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Israel halts for Holocaust day, honors six million Jews killed
Tel Aviv: Sirens blared across Israel early Thursday as the country came to a standstill in an annual ritual honouring the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. People halted where they…
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‘The Kashmir Files’ heads to Israel for theatrical release
Mumbai: After performing well at the Indian box-office, the Anupam Kher-starrer, ‘The Kashmir Files’ is all set to release in Israel on April 28, 2022. Written and directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri…
- Middle East
Israel’s measures increase tension, undermine two-state solution: Palestinian PM
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Tuesday said that the Israeli measures in the Palestinian territories would increase tension and undermine the two-state solution. Shtayyeh made the remarks during a meeting…
- Middle East
Syrian Air Defense downed most missiles fired by Israel: Defense Ministry
Damascus: Syrian air defense systems repelled an Israeli air attack and shot down most of the missiles, the Syrian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Earlier, Syrian state news agency SANA reported…
- Middle East
20-year-old Palestinian killed by Israeli forces during a raid
A young Palestinian man was killed in the wee hours of Tuesday by Israeli forces on the Aqabet Jaber refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. A predawn raid was…
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Israel to reopen main crossing point with Gaza to boost economy
Tel Aviv: Israel on Tuesday decided to reopen the Erez crossing point on the northern tip of the Gaza Strip after economic losses in the impoverished coastal enclave had piled up. “After…
- Middle East
Israel’s unemployment rate drops to the lowest since Covid
Tel Aviv: The number of unemployed people in Israel decreased to 145,300 in March, registering an unemployment rate of 3.4 per cent, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said. It is the…
- Middle East
Israel to reopen main crossing point with Gaza to boost economy
Tel Aviv: Israel on Tuesday decided to reopen the Erez crossing point on the northern tip of the Gaza Strip after economic losses in the impoverished coastal enclave had piled up. “After…
- Middle East
550 Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment in Israeli jails: Report
Jerusalem: The number of Palestinians sentenced to life imprisonment in the Israeli prisons rose to 550, local media reported on Monday. This came in a report released by the Center for Palestinian Prisoner…
- Middle East
Yair Lapid says Israel committed to status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said his country is “committed” to the status quo that bans Jews from praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, the focal point of…
- Middle East
Israel strikes southern Lebanon in response to rocket fire
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said it struck Lebanon with artillery fire early Monday after a rocket was fired into Israel. The army said the rocket landed in an open area in northern…
- World
Biden accepts Bennett’s invitation to visit Israel
Jerusalem: US President Joe Biden has accepted Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s invitation to visit Israel in “the next few months,” the Prime Minister’s office said. The two leaders discussed over the…
- Middle East
Israel PM discusses Israeli-Palestinian tensions with UN chief
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held a phone conversation with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the recent development of Israeli-Palestinian tensions, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Bennett on Saturday…
- Middle East
Fresh clashes between Israeli police, Palestinians at Al Aqsa Mosque
Jerusalem: Israeli police and Palestinian youths clashed again at a major Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday despite a temporary halt to Jewish visits to the site, which…
- Middle East
OIC condemn Israel’s ‘barbaric attacks’ on Al Aqsa Mosque
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday called for international action to end barbaric attacks against Palestinian worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque, leading to hundreds of them being injured and arrested.…
