What do Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed say about U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Golan belongs to Israel” outburst? Are they going to [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* According to a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank, President Donald Trump aims through his proposals known as the “Deal of the Century” [ 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 … ]
Kuwait best get with the US program – or be prepared to face Trump’s wrath The New York Post has published a report by Jonathan Schanzer* & Varsha Koduvayur* about the relation between Kuwait and [ More … ]
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