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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…
04/07/2021
The Biden administration plans to provide at least $235 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance cut off by then-President Donald Trump, people familiar with the matter said.
It will mark Democratic President Joe Biden’s most…
04/07/2021
Group of Republicans said bracing for contesting Biden’s increasing aid to Palestinians
The administration of US President Joe Biden earmarked $40 million for aid to Palestinians, adding the sum to its previous allocations, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
The appropriate notification arrived in the Congress on…
04/07/2021
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has reintroduced a bill to require the U.S. State Department to address hate and violence in the Palestinian school curriculum.
The measure—the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act (H.R. 2374)—was introduced by Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), Josh Gottheimer…
04/07/2021
Sudan moved toward repealing its law mandating a boycott of Israel in a cabinet vote on Tuesday.
The cabinet voted to cancel the 1958 law, which forbade diplomatic and business relations with Israel, it said in a statement.
The Sudanese decision still needs the approval of a joint meeting of Sudan’s sovereign council and…
04/06/2021
On the eve of talks to revive the Iran deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tehran that it faced “grave danger” if it harmed Israel, as he recalled the battle for Jaffa in the 1948 War of Independence.
“Those who want to harm us, place themselves in grave danger. It was true in Jaffa in 1948 and it is true today, with…