Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu kicked off a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories today, the first by a high-ranking Turkish official in more than a decade. Speaking after meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tsavousoglu said Turkish support for Palestine would not diminish even […]
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Turkey: Tsavousoglu’s visit to Israel and Palestine
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu kicked off a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories today, the first by a high-ranking Turkish official in more than a decade. Tsavousoglu is scheduled to meet today with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki as well as with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Tomorrow he will hold talks with […]
Why would Russia fire a ‘Syrian’ S-300 against Israeli fighters?
By Paul Iddon If the recent report that a Syrian S-300 anti-aircraft missile was fired for the first time against Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighters came true, it would be what we call a “big story”. Israel’s Channel 13 reported on May 16 that an S-300 had been fired at Israeli fighter jets following a […]
Israel: Hamas leader warns not to march ‘flags’ on anniversary of annexation of Jerusalem
The leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, warned today that the nationalist Jewish movement in the Palestinian sector of occupied Jerusalem was going to use “all means” to stop them. The controversial “flags” march is scheduled for next Sunday, on the occasion of “Jerusalem Day”, the anniversary of the “reunification” of the […]
Israel: Gaida Rinawi Zoabi withdraws from coalition
A left-wing member of the Meretz party, who is part of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ruling coalition and resigned on Thursday, depriving him of a parliamentary majority, reconsidered her decision today. Gaida Rinaoui Zoambi, 49, from the Arab minority in Israel, announced that she was leaving, denouncing the government’s policy towards the Arab Israelis. This […]
Syria: At least 3 dead and material damage from Israeli attack
At least three people were killed and property damaged when Israeli warplanes struck near the Syrian capital, Damascus, the defense ministry said. Earlier, the official SANA news agency reported that Syria’s air defenses had intercepted Israeli missiles. Correspondents of the French News Agency (AFP) in Damascus reported that they heard loud explosions. According to the […]
Israel: Unexpected contraction of 1.6% of GDP in the first quarter
Israel’s economy shrank unexpectedly by 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter amid rising global inflation, which is broadly slowing growth forecasts. In Israel, exports and public spending fell in the first quarter of the year, disappointing economists who forecast GDP growth of 2.3%. 2021 was a difficult year for the Israeli economy, which recovered strongly […]
Blinken calls for ‘credible investigation’ into death of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today called for a “credible investigation” into the deaths of Palestinian and American journalist Sirin Abu Aklech, after offering her family US support. The US Secretary of State stated that she had a conversation with her brother Sirin Abu Aklech during the flight to Berlin, where she participated in […]
UN: Security Council ‘unequivocally condemns murder’ of journalist Sirin Abu Aklech
The UN Security Council “unequivocally condemned the May 11 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Sirin Abu Akleh and the wounding of another journalist in the West Bank city of Jenin,” in a unanimous statement issued Friday. The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Israel, that it monitor […]
‘Do not build new housing units in the West Bank’ say 15 European countries in Israel
Fifteen European countries, including Greece, France, Germany and Italy, today called on Israel to reconsider a project to build more than 4,000 homes in the West Bank. “We express our deep concern at the decision of the Israeli Planning Council to advance plans to build more than 4,000 homes in the West Bank. We call […]
