Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan assembled the meeting while his country remains engaged in talks on normalising relations with Israel – a move that would be highly controversial. Palestinian officials are reportedly happy with the outcome of a meeting in the US that was convened by Saudi Arabia and expressed support for the two-state solution on Monday.
Earlier in September, Putin vowed to supply one million tons of grain to Turkey for further deliveries to the world’s poorest countries Moscow reached “fundamental agreements” with Turkey on the grain supplies with the assistance of Qatar, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko announced on Wednesday. “All fundamental agreements have been reached. We expect that
KUALA LUMPUR: An Emirates flight with 12 Israel citizens on board had to make an emergency landing at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) yesterday (Wednesday) morning. According to the Jewish News Syndicate, Emirates flight EK354 was travelling from Singapore to Dubai when it had to make an unscheduled stop in Kuala Lumpur due to
While Jack Lew’s relatively low profile could ease tensions at a volatile time between the US and Israel, his previous statements criticising Israel have angered Republican senators. US President Joe Biden has nominated Jacob Lew, a former Secretary of the Treasury, as the next US ambassador to Israel. The move comes at a tense time between the
The presentation of terms by the Palestinian Authority comes as the US continues its intensive diplomatic push to bring about a normalisation deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Palestinian Authority has presented terms to the US ahead of upcoming talks between Saudi Arabia and the US over a potential normalisation deal with Israel. The terms
The revelation by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of August about a secret meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush in Rome has sparked strong internal and external reactions despite the absence of diplomatic relations between the two parties. This led to Cohen being summoned by the
Israeli occupation forces raided several homes near the occupied West Bank city of Jericho and brutally assaulted a 17-year-old Palestinian girl. Israeli forces today brutally assaulted a Palestinian girl after raiding several homes in the Arab Mleihat community, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Hassan
In a speech to Fatah party members, Abbas suggested that European Jews are not Semites, unlike Jews of the Middle East. He also said that the role of Jews in society as “usurers” was a reason behind the persecution of Jews in Europe. Widespread condemnation followed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas‘s comments in which he suggested
Amos Goldberg, a leading professor of the Holocaust at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, has published a scathing retort saying that describing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians as “apartheid” is not anti-Semitic, in a guest post in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Felix Klein, Germany’s commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism, said using “apartheid” in such
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, an Aipac ally, said he ‘vigorously endorses’ Omar’s re-election In statements given to Politico, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and other top Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn all stated their support for the progressive lawmaker from Minneapolis. “[Representative] Omar has been elected by her constituents