First Independent Mena Newspaper
Visiting Israeli Prime Minister said in London Thursday he is ready to talk peace with the Palestinians at any moment and without pre-conditions. On a three-day visit in the UK, Benjamin Netanyahu who met with his British counterpart David Cameron re-iterated his previous willingness to negotiate peace with Palestinians in order to ease the flaring […]
Tensions are still tense in Palestine over the death of an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler in an arson attack suspected to be carried out by Jewish extremists on Friday. Clashes and demonstrations continued on Sunday at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with reports that two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead on Saturday by Israeli snipers during […]
The European Union is determined to play a new role to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians after it concluded successfully with Iran an “impossible deal”. Chief of EU Foreign Policy Federica Mogherini announced on Monday the creation of an “International Support Group”. European leaders are convinced that if a deal could be reached with […]
A UNESCO Resolution circulated by Algeria, Lebanon and Qatar at the World Heritage Committee, currently meeting in Bonn, Germany, charged Israel for “the persistence of the illegal excavations and works conducted by the Israeli occupation authorities and the extreme settler groups in the Old City of Jerusalem and on both sides of its walls.” The […]
Israel has not only offered condolences to Egypt after the deadly coordinated Islamist attacks in the Sinai Peninsula but also gave a free hand to the Egyptian army on Thursday to do whatever it wants in northern Sinai to stem the Islamist resistance despite a ban from the 1979 Camp David peace accords. Tel Aviv […]
The European Union has called on Wednesday for the resumption of “meaningful negotiations” between Israel and Palestine to reach a comprehensive settlement to their longstanding conflict. This came in a series of annual reports released by the European Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the implementation […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chilean policy-makers and civil society leaders met on Wednesday in the national congress in the legislative capital Valparaiso to oppose Chile’s purchase of arms from Israel. In the crowded hall “The Thinkers”, Chilean parliamentarians, including the Senate’s president and the Chamber of Deputies’ vice president, launched a “one million signatures for peace” campaign. It aims […]
Three days after tensions between Israel and Palestinian continue, Egypt has called for an end to the attacks from both sides. Cairo has played a very important role in the conflict between the two countries but it seems as if the new government doesn’t have any intention of continuing in this vein. Cairo is not […]