Saudi Arabia condemns new Israeli agency for displacing Palestinians from Gaza Strip
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Israel’s recognition of illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank and the establishment of an agency aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip on Monday. The ministry said it categorically rejects Israeli violations of international and humanitarian laws in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. […]
Read MoreMerz to invite Netanyahu to Germany despite arrest warrant
Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative CDU party and winner of the German election, wants to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to an official visit to Germany. Although the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, reports Deutsche Welle. The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said he (Netanyahu) had a “warm conversation” […]
Read MoreTwo-state solution is the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: EU
The European Union’s (EU) top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said there is no other option but a two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She made the remarks at a joint press conference on Monday (February 24) after a meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council, reported Daily Sabah. Kaja Kallas said, “We support the Palestinian Authority […]
Read MoreThe map of Israel-Palestine that showed hope for peace in the Middle East
‘I am making you an offer that you will not find another Israeli leader in 50 years who will make you. Sign it! Sign it and change history!’ In 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to sign an agreement finalizing the borders between Israel and the Palestinian state. […]
Read MoreHamas: Talks with Israel suspended unless Palestinian prisoners are released
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said it would suspend talks with Israel if it did not release 602 Palestinian prisoners. The release was in exchange for the release of six Israeli prisoners from Gaza on Saturday (February 22). Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi made the announcement in a statement on the social media platform Telegram on […]
Read MoreIsrael will not allow Syrian forces to operate in southern Damascus: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Tel Aviv will not allow the country’s new government to operate south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. Netanyahu made the remarks while attending a military event in Israel on Sunday (February 23), Al Jazeera reported. At the event, Benjamin Netanyahu demanded the complete “demilitarization” of the southern […]
Read MoreWhite House supports decision to suspend Palestinian prisoner release
The White House has backed the Israeli government’s decision to suspend the release of Palestinian prisoners. The US government said on Sunday that the move was in response to Hamas’ “barbaric treatment” of Israeli prisoners. Israel said it had suspended plans to release 620 Palestinian prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for six […]
Read MoreIsrael says it is postponing release of Palestinian prisoners
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office released a statement in the early hours of Sunday saying that Israel was waiting to deliver the 620 Palestinian prisoners and detainees “until the release of the next hostages has been assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies.” Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of […]
Read MoreSpeaker of Azerbaijani Parliament meets with Speaker of National Council of Bhutan
Sahiba Gafarova, Azerbaijan’s Speaker of Milli Majlis, met with Lungten Dorji, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Bhutan, who is visiting Azerbaijan to participate in the 15th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Baku. During the meeting, Speaker Sahiba Gafarova said that it was the first visit from the […]
Read MoreErdogan’s fight with Turkish business stirs economic concern
President Tayyip Erdogan has escalated Turkey’s battle with its top business group, expanding a broad political crackdown on dissent and raising the stakes for his government’s economic turnaround programme, analysts say. On Thursday, an Istanbul court banned international travel by two executives of the association TUSIAD in an investigation of their remarks on democracy that […]
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