It has been a bitter harvest for some Israeli farmers on the border with Jordan. On Sunday, a 25-year-old deal between the two countries that has allowed them to cultivate land there formally expires.
Under the deal, part of the 1994 Jordan-Israel (...)
The head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees has stepped aside until the end of an investigation into misconduct allegations, the agency said on Wednesday.
Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl stepped aside until a review of (...)
تداول نشطاء مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي "فيس بوك وتويتر" مقطع فيديو لهدم قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي لمنزل أحد المقدسيين، معتصم العباسي، في بلدة سلوان جنوب المسجد الأقصى.
ويظهر الفيديو قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي وهي تحيط بحرم المنزل محملة بالسلاح، وتقوم بهدم (...)
Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Miri, two Jordanians held without charges will return to Jordan ``before the end of the week,'' Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi wrote on Twitter without giving further details.
Israel and Jordan announced (...)
Former U.S. Ambassador William Taylor, a diplomat who has sharply questioned President Donald Trump's policy on Ukraine, has provided lawmakers with a "disturbing'' account of events at the center of the impeachment probe , Democrats said (...)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored US-Israeli efforts to counter Iran in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday, in an apparent attempt to ease concerns in Israel that Tehran could exploit a US military pullback in (...)
The 35th Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries (8-13 October) closed on Sunday at the Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria's opera house in the presence of, among many celebrities, the festival's president's critic Al-Amir Abaza, who (...)
Arab states have been through the toughest time of all. For the first time since their establishment, many of those states have been shattered by corruption, political differences, and foreign intervention, not to mention terrorism.
The only (...)
انتشر مقطع فيديو لعملية قتل الاحتلال الإسرائيلي لسيدة فلسطينية على حاجز قلنديا شمالي القدس المحتلة، وأظهر إطلاق النار عليها من مسافة قريبة.
وكانت وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية أعلنت، اليوم الأربعاء، استشهاد المواطنة بعد إطلاق النار عليها، وتركها الجنود (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a battle for political survival in a closely fought election on Tuesday that could end his 10-year domination of national politics.
Opinion polls put former armed forces chief Benny Gantz's centrist (...)
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The leader of the main Arab faction in Israel's parliament says his constituents ``must be first-class voters on the way to becoming first-class citizens.''
Ayman Odeh cast his ballot on Tuesday in the northern city of Haifa and urged his (...)
Palestinian analysts argue — and claim the fact is known on all sides — that whoever comes to power in Israel shares the same goals, albeit their methods, timing and priorities might differ. They say all Israeli politicians believe in a Jewish state (...)
Jordan's King Abdullah II says if Israel goes ahead with the idea of annexing all the settlements in the West Bank it would be a ``disaster'' for attempts to find any two-state solution with the Palestinians.
Speaking after talks with German (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry called on Tuesday for the activation of the Arab comprehensive approach to countering terrorism and extremism.
Shoukry made the remarks during his speech at the 152nd ministerial meeting of the Arab League (...)
The Palestinian economy is on the brink of collapse due to the expansion and tightening grip of the Israeli occupation and the suffocation of Gaza's local economy, according to the latest UNCTAD report released on Tuesday.
The suffering is worsening (...)
The majority of world observers believe that the Camp David Accords, signed 41 years ago, led to political change that favoured peace to war. The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty was then celebrated for putting an end to a conflict that raged in the (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, he said on Sunday, reiterating an election promise made five months ago but again giving no timeframe.
Settlements are one of the most heated (...)
لا يخفى على أحد من الناس المتدينين وغيرهم من أن الديانات السماوية الثلاثة – الإسلام، المسيحية، اليهودية – لها أصل ومنشأ واحد وهو الله سبحانه وتعالى الذي أرسل رسله – عليهم السلام أجمعين – لهداية البشر بعد ما أصابهم الضلالة والطغيان والانحراف؛ فكانت (...)
Al-Azhar reemphasised its "firm position" regarding the Arab identity of Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian state, and its rejection of any attempts to change the identity of the Holy City with its Islamic and Christian heritage.
These (...)
Democratic presidential candidates and U.S. Jewish groups condemned President Donald Trump's remarks accusing American Jews who vote for Democrats of "great disloyalty," while the Republican leader went on the defensive on Wednesday.
Critics said (...)
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan plan to host a news conference on Monday to discuss travel restrictions to Israel and Palestine, after they were denied entry into Israel last week.
At the urging of President (...)
The Palestinian grandmother of US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib curses US President Donald Trump on Saturday, scoffing at the attention she has recently received from him on twitter.
The US president had said she must be happy she doesn't have to see (...)
Jordan has summoned Israel's ambassador to protest ``Israeli violations'' at a Jerusalem holy site sacred to Muslims.
Jordan's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Amman delivered a ``decisive letter'' to the ambassador, including a call ``to (...)
Israel decided to bar a visit by two of its sharpest critics in the U.S. Congress, Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
The two lawmakers planned to tour the occupied West Bank and East (...)
Israel will bar a visit by two of its sharpest critics in the U.S. Congress, Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who planned to tour the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, the country's deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
"The decision (...)
