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04/13/2021
An Israeli ship called the Hyperion and owned by an Israeli company was attacked near the shores of the Fujairah emirate in the United Arab Emirateson Tuesday, according to reports in Lebanon. The attack came a day after Iran vowed to avenge the explosion at its Natanz nuclear facility, which it blamed on Israel.
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04/12/2021
The European Union has imposed sanctions on eight Iranian militia commanders and police chiefs, including the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, over a deadly crackdown in November 2019, the bloc said in its Official Journal on Monday.
The travel bans and asset freezes are the first EU sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses…
04/11/2021
A taxation treaty that would boost investment ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is in the works and could be finalized within the coming weeks.
The treaty is expected to help facilitate more than $2 billion in annual bilateral trade in the coming years and could grow to as much as $6.5b. a year within the coming…
08/12/2021
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel on Monday of being behind the electrical “incident” at the Natanz uranium-enrichment facility the previous day.
Iranian state television quoted Zarif as saying, “The Zionists want to take revenge because of our progress on the way to lift sanctions … they have publicly…
04/12/2021
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer has signed a “breakthrough” agreement to provide treatment to diabetics in Dubai, The Jerusalem Post has confirmed.
The deal, the first of its kind signed under the “Sheba BEYOND” program, was closed on Monday in Dubai with the Al Tadawi Healthcare group. The medical centers had agreed on a…
04/12/2021
PM affirms importance of US-Israeli ties at joint presser with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin
“Israel will continue to defend itself from Iran’s aggression,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Monday’s joint press conference with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
The Israeli PM lashed out at the “fanatical regime in Iran,”…
04/10/2021
A group of Republican senators sent a letter to the Biden administration urging it to halt aid to the Palestinians until several conditions can be met to ensure the support isn’t going to terrorists. “We call on you to halt these expenditures until the State Department accounts for statutory restrictions and remedies known…
04/09/2021
The development comes as the IAEA said Iran had breached the terms of the deal in a separate case
Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced centrifuges that enrich uranium more quickly, in a new breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear agreement.
President Hassan Rouhani officially inaugurated the…
04/07/2021
Israel may have reached herd immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, say experts from its largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center.
Herd immunity happens when a sufficient percentage of a population has immunity – through vaccination or having recovered from the disease — and gives indirect protection to those who aren’t…
04/08/2021
Former Lebanese justice minister Maj. Gen. (ret.) Ashraf Rifi said on Monday that Hezbollah was an enemy of the Lebanese State.
Rifi, who is also the former director-general of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (the national police), told Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya the Shi’ite militia was a collaborator of Iran, which he likened…
04/08/2021
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, could not have been more clear after the first round of talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal concluded this week in Vienna: We’re not making any concessions until America does.
The U.S. must first lift sanctions, he said. Then and only then will Iran be “fully ready to stop…
04/08/2021
Congressional Republicans put a hold on $75 million of the newly reinstatedUS aid to the Palestinians, two sources in Washington confirmed on Thursday.
On March 26, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sent Congress a “program narrative” of about $75m. in Economic Support Funds (ESF) for programs in the West Bank…
04/09/2021
Hankuk Chemi, seized in January by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, said heading for Strait of Hormuz
Iran freed South Korea-flagged Hankuk Chemi oil tanker it seized in January, Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.
The ministry specified that the ship’s captain has been released, and that the tanker has been able…
04/07/2021
Jews and Muslims in the Gulf hold ceremonies to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day yesterday and today, concurrently with Yom Hashoah being held in Israel.
A ceremony was held in Dubai yesterday with a delegation of Jewish and Arab Israelis. Several dozen social media influencers in the Gulf joined them and organizers hoped they would…
04/08/2021
Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress officially informed the Biden administration late Wednesday that they will not be bound to any new agreement with Iran that promises relief from harsh economic sanctions, according to a copy of that communication exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The letter is a sign…
04/07/2021
Ceremony will be held in Dubai tonight with a delegation of Jewish and Arab Israelis
As Israel prepares to mark Yom Hashoah – the national Holocaust Remembrance Day – Jews and Muslims in the Gulf will hold ceremonies to also commemorate the occasion.
According to Channel 12 News, it will be the first time Yom Hashoah has…
04/07/2021
The International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction to investigate Israel for alleged war crimes, is what the government plans to respond in a letter to the Hague, top ministers decided on Thursday.
The response is consistent with Israel’s longstanding position on the matter.
Israel is not a member of the ICC, and has a policy…
04/07/2021
World powers are currently holding talks with the Islamic Republic in the Austrian capital of Vienna
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that a renegotiated nuclear deal between world powers and Iran will not stop the Jewish state from protecting itself from malign regimes seeking its destruction.
While…