[ad_1] Washington: The Trump administration moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 US-made assault rifles to Israel last month, according to a document seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the matter, pushing ahead with a sale that the administration of former president Joe Biden had delayed over concerns they could be…
[ad_1] Hungary has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This decision comes shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit. Netanyahu has been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the conflict between Israel and Hamas,…
[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel announced the elimination of all tariffs on imports from the United States, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office and the finance and economy ministries said in a joint statement. The reduction is largely seen as a diplomatic and political gesture rather than an economic one, as a 40-year-old free trade agreement between Israel and…
[ad_1] “We will continue to enforce the ceasefire with force,” said Netanyahu. (File) Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Friday that Israel will “strike everywhere in Lebanon against any threat”, after the first strike on south Beirut since a November ceasefire with militants Hezbollah. “The equation has changed… we will not allow any fire on…
[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s parliament passed a law on Thursday expanding the power of politicians over the appointment of judges in defiance of a years-long protest movement against the judicial reforms pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The approval came with Netanyahu’s government, the most right-wing in Israeli history, locked in a standoff with the supreme…
[ad_1] Doha: Palestinian operator group Hamas warned on Wednesday that hostages may be killed if Israel attempts to retrieve them by force and air strikes continue in the Gaza Strip. The group said in a statement that it was “doing everything possible to keep the occupation’s captives alive, but the random Zionist (Israeli) bombardment is…
[ad_1] Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday. Gaza City: Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. “Hamas out” and “Hamas terrorists” were chanted by the mostly male protesters in…
[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s military said its forces operating in Rafah in southern Gaza on Monday fired at a Red Cross building after mistakenly “identifying suspects inside and feeling a threat to the force”. “After an investigation, it was determined that the identification was incorrect and that the building belonged to the Red Cross. The force…
[ad_1] While major powers of the world are either engaged in or worried about the two ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas, there are other theatres in the equally important geographies of Central Asia and the Caucasus that deserve attention and even kudos for progressing with peace. These regions have been…
[ad_1] The number of people killed in Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war reached a new milestone over the weekend. More than 50,000 people have now died, including 15,613 children, according to figures released by Gaza’s health ministry on Sunday. Nearly 700 Palestinians have lost their lives since last Tuesday, when Israel restarted lethal air strikes…
