Middle East

Thousands of pro-Palestinians march in London against Balfour

By TOI staff Several thousand pro-Palestinians marched through the streets of London on Saturday to protest the centenary of the historic Balfour Declaration that helped lead to the creation of the Jewish state. The marchers held signs reading “Free Palestine” and Justice for Palestine,” while they chanted “Free, Free Palestine and “Occupation no more.” There […]

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

JEA campaign to revamp old buildings in Jerusalem returns for sixth year

AMMAN — The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) has continued organising its annual fundraising campaign aimed at revamping old houses and schools in Jerusalem for the sixth year. Bader Naser, the campaign chief, said that Jordanian donors took part in the campaign with “great enthusiasm”, especially on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Balfour

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Middle East

Iran marks 1979 US Embassy takeover with ‘Down With America’ signs, and a missile

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Saturday held the heavily choreographed pageant of anti-Americanism that marks the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran amid worsening relations with the Trump administration and uncertainty about the fate of its nuclear agreement with world powers. This year’s anniversary was commemorated under cloudy, polluted skies

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Middle East, USA

Saudi Crown Prince Tackles Extremism on the Road to Social, Economic Reform

The recent flurry of social and economic reform coming out of Saudi Arabia has left some Saudis ecstatic, others more circumspect, and a few conservatives bewildered or even angry. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman told a crowd of investors at a conference in late October that he was merely attempting to “return Saudi Arabia

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Middle East

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announces surprise resignation

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation on Saturday, citing Iran’s “grip” on the country and threats to his life. The surprise move risks plunging the small and already fragile Middle Eastern country deeper into turmoil. “I announce my resignation from the post of prime minister,” Hariri said in a speech broadcast from Saudi

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Middle East

Netanyahu delays vote on law allowing return to northern Samaria

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delayed the vote on a proposal canceling the expulsion from northern Samaria communities destroyed as part of the 2005 “Disengagement” from Gaza. The Knesset’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation was scheduled to vote on the law on Sunday. If approved, the new law would allow Jews freedom of movement in the

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Middle East

Former Hamas leader: We will trample Balfour Declaration

Former Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Thursday vowed that the Palestinian Arabs will forcefully cancel the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which proclaimed Britain”s support for the establishment of a Jewish national home in then-Palestine. Speaking at a conference in Gaza, Mashaal attacked Britain for boasting of the “crime” of the Balfour Declaration instead of apologizing for

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International, Middle East