Middle East

Israeli Defense Minister Preparing for Annexation of West Bank

June 3, 2020 Middle East

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that he ordered the military to start preparing for the coming annexation of parts of the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pla…

Netanyahu Envisions ‘Three More Israels’?

December 19, 2018 Middle East

In a somewhat cryptic remark in an interview hosted by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu raised the imaginary possibility of the establishment of two o…

US Plans to Recognize Kurdish Area in Syria 3x Size of Lebanon ‘Soon’ – Reports

January 8, 2018 Middle East

An unnamed senior Western official told the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the plans are part of a new strategy for Syria currently being drafted by the Trump administration. Washington is planning 'c…

Israel Tells African Migrants They Have 90 Days to Leave or Go to Jail

January 6, 2018 Middle East

Israel will force tens of thousands of African migrants to leave over the next three months by threatening to arrest those who stay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. Speaking at a …

Israel Seized 2,500 Acres of Palestinian Land in 2017

January 3, 2018 Middle East

Israel has seized around 2,500 acres of Palestinian land, destroyed 500 buildings and constructed eight new Jewish settlement units in 2017, according to Palestine’s Land Research Centre (LRC). Accord…

‘Your Son is a Dog, You’re Not Wanted Here’ – Israeli MP to Mother of Palestinian Prisoner

December 27, 2017 Middle East

A member of the Israeli parliament mounted a bus from the Gaza Strip and lashed out at a Palestinian woman heading to visit her son jailed in Israel, yelling that the prisoner was a “dog,” an “insect”…

‘Only Game in Town’: Saudi Heir Allegedly Urges Abbas to Accept US Peace Plan

December 25, 2017 Middle East

Mohammad bin Salman has held talks with Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amid the heightened tensions over the US decision to recognize the whole city of Jerusalem as the capi…

‘Jerusalem is Ours!’ Most Dramatic Moments of Muslim Protests Across the World

December 9, 2017 Middle East

A wave of protests has swept the Muslim World after Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital. A man was killed and hundreds injured in clashes in the West Bank, while US flags were b…