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8th May, 2011
Ex-Israeli spymaster opposes Iran attack
JERUSALEM: Israel’s recently retired spy chief says a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program would be “stupid,” Israeli media reported Sunday. His remarks challenge Israeli…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s recently retired spy chief says a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program would be “stupid,” Israeli media reported Sunday. His remarks challenge Israeli…
4th May, 2011
Palestinian deal a ‘tremendous blow to peace’: Israel PM
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday a reconciliation deal between the leaders of the main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas was “a tremendous…
LONDON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday a reconciliation deal between the leaders of the main Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas was “a tremendous…
3rd May, 2011
Daniel Barenboim opens ‘peace concert’ in Gaza
GAZA CITY: Hundreds of eager Palestinians, many of them schoolchildren, packed into a hall in northern Gaza on Tuesday for a rare concert conducted by…
GAZA CITY: Hundreds of eager Palestinians, many of them schoolchildren, packed into a hall in northern Gaza on Tuesday for a rare concert conducted by…
3rd May, 2011
Assad nearing end of reign in Syria: Barak
JERUSALEM: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of force against his own people is precipitating his downfall, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said, adding that Israel…
JERUSALEM: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of force against his own people is precipitating his downfall, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said, adding that Israel…
27th April, 2011
Egypt gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan attacked: source
CAIRO: Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt’s North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source told Reuters.…
CAIRO: Saboteurs blew up a pipeline running through Egypt’s North Sinai on Wednesday that supplies gas to Israel and Jordan, a security source told Reuters.…
18th April, 2011
Ahmadinejad accuses US of creating Iran, Arab tension
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday accused Tehran’s arch-foe the United States of wanting to create tension between Iran and Arabs, adding that the attempt…
TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday accused Tehran’s arch-foe the United States of wanting to create tension between Iran and Arabs, adding that the attempt…
9th April, 2011
Eleven killed in deadly day of Gaza violence
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes and tanks hammered Gaza on Friday and early Saturday, killing 11 people in the deadliest day of violence in the strip…
GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes and tanks hammered Gaza on Friday and early Saturday, killing 11 people in the deadliest day of violence in the strip…
5th April, 2011
Picasso loan to West Bank a study in complications
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the…
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian art academy is preparing to spruce itself up for a famous guest: a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece that would be the…
2nd March, 2011
Yemeni president says US and Israel behind unrest
SANAA: Yemen’s embattled president on Tuesday accused the US, his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow…
SANAA: Yemen’s embattled president on Tuesday accused the US, his closest ally, of instigating the mounting protests against him, but the gambit failed to slow…
24th February, 2011
Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket attack
GAZA CITY: Israeli jets bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday in response to a rocket attack on a southern Israeli city, the…
GAZA CITY: Israeli jets bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip early Thursday in response to a rocket attack on a southern Israeli city, the…
23rd February, 2011
Palestinian house inside cage in Jewish settlement
BEIT IJZA: The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the stranger manifestations of Israel’s 43-year occupation of the West Bank: a Palestinian house inside a…
BEIT IJZA: The al-Ghirayib family lives in one of the stranger manifestations of Israel’s 43-year occupation of the West Bank: a Palestinian house inside a…
22nd February, 2011
Iranian warships enter Suez Canal despite Israel warning
CAIRO: Two Iranian naval ships crossed the Suez Canal on Tuesday into the Mediterranean sea for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution on…
CAIRO: Two Iranian naval ships crossed the Suez Canal on Tuesday into the Mediterranean sea for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution on…
19th February, 2011
Winners and losers from UN settlements vote
The United States on Friday vetoed an Arab-drafted UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after the Palestinians rejected a US…
The United States on Friday vetoed an Arab-drafted UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories after the Palestinians rejected a US…
19th February, 2011
US vetoes UN resolution on Israeli settlements
UNITED NATIONS: The United States vetoed an Arab-sponsored UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements, putting Washington at risk of heightening tensions with the Arab…
UNITED NATIONS: The United States vetoed an Arab-sponsored UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements, putting Washington at risk of heightening tensions with the Arab…
18th February, 2011
US seeks to avoid UN vote on Israeli settlements
WASHINGTON: Stuck in a diplomatic bind, the Obama administration scrambled Thursday to avert a difficult UN Security Council vote on a Palestinian-backed resolution condemning Israeli…
WASHINGTON: Stuck in a diplomatic bind, the Obama administration scrambled Thursday to avert a difficult UN Security Council vote on a Palestinian-backed resolution condemning Israeli…
17th February, 2011
Controversial West Bank field trip for Israeli kids stirs anger
JERUSALEM: At a time when peace talks with the Palestinians are stalled over Jewish settlements, the Israeli government plans to send schoolchildren on field…
JERUSALEM: At a time when peace talks with the Palestinians are stalled over Jewish settlements, the Israeli government plans to send schoolchildren on field…
17th February, 2011
Palestinians say vote Friday on settlements
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinians said the UN Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution to condemn Israeli settlements, rejecting a compromise proposal by the…
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinians said the UN Security Council will vote Friday on a resolution to condemn Israeli settlements, rejecting a compromise proposal by the…
17th February, 2011
Palestinians want vote Friday on settlements
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinians are calling for a UN Security Council vote Friday on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer,…
UNITED NATIONS: The Palestinians are calling for a UN Security Council vote Friday on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN observer,…
14th February, 2011
Palestinian government resigns
RAMALLAH: Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad on Monday tendered his government’s resignation, a minister told AFP, just months before the Palestinians hold general elections.
The…
13th February, 2011
Palestinians to hold elections by September
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank promised to hold long-overdue general elections by September, a surprise move spurred by political unrest rocking the…
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian leadership in the West Bank promised to hold long-overdue general elections by September, a surprise move spurred by political unrest rocking the…
