Trump Joins Fight Against UN Vote
The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity, a senior...
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Egypt Delays U.N. Vote On Settlements After Trump, Israel Urge U.S. Veto
Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, after Israel's prime minister and U.S....
UNSC To Vote On Ending Israeli Settlement Activity
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on a draft resolution that would demand Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory,...
Obama, Trying To Protect Legacy, Unlikely To Act On Mideast Peace
U. S. President Barack Obama, keen to preserve his legacy on domestic health care and the Iran nuclear deal, is not expected to make major moves on Israeli-Palestinian peace before leaving office,...
Tens of Thousands Flee Israel Fires
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated as wildfires rage through parts of Israel's third largest city of Haifa. The fires follow a two-month drought and are being fanned by strong winds in...
Israel’s Muezzin Bill Seeks ‘Judaisation of Jerusalem’
A pre-dawn muslim call to prayer has provoked the main backlash from Israeli Jews Palestinian politicians in Israel have found an unexpected ally inside the government against a new bill banning...
Netanyahu Calls For Restraint After Donald Trump Win
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for ministers to refrain from commenting on Donald Trump's presidency after right-wing politicians said his election win put an end to a two-state...
Palestinian Leader’s Legacy
A museum built on the grounds of the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, dedicated to the legacy of Yasser Arafat, has opened to the public, a day short of the 12-year anniversary of the...
Historic Victory For Somali-American Muslim Woman In US Legislative Polls
The United States has its first Somali-American legislator. Ilhan Omar made history on Tuesday night after winning in a state House race. Ilhan, who stood on the ticket of the Democratic Farmer...
Sickness For Those Who Brush Teeth Or Bathe With Kalyppo, Or Rarely Bathe At All!
This is not magic...When a country does not have enough primary care physicians, or nurses, or specialists... it helps to first prevent the spread of germs, diseases... Not too long ago, a driver's...
Israel Freezes Ties With Unesco For ‘denying Jewish Holy Sites’
Israel has frozen co-operation with the UN's cultural agency, accusing it of denying Judaism's connections to the religion's holiest sites. Its education minister said a Unesco draft decision...
Israeli Aircraft Attack Hamas In Gaza After Rocket Hits Israeli Town
Israeli aircraft attacked Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, wounding at least one person, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the enclave hit an Israeli border town....
Thousands To Pay Final Respects To Israel’s Shimon Peres
Thousands of people are expected to pay their final respects to former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93. His coffin will lie in state in front of the...
Former Israel President Shimon Peres Dies
Former Israeli PM and president, Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday. Mr Peres, who was one of the...
Mahama Stings Israel Over ‘illegal’ Occupation of Palestinian Lands
Ghana’s President John Mahama has counseled Israel to as a matter of urgency withdraw from Palestinian territories to pave way for peaceful coexistence between the two states. There is no...
UN Chief Calls Netanyahu Ethnic Cleansing Comment Outrageous
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence that Palestinians want the "ethnic cleansing" of Jews in the West Bank "unacceptable and...