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 … ]
Democratic control of US Congress has Israel worried over future of Washington’s Mideast policy, newspaper says The Democratic Party’s capture of the U.S. House of Representatives has raised concern in Israel over the potential impact [ More … ]
NSA whistleblower claims Pegasus spyware was used to track slain Saudi journalist Software made by an Israeli cyber security firm was used to track murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor [ More … ]
PLO central council voted to halt all commitments to ‘occupation authorities’ until Israel recognises Palestinian state The Palestine Liberation Organization’s central council has announced that it is suspending its recognition of the state of Israel. [ More … ]
An Israeli Military says the alleged attacker had worked in a factory where the shooting took place in the Barkan industrial area and was still at large A Palestinian gunman has shot dead two Israelis [ More … ]
Israel’s Quneitra border crossing was closed four years ago at height of the conflict in neighbouring Syria Israel announced Thursday that it had made all necessary preparations to reopen its main border crossing with Syria [ More … ]
Money earmarked for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza will instead be redirected to programs within Israel’s borders. The US has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, adding [ More … ]
According to MEE Israeli journalist Edy Cohen has claimed that an Emirati pilot participated in the bombing of Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip three weeks ago during his training on Israeli air force F-35 [ More … ]
Israelis and Palestinians in ‘advanced stages’ of indirect negotiations to defuse tension Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed one Palestinian and wounded eight on Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said. The [ More … ]
Ankara says comments made by the ambassadors of Egypt and Israel to Cyprus indicating readiness for a military showdown with Turkey over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean are “out of place.” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry [ More … ]
By:Yasin Aktay* Regardless of the progress humankind has made in science, technology or intelligence, and regardless of how much all this progress is reflected on politics, international relations and strategic plans, it seems a part [ More … ]
World-renowned pianist says he is ‘ashamed to be an Israeli’ following passing of legislation Daniel Barenboim, the world-renowned pianist and conductor, has labelled Israel’s “Nation State” law as “a very clear form of apartheid”. Writing [ More … ]
France’s Intelligence Online website and Israel’s Channel 10 reported that a secret meeting took place on June 17, 2018, in the Jordanian city of Aqaba at the request of the American envoys, Greenblatt and Trump’s advisor [ More … ]
Israeli forces carried out strikes in the Egyptian-ruled Sinai Peninsula recently, targeting militants positions in northern Sinai, witnesses claimed. According to a report by the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed media outlet, Israeli aircraft hit militants targets inside [ More … ]
Jared Kushner, United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, and Jason Greenblatt, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, concluded their visit to Cairo. The US delegation’s brief time in the Egyptian capital [ More … ]
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