London: Saudi Arabia has banned Muslims from Israel along with the West Bank, and East Jerusalem and also Palestinian immigrants living in Jordan and Lebanon. Three million Palestinians will be barred from visiting the Haj given the Saudi order. Saudi Arabia has justified its decision by saying that these are immigrants and they are not […]
New York: Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas has rejected the proposal for peace talks. ‘Jerusalem is not for sale and Palestinian rights are non-negotiable,’ were the vitriolic words used by Abbas while dismissing the proposal from US President Donald Trump. At the same time, the Abbas government declared that not even a single step of an […]
Jerusalem: 180 rocket attacks were launched on Israel between Wednesday night and Thursday early morning from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian extremist organisation Hamas, who is in control of the Gaza Strip had launched these attacks and has also accepted the responsibility for the attacks. Out of the 180 rockets fired, 30 were intercepted by […]
Geneva: ‘The Nation-State Bill passed by the Israeli parliament is discriminatory against the original residents of East Jerusalem. This decision will raise the tension in this region.’ criticised the UN human rights commission. The commission also lashed out at Israel’s decision regarding the people in East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the United States has criticised the UN […]
Jerusalem: Prince William of the United Kingdom has reached Israel and met President, Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. This being the first visit by a member of the British Royal Family to Israel, attention of the global media is focused on this visit. The United Kingdom had avoided supporting the United States’ decision […]
Washington: ‘The United States President has exposed the real face of a modern religious war to the world, by transferring the US embassy to Jerusalem. He is not interested in retreat or peace. Severe resistance and Jihad are the only way to answer him’, were the words used by the al-Qaeda Chief ‘Ayman al-Zawahiri’ to […]
Tehran: ‘Negotiating with the treacherous, lying and tyrannical government of Israel is an unpardonable mistake on the part of Saudi Arabia. Saudi has betrayed the faith of the Palestinian people because of this’, was the vitriolic criticism showered on Saudi Arabia by the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei. Two days ago, Saudi Arabia’s Crown […]
Jerusalem: Although the intensity of the Hamas orchestrated protests has reduced, Israel has indicated that it will be maintaining its aggressive stance. Israel has turned down the demand for an independent enquiry and the Israeli army spokesperson has warned of military attacks on Gaza Strip. Therefore, there are chances of the conflict between Israel and […]
Washington/Jerusalem/Ankara: After declaring Jerusalem as the Israeli capital two months ago, the United States has now also announced the date of shifting its embassy to Jerusalem. The United States Department of State has announced that the US embassy in ‘Tel Aviv’ will be shifted to Jerusalem on 14th May, the day of establishment of Israel. […]
Abu Dhabi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Oman as the last leg of the four-nation visit. Before this, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed five different agreements in the Prime Minister’s presence. These include the agreement between ONGC Videsh and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). This is a very important agreement from […]