European Union diplomats are set to tell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that their position remains Israeli-Palestinian peace can only be obtained through negotiations and that Jerusalem is not the capital solely of Israel. “We Europeans believe that Jerusalem must be the capital of two states, the state of Israel and the state of […]
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Middle East, USAUS Jerusalem decision detrimental to peace: Arab FMs CAIRO: Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah deplored the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move its embassy to the holy city. In his address to the emergency meeting of the Arab League Ministerial Council on
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Middle East, USABy Stuart Winer Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Sunday called on Israelis to boycott Arab businesses in a northern Israeli district that saw rioting over the weekend, and asserted that its residents didn’t belong in the State of Israel. His comments drew sharp criticism from other lawmakers, including Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, who said
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Middle EastBy Judah Ari Gross A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard in the chest, seriously wounding him, at the entrance to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station on Sunday, before being tackled by police and a passerby, officials said, Graphic video footage from the scene showed the terrorist slowly handing his belongings to the security guard,
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Middle EastAMMAN — The Lower House on Sunday tasked its Legal Committee with poring over Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel and its pursuant agreements, and come up with proposals to address the Israeli violations to the provisions of the 1994 pact. The panel will examine all Israeli violations against its commitments under the deal, and compile
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Middle East, USABy TOI staff Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, responding to the IDF’s destruction of an attack tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, said Sunday that new technologies were being utilized that he hoped would completely neutralize the tunnel threat within months. His optimism was backed by other cabinet members who also predicted victory
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Middle EastLebanese security forces outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut Sunday used water cannons and tear gas to beat back Lebanese and Palestinian protesters demonstrating against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The protesters in Beirut hurled projectiles at the embassy and burned Trump in effigy, along with U.S.
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Middle East, USAMore than 20,000 protesters took part in the largest rally nationwide on Friday in downtown Amman to protest US President Donald Trump’s decision (JT photo) AMMAN — Jordanians on Saturday continued their protests against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, with more activities and functions planned for the
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Middle East, USABy TOI staff As part of a pioneering new treatment, Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center used a material developed in Israel for NASA’s space program in orthopedic surgery, the hospital announced Sunday. The advanced polymeric material is, according to the developer, “self-shielding, has high heat resistance, zero wear, high strength and light weight, all of which
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationAl Qaida is seeking to to exploit Muslim anger over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to present itself as the true defender of Islam and the Palestinians. The jihadist group posted Saturday a 17-minute audio message from Osama bin Laden son’s, Hamza, in which he lambasts Saudi
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Middle East, USATurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday described Israel as a “terrorist state” and vowed to use “all means to fight” against the US recognition of Jerusalem as the country’s capital. “Palestine is an innocent victim… As for Israel, it is a terrorist state, yes, terrorist!” Erdogan said in a speech in the central city
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Middle EastA much-overlooked motive for President Trump’s historic recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is to jump-start the Middle East peace process, and do it on terms more favorable to Israel, experts on the Middle East tell WND. As the world will soon find out, Arab leaders in Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Jordan who
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Middle East, USABy Sue Surkes Israel’s security cabinet will be able to decide to go to war without consulting the full cabinet, according to a bill green-lighted Sunday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The ministerial committee actually approved two bills combined into one. The first specified that with the prime minister’s approval, the cabinet can delegate
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Middle EastThe Ministerial Committee on Legislation approved a bill on Sunday that would officially place Israeli colleges and universities in Judea and Samaria under Israeli law. As Ariel University, Orot College in Elkana, and Herzog College in the Eztion Bloc are located in Judea and Samaria, they are not officially considered institutes of higher learning under
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