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In an effort to deter Hezbollah, Israel’s Air force chief Major-General Amir Eshel threatened Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas to get rid of their bases in residential buildings which pose as a menace to the Israeli state. “We will have to deal Read more
Tension escalates in Israel as President Shimon Peres privately opposes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He termed Netanyahu’s insistence as “unnecessary” as both Palestine and Israel are yet to come to an Read more
Iran has begun moving towards stopping its uranium enrichment program at its Natanz plant as part of six-month nuclear agreement brokered in November 2013 with members of the UN’s Security Council and Germany. The United States and the European Union Read more
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned against the unprecedented serious threats endangering Al Quds (Jerusalem) and Al Aqsa Mosque pointing out that Israel is speeding up its plans to judaize the city, obliterate its cultural landmarks and alter its religious Read more
The city of Marrakesh is hosting Thursday and Friday a meeting of the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee, an offshoot of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, that will debate the Israeli moves attempting to judaize the holy city, alter its demographic data Read more
King Abdullah II of Jordan received Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss about the latest proposals brought forward by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Jordan is interested in seeing a definitive peace deal between Israel and Palestine. The Read more
China’s foreign Minister Wang Yi has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to boost bilateral relations between the two countries and with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). He held talks with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Saud al-Faisal, and with Read more
In a bid to calm down the United States’ Gulf allies, infuriated by Washington’s recent rapprochement with Iran and its new diplomatic approach towards the Iranian nuclear program, President Barack Obama has okayed the supply of weapons and defense services Read more
The visiting Chinese foreign minister to Algeria, Wang Yi, elaborated to his country’s desire to “better safeguard” its interest and those of the Arab countries based on a four plan strategy. Minister Wang Yi dwelled on the plan during a Read more
Palestine’s Chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, has revealed that they will be willing to extend the negotiations with Israel if they can reach framework agreement by the end of the nine-month negotiations in April. Palestine and Israel have diverging views on Read more