- 15 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIsrael
Israel advances plans for new West Bank settlement homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday published tenders for about 1,300 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank and authorities are also expected to discuss proposals for another 3,000…
Israel, UAE sign ‘green corridor’ agreement for vaccinated passengers – Israeli consulate in Dubai
DUBAI (Reuters) - Israel and the United Arab Emirates have signed a "green corridor" agreement allowing passengers vaccinated against the novel coronavirus to travel freely between the two countries, the…
Israeli official says reopening of U.S. Palestinian mission in Jerusalem may not happen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that the Biden administration may shelve its plan to reopen a U.S diplomatic mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem after Israel…
Israel designates Palestinian civil society groups as terrorists, U.N. ‘alarmed’
By Rami Ayyub TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel on Friday designated six Palestinian civil society groups as terrorist organisations and accused them of funnelling donor aid to militants, a move…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah warns Israel against drilling in disputed maritime border area
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday warned Israel against drilling for oil and gas in the disputed maritime border area between the two countries until the issue…
Egyptian military consolidates grip on northern Sinai
(Reuters) - A string of watchtowers, checkpoints and army posts mark the northern edge of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and troops patrol in armoured vehicles along repaved roads. Branch roads have…
Visit of External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar, to Israel (October 17-21, 2021)
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will pay an official visit to Israel on October 17-21, 2021, at the invitation of Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel, H.E.…
Damascus accuses Israel of killing former member of Syrian parliament
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria accused Israeli forces on Saturday of shooting dead Medhat Al-Saleh, a former member of Syrian parliament who had spent 12 years in jail in Israel, state-run…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian throwing fire-bomb, military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man who was throwing fire-bombs at cars near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the military…
U.S. will oppose U.N. human rights council’s ‘disproportionate’ attention on Israel -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has concerns with the United Nations Human Rights Council and will oppose its "disproportionate" attention on Israel, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters…
U.S. made clear its opposition to settlements, Israeli official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States during talks this week made clear its opposition to Israel's building of Jewish settlements on occupied land that the Palestinians want for a future…
U.S. hopes Abraham Accords will help Israeli-Palestinian issue – officials
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is working to expand normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab nations, known as the Abraham Accords, and hopes restoring…
