Palestinian officials announced a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip this morning after 24 Palestinians and four Israelis were killed in the worst fighting for five years. The Israeli army on Monday lifted protective restrictions on [ More … ]
Nineteen Palestinians and four Israelis killed as Israeli forces mass on Gaza border, stoking fears of the ground invasion. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered “massive strikes” on the Gaza Strip after a two-day escalation that [ More … ]
The fight to stop Muslim Brotherhood (MB) ban is not about whether political Islam is a good or bad thing. It’s about protecting democracy at home and abroad He is not really embarrassed by what [ More … ]
The strong Egyptian-Israeli relations and the recent rapprochement between Israel and the Gulf, with the help of the U.S., have led the Trump administration to consider labeling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group In fact, [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas $10 billion to accept the US’ so called ‘deal of the century’, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported yesterday. Discussing details of a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed [ More … ]
Israeli fighter jets bomb alleged Hamas facilities in besieged enclave, with a man and a woman reported injured in Rafah Israeli fighter jets bombed multiple alleged Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Friday, [ More … ]
Israel’s attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national election. It was the first time a serving [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused Israel of looking for war and warned that its actions and those of the United States were increasing the chances of a clash in the region. Addressing the Munich [ More … ]
Egypt and Israel enjoy close military collaboration, agree on the need to block Iran and sign gas deals. But the gap between cooperation between governments and complete normalization is still large Egypt’s Urgent Matters Court [ More … ]
Haniyeh attributed Netanyahu’s hostile remarks to ‘panic’ for facing ‘a global boycott’ and ‘a torrent of graft allegations’ Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has blasted recent criticisms of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by Israeli [ More … ]
Task force dealing with Khashoggi fallout working on ‘game-changing’ photo with Israeli PM that would cast prince as peacemaker, sources say Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is reported to be “seriously considering” setting up [ More … ]
2 Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank shooting Two Israeli were killed and two other wounded in a drive-by shooting near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, according to the Israeli military. In a statement, [ More … ]
Israel has reportedly closed an extensive deal with Greece, Italy, and Cyprus to supply natural gas via a 2,000 kilometer (1200 miles) underwater pipeline in a five-year long construction that is estimated to cost nearly [ More … ]
Israeli settlers prevented the entry of dozens of truckloads of basic supplies and fuel, on Sunday, into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli settlers blocked [ More … ]
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