Bahraini Foreign Minister Khaled Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday received salutations for the Muslim celebration of Eid from his Israeli counterpart and “friend” Yisrael Katz. Katz wrote on Twitter: “My friend Khalid Bin Ahmed Al […]
Israel will join the US-led mission to secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, a move likely to provoke Iranian outrage. The revelation was disclosed yesterday by Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yisrael Katz, during a […]
Egypt and Israel are mulling constructing a $10-15 billion liquefaction facility on the Red Sea in Sinai for export to Asia, reports the Globes, following a visit to Egypt by the Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz […]
For the second Friday, tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon protested against Lebanese work restrictions imposed on them, Quds Press reported. Thousands of refugees in Lebanon took part in the “widest” and “largest” protests since […]
(Dying to Forget – Oil, Power, Palestine, & the Foundations of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Irene L. Gendzier. Columbia University Press, New York, 2017.) Many books discuss the transition of U.S. interest in […]
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Khalifah and his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz held their first open and public meeting in the US on the sidelines of the Advance Religious Freedom conference on […]
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced yesterday that Palestinians are not being included in restrictions placed on foreign workers in the country. Calling on Minister of Labour Kamil Abu Sleiman to make a formal announcement […]
Palestinian refugees have launched a third day of consecutive protests in camps across Lebanon against a government crackdown on non-Lebanese workers. Last month Lebanon’s ministry of labor began clamping down on businesses employing foreign workers without a […]
Egypt has rejected a request by Hamas to allow the head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, to travel to a number of countries including Iran, Turkey, Qatar, and Russia. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Egyptian sources as […]
Former Israeli defense minister Avigdor Lieberman, a possible kingmaker in September’s elections, renewed his incitement against Palestinian citizens on Monday, as reported by the Times of Israel. Speaking at a campaign trail meeting in Kiryat Ono, […]
Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz flew through Saudi Arabia’s airspace while making an official visit to the United Arab Emirates last week, Israeli media reported. Katz attended an international climate summit in Abu Dhabi last week and […]
Oman on Tuesday denied it was establishing ties with Israel, a day after the chief of the Mossad intelligence service publicly touted the forging of diplomatic relations between Muscat and Jerusalem. Oman’s Foreign Ministry, in […]
Bahrain hosted the economic version of the so-called Deal of the Century. A two-day conference, co-hosted by the United States, was held in the capital, Manama, on June 25-26. The Palestinian leadership has rightly refused to […]
Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has said that Bahrain conference “secures economic cover for a political attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.” Haniyeh’s statement came in a speech during a conference organized by Palestinian factions […]
According to documents released by the White House, the economic aspect of Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ between Palestine and Israel includes granting $9 billion to Egypt, half of which is in the form of soft […]
Israel will attend the US-led Mideast conference in Bahrain slated for June 25-26, officials announced Sunday, Anadolu reports. Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Channel 13 News: “Israel will be at the Bahrain conference.” Foreign minister says Israel will […]
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said that Israel “should not be worried” about the upcoming “deal of the century”, as it does not demand anything in return for the US’ recognition of […]
The Deal of the Century has inspired much discussion about Washington’s latest political gambit in the Middle East. Largely excluded from the debate, however, is the emotional toll involving the Arab peoples everywhere. The ‘politics […]
An Israeli company has started pumping natural gas from the Tamar gas field in the Mediterranean Sea to Egypt, on Sunday, after initiating experimental pumping operations through an underwater pipeline from Ashkelon to Arish. According […]
Israel has attacked Syrian military positions in the country’s south, killing three soldiers and wounding seven others, Syria’s state-run media reported. The Israeli military confirmed the attack that took place early on Sunday in a series of tweets, […]
The Jordanian government’s position is still unclear regarding in the so-called “Economic Conference” hosted by the Bahraini capital Manama at the invitation of the United States of America. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates […]
Hamas spokesperson, Raafat Maraa, welcomed Lebanese Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s call for a Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue to face the Deal of the Century, reject the resettlement of Palestinians and maintain the right of return. In a […]
More than a month ago, I had been invited by the American University of Beirut (AUB) to participate as a speaker in a conference titled A Hundred Years of Human Displacement (1919 – 2019). I […]
Qatar has said it will send $480m to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip after a ceasefire deal ended the deadliest fighting between Israel and Palestinian factions since a 2014 Israeli assault on the enclave. A statement from Qatar’s […]
A Jewish-Israeli delegation will accept the invitation of the Muslim World League to visit Saudi Arabia, Hebrew sources revealed yesterday. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted in Arabic: “For the first time, a Jewish delegation will visit […]
With the approach of Ramadan, Muslims around the world are expected to be engaged in heightened consciousness to inculcate values of justice, empathy for masses of downtrodden and to embody Islam’s principles of solidarity with […]
The Arab League has pledged $100 million per month to the Palestinian Authority to make up for funds withheld by Israel. The #ArabLeague pledged from Cairo on Sunday to provide $100 million a month to […]
A prominent Saudi journalist has said that achieving peace with Israel is more important than the status of Jerusalem and that the Palestinian issue must be “eliminated”. Abdul Hameed Al-Ghabin – an influential political analyst […]
The long-awaited “deal of the century” does not include plans for a Palestinian state, a new report by the Washington Post has revealed. The Washington Post spoke to people “familiar with the main elements” of the so-called “deal of […]
It ought not to surprise anyone that autocratic Arab regimes, right-wing groups in Europe, Israeli propagandists and a host of right-leaning think tanks, all have a common interest to fuel Islamophobia. And not only does […]
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