Tag: Ceasefire
The vote comes days after the United States blocked an earlier Security Council resolution that…
![Labour leaders push President Biden for a Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/afp.com-20231214-PH-GTY-1855451139-highres-1702587037.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – Influential union leaders joined progressive lawmakers at the United States Capitol to…
![Ireland’s prime minister urges EU leaders to call for Gaza ceasefire](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23348351693138-1702568053.jpg?resize=1200,675)
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says there is “some truth” to allegations that the EU…
![UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Gaza ceasefire](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/347T8EH-highres-1702404894.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The United States and Israel were among the few voices to vote against the non-binding…
Hamas and the Palestinian Authority were quick to condemn the U.S. veto, as the Hamas-run…
![How Democrats are alienating their base by blasting a Gaza war ceasefire](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/protest-10-1699133111.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – Inexplicable. That’s how advocates describe the actions of some Democratic officials who…
![Progressive US lawmakers renew calls for ceasefire in Gaza](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Rashida-1701306270.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – Advocates calling for a ceasefire in Gaza were often interrupted by their…
A current cessation of hostilities was due to end early Thursday after a six-day pause…
![US rights advocates launch hunger strike for Israel-Hamas ceasefire](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cynthia-Nixon-1701113172.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – State lawmakers and Palestinian rights advocates, along with actress and progressive lawyer…
![‘We want permanent ceasefire,’ Palestinians in Gaza say as truce extended](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1E3A0005-1701100852.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – Ayman Harb, father of three children, made it through with…