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The Jordanian parliament passed a law targeting Israelis interested in Petra region after reports that they are increasingly buying lands around the area. The law passed on Tuesday bans renting or selling real estate to Israeli citizens in the ancient Read more
Muslim world leaders gathered in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Monday called for a boycott of Israeli products produced in the occupied territories and reiterated their full support to Palestinians’ rights. The call is part of resolutions adopted by the 57 Read more
While Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas seeks to mobilize international support for the French proposal to hold an international peace conference to solve the Palestine-Israel conflict, Hamas claims that peace talks with Israel have “failed” and deems the French initiative an Read more
Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer stated that Tel Aviv supports the aspirations of the Kurds for independence, comparing their struggle to that of the Israelis. This came in a statement relayed by Iraniennes.com. The Kurds have been fighting Read more
UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon condemned the stabbings and killings going on between Palestinians and Israelis underlining that the “Palestinian frustration” after almost 50years of Israeli occupation and failed peace processes drove a “profound sense of alienation and despair” among Read more
Swedish foreign minister Margot Wallstrom criticized Israel’s military actions against Palestinians and urged for the “vital” need to investigate the deaths in the recent outbreak of violence in the interest of accountability. Her comments during a parliamentary debate triggered reactions Read more
U.N special investigator into Israel’s human rights abuses in Palestine, Makarim Wibisono, has resigned and it will take effect on March 31 according to a released statement. Wibisono, Indonesia’s former ambassador to the U.N, said his decision was due to Read more
Cairo and Tel Aviv confirmed on Sunday that Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, arrived on Friday and would soon be presenting his credentials. The North African country recalled its ambassador from the Jewish state in 2012 under the Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over the week-end told Turkish journalists that both Turkey and Israeli need each other following diplomatic efforts by the two countries to ease tension caused by Israel’s attack on a Turkish humanitarian ship bound for Read more
A week after Hezbollah’s commander Samir Kuntar was killed in airstrike in Syria, Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah issued a warning in a televised message during the weekend assuring Israel that “the response for the assassination of al-Kuntar is coming, there’s Read more