Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli forces continued pounding Gaza’s ruined cities Friday even as UN Security Council was about to discuss a resolution calling for cease-fire. Weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks have left 17,177 people dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll from the Palestine He...
MADRID (AA) – Portugal’s Foreign Minister Jose Gomes Cravinho has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of three Portuguese nationals, including two children, in recent Israeli bombing attacks in the Gaza Strip. The deaths occurred November 15 in a bombing attack in the southern Gaza Strip. Cravinho conveyed condolences of the gove...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt has warned of the humanitarian and security repercussions of the Israeli ground operation in the Gaza Strip, and held Tel Aviv responsible for violating the UN resolution which called for a humanitarian cease-fire. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the ground invasion would increase the number of casualties, a...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Monday reviewed the signing of a free trade agreement with Bahrain during an official visit to the Gulf country. Cohen had arrived in Manama on Sunday for a two-day visit, accompanied by a business delegation from more than 30 companies working in the fields of high-tech, […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his ministers to get approval from his office before publicizing secret diplomatic meetings. The move came two days after the controversial first-ever meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush, held in Rome last week, ma...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first-ever public meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya was coordinated at the highest level, Israeli officials have claimed. The meeting took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he had met with his Libyan counter...
