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Israeli police raid Palestinian neighbourhood to identify ‘assailants’
Jerusalem: Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police erupted in Jerusalem on Saturday evening in the wake of two anti-Israeli attacks in the disputed holy city. Israeli police entered Arab neighbourhoods in the…
- Middle East
Israeli PM vows to act ‘decisively, calmly’ after synagogue shooting attack
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to act after a shooting attack killed at least seven people and wounded three others on Friday in a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem.…
- Middle East
Israel fully responsible for deadly escalation: Palestine
Ramallah: Palestine has blamed Israel for the current “serious” tension in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which has left dozens of people dead this month. “We hold the Israeli government fully responsible…
- Middle East
Jordanians stage protest against Israeli killing of Palestinians
Amman: Thousands of Jordanians on Friday took part in a demonstration in the capital Amman to protest the killing of Palestinians in Jenin by Israeli forces. “The raids in the West Bank…
- Middle East
Over 12K Israeli administrative detention orders issued in 9 yrs
The Israeli authorities have issued more than 12,000 administrative detention orders (without charge) against Palestinian detainees over the past nine years. The Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) said in a statement on Wednesday,…
- Middle East
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire
Tel Aviv: Israel launched a series of bombing raids in the central Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks from Gazan terrorists, and said that the raids will lead to “significant harm…
- Middle East
2 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel after deadly West Bank raid
Jerusalem: Two rockets fired from Gaza at southern Israel were intercepted by the Israeli aerial defence systems early on Friday, following the killing of nine Palestinians by Israeli soldiers earlier. No injuries…
- Middle East
Palestine ends security coordination with Israel after 9 killed in raid
Ramallah: The Palestinian Authority has announced the end of security coordination with Israel in response to the killing of nine Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin. “In the light of…
- Middle East
Israel sees surge in foreign tourists’ hotel overnight stays
Tel Aviv: The number of overnight stays of foreign tourists in hotels across Israel surged 785 per cent year on year in 2022, revealed an annual report issued by the country’s Central…
- Middle East
Traffic accidents in Israel cause 351 deaths in 2022
Jerusalem: The number of people killed in traffic accidents in Israel decreased to 351 in 2022, compared to 364 fatalities the year before, an annual report from the country’s Central Bureau of…
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Israeli PM dismisses key minister, ally after court order
Jerusalem: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a senior cabinet ally to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving. Netanyahu on Sunday announced he is firing…
- Middle East
Netanyahu, US security advisor discusses Saudi peace
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he met visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and explored ways to forge official ties with Saudi Arabia. The two discussed “the next steps…
- Middle East
Palestinian prisoner Maher Younis freed from Israeli jail after 40 yrs
The second longest-serving Palestinian prisoner, Maher Younis, embraced freedom on Thursday morning, after serving four decades in Israeli prisons, Palestinian News Agency reported. 65-year-old Maher was released from Eshel prison near Beer…
- Middle East
Israel’s top court cancels appointment of ex-con as minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that a key member in the country’s new extreme-right government cannot serve as minister because of his criminal conviction. On Wednesday, the court said that Aryeh Deri,…
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Israel’s debt-to-GDP ratio sees sharpest decline in 35 yrs
Jerusalem: Israel’s public debt-to-GDP ratio dropped to 60.9 percent in 2022 from 68 percent in 2021, the Israeli Finance Ministry said. The year-on-year decrease of 7.1 percentage points is the sharpest since…
