Two business jets, an offshore company, millions in cash, wealthy Gulf royals, one Israeli businessman – and Iran. Leaked documents reveal the secrets behind the United Arab Emirates’ newest spy planes, reports Haaretz. For the [ More … ]
Move slammed as ‘affront to the American people’ and’ assault on Palestinians’ right ‘to reach out to decision-makers’. Israel has decided to bar United Statescongresswomen Congress Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country ahead of [ More … ]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Sunday defended the economic boycott of Israel as a freedom of speech movement that’s “pushing back against racist policies in Israel.” Last week, 398 House members overwhelmingly passed a resolution to [ More … ]
The Egyptian 2019 movie “The Passage” value 100 million Egyptian kilos ($6 million) to provide – the most expensive manufacturing within the historical past of Egyptian cinema, and apparently additionally probably the most worthwhile. In solely [ More … ]
Israel has been rocked by widespread demonstrations decrying the fatal shooting of an Ethiopian-Israeli teenager at the hands of an off-duty police officer. Protests erupted after Solomon Teka, 18, who was unarmed, was shot by [ More … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
Touted by its architects as the ‘deal of the century’, US president Donald Trump’s plan for Palestine and Israel has had to again be kept hidden as Israel heads back to elections after a failure [ More … ]
Egypt reached a settlement agreement with state-owned Israel Electric Corp. to pay a reduced fine for halting deliveries of natural gas, ending a dispute that started about seven years ago. The accord signed June 16 [ 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 … ]
Israeli parliament votes to hold new elections after Netanyahu fails to form coalition Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before voting in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo) Israeli Prime [ 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 … ]
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 … ]
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 … ]
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