After a day of skirmishes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets at Israel late Friday, according to the army. According to the military, one rocket landed in an open field in the Sha’ar Hanegev regional council close to the border fence, while the second fell short in the … Read more
The United Nations voiced deep difficulty at the worsening violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as clashes erupted once more at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday. “We are deeply involved via the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel during the last month,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN Office … Read more
According to a statement released by the semi-official Fars news agency, Iran’s intelligence ministry announced the arrest of three Mossad operatives. The statement did not disclose the nationality of the captured Mossad agents, but did indicate that they were apprehended in Iran’s southeastern region of Sistan-Baluchestan. According to the report, the three captured spies were involved … Read more
Pope Francis urged for unrestricted access to Jerusalem’s sacred sites during his annual Easter message on Sunday, amid simmering tensions between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy City. “May there be peace in the Middle East, which has been wracked by strife and division for years. Let us pray for Jerusalem’s peace and the peace … Read more
Hundreds of Israeli ultra-nationalists appear to have been prevented from marching through mostly Palestinian parts of Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday, an event that served as one of the catalysts for last year’s Israel-Gaza conflict. Outside the Old City walls, police put up enormous roadblocks, barring the major route leading down to Damascus Gate, the … Read more
Israel’s government has agreed to shut Al-Aqsa Mosque to Jewish groups until about the end of Ramadan in response to local, regional, and international pressure following deadly incidents at the sensitive site. According to the Israeli publication Yedioth Ahronoth, the administration has decided to ban the courtyards of Al-Aqsa to Jewish settlers from April 22 … Read more
US fears its weapons are going into wrong hands The US has not many choices with regards to following weapons being shipped off Ukraine and has “very nearly zero” thought of where they end up, sources have told. As Western powers keep on providing Ukraine with weapons, a senior US guard official has conceded there … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged officials of Israel and Palestine officials Tuesday to “end the cycle of violence” following a recent spike in tensions between the two sides. Blinken emphasized “the critical importance of Israelis and Palestinians working together to end the cycle of violence in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza by … Read more
Democratic politicians routinely refer to Israel as among our greatest allies. “The United States has no better friend in the world than Israel,” President Obama said, and Joe Biden has used similar language. Nancy Pelosi says Israel’s establishment was the “greatest political achievement of the 20th century” America is Israel’s “oldest ally,” and the Capitol … Read more
Israel struck a facility in the southern Gaza Strip belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military branch, early Tuesday in retaliation to a shell fired by one of the Palestinian groups into an Israeli town bordering the Gaza Strip. There was no material damage or injury, according to Palestinian and Israeli authorities, but they warned of … Read more
Following a weekend of rioting near a Jerusalem holy site, Israel launched its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip in months. Southern Israel was alerted Monday night after a missile was launched from the Hamas-controlled enclave, the first such occurrence since early January. The missile hit the waters off Tel Aviv. “The Gaza Strip … Read more
Gaza City, Palestinian: Witnesses and members of the ruling Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip say Israel launched early Tuesday morning strikes in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israel. Witnesses report that Israeli planes bombed the southern Gaza Strip, and Hamas’ armed wing claims responsibility for the attack. In a … Read more
The Arab-Israeli Raam party on Sunday “suspended” its participation inside the coalition government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, over violence targeted on Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa compound. Bennett took office remaining June after painstaking efforts to cobble together a coalition capable of toppling Israel’s longest-serving most useful Benjamin Netanyahu, developing a razor-thin majority of 61 seats … Read more
Israel’s fractious governing coalition faced a new split on Sunday when Arab-Israeli party Raam “suspended” its membership, after violence around a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site that wounded 170 people over the weekend. The government — an ideologically disparate mix of left-wing, hardline Jewish nationalist and religious parties, as well as Raam — had already lost … Read more
Bella Hadid, the supermodel, used her Instagram account on Sunday to draw attention to Israeli brutality against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Bella posted a video of an Israeli police officer abusing a small kid and a man, as well as a long statement detailing her outrage. Here’s what she had to say: “I strongly … Read more
Direct flights between the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv and Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh started on Sunday. Tel Aviv’s first direct trip to Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh took off on Sunday, Israel’s national carrier El-Al reported. Sun d’Or subsidiary flight 5193 departed Ben Gurion International Airport at 0715 GMT, the airline stated … Read more
Jordan’s King Abdullah II urged Israel on Sunday to “cease all unlawful and provocative acts” that aggravate the situation in occupied Jerusalem and to respect the current historical and legal position. His words come two days after almost 20 people were wounded in a series of events in and around Jerusalem’s sensitive Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli … Read more
Dua Lipa, a British musician, took to Instagram on Saturday to post a report about Israeli police raiding the Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Israeli police attacked Al Aqsa Mosuqe—one of the holiest places in the world for Muslims—attacking Palestinians as they gathered to worship on Friday morning during the holy month of Ramadan,” according to the report … Read more
Foreign Ministry of Egypt condemned Israeli police for assaulting Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque and committing violence against Palestinians in its courtyards, resulting in scores of injuries and arrests. Ahmed Hafez, a ministry spokesperson, emphasized the need of “self-restraint, ensuring complete safety for Muslim worshipers and letting them to perform Islamic rites at Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is … Read more
Nearly a year after clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem triggered a war in Gaza, rising tensions in the city during Ramadan have sparked worries of a repetition of 2021. When Israeli riot police invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex on Friday, they were attacked with stone-throwing and firecrackers, injuring 158 Palestinians. Israel … Read more
Former president, Trump warns the new deal with Tehran, could be the end of Israel, on Wednesday. He warned the recent government of Biden regarding the Iran nuclear deal. He said that administration should restructure the deal, otherwise Israel will experience a catastrophic end. Trump said that Biden is allowing Putin to help forge the … Read more
Fresh clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants rocked the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday as a Palestinian was killed after stabbing an Israeli police officer, adding to a surging death toll. Israeli troops launched a fourth day of military operations around Jenin after an assailant from the flashpoint district last week shot … Read more
A Palestinian man armed with a kitchen knife stabbed a police officer in Ashkelon, Israel, and was shot dead. An officer was examining a person of interest on Tuesday when “the attacker pulled out a knife and attacked the officer,” according to police. “Responded quickly, fired and neutralised the suspect,” the officer said in his … Read more
There have been three deaths in separate incidents that give rise to high tensions in Israel, West Bank. Following weeks of deadly attacks, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinian women in separate events in the West Bank on Sunday, inciting inflaming tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. In a third incident, a Jewish man was … Read more
Israeli police raided the volatile West Bank district of Jenin again on Sunday, a stronghold of Palestinian terrorist groups and the home of gunmen who carried out two recent deadly attacks. Gunfights rocked the Jenin area for a second day on Sunday, as Israel laid to rest three recent shooting fatalities. According to the Palestinian … Read more
After the latest tragic attack, in which a Palestinian gunman killed two men in a popular nightlife area, Israel’s prime minister authorized security services “full freedom” of operation to combat the rising violence. “This battle has no and will not have any limitations,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declared hours after the Tel Aviv attack. In … Read more
Salah Hamouri, a Palestinian lawyer detained in Israel, filed a lawsuit in France on Tuesday against the surveillance firm NSO Group for “illegally infiltrating” his mobile phone with the malware Pegasus. Hamouri, who also has French citizenship, is serving a four-month administrative detention sentence imposed by an Israeli military court in March on the grounds … Read more
JERUSALEM, March 27 (Xinhua) — Israel and Germany have signed an agreement over cooperation in the energy sector, said a joint statement issued by the two countries on Sunday. It was signed by Karine Elharrar, Israel’s Energy Minister and Oliver Krischer, parliamentary state secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The … Read more
