Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: Israel
Israel sentences Islamic leader to jail for incitement
An Arab Israeli Muslim leader seen by Israel as a powerful voice stoking Palestinian anger over a Jerusalem holy site, was jailed for 11 months on Tuesday for comments he made in 2007. Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic
Zionist PM considers revoking benefits for some Palestinians
Hawkish Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has raised the possibility of revoking benefits and travel rights of some Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, a government official said on Monday, in response to a wave of violence. Such a move did not
Abbas asks EU to help calm surging violence
The European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini met Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas late on Monday to discuss “concrete steps” to calm the surge of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. “We have a meeting tonight to discuss the ways EU
Israel air raid hits Gaza in response to rocket fire
Israel carried out an air strike against two Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired onto its territory on Monday night, the military said. “In response to this evening’s rocket fire, the IAF (Israeli Air Force)
Israeli army shoots dead alleged Palestinian attacker in the West Bank
A Palestinian man who stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli in the southern occupied West Bank has been shot dead, the army said on Monday. “The assailant stabbed the Israeli in the neck, wounding him severely. The attacker was shot
Israel arrests more than 1,000 Palestinians this month
Israel has arrested more than 1,000 Palestinians and Arab Israelis since the October 1 surge in violence, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said Sunday. Most of them were young men and women, the Ramallah-based aid group said. The most arrests –
Netanyahu: Al-Aqsa surveillance cameras in ‘Israel’s interest’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that an agreement to put 24-hour security cameras around Jerusalem’s sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound was in Israel’s interest. In remarks relayed by his office Netanyahu said the cameras would serve “firstly, to refute
Arab Israeli paraglider flies into Syria, possibly to join rebels
An Arab Israeli has crossed into Syria using a paraglider, the army said Sunday, with the apparent goal of joining rebel fighters there. Late Saturday afternoon “a surveillance post identified an Israeli civilian entering Syrian territory using a paraglider,” an
Female Palestinian shot trying to stab Israeli border police
A Palestinian woman was shot and wounded by border police in the southern West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday after attempting to stab officers there, police said. “A Palestinian woman acting suspiciously approached border police forces. She was requested
Kerry lays out steps to ease Israeli-Palestinian strife
The United States on Saturday proposed steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Muslims and Jews. Speaking in Amman after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah, U.S. Secretary
Netanyahu promises to keep Al-Aqsa agreement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday restated a pledge to uphold the custom of not permitting non-Muslim prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque complex, at the center of a surge in unrest. “Israel re-affirms its commitment to upholding unchanged the
Diplomats in race to end Israeli-Palestinian unrest
Stone-throwing Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip during “Day of Rage” protests on Friday while diplomats tried to end more than three weeks of bloodshed. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
Israel court halts razing of Palestinian militant homes
Israel’s High Court has issued injunctions blocking the demolition of six West Bank homes belonging to Palestinians accused of killing Israelis. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month pledged to expedite punitive house demolitions, as part of measures to
Israeli man shot dead after being mistaken for attacker
A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli soldiers who suspected he was a Palestinian attacker, police said on Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a spate of
Israel ‘provocative rhetoric’ needs to stop
The White House has warned Benjamin Netanyahu against “inflammatory rhetoric” on Thursday after the Israeli prime minister claimed a Palestinian religious leader provoked the Holocaust. Netanyahu on Tuesday suggested Hitler was not planning to exterminate the Jews until he met
Jordan king warns Israel against changing Aqsa status quo
Jordanian King Abdullah II again warned Israel Thursday against any move to change the status quo at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, while reiterating calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The king, whose country has custodial rights over
Two alleged attackers shot in Jerusalem after trying to board Israeli bus
Two alleged Palestinian attackers were shot west of occupied Jerusalem on Thursday after attempting to board a bus carrying children then allegedly stabbing an Israeli, police said. One of the alleged attackers was killed, while the second was in critical
Ex-Israeli PM sued over deadly raid on Gaza flotilla
The family of a U.S. citizen who was killed during a raid by Israeli troops in 2010 on a Gaza-bound flotilla are suing former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, claiming unlawful death and torture. Attorneys representing the Turkish family of
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