2+ day, 9+ 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, 16+ 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (497+ words) RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and seven other Arab and Muslim countries on Wednesday welcomed Britain’s decision to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, urging the international community to follow suit and take concrete action against settlement…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (273+ words) SYRIA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit to Israeli troops in southern Syria on Wednesday that the Iranian regime was on the verge of collapse, as fighting in the six-month Middle East war intensifies. “There is still…...

4+ day, 3+ 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, 18+ 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, 12+ 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…...

4+ day, 23+ 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…...

5+ day, 50+ min ago   (583+ words) KFAR RUMMAN: Israel conducted on Monday a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon, killing 12 people, including women and children, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in an intensification of violence after a weeks-long lull. Israel’s military vowed to continue targeting…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (442+ words) LONDON: Funerals were held in Gaza City on Sunday for about 100 people whose remains were recovered from the ruins of properties destroyed in the early months of Israel’s war. Most of the victims were women and children, the official Palestinian…...