(MEMO) — In a speech, Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “The future of humanity will be determined by what happens in Palestine and regarding Jerusalem. Humanity will either move towards light, freedom and moral values or it will regress to the deep injustice and oppression.” The speech which he delivered at the ceremony of handing […]
(MEMO) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday his country has no plans to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Palestine’s official news agency. The statement came during Abe’s official meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, WAFA reported. The Japanese leader affirmed his country’s support for a political process based […]
(MEE) — The Israeli parliament late on Monday granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greater authority to take his country to war, at a time when tensions between Israel and Iran are reaching new heights. Netanyahu can now declare war with only the approval of the defence minister, currently hardliner Avigdor Lieberman, in “extreme situations”, according to Israeli […]
(CD) — In a “bizarre” performance that conjured memories of former national security adviser Colin Powell’s infamous weapons of mass destruction speech in 2002, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday theatrically deployed props and powerpoint slides in an attempt to distort facts and convince his “audience of one“—U.S. President Donald Trump—that Iran is failing to comply with the nuclear accord. “Iran lied, […]
(MEMO) — Israel has put its forces on alert mainly on the northern front with Syria and Lebanon fearing a possible Iranian attack in revenge for the Israeli bombing of the Iranian drone base in Syria where several senior commanders were killed, Arabi21.com reported on Sunday. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that the Israeli army commissioned a large number of monitoring units […]
(MEE) — In a speech on Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country has “conclusive proof” about Iran violating the terms of an international nuclear agreement. Following an emergency meeting of the Israeli security cabinet, Netanyahu said that Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had uncovered evidence that Israel would share with the International Atomic Energy […]
(MEE) — Mohammed bin Salman said the Palestinian leadership should accept whatever peace terms are offered by the United States and stop complaining, according to reports based on an Israeli diplomatic cable and Israeli and American sources. The Saudi crown prince also heavily criticised the Palestinian leadership, including President Mahmoud Abbas and said Palestinian statehood was not […]
(MEE) — Fourteen American Jews were arrested by the New York Police Department after blocking the entrance to US Senator Chuck Schumer’s New York office on Thursday, the latest Jewish-led civil disobedience action aimed at pushing members of Congress to condemn Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Chanting “Free, Free Gaza” and singing Jewish prayers while […]
(MEMO) — Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein today succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli snipers while covering mass protests near Gaza’s eastern border. Abu Hussein had arrived at the Ramallah Governmental Hospital late on Sunday to receive treatment for wounds he sustained after being struck by Israeli gunfire while covering the “Great March of Return”. In […]
(MEMO) — A new video has surfaced showing Israeli occupation forces shooting Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank, with one soldier cheering after a successful ‘hit’. The video was published Tuesday by Israeli human rights NGO B’Tselem and filmed by one of its volunteers. According to B’Tselem, the incident took place on the afternoon of 13 […]
