- 16 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityIsrael
Netanyahu suggests on Facebook that Biden fell asleep meeting new Israeli PM
(Removes typographical error in first paragraph) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested in a Facebook video posted on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden had fallen…
Factbox-What is Lebanon’s Hezbollah?
(Reuters) - Hezbollah began importing Iranian fuel to Lebanon via Syria on Thursday, a move the Shi'ite Islamist group says aims to ease a crippling energy crisis but which its…
Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to Palestinian rocket fire into its territory, the Israeli military said. Tension between Israel…
Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza over a rocket firing – military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli fighter jets struck Hamas sites in Gaza in response to rocket firing towards Israel on Friday evening, an Israeli army spokesman said in a twitter post early…
Israeli police catch two of six Palestinian jail escapees
By Rami Ayyub NAZARETH, Israel (Reuters) -Two Palestinian militants who were among six who broke out of a maximum security Israeli jail this week were caught on Friday on a…
Palestinian Authority withdraws from Qatar funding scheme for Gaza – Qatari envoy
GAZA (Reuters) -The Western-backed Palestinian Authority has pulled out of an agreement to provide funding from Qatar to the Gaza Strip over concerns its involvement could expose it to legal…
Palestinians protest in support of escaped prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A few hundred Palestinians held protests in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in support of six militants who broke out of a maximum security…
Vatican rejects Israeli criticism over pope comments on Jewish law
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican has rejected criticism from senior Israeli rabbis over remarks by Pope Francis about Jewish books of sacred law, saying he was…
Qatar plans to resume Gaza funding with new method involving Abbas, U.N
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Qatar will soon resume funding for civil servants and poor families in the Gaza Strip under a new mechanism involving the Western-backed Palestinian Authority…
Syria says Israeli air strikes target areas near Damascus
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel carried out air strikes on targets near Damascus early on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences but causing no casualties, Syrian state media reported, the second such attack…
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian dead in Gaza border clashes
(This Sept. 2 story corrects paragraph eight to add Hamas member) GAZA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian along the Gaza border on Thursday as hundreds…
Palestinian president says he’s ready for confidence-building
CAIRO (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he was ready to take confidence-building measures and restore calm in the Palestinian territories though Israel's actions had made a…
