the Houthi-controlled Al Masirah television channel. Saree said that the Houthis attacked the vessel as its crew "refused to respond to warnings from Yemen’s Navy." In addition, he emphasized that the movement would go on conducting strikes on the ships heading to Israel.

The United Nations has voted 145-7 in favor of a resolution condemning illegal Israeli settlement building in Palestine (inc. East Jerusalem) & Syria. The countries voting against the bill: 🇮🇱 Israel 🇺🇸 USA 🇨🇦 Canada 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇷 Nauru

Around 1.4 million Palestinians have been forced to move from the northern part of the Gaza Strip to its south amid Israeli strikes, Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League Muhannad Al-Aklouk said on Tuesday. "Some 1.4 million Palestinians have moved from the northern part of the Gaza Strip to the south of the enclave," the Al-Qahera al-Ihbariya television channel quoted him as saying. "The Gaza Strip has turned into a mass burial ground," he said, adding that Israeli strikes have wiped out "entire neighborhoods" in the enclave’s settlements.