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Israelis resume protests against judicial reforms despite negotiations
Jerusalem: Tens of thousands of Israelis resume demonstrations in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, calling for a complete cancellation of the government’s judicial overhaul plan, according to the local media. The…
- Middle East
Syrian air defences shoot down Israeli missiles over Damascus
Damascus: Syrian air defences on Friday most of the Israeli missile strike that targeted military sites in Damascus. Local media said the forces shot down most of the missiles in the sky…
- Middle East
Swiss football fans raise flag of Palestine in match against Israeli team
The Swedish fans raised the Palestinian flag during the football match that took place on Wednesday evening, between the Swedish team and the “Israeli team” in the Euro 2024 qualifiers. The Swiss…
- Middle East
Israel launches Ofek-13 spy satellite
Tel Aviv: Israel has successfully launched the “Ofek-13” spy satellite into space at dawn on Wednesday. The Ofek-13 satellite, manufacutured by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). It is the latest in a…
- Middle East
Israel passes law allowing police to search Palestinian homes without court orders
Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, passed a bill that would allow police officers to storm and search Palestinian homes for illegal weapons without the need for court orders. The…
- Middle East
UAE-Israel CEPA to come into force on April 1
Abu Dhabi: The UAE-Israel Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement(CEPA), which was signed on May 31, 2022, will come into effect on April 1, this year. This means that tariffs will be removed or…
- India
2008 Mumbai attack planners should ‘pay heavy price’: Israeli Parliament Speaker
Jerusalem: The planners of the “abominable” 2008 Mumbai terror attack should pay a heavy price for it, the Speaker of Israel’s Parliament has said ahead of his maiden visit to India, asserting…
- Middle East
Israel welcomes opening of Azerbaijani embassy in Tel Aviv
Jerusalem: Azerbaijan has opened an embassy in Israel, three decades after the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov before…
- World
Greece Police claim 2 Pak men nabbed for plotting terror attack on Jewish establishment
Jerusalem: Israeli espionage agency Mossad and the Greek police have collaborated in foiling a plot to carry out a massive terror attack targeting Israelis and Jews in Greece and police are continuing…
- Middle East
953 Palestinian homes demolished by Israel in 2022
Ramallah: Israeli authorities demolished 953 Palestinian homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2022, the highest number in seven years, said a European Union (EU) report. “More than 80 per…
- Middle East
Israeli Prez urges immediate dialogue between PM, oppn over contentious judicial overhaul
Jerusalem: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leaders to immediately engage in a dialogue, a day after the government suspended a contentious plan to overhaul the…
- Middle East
Israel passes law banning breads in hospitals on Jewish Passover
Jerusalem: Israeli lawmakers have passed a controversial law banning all leavened bread products that are not kosher for the Passover holiday in hospitals, according to Orthodox Jewish law. The law, sponsored by…
- Middle East
India: Israel embassy shuts in protest against its PM over new judicial laws
Soon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked defence minister Yoav Gallant for opposing the former’s controversial reforms that overhaul the judicial system, Israel’s embassy in India called for a protest against their…
- Middle East
Israel Prez Isaac Herzog urges PM Netanyahu to halt judicial overhaul
Jerusalem: Israel’s President Icon Monday appealed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately halt his controversial judicial overhaul, warning that the move has put the country’s security, economy and society under threat.…
- Middle East
Israel-UAE free trade deal takes effect
Jerusalem: A free trade agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has come into effect, the first such economic deal the Jewish state reached with an Arab country. Officials from…
