Two Palestinians killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Monday,…
Category: Middle East
Israel offers hope of airport link to 2m Gaza residents
RAMALLAH: Israel is considering allowing 2 million residents of the Gaza Strip to use Ramon Airport in the Negev desert, which is due…
Saudi Arabia condemns Al-Aqsa Mosque storming by Israeli settlers
RAMALLAH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned a Ramadan incursion by dozens of militant Jewish settlers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. More than…
Lebanese politicians hurl insults at each other as tensions boil over in parliament
BEIRUT: Politicians in Lebanon shouted and hurled insults at each other during a meeting of a joint parliamentary committee on Tuesday. It came…
Israeli forces tighten security measures against Palestinians
RAMALLAH: Israeli armed forces’ assaults against Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem have continued with increasing frequency during Ramadan, Palestinian sources…
Labor chiefs probe exploitation of Palestinian workers in Israel
RAMALLAH: The powerful International Labor Organization is investigating allegations of ill-treatment and exploitation of Palestinian workers in Israel. Palestinian leaders have handed a…
Biden urges Netanyahu abandon judicial overhaul that sparked protests
WASHINGTON, JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to abandon a judicial overhaul proposal that led to…
Israel parties discuss justice reforms after Netanyahu U-turn
JERUSALEM: Israel’s hard-right government and opposition parties were set for a second day of talks Wednesday on controversial judiciary reforms that sparked a…
Netanyahu, Biden exchange frosty words over Israel legal overhaul
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to…