Tag: Israel

Israel Army detain three Palestinians in West Bank raids

WEST BANK: Israeli forces on Friday detained two Palestinians and seized two vehicles mostly during multiple overnight raids across the southern and northern West...

Israel to ban poet who referred Ahed Tamimi as hero

TEL AVIV: In Germany, the Kulturkampf referred to battles between civil and religious authorities over control of what the state would look like. In...

Oldest human fossil outside Africa found in Israel

MIAMI: The oldest remains of a modern human outside Africa have been dug up in Israel, offering evidence of what genetic studies have already...

Israel won’t prosecute envoy guard over Jordan shootings

JERUSALEM: Israel will not prosecute a guard from its embassy in Amman who killed two Jordanians in July, as had long been demanded by...

US embassy in Israel overshadows Pence’s trip to Mideast 

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence set off for the Middle East on Friday for a trip overshadowed by controversy over plans to move...

India to restart talks on missile sales deal with Israel

JERUSALEM: India is to restart talks with Israel over a cancelled deal to buy anti-tank missiles, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...

Yousaf urges Muslim ummah to forge unity against Israeli atrocities

ISLAMABAD: Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf on Wednesday strongly rejected President Trump’s decision to move the US embassy from Tel...

Israel army detonates bomb at Joseph’s Tomb holy site, says IDF

NABULUS: Israel army detonated a cellphone-operated explosive device that was planted at the entrance to the Joseph’s Tomb in the city of Nablus early...

Netanyahu disappointed by Modi’s refusal to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

NEW DELHI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was “disappointed” by India’s refusal to back recognition of Jerusalem as his country’s capital...

Israel grants bail to Palestinian woman in ‘slap video’ case

NABI SALEH: Israel on Friday released a Palestinian woman on bail after she was charged with assaulting an Israeli soldier in the occupied West...

Turkish president accuses US, Israel of ‘meddling’ in Pakistan, Iran

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States and Israel on Friday of meddling in Iran after Turkey's neighbour was gripped by...

It’s not only Pakistan but we pay billions to Palestine, others...

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to threaten to cut off US aid money to the Palestinian Authority, saying they were no longer willing...

India buys missiles from Israel ahead of Netanyahu’s visit

NEW DELHI: India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a...

Israel sets higher threshold for votes on ceding parts of Jerusalem

JERUSALEM: Israel set a higher threshold on Tuesday for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians, who want the eastern part...

Israel withdraws from UNESCO

Israel has filed notice to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) alongside the United States. Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years...

UNESCO ‘deeply regrets’ Israel’s decision to withdraw from agency

GENEVA: The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voiced “deep regret” over Israel's decision to withdraw from the agency. Noting...

Palestine’s Pakistan envoy shares stage with Hafiz Saeed, India issues demarche

NEW DELHI: India criticised Palestine on Friday for its ambassador in Pakistan sharing a platform with Jamaatud Dawa/Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed at a rally...