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: Jerusalem
Trump says Iran driving Israel, Arab states closer
:: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that shared concern about Iran was driving Israel and many Arab states closer and demanded that Tehran immediately cease military and financial backing of “terrorists and militias”. In Jerusalem, in public remarks
Trump administration wavers on whether ‘Western Wall a part of Israel’
:: As President Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to visit the hallowed Western Wall on Monday, it remained unclear whether his administration was changing longstanding US policy by declaring the wall’s location to be Israel, versus Jerusalem.
Israel in rare overture to Palestinians ‘at Trump’s request’
:: Israeli ministers have approved measures aimed at improving the Palestinian economy and facilitating crossings, rare moves said to be at Donald Trump’s request hours ahead of the US president’s arrival. An Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity
Israeli minister wears Jerusalem print dress, provoking Palestinians
:: The Israeli Minister of Culture, Miri Regev attended the Cannes Festival in a dress depicting the old city of Jerusalem showing the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock. According to Israeli media, Regev wanted to send a
Tension between Israel and White House ahead of Trump’s Mideast tour
:: Israel wants the White House to explain why a U.S. diplomat preparing President Donald Trump’s visit to Jerusalem said Judaism’s Holy Western Wall in its Old City is part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said on
Palestinian allegedly stabs Israeli officer in Jerusalem, shot dead
:: A Palestinian allegedly stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in annexed east Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot dead by other officers, police said. The officer was taken to hospital with “moderate” injuries after the attack in the walled
Israeli parliament advances bill enshrining state’s Jewish status
:: The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill defining the country as the “national home of the Jewish people” that critics say discriminates against the state’s Arab minority. The bill, supported by 48 against 41 of the
Tunisia Jewish representative ‘Israeli govt disrupting Jewish pilgrimage’
:: The representative of the Jewish community in Tunisia’s Djerba, Perez Traboulsi, said in an interview with local media that all security precautions have been taken and are put in place to secure a safe pilgrimage. “We are expecting 3,000
Israel says 300 Palestinian inmates end protest, 920 remain on hunger strike
An Israeli minister said Sunday that 300 Palestinians have agreed to end an almost two-week-old hunger strike launched in protest at the conditions of their detention. The Palestinians, for their part, said 1,500 prisoners were keeping up their fast in
Israel planning 15,000 more settlement homes in Jerusalem
Israel intends to build 15,000 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem, the Housing Ministry said on Friday despite US President Donald Trump’s request to “hold back” on settlements as part of a possible new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace. A formal
Israeli missile shoots down ‘target’ over Golan
Israel shot down what it identified only as “a target” over the occupied Golan Heights on Thursday, hours after Syria accused it of hitting a military position near Damascus airport. “The Patriot Aerial Defense System intercepted a target above the
Israel appoints country’s first female sharia judge
Israel appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system on Tuesday, officials said, a move hailed as historic. Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, was selected by an Israeli justice committee alongside three
Israel president accuses Le Pen of denying Holocaust responsibility
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday accused French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of a new, dangerous form of Holocaust denial disregarding European responsibility for the World War II murder of Jews. “The prevalent message arising from recent political
Palestinian teen stabs, wounds 4 Israelis: Police
A Palestinian teenager stabbed and slightly wounded four Israelis in Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said, adding that the suspect was arrested. The 18-year-old used a wire-cutter to carry out the attack in a hotel and on the city’s seaside
Two Israeli soldiers, four others arrested for anti-Arab attacks
Six Israelis, including two soldiers, have been arrested for racist attacks against Arabs with knives and other weapons and charged with “terrorist” offenses, authorities said Sunday. The suspects are accused of having used knives, clubs and bars to carry out
Israel says no to negotiations with Palestinians on hunger strike
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan vowed on Tuesday not to negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian detainees on the second day of a hunger strike led by popular leader Marwan Barghouti. More than 1,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons launched the
British woman stabbed to death in Jerusalem: police
Old British female tourist was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Friday and her attacker arrested, police said. The attack took place on the tram close to the Old City, where Christian commemorations were under way for Good Friday as
Israeli soldier killed in West Bank vehicle attack; Remains of Jordan soldiers from 1967 war returned
A Palestinian rammed his vehicle into a group of people near a West Bank settlement on Thursday, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding another, the military said. The military said the Palestinian was apprehended after the attack near the Ofra
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