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Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo: Eskinder Debebe/U.N. Photo.

How worried should Israel be about the Arab response on extending sovereignty?

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The prospect of Israel extending its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and parts of Judea and Samaria, has raised questions over what the response by the Palestinian Authority and Jordan would be as both...
UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008 on May 13, 2008. Photo: Imre Solt via Wikimedia Commons.

UAE: Israel should not annex West Bank territory

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A senior United Arab Emirates official tweeted on Monday that Israel should not move to annex parts of West Bank since it would damage the future peace process. “Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands...
Mehdi Taeb. (MEMRI)

Iranian official: Coronavirus is the handiwork of America

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The head of Iran’s Ammar Strategic Advisory Base, Mehdi Taeb, said in a video posted online in March that the coronavirus is the handiwork of the United States, and that the Iranian city of...
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi. Photo: U.N./Manuel Elias.

‘Israeli annexation bid will have disastrous consequences,’ Jordanian foreign minister warns

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Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov on Wednesday that the Israeli plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley must...
Palestinian chief negotiator and Secretary General of the PLO Saeb Erekat speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Jericho on Feb. 15, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Ramallah to ‘seek clarification’ on Arab stance regarding Israeli sovereignty

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PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat said on Tuesday that Ramallah will “seek clarifications” regarding reports that many of the moderate Arab states will not challenge Israel’s plan to apply its sovereignty in the Jordan Valley...
Mounds of garbage disposed of outside the Palestinian village of Rammon on Dec. 8, 2014. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

With less law enforcement during coronavirus pandemic, PA continues to dump garbage

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While Israel was busy dealing with the coronavirus crisis, the Palestinian Authority continued to illegally dump garbage in Judea and Samaria, according to Israeli NGO Regavim. “Today’s technology allows us to gather very detailed data...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Dec. 27, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli minister calls on Twitter CEO to ban Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei

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Newly appointed Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen has sent a letter to Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey calling for the immediate suspension of the Twitter account of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Kremlin.ru.

Erdoğan: ‘We will not allow Palestinian lands to be offered to anyone’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a video message posted on social media on Monday that “we will not allow Palestinian lands to be offered to anyone.” In the video, which was addressed to...
Security forces loyal to Hamas check the papers of an intensive-care ambulance during the coronvirus pandemic at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, April 13, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

First coronavirus-related death reported in Gaza Strip

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The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the first coronavirus-related death in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. The deceased was a 77-year-old woman who had been placed in a special field hospital near the Rafah border crossing...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani casting his vote in the 2016 elections. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ignoring US warning, first Iranian fuel tanker arrives in Venezuelan waters

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Despite U.S. warnings, the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with fuel arrived in Venezuelan waters on Saturday. “The ships from the fraternal Islamic Republic of Iran are now in our exclusive economic zone,” tweeted...