Tag: Israel

Israel says Palestinian request to ICC has no legal validity

    JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday questioned the legal validity of a Palestinian request to the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged human rights violations linked...

Palestine asks ICC for ‘immediate’ probe against Israel

    HAGUE: The Palestinian foreign minister asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to open an “immediate investigation” into alleged Israeli “crimes” committed against...

Israel becomes first country to use F-35 jets in combat

JERUSALEM: Israel is the first country to have used the US-made F-35 stealth fighter in combat, the Israeli air force chief said on Tuesday...

Israel summons envoys for Spain, Slovenia, Belgium over UN Gaza vote

  JERUSALEM: Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of...

Paraguay opens its Israel embassy in Jerusalem, second country to follow...

JERUSALEM: Paraguay opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the second country to follow the United States in making the politically sensitive move...

Israel says Gaza wounded transferred to Jordan

JERUSALEM: Israel's military says wounded Palestinians in Gaza were transferred to Jordan for medical treatment and that Jordanian trucks packed with medical supplies have...

Israel vilified at UN body for Gaza killings, but backed by...

  GENEVA: Israel was sharply criticised at a UN human rights body on Friday for its killings of protesters in Gaza and treatment of the...

Israel builds ‘missile net’ on border to protect airport

  JERUSALEM: Israel has built a unique "missile net" to defend a new airport, as part of a newly-completed segment of its eastern border barrier,...

Israel hits Hamas base

GAZA CITY: Israel hit a Hamas base in an air raid Thursday in response to gunfire from the Gaza Strip, but weeks of deadly...

Erdogan, Natanyahu lash out at each other on Twitter

Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at each other on Twitter on Wednesday. The round of trading insults went...

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

GAZA: Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off dramatically, with Israel on Wednesday pointing to what it said were Egyptian efforts to...

Guatemala opens Israel embassy in Jerusalem after US move

JERUSALEM: Guatemala inaugurated its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States' deeply...

Pakistan to observe ‘Palestine Solidarity Day’ on 18th

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan decided on Wednesday to observe “Palestine Solidarity Day” on May 18. According to the Prime Minister's Office, PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi directed that the...

Turkey expels Israeli consul in spat over Gaza violence

ANKARA: Turkey has ordered the Israeli consul general in Istanbul to return to Israel “for some time”, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said on...

Gazans bury dead after bloodiest day of Israel border protests

GAZA: Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Tuesday for the funerals of scores of people killed by Israeli troops a day earlier, while on the...

The world reacts to Israeli crackdown on Palestinians

JERUSALEM: Israel faced widespread condemnation on Monday after its forces killed at least 55 Palestinians in Gaza during protests coinciding with the opening of...

US ‘part of the problem’ in Israel-Palestine peace process, says Turkey’s...

LONDON: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the United States had forfeited its role as a mediator in the Middle East by moving...