Asia Headlines International

Israel: Security authorities foiled IS propaganda campaign in schools

Shin Bet security authorities in Southern Israel announced on Monday they have arrested six Arab Israelis who were promoting IS ideology in classes. The security authorities which foiled the propaganda said the suspects, come from the Bedouin town of Hura, took “advantage of their status to win over people for the sake of Daesh [IS], […]

Headlines International

Tel Aviv lobbied European allies to back UNHRC Gaza Resolution to avoid harsher condemnations

It may sound bonkers for many analysts but a British paper claimed on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Israel’s European allies to back the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Gaza Resolution so that Israel dodges harsher criticism. UK sources told the Jew Chronicle Report that Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela […]

Egypt Headlines International

Israel: ISIS invites Israel to war with three Grad rockets

Fighting between the militants of the Sinai Province group and Egyptian forces has been going on for days but it seems to be taking a new turning point after the militia group willingly fired rockets into Israeli controlled area. Formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, the Sinai province group operates in the Sinai Peninsula and […]

Egypt Headlines

EGYPT-Israel: Netanyahu sympathizes with Egypt, warns ISIS threat looming on Israel

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences on Wednesday to Egypt after ISIS branch in Egypt launched deadliest attacks against the Egyptian army, killing dozens of soldiers and police forces. He seized the opportunity to warn against the group’s threat to Israel as the town of Rafah also witnessed part of the attacks. Egyptian […]

Asia Headlines International

Israel to build security fence at Jordanian border

Israel will build a security fence along its border with Jordan to stop illegal migrant workers and terrorist operatives from sneaking into its territory. The fence was proposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet gave it its backing on Monday. The date for the commencement of work has not been announced but funding […]

Headlines Morocco

Morocco: Rehabilitation of Ancient Jewish District of Marrakesh

Morocco has embarked on the rehabilitation of the ancient Jewish district of Marrakesh, locally known as “Mellah.” The project to rehabilitate the quarter, built in the 16th century to accommodate the Jews escaping the Spanish Inquisition—includes some thirty priority actions to safeguard houses that are threatened with collapse, refurbish Foundouks, rehabilitate homes and develop public squares […]

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Palestine to Sue Israel at ICC for “War Crimes”

Palestinian Authority is preparing to sue Israel for “war crimes” at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the release of a UN report, accusing both Israel and Hamas of potential war crimes. The Palestinian case will be based on the conclusions of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on last summer’s war launched by Israeli […]

Features International

Israel: Cartoon mocking foreign reporters on the war in Gaza withdrawn

Israeli authorities have pulled on Monday the cartoon mocking foreign reporters who have covered the war in Gaza last year. The cartoon deliberately criticized foreign reporters for taking Palestinian side and was launched ahead of the UN report on war crimes committed by Hamas and Israel. The cartoon showed a foreign journalist reporting form Gaza […]

Europe Features International

Ankara, Tel Aviv resume secret talks in Rome to fix diplomatic row

Turkish and Israeli reconciliation talks have resumed off camera in Rome in an attempt to end diplomatic dysfunction between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Dore Gold and Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, who is responsible for ties with Israel in the government, met in Rome for secret talks. […]

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The Israeli-Palestinian solution will not come from outside, Netanyahu

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius met with Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority as part of a Middle East tour geared towards the revival of talks between the parties. France’s stance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is seen as interference and contradictory […]