Dozens of Palestinian activists in Saudi Arabia were accused by the kingdom of supporting Hamas, the governing authority in the Gaza Strip, and were put on trial, according to Arabic press reports. 68 Palestinian and […]
Egyptian authorities have deported Palestinian writer Bisan Al-Adwan from Egypt after holding her in a police station for a week. Bisan has lived in Egypt since she was a child and managed the Ibn Rushd […]
An ambassador to Israel is being appointed by the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-decade gap, reported the Times of Israel. President Felix Tshisekedi also announced at the AIPAC Policy Conference that […]
Israeli commercial planes began overflying Sudan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, casting the new air corridor as a result of a breakthrough meeting with the African Muslim country’s de-facto leader this month. Khartoum said on February 5 […]
Amid the ongoing Israeli efforts to normalize ties with African countries, Tel Aviv has been intensifying its diplomatic relations with Sudan and Morocco over the last week. On February 4, Israeli media reported that Prime […]
Israel has taken a major step towards normalizing relations with Sudan after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with one of the East African country’s top military generals. Netanyahu met with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Uganda, on […]
Jordan’s parliament on Sunday approved a draft law to ban imports of Israeli gas to the country, in the wake of mass protests against the government’s multi-billion-dollar agreement with Tel Aviv. The motion, which was passed […]
Israel began exporting natural gas to Egypt on Wednesday under a 15-year deal which has been described by Israeli officials as the “most significant deal to emerge since the countries signed a historic peace treaty […]
Twenty-five members of Jordan’s parliament yesterday walked out of a session in protest against the country’s gas deal with Israel. MP Mustafa Al-Assaf, from the Islamic Action Front, told Quds Press that his bloc had rejected […]
Thousands of Jordanians participated in a massive rally on Friday against the fist import of Israeli gas in the country, on January 2. The rally commenced in front of the Grand Husseini Mosque, in Amman, […]
The official Jordanian National Electricity Company (NEPCO) announced on Wednesday that the first shipments of Israeli natural gas have been pumped to the country, local and Middle Eastern media reported. The announcement was made despite […]
Following his triumph in the Likud party’s primary elections on December 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu introduced a political plan aimed at securing US recognition of Israel’s annexation of West Bank settlements and rolling […]
Egypt will begin importing natural gas from Israel by mid-January 2020, a senior industry source said on Sunday. Israeli gas exports to Egypt will gradually reach 7 billion cubic meters, the source said on condition of anonymity. […]
Jordan is expected to witness a wave of popular protests as the implementation of a $10 billion gas deal with Israel looms on the horizon. Activists and lawmakers in the Hashemite Kingdom have been calling […]
Iran and Hamas have condemned Israel’s participation in a US-led maritime security meeting which was held on Sunday in Bahrain, amid increasing normalization between the Jewish state and Gulf countries. The head of the Israeli Foreign […]
A Palestinian fan was detained for raising the Yemeni flag during Tuesday’s dual World Cup-Asian Cup qualifier between Saudi Arabia and Palestine. Ahmad Al-Yumni, a 24-year-old construction worker from Hebron (Al-Khalil), was arrested by the […]
President Mahmoud Abbas received Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team in the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, praising this visit and stressing that it embodies the historical relationship between Palestine and the […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh praised Egyptian efforts to support the Palestinian economy during a visit to Cairo, reported Asharq Al-Awsat. Shtayyeh was speaking at a press conference alongside his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly. According to […]
A Palestinian group on Monday denounced a planned football match between Saudi Arabia and Palestine in the West Bank because it would require Saudi players to apply for visiting permits directly from Israel. The Popular Front for […]
The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv University yesterday called on the Israeli government to back Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi who is facing calls to resign, Arab48 reported. In a report, the INSS […]
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday he was seeking “non-aggression” agreements with Gulf Arab nations that do not formally recognize the country as a prelude to possible future peace deals. Details of the proposal […]
After the removal of what was called a “major obstacle”, a deal was reached last week to export gas from Israel to Egypt, Arabi21.com has reported. According to the Jerusalem Post, the Israeli fuel transit company Europe Asia […]
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 […]
A Saudi pro-Israel blogger visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem as part of an Israeli-sponsored trip has been driven out of the site by Palestinians. Arab normalization with Israel is largely regarded as taboo, as it […]
In 1947, Cuba was one of the few countries opposing the UN Partition Plan, which laid the groundwork for Israel’s colonization of Palestine. At the time, the Cuban envoy to the UN Dr. Ernesto Dihigo […]
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 […]
Palestinian solidarity activists in North America are accustomed to being abandoned by many of their “progressive allies”, be it church officials or municipal councils or politicians. This is the sad reality of working in today’s […]
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 […]
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