Bahrain to permit journalists from Israeli outlets to cover U.S.-led economic summit
Bahrain will allow journalists from six different Israeli media outlets to enter the country next week to cover the U.S.-sponsored economic workshop in Manama, Channel 13 News reported on Wednesday.
Bahrain reportedly approved the entry...
Hamas ‘investigating’ latest rocket attack on Israel
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Saturday that his organization is “investigating the rocket fire on Israel, as there was no order to any group to do it.”
Haniyeh was referring to Thursday’s rocket fire on southern Israel, which...
Hamas endorsement of UNRWA elections underscores the agency’s inherent flaws
Following the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) union elections in Gaza on April 24 and the publishing of the results mid-May, various terror groups, including the Islamic Jihad, Popular Front...
Palestinians announce ‘popular uprising’ against Trump peace plan
A “popular Palestinian uprising” against U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan was announced Sunday following a meeting of PLO faction representatives, Palestinian civil society organizations and private individuals in the West Bank city...
Lebanese writers criticize Hezbollah oppression
The Lebanese daily Al-Mudun and the Shi’ite Janoubia.com website, both known to be anti-Hezbollah, published articles recently bemoaning the situation in South Lebanon under Hezbollah rule. The articles criticized Hezbollah’s suppression of free expression, leisure and...
Sole Jewish member of Iran parliament calls for Jews to protest Zionism
The only Jewish member of Iran’s parliament is calling on Jews to participate at an annual Iranian-backed, anti-Semitic rally in London scheduled for Sunday.
“Jewish Iranians consider participation in Quds Day rallies as a national and...
US sends 900 new troops to Saudi Arabia, Qatar amid Iranian threat
The United States has sent 900 new troops to Saudi Arabia and Qatar amid the threat from Iran, announced U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Wednesday.
“I don’t see a change in any behavior,”...
Khamenei rejects offer of negotiations with America
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic will not negotiate with the United States.
This was in response to U.S. President Donald Trump, who withdrew the United States from...
Palestinians: New Israeli elections spell the end for Trump’s peace plan
According to a senior Palestinian Authority source, Israel’s new elections, currently set for Sept. 17, will postpone the presentation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan until after the 2020 elections in the...
Jordanian king to Kushner: Palestinian state only possible on pre-1967 lines
Jordanian King Abdullah told White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner on Wednesday that a Palestinian state can only be created along the border lines that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War.
“His...