Israel struck sites it said belonged to Hamas in the Gaza Strip overnight (AFP Photo/Said KHATIB)/ Jerusalem (AFP) - Several rockets were fired Wednesday from the Gaza Strip at Israel, which responded by striking Hamas military positions in the enclave, the Israeli army said. The afternoon ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)/ JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on Israeli Prime ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Netanyahu announced his plan, ahead of an election, on television on Tuesday Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex part of the occupied West Bank. if he is returned to office following a general ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv/ GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Wednesday hours after rockets from the Palestinian enclave triggered sirens that forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu off the stage at an election ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to begin annexing West Bank settlements if he wins national elections next week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)/ JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister ...
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to annex the Jordan Valley and his frequent accusations against Tehran were ploys to win re-election, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported. “Netanyahu seeks votes to stay in power through ...
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Tuesday to annex a large section of the occupied West Bank should he win reelection next week. “Today, I announce my intention, after the establishment of a new government, to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Israeli PM Netanyahu makes controversial pledge to annex Jordan Valley in occupied West Bank if re-elected next week This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the ...
01AM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 07:02AM ]/ Israeli soldiers look at a drone prepared to throw gas canisters during clashes with Palestinian protesters in Ramallah, near the settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank on December 14, 2018. (Photo by AFP)/ The Palestinian Hamas resistance ...
03AM [Updated: Thu Sep 12, 2019 06:03AM ]/ The picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows an Israeli election billboard for the Likud party showing US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Likud chairman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem al-Quds. (By AFP)/ A political ...
19AM [Updated: Thu Sep 12, 2019 05:34AM ]/ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has censured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, terming it as a gross violation of international law. “Such steps, if implemented, would ...
51PM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:51PM ]/ Flames and smoke are seen during the Israeli airstrikes on the central Gaza Strip on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)/ Israeli fighter jets have launched new air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip, targeting several positions in Beit Lahia in the ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points at a map of the Jordan Valley as he gives a statement in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ Russia has strongly condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s election pledge to annex north of the Dead Sea and ...
Only a week before Israel’s general election, Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dropped a new campaign bombshell saying if re-elected, he would annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu also said he would move later to annex all Israeli settlements in the occupied ...
27PM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 06:43PM ]/ A spokesman for Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected, stating that he is still under the delusion that the ...
25PM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 06:35PM ]/ seeks to stay in power through anti-Iran accusations and annexation, after Benjamin Netanyahu said he would annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if elected. “Netanyahu is after votes to stay in power and continue with expansionist policies ...
56PM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 03:56PM ]/ Israeli artillery units have struck the northern part of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver. reported that Israeli forces targeted two military positions ...
20AM [Updated: Wed Sep 11, 2019 01:20AM ]/ Israeli military aircraft have launched a new round of airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its acts of aggression against the impoverished Palestinian coastal sliver. Arabic-language Palestine al-Yawm ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Center) is taken off stage during a campaign event in Ashdod due to rockets fired from the besieged Gaza Strip on September 10, 2019. (Photo via Twitter)/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is forced to flee and seek shelter during a campaign ...
21PM [Updated: Tue Sep 10, 2019 07:21PM ]/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, occupied territories, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied ...
A top Democratic senator has blamed a crackdown on independent journalism in Egypt on a decision by the Trump administration to waive human rights conditions on US military funding to the country. Chris Murphy, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accused the US government of ...
Many Syrians say their economic situation has worsened in the last two years amid a cost-of-living crisis/ Last month, protests erupted in squares and streets across Syria. People burned tyres, blocked roads and chanted slogans, angry at the government's decision to raise fuel prices again. It ...
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser./ Partial results from Israel's general election show veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marginally ahead of his rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, but still short of a majority in parliament. With 99% of ballots ...
Neither Gadi Eisenkot (left) or Benjamin Netanyahu (right) are projected to win enough seats for a majority/ With 85% of votes counted after Tuesday's election, neither the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, nor the bloc of his key challenger Gadi Eisenkot look set to have ...
Between 150 and 200 people were in the church at the time of the shooting, according to one witness/ Seven people have been killed in an attack on a funeral in central Jordan, officials have said. At least 34 others were injured as gunmen opened fire on a church in Hmoud, in the Karak ...
At rush hour in Nazareth, the largest Arab-majority city in Israel, students are handing out leaflets by the roadside urging motorists to vote in next week's closely fought, general election. Polls indicate that Arab parties could be left holding a critical balance of power. Disaffection has ...
right minister Ben Gvir (left) has significant support among Israeli youth/ When Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, reached voting age, he was rejected from Israel's army for being too politically extreme. His views have not changed much in the 30 years since then - ...
Photojournalist Heidi Levine was knocked to the ground by a group of settlers and kicked repeatedly/ Israeli police say they have arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank after attacks by settlers on an American journalist and European diplomats last week. The unnamed suspects were ...
One of the main suppliers of food aid to the Gaza Strip, the World Food Programme (WFP), says that it is being forced to "drastically reduce lifesaving assistance" to the Palestinian territory due to funding shortages. Overall, the number of people helped by the UN agency will drop by about a ...
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser./ Watch: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvest/ Dozens of masked settlers have attacked Palestinians and set fire to cars and olive trees during the annual olive harvest in the occupied West Bank. A ...