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  • February 15, 2014

    Netanyahu aide: Boston attack is good for Israel

    A senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has voiced expectations that the Boston Marathon attacks will strengthen American support for Israel, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said on Monday....

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  • February 15, 2014

    Israeli settlers torch 10 Palestinian cars

    On Tuesday morning Israeli settlers blazed ten Palestinian cars in Dier Jareer neighbourhood in the east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that Israeli settlers...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Islamists in Jordan reject foreign forces in the Kingdom

    On Friday, the Islamists in Jordan “firmly” rejected the presence of any foreign forces in the Kingdom. Meanwhile, American forces are heading to Amman to potentially intervene and secure...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Palestinian-Jordanian crossing open for trade for the first time

    Chief of General Committee for Crossings and Borders, Nazmi Mohana, announced on Thursday that Al-Karama Crossing connecting Jordan with the West Bank will open on Friday for the first...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Palestinian Authority calls for prosecution of Abu Jihad's killers

    The Palestinian Authority has called for the killers of Khalil Al-Wazir to be brought to justice. Known by his nom de guerre Abu Jihad, Al-Wazir was assassinated 25 years...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Egyptian Foreign Ministry summons Canadian Charge D'affairs in Cairo

    The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has said that on Monday it summoned the Canadian Charge D’affaires in Cairo in response to an official meeting that took place between Canadian Foreign...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Netanyahu: sanctions will not deter Iran

    Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Tuesday that severe sanctions would not stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Iran has said that it needs greater levels of depleted uranium than...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Chief of Staff claims four decades of calm with Syria have ended

    Israel’s Chief of the General Staff has said that four decades of “calm” with Syria on the occupied Golan Heights “have ended”. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper claims that General Benny...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Intensive negotiations with hunger striker Al-Issawi

    The Palestinian Authority Minister for Prisoners’ Affairs, Issa Qaraqe, has said that the Israeli General Security Service (GSS) and the legal adviser to the Israeli occupation authorities are leading...

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  • February 15, 2014

    Settlers uproot 190 trees in Ramallah

    On Wednesday evening Jewish settlers uprooted 190 olive and fig trees belonging to Palestinian farmers in the West Bank city of Ramallah. In a statement, The Popular Resistance Movement...

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