JERUSALEM (AA) – The Arab community in Israel observed a general strike on Tuesday against rising violent crime rates. Public and private institutions, businesses and markets in all Arab towns and areas remained closed as part of the one-day strike called by the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. Arab citizens constitu...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, according to local medics. Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at a school, eyewitnesses said. Dozens suffered temporary asphyxiation from the Israeli tear gas, including...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel’s army chief on Monday ordered the suspension of all imports from Gaza after an alleged attempt to smuggle explosives, the army and defence ministry said in a statement. Officers from the defence ministry, which controls crossings between Israel and the Palestinian enclave, “detected several ...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel will build a new fence along its borders with Jordan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Netanyahu said the barrier will be built to stop infiltration from Jordan as Israel did on its southern border with Egypt. “Now we will build a fence on our eastern border (Jordan) and ensure […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces rounded up 14 Palestinians during military raids in the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to a local NGO. A woman was among the detainees from the town of Kubar near Ramallah city, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement. Local sources identified the detained woman as Hanan […...
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) – An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in a world weightlifting competition, according to Israeli media. The Saudi-hosted World Weightlifting Championship 2023 will qualify Israel to reserve a ticket for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Lebanese group Hezbollah, held talks in Beirut on Saturday with leaders of Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad to discuss developments in Palestine. The meeting, attended by Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah, ass...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP A Palestinian rammed a truck he was driving into three Israeli soldiers near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing one before being shot dead, Israeli officials said. Violence linked to the Israel-Palestinian conflict has surged since early this year, and Thursday’s attack comes a da...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is close to carrying out a military campaign against Lebanon, the country’s permanent delegate to the United Nations has warned. Israel is “the nearest to launching military action in Lebanon since the 2006 [war],” Gilad Erdan told Army Radio, citing what he called Hezbollah escalation along the border. The ...