A crowd gathered in Valletta on Sunday in protest Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza, while calling for sanctions on Israel. Activists from SpeakUP Malta, Ġustizzja għall-Palestina and Moviment Graffiti gathered on Castille Place to protest what they described as a “genocide” of the Palestinian people perpetrated by Israel. People held up
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday praised the "significant progress" towards peace in Gaza, again calling for a ceasefire in the devastated Palestinian territory and the release of Israeli hostages. His remarks join a chorus of diplomatic statements following the Islamist group Hamas's positive response to US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Israel-Hamas
Israeli and Hamas negotiators were converging on Cairo Sunday for talks to end nearly two years of war in Gaza, with Israel's leader expressing hope that hostages held in the devastated territory could be released within days. The diplomatic push follows Palestinian militant group Hamas' positive response to US President Donald Trump's roadmap for
An Israeli army vehicle rumbles through the empty streets of a shattered neighborhood in Gaza City, and with help from a video camera, a soldier spots people standing inside a blasted out nearby building. The armored personal carrier revs its engine and moves on. A little further along, the vehicle stops near an empty hospital formerly overseen by
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he hoped to bring home the hostages being held by Hamas in a matter of days, as negotiators headed to Cairo for talks aimed at putting an end to nearly two years of war in Gaza. US President Donald Trump warned he would "not tolerate delay" from the Palestinian militant group, after it responded
The Palestinian embassy in Malta will be holding a symbolic flag raising ceremony at its headquarters in Swieqi on Monday following Malta’s formal recognition of the State of Palestine. Representatives of the Maltese government and other ambassadors are expected to attend the ceremony as the Palestinian ambassador urged the public to bring their own
Smoke billowed over Gaza City on Saturday, yet for the first time in months, residents felt a ceasefire was within reach as they welcomed US President Donald Trump's call for Israel to stop bombing. "Trump's announcement was very surprising to me, as he has always been biased toward Israel," said 24-year-old Jamila al-Sayyid, from Gaza City's Zeitun
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Hamas said it was willing to release the hostages and hand over power to other Palestinians, but that other
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said Friday it was willing to release all hostages held in Gaza under the framework laid out in US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal. "The movement announces its approval for the release of all hostages -- living and remains -- according to the exchange formula included in President Trump’s proposal," Hamas
The United Nation’s General Assembly produced one huge step for mankind when seven large Western countries and five smaller Western countries, including our own Malta, finally reacted to the ongoing genocide and murder by starvation of the Palestinian people that Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies have been committing. The recognition by these