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Israel Bombs Iranian Interests

January 10, 2020 5:54 am
An Israeli airstrike on eastern Syria has killed more than eight fighters from Iraq’s Iran-backed Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Force – PMF).

A US drone strike also killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the PMF head, last week.

Israel launched the attack on areas considered Iranian interests Friday morning.

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“Unidentified aircraft targeted vehicles and arms depots in the Albu Kamal area, causing a large explosion.

“At least eight Iraqi Hashed fighters were killed,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

He

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Election-Weary Israel To Face Third Vote In A Year

December 12, 2019 2:36 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz prepared Thursday for their third election campaigns in a year, with the country trapped in its worst political crisis in decades.

Israel’s parliament dissolved itself and called March 2 elections in the early hours of Thursday morning, less than three months after an inconclusive general election saw neither Netanyahu nor Gantz able to form a governing coalition.

The September election followed a similarly deadlocked vote in April and opinion polls suggested the third round could again be tight, with neither Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc nor Gantz’s centre-left alliance currently on course for …

Scotland To Host Israel In Euro 2020 Play-Off

November 22, 2019 3:25 pm

Scotland were drawn Friday to play Israel in Glasgow in the Euro 2020 play-off semi-finals next March, but Steve Clarke’s team must win that game and then a second one-off away tie, if they are to make the tournament itself.

Scotland, who performed poorly in the main qualifying campaign but did win their last three matches, will fancy their chances at home to an Israel side ranked 89th in the world and who finished fifth out of six teams in qualifying Group G. They will meet at Hampden Park on March 26.

Friday’s draw at UEFA headquarters also decided who

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Israel Resumes Strikes On Gaza

November 15, 2019 4:37 pm
Israel resumed strikes on Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza Strip, its military said in the early hours of Friday morning, less than a day after a fragile ceasefire deal went into effect to stop the most intense fighting in years in the region.

A fragile calm descended on Israel and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants took hold in the early morning hours.

According to the Israeli army, however, rockets were fired at Israel from the coastal enclave after the ceasefire had gone into effect at 5:30 …

Jordan Reclaims Borderlands As Israel Ties Under Strain

November 10, 2019 4:51 pm

Jordan on Sunday received two stretches of land it had allowed Israel to use for decades, amid tense relations between the neighbours 25 years after they signed a landmark peace deal.

Under the terms of two annexes in the 1994 treaty, the enclaves of al-Baqoura and al-Ghumar would remain under Jordanian sovereignty while Israeli farmers maintained access to the land.

But in 2018, amid mounting public pressure not to renew the arrangement relating to the two territories, Jordan’s King Abdullah II submitted a one-year notice of termination to Israel.

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Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel's Travel Ban

Palestinian Rights Activist Slams Israel’s Travel Ban

November 3, 2019 3:14 pm

Laith Abu Zeyad, who works as Amnesty’s campaigner on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, was stopped by Israeli authorities at the King Hussein/Allenby border crossing on October 26 while on his way to attend a relative’s funeral in Jordan.

After being held for four hours, he was told he was banned from travelling abroad for what Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, called 

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Israel Arrests Palestinian Leftist Figure Khalida Jarrar

Israel Arrests Palestinian Leftist Figure Khalida Jarrar

October 31, 2019 1:13 pm

Israeli forces arrested a prominent Palestinian politician from her home in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah overnight on Thursday.

Khalida Jarrar, a former member of the defunct Palestinian Legislative Council, was arrested at 3am local time (00:00 GMT) and taken to an unknown area, local media reported.

According to her daughter Yara Jarrar, the house was surrounded by more than Israeli 70 soldiers who arrived in 12 military vehicles.

“Mom and sister were asleep when they approached,” Yara said in a post on Twitter.

The 56-year-old Jarrar, who is associated with the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation

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Israel President Begs Putin Over Woman Jailed For Cannabis

Israel President Begs Putin Over Woman Jailed For Cannabis

October 13, 2019 11:04 am

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday appealed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to pardon an Israeli-American jailed for smuggling cannabis who is reportedly caught up in a prisoner exchange request.

Naama Issachar was caught with nine grammes of the drug in her checked luggage while transiting from India to Israel at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport in April.

The 26-year-old was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail by a Russian court on Friday, with Moscow reportedly seeking an exchange of a prisoner set to be extradited by Israel to the United States for her release.

“Naama made a grave mistake and …

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

Israel will launch satellite on August 3, to Cover Africa

July 30, 2019 5:22 am

Spacecom, a telecommunication firm which operates the Amos fleet of Israeli satellites, will launch its next satellite on August 3. which  will cover Africa.

The Amos-17 is an advanced digital satellite that will provide communications services over Africa.

This would be the first satellite of its kind that provides the continent with high quality broadcasts and adequate frequency, in a way that fits the needs of Africa, which is known for its unstable weather that affects transmission.

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Amos-17 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and …

Demolition of Homes: U.S. shields Israel from UN criticism

July 25, 2019 11:06 am

The United States on Wednesday blocked an attempt by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, diplomats said.

Israel said the 10 apartment buildings demolished on Monday, most of them still under construction, had been built illegally and posed a security risk to Israeli armed forces operating along a barrier that runs through the occupied West Bank.

U.N. officials, who had called on Israel to halt the demolition plans, said 17 Palestinians faced displacement.

Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa circulated a five-paragraph draft …

Israel’s longest-serving premier fights for his future

Israel plans to attend U.S.-led Palestinian conference

June 17, 2019 12:08 am

Israel will attend a U.S-led conference in Bahrain next week on proposals for the Palestinian economy as part of a coming peace plan, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.

The United States has billed the gathering as a workshop to boost the Palestinian economy as part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A source briefed on the event told Reuters Israel would send a business delegation but no government officials to the June 25-26 workshop, which is being boycotted by the Palestinian leadership.

“Israel will be at the Bahrain conference and …

Trump to announce re-election bid at Florida rally

US supports Israel ‘100%’ over Gaza escalation, says Trump

May 6, 2019 7:54 am

President Donald Trump assured Israel on Sunday that it has Washington’s full support after the Jewish state led waves of retaliatory strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rockets.

“Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. We support Israel 100% in its defence of its citizens,” Trump tweeted.

“To the Gazan people — these terrorist acts against Israel will bring you nothing but more misery. END the violence and work towards peace – it can happen!”

Trump’s message came in the wake of the most serious escalation since …

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