Middle Orient

Radical rabbi’s followers rise in Israel amid new violence

In the 1980s, Rabbi Meir Kahane’s violent anti-Arab ideology was considered so repugnant that Israel banned him from parliament and the U.S. listed his party as a terrorist group. Today, his disciples march through the streets by the hundreds, chanting “Death to Arabs” and assaulting any they come across. This …

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West Bank erupts in protest amid more Israel-Hamas fighting

Turmoil from the battle between Israel and Hamas spilled over into the West Bank on Friday, sparking the most widespread Palestinian protests in years as hundreds of young demonstrators in multiple towns clashed with Israeli troops, who shot and killed at least 11 people. Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip …

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International community should teach Israel lesson: Erdogan

Turkey’s President said late Thursday that he expects Nigeria to show solidarity with the Palestinian people amid the latest attacks by Israel on Jerusalem and Gaza. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari discussed the necessary international attitude towards Israel in response to the regime’s inhumane attacks on …

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Amid coronavirus, Gaza’s hospitals struggle with war’s wounded

Gaza (IP) – As the Gaza health system was struggling with a runaway surge of coronavirus cases, Authorities cleared out hospital operating rooms, suspended nonessential care and redeployed doctors to patients having difficulty breathing. In Israel, airstrikes and artillery attacks so far, at least 120 Palestinians, including 31 children, have …

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UN to hold open meeting on Israeli-Palestinian tensions

The UN Security Council will publicly discuss the worsening Israeli-Palestinian tensions on Sunday. The decision to hold the meeting came after reaching a compromise over US objections to a meeting on Friday. Diplomats said the United States, a close ally of Israel, had initially suggested a virtual public meeting could …

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Islamic Jihad: Ground battle will have no fate other than killing, capturing Zionist forces

Gaza (IP) -In response to the Israeli regime’s threat of a ground offensive against Gaza, the spokesman for the military branch of the Islamic Jihad Movement stressed that the ground battle was the shortest way for the resistance to victory and that the fate of the Zionist soldiers would be …

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US objects to UN meeting on Israel, Gaza on Friday

Such statements are agreed by consensus. All 15 council members also have to agree to a meeting under rules guiding the body’s virtual operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States has objected to a request by China, Norway and Tunisia for a public, virtual meeting of the United Nations …

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IDF strikes Hamas cyber cell, tunnel networks in non-stop assault on Gaza

Some 2,000 rockets fired since fighting began on Monday. The Israeli Air Force bombed Hamas’s underground tunnel network late Thursday night in the northern Gaza Strip in what military officials said was one of the most aggressive aerial assaults in recent years. In a 40-minute-long air campaign which began around …

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Hamas rockets damage Sderot houses amid reports of ceasefire efforts

Rocket barrage comes as IDF prepares for possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Plans were to be presented on Thursday to Netanyahu. Two rockets hit houses in Sderot beside the Gaza border just as Hamas reportedly said that it is prepared for a “reciprocal ceasefire” as rocket barrages continued …

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Zarif Says Iran Open To Close Ties With Saudis

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed Iran’s readiness to hold close relations with Saudi Arabia. Speaking to reporters in Damascus on Wednesday, the top Iranian diplomat said, “We are and have been always prepared to have close relations with Saudi Arabia.” He said both Iran and the “Syrian brothers” have …

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