2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (213+ words) Israel’s decision to close the British Consulate in East Jerusalem is a punishment for Palestinians, former Israeli diplomats told The Independent. The move came after the UK launched new sanctions against illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. “The…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1293+ words) LONDON: This is not the first time that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has faced significant political pressure. First elected as prime minister in 1996, he has been swept in and out of office a total of three times, returning…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (260+ words) It is not unheard of for politicians to sweep the most important issues under the carpet, engaging in wishful thinking that they will somehow resolve themselves or disappear. Yet time and again, it has been proven that one can ignore…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1313+ words) Sanctions announced by the British government on Tuesday targeting West Bank settlements have upended the UK’s decades-long balancing act and provoked furious condemnation from the Israeli government that has all but severed relations between the two. Coming a year on…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (156+ words) arabnews.jp - Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close, sources say Israel has informed the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (424+ words) ROSH HAAYIN, Israel: Gadi Eisenkot, the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accused the sitting premier of looking merely after his own political survival and not the country’s security, at a rally in central Israel on Monday. Unveiling…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (646+ words) ARAB SALIM: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks, which killed at least seven people on Sunday despite a truce and a framework deal aimed at halting the violence. Israel said it…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (202+ words) LONDON: Israeli forces and settlers on Sunday continued their siege of three Palestinian homes in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, for the 29th consecutive day. Samer Al-Jamal, an official at the Ministry of Education, said teacher Suhair Abu Rida…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (215+ words) RIYADH: Eight Islamic and Arab countries on Sunday condemned Israeli plans for the removal of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip saying the designs, voiced by ministers, jeopardise a US-backed peace in the territory. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (419+ words) The US ambassador to Israel said Saturday there was no plan underway to force Palestinians out of Gaza, after Israeli ministers laid out ideas on how to expel the war-battered territory’s two million people. “I can tell you categorially there…...