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Top Qatari official: No to negotiations with Israel

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There can be no negotiations with Israel as the Jewish people are “slayers of prophets,” a top Qatari official told representatives at a recent Arab League summit, according to a translation of the speech...
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit speaks at the 2019 Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 17, 2019. Credit: Kuhlmann/ MSC via Wikimedia Commons.

Palestinians, Arab League condemn opening of Czech embassy branch in Jerusalem

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The Palestinian Authority and the Arab League on Saturday accused the Czech Republic of violating international law by opening a branch of its Israel embassy in Jerusalem. Prague’s move is “a blatant attack on the Palestinian people...
The Iranian nuclear program's heavy water reactor near Arak. Credit: Nanking 2012 via Wikimedia Commons.

Saudi foreign minister: Iranian nuclear program threatens entire region

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A nuclear Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al Saud told an emergency meeting of the Arab League in Cairo on Monday. “The development of...
Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Sudanese oppositionists reject normalization with Israel

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Major oppositionist factions in Sudan rejected the peace deal between Israel and the transitional government in Khartoum, announced on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump, who helped broker the agreement. “The transitional power intentionally violates the constitutional...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak, at P.A. headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 5, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Mahmoud Abbas: Down and out in Ramallah?

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Angry, sad and ill, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been stuck at home in Ramallah for a few months now. COVID-19 is forcing him to be extra careful. At his age, 85, with...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on Feb. 13, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

Enraged over Arab ties with Israel, Palestinians quit chairing Arab League sessions

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Angered at the Arab world’s growing ties with Israel, the Palestinian leadership has quit their chairmanship of Arab League meetings, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister announced on Tuesday. “Palestine has decided to concede its right...
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Credit: JCPA.

Vexed by Mideast deals, Palestinians to ‘reconsider’ ties with Arab League

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The Palestinian Authority on Monday called on its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, to “reconsider” Ramallah’s ties with Arab League in that wake of what it called the pan-Arab forum’s “impotence” vis-à-vis the growing momentum for...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech regarding the coronavirus outbreak, at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 5, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Palestinian leadership tones down criticism of UAE-Israel peace deal

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Ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss the Israel-United Arab Emirates normalization agreement, the Palestinian leadership has toned down its criticism of the move. While the Palestinian Authority has harshly...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman during their meeting on March 14, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

Trump tells Saudi king he welcomes opening airspace to flights to/from Israel

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U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday that he welcomed the kingdom’s decision to open its airspace to flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting a...
A view of Highway 1, the Ma'aleh Adumim-Jerusalem road, from the West Bank area known as E1, with Jerusalem's Mount Scopus seen on the horizon, Dec. 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

‘US prepared to recognize application of Israeli law to areas of the West Bank’

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A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Monday that the United States remains ready to recognize Israel’s annexation of territory in the West Bank, but expects Israel to continue negotiations with the Palestinians. “As we...