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Just few hours after Israel announced on Monday a deal with the UN refugee agency to allow over 16,000 African migrants to stay temporarily in Israel and to send 16,000 other African migrants to Western countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Read more
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent probe into the death of 16 Gaza Palestinian killed by Israel defense forces (IDF) Friday as Palestinians marked the 42nd anniversary of the eviction of Palestinians from current Israel. The Read more
Palestinian Christians living in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to Jerusalem by Israel during the Holy Week and the Easter weekend, although worship at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in Jerusalem’s Old City, deemed the most sacred Read more
Israel’s settlement expansion in the West bank is eroding the prospect of a two-state solution to the long-standing Middle East conflict, a UN envoy warned Monday, recalling that just over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for Read more
The United States Congress has dramatically increased its budget for the Israeli missile defense programs by $148 million, reported the Jerusalem Post, noting that the amount will include ongoing Iron Dome and Arrow 3 development. “I am pleased and excited Read more
The Shia Houthi rebel group fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Friday it will unite with the Lebanese Shia armed and political group, Hezbollah, and Palestinians should Israel enter into conflict with the two. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, leader of Read more
The Israeli police arrested last month a French driver working at the French consulate in East Jerusalem, suspected for using the mission’s vehicles, with diplomatic number plates, to smuggle weapons on several occasions from Gaza to the West Bank. The Read more
India’s flagship carrier has denied remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it received approval from Saudi authorities to operate flights to Israel via the Saudi airspace to reduce journey hours. “We have not received any confirmation. We have only Read more
Lebanese Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf said his country was prepared to ward off any strikes by Israel on its territories. Sarraf made the strong-worded comment after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brandished remnant of Iranian drone saying that his country Read more
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated the state’s rejection of current US proposals as “unacceptable”. This was an apparent reference to a maritime demarcation line proposed by US diplomat Frederic Hof in 2012. The line would give Lebanon around two Read more