First Independent Mena Newspaper
The United States has urged Israel not to freeze Palestinian tax revenues because it will lead to a “tit-for-tat” atmosphere. President Mahmoud Abbas is seeking to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the Arab backed resolution for a 2017 Israeli withdrawal deadline failed to win enough votes at the U.N Security Council. The decision […]
President Mahmoud Abbas signed on Wednesday Palestine’s official application to become party to the Rome Statute of the Hague-based International Criminal Court and other principles governing the functioning of the court. He also signed some twenty other international conventions, relating in particular to “war crimes,” “crimes against humanity” and cluster weapons. The move to […]
Egyptian efforts to create a 10 kilometer long buffer zone along its border with a kilometer radius are still being pursued. The killing of 30 Egyptian soldiers by a suicide bomber in the Sinai region in October has forced the government to construct a buffer zone and declare a three-month emergency in certain areas of […]
An amended version of the Palestinian draft resolution calling for a withdrawal deadline of the Israeli forces in the occupied territories is expected to be submitted to the United Nations Security council before the end of the year. Israel and the U.S have already stated that they are against the draft. According to reports, the […]
the three-day visit President Mahmoud Abbas paid to Algeria has ended with both governments issuing statements destined to mobilize international support for Palestine’s statehood and an end to Israeli occupation. Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra hailed the countries that have recognized the Palestinian state and have thus acknowledged the struggle and sacrifice of the Palestinians. […]
After Palestine was recognized by Sweden as a State and after several European parliaments urged their respective countries, mainly Great Britain, France, Spain, and Ireland, to recognize its right to statehood, the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday a resolution supporting the recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two state solution. The resolution states that the […]
Hundreds of Israelis that are worried about the bill proposal that will make Israel a Jewish nation have marched to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem to manifest their dissatisfaction with the move. The controversial bill has divided the Jews and left the Israeli-Arabs wondering about their fate if the Knesset supports the bill […]
Netanyahu shouldn’t mind the chicken shit slur from the US. It was almost a compliment coming from Obama’s camp. Think of it as foreign policy which you buy in a flat pack. Obama’s failed Middle East strategy goes from farce to comedy and back again almost as quickly as John Kerry gets on a plane. […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged UN support for the Palestinian Unity Government and its plan for the rebuilding of the war-battered Gaza strip. The UN chief has made the pledge during his address to the international conference on the reconstruction of Gaza held Sunday in Cairo. “The successful reconstruction of Gaza requires a […]
President El-Sisi welcomed, on separate occasions, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal to discuss issues within the Middle East and North Africa. Abbas is reported to have complained about Israel’s latest actions to the Egyptian president. The Saudis on their behalf were much more interested in the dangers posed […]