Ahead of the Trump administration’s “economic workshop” in Bahrain, Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt recently acknowledged what many had already surmised: that the full unveiling of the US “peace plan” would be postponed once more, [ More … ]
According to documents released by the White House, the economic aspect of Donald Trump’s peace plan between Palestine and Israel includes granting $9 billion to Egypt, half of which is in the form of soft [ More … ]
Officials to gather for so-called ‘Peace to Prosperity’ workshop, the economic part of Trump’s ‘deal of the century’. Bahrain is set to host the so-called “Peace to Prosperity” workshop to discuss what the US described [ More … ]
Gulf rulers would have Arabs believe Iran – and not Israel – is their enemy. Palestinians are being asked to pay the price to preserve the thrones of the oil families. Who is the main [ More … ]
At least 47 Palestinians wounded by Israeli soldiers amid protests to mark the 71st anniversary of ‘the catastrophe’. Thousands of Palestinians rallied on Wednesday to mark Nakba Day, what Palestinians call “the catastrophe” that befell them in the war [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Palestinians recently ranked corruption as the second largest problem after the economic crisis – higher than the Israeli occupation. Palestinians generally view PA officials as a self-serving, elitist group disconnected from the Palestinian struggle and [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the U.N. General Assembly. Before Thursday’s vote, [ 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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