A moving video clip has surfaced online showing an Israeli television news anchor getting tearful reporting her own show’s sudden cancellation on air. The anchor tried hard to control her emotions after learning that it would be her last show on Israel’s Channel One. The government has suddenly decided to[Read More…]
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Teen Murti Marg renaming proposal deferred
Trump and Palestinian President to hold first talks
Israel decriminalises marijuana
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls for unity against Iran
Fatah and Hamas to form unity government in Palestine
After a three-day negotiation talk in Moscow, The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday has agreed to form a unity government with Hamas. “We have reached an agreement under which, within 48 hours, we will call on (Palestinian leader) Mahmoud Abbas to launch consultations on the creation of a government[Read More…]
Palestine opens embassy in Vatican city
Palestinian Authority has opened an embassy at the Vatican on the eve of a peace conference meant to revive long-stalled talks with Israel. Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Saturday to open a Palestinian embassy in Vatican City. “We are very grateful about the role that the Holy[Read More…]
Israeli forces killed 32 Palestinian children in 2016: DCIP report
Israeli forces and security guards have killed more Palestinian children in West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, a report by Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) said. According to the report, Israeli forces have killed 32 Palestinian children, making 2016 deadliest year[Read More…]
Israel issues travel warning for India ahead of New Year’s Eve
A travel warning for its citizens travelling to India ahead of the New Year celebrations has been issued by Israel citing a “concrete basic threat.” It advised its people to avoid parties and gatherings especially in south-west part of the nation. “We are warning Israeli tourists in India of the[Read More…]
Israel PM expresses deep disappointment with John Kerry speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had to express “deep disappointment” over US Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech and vowed to work with the incoming Trump administration to contain the fallout from last week’s U.N. resolution calling Israeli settlements illegal. “We are not about to[Read More…]
United States lets UN denounce Israeli settlements
The US on Friday allowed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A US abstention paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the[Read More…]
Egypt delays UN resolution on Israeli settlements as Trump intervenes
United Nations Security Council postponed a vote on a draft resolution demanding to halt Israeli settlement activities as US president-elect Donald Trump weighed in and urged the United States to veto the measure. The resolution proposed by Egypt called for Israel to stop building new settlements, which is illegal under[Read More…]
Wildfires in Israel: Thousands flee city, Netanyahu warns arsonists
Thousands of people have been fleeing the city of Haifa as wildfires tore across northern and central Israel on Thursday. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that any proof of arson would be treated as an act of terrorism. “We are facing arsonist terror. In front of arsonist terror we[Read More…]