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 … ]
At least 124 Palestinians, including journalists and medics, have been shot dead by Israelis in Gaza since late March Israeli troops killed four Palestinians and wounded hundreds of others on Friday with live fire and [ More … ]
Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off over the past two days, amid reports that Egyptian officials intervened to restore calm after dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire. Gaza’s dominant Islamist [ More … ]
The Israeli army has killed at least 28 Palestinians and injured at least 1,600 others alongside the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. After [ More … ]
Al-Qaeda chief says embassy move is evidence negotiations and ‘appeasement’ have failed Palestinians Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sunday said America’s decision to shift its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem was evidence that negotiations and “appeasement” [ More … ]
Israel’s Embassy in Egypt celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Catastrophe(Nakba Day), which commemorate the catastrophe day of the establishment of the State of Israel, on Tuesday in Cairo. It is the first such event since the [ More … ]
The most significant foreign policy move of the Trump presidency so far risks confrontation with Tehran and feeds growing rift with Europe. The international community condemns Trump’s decision to nix Iran nuclear deal but Israel, Saudi [ More … ]
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