Tag: Israel

Pakistan condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinians

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday condemned the killing of Palestinians by Israel’s armed forces. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said, “The international community has...

Deadly Israel-Gaza escalation rages for second day

TEL AVIV: Exchanges of fire triggered by Israel's targeted killing of a top militant in Gaza raged for a second day Wednesday and showed little...

Netanyahu ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Gantz rebuff, says open to talks

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced disappointment at his election challenger’s rejection on Thursday of his offer to discuss forming an Israeli unity government...

Russia’s Putin plans to visit Israel in January 2020

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he planned to visit Israel in January next year to inaugurate a memorial to World War...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah downs Israeli drone in southern town

RAMYAH: Lebanon's Hezbollah says it has shot down an Israeli unmanned aircraft outside the southern town of Ramyah. The group said in a statement on...

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in Jerusalem area

PALESTINE: Israel began demolishing a number of Palestinian homes it considers illegal south of Jerusalem early Monday, an AFP journalist said, in a move...

US peace plan aims to raise $50 bn, create million Palestinian...

The United States said Saturday that its Middle East peace plan to be presented next week in Bahrain aims to raise more than $50...

Israel moves to name Golan settlement after Trump

RAMAT: The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Israeli settlement in the Israel-controlled...

Jordan unhappy as Trump Mideast peace plan revives old fears

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah reacts angrily to any suggestion that he might accept a U.S. deal to end the Arab-Israeli conflict that would make...

Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza, calling attack response to rocket fire

TEL AVIV: Israeli aircraft attacked a Hamas target in Gaza on Thursday after a Palestinian rocket strike, the Israeli military said, in the first...

Germany supports two-state solution to Middle East conflict

Germany’s top diplomat on Sunday reaffirmed his country’s support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ahead of a long-awaited US peace plan. “We...

U.S., Russia believe Russian support can help restrain Iran

The United States and believes Russia may be more amenable than in the past to address U.S. and Israeli concerns about Iran’s influence, including...

Israel heads to new election after Netanyahu stumbles

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confronted with one of the biggest defeats of his political career Thursday after failing to form...

Israel won’t let Iran get nuclear weaponry: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weaponry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, reiterating a long-held Israeli position after Tehran announced...

Netanyahu pledges ‘massive strikes’ in Gaza as death toll reaches 23

--Nineteen Palestinians and four Israelis killed as Israeli forces mass on Gaza border, stoking fears of ground invasion Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered "massive strikes"...

Exit polls show tight race in Israeli elections

--Netanyahu may be in a better position to form a coalition TEL AVIV: Israelis voted on Tuesday in a fiercely fought election in which Israeli Prime Minister...

PM Imran questions ‘moral bankruptcy’ of Indian, Israeli leaders

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday slammed the leaders of India and Israel, terming them “morally bankrupt” for occupying territories which do not rightfully...