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Israeli Arab intelligence agency, Shin Bet indicated Sunday that one Israeli soldier from Arab origin has joined the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. “It is the first time that a soldier in the Israeli army has joined the Islamic State,” Read more
King Mohammed VI has renewed Morocco’s unconditional support to Palestinian Statehood pointing out that it is one of the Palestinian people’s historical and legitimate rights to establish their independent State and denounced the Israeli settlement and Judaization policy in the Read more
The Israeli government decided to suspend contacts with the European Union and its agencies on anything related to the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in a retaliatory move to the EU’s decision concerning the labeling of products made in the occupied territories. Read more
United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO, adopted a resolution on Wednesday strongly condemning Israel’s actions in Jerusalem, mainly “Israeli aggression and illegal measures restricting freedom of worship and access to the holy Muslim site of the Al-Aqsa mosque.” The Israeli foreign Read more
U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was in Jerusalem on Tuesday in an unannounced visit and met with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as tensions continue in the West Bank and Jerusalem. He said his visit “reflects the Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a stern warning on Monday after two rockets targeting Israel were launched from the Gaza Strip by Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, a Salafist organization affiliated with the Islamic State. Recent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Forces Read more
Foreign Ministers of Arab League member countries, supported by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, agreed on Wednesday in Cairo to draft a UN resolution calling the UN Security Council to protect Palestinians against Israeli settlers and terrorism. The Foreign Ministers Read more
A traditional diplomatic press conference on Thursday turned out to be a spat between Prime Minister Netanyahu and British foreign secretary Philip Hammond as they disagree over the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1. After having read from Read more
Palestinian-Israeli talks could not be resumed unless settlements in the occupied territories are stopped. This was the reply of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Netanyahu’s call to resume negotiations with Palestine “without preconditions.” President Abbas replied to Netanyahu from Serbia Read more
President Rivlin of Israel is discouraging Palestinians from taking their differences with the Jewish state to the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it is not the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Tel Aviv has already started lobbying for countries to Read more