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Israel Latest News

U.S. declares Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land are now ‘legal’

November 19, 2019 MEO Staff

The declaration puts the United States at odds with virtually all countries and UN Security Council resolutions The United States no longer believes that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal, Secretary of State [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Israel, US ‘morally repugnant’ for trying to block UN list of firms working in settlements

August 24, 2017 MEO Staff

Reports emerged this week that the Trump administration was working with the Israeli government to obstruct the publication of a United Nations “blacklist” of companies working in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Macron scolds Netanyahu on settlements, urges new Mideast talks

July 17, 2017 MEO Staff

Emmanuel Macron stressed Israel must respect international law and halt the expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, urging for fresh Middle East peace talks. French President Emmanuel Macron told Israel’s visiting Prime Minister Benyamin [ More … ]

Palestine Latest News

Abbas meets Jewish delegation from US to discuss settlements, two-state solution

March 10, 2017 MEO Staff

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday met with a delegation from the Jewish reform movement in the United States, where he discussed the peace process and Israel’s continued expansion of illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Palestinians hail UNSC resolution on Israeli settlements

December 24, 2016 MEO Staff

A UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement building in the occupied territories has won a showering praise in the Palestinian lands. A number of prominent Palestinian figures, including officials from the Palestinian Authority, Hamas movement as [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

A day after Al-Sisi withdrew the resolution under pressure from Israel and Donald Trump, Security Council Condemns Israeli Settlements

December 23, 2016 MEO Staff

The U.N. Security Council has condemned Israel’s construction of settlements, with US Ambassador Samantha Power saying the project hurts Israel’s security The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

EU Condemns Israel’s New Settlement Plans In Palestinian Territory

October 10, 2016 MEO Staff

The European Union (EU) expressed deep concern over Israel’s plans to construct 98 new housing units in the northern West Bank. The spokesperson for the European Union strongly condemned Israel’s plans to construct 98 new [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

EU Slams Israel’s Approval of 463 Housing Units in Israeli Settlements across West Bank

September 3, 2016 MEO Staff

The European Union released a statement on Friday condemning an Israeli decision on Wednesday to approve plans for 463 new housing units in several Israeli settlements, 179 units of which have already been constructed in [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Netanyahu Welcomes Al-Sisi’s ‘Offer to Advance Peace with the Palestinians’

July 11, 2016 MEO Staff

Upon returning from his Africa tour, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss the Egyptian initiative to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Netanyahu meets with Egyptian FM, [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

A Palestinian Injured In a Car Attack, Lightly Injuring 3 Israeli Soldiers

July 7, 2016 MEO Staff

A Palestinian car hit an Israeli army vehicle causing it to overturn on Route 60, in the Gush Etzion section of the West Bank. A Palestinian civilian was evacuated for critical injuries after his car [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Israeli Forces Shoot Dead a Palestinian Woman after Her Car hits a Vehicle, 2 Israelis Lightly Injured

June 25, 2016 MEO Staff

A Palestinian woman was shot dead Friday by Israeli forces near the West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) after allegedly carrying out a vehicular attack, the Israeli army and the Palestinian Health Ministry have said, [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Israel’s Netanyahu to Rome on Sunday to Fend off Pressure from the U.S. and Europe

June 24, 2016 MEO Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Rome on Sunday to try to fend off pressure from the United States and Europe over his settlements policy and opposition to a French-led effort to forge peace [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Israel Approves Additional 60 Million Shekels in Funding for Settlements in West Bank

June 20, 2016 MEO Staff

The Israeli government is expected to approve the allocation of an additional 60 million shekels (about $15.5 million) to settlements in the occupied West Bank due to the “worsening security situation” in the territory, according [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

UN-OCHA: 90,000 Palestinians Are Still Displaced In Gaza

June 14, 2016 MEO Staff

Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, in its annual report titled Fragmented Lives: Humanitarian Overview 2015, that the major drivers of humanitarian vulnerability in Palestine remained unchanged due to Israel’s protracted occupation It said: “In 2015, the [ More … ]

Israel Latest News

Arab League Rejects Nomination Of Israel for The Presidency Of The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee

June 13, 2016 MEO Staff

The Arab League has rejected the nomination of Israel to take the presidency of the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Counter-Terrorism Committee, which is concerned with combating terrorism. The Arab League’s Secretary General, Nabil al-Arabi, notified [ More … ]

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Egypt: Independent organizations submit a new human rights report to the UN

Egypt Latest News
January 27, 2023

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Israel Latest News
January 26, 2023

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Egypt Latest News
January 25, 2023

Egypt: “Food price shocks and diets among poor households”, report

Egypt Latest News
January 24, 2023

Egypt: EIPR calls on Sisi to abolish unfair verdicts against Aboul Fotouh, Al Qassas and Al-Sharqaw

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January 23, 2023
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