Headlines- The US would not lift sanctions against Iran in return for a complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who further states that any sanctions relief is conditional upon Iran giving up enriched uranium.
- The Kuwaiti army claims that loud noises heard around the country are the result of interceptions and that it is responding to drone and missile attacks.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command disabled an oil ship for allegedly violating the U.S. naval blockade in the Arabian Gulf.
- According to President Donald Trump, talks with Iran are still ongoing, but "one never knows" where they will end.
- Resuming hostilities in the conflict with the United States appears "inevitable," a senior Iranian military general who stated on Tuesday that "the Iranian nation will never surrender."
- A memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 genocide inaugurated in Paris on Tuesday by French President Emmanuel Macron and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame.
Tag: Israel
Violence Erupts in Israel,Gaza and the...
Several strong waves of projectile fire targeted Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba, Sderot, and the surrounding areas overnight Friday-Saturday, putting cities and communities in southern Israel ‘under siege’.
Easter Holy Land Sites
Israel is keeping air travel restrictions in place because of the pandemic and that means Christian pilgrims from all over the world will once again not be able to visit the traditional sites in the Holy Land this Easter this year
Israel Begins Vaccinating Palestinian Workers
Most Palestinians remain without access to the COVID vaccine, but Israel is vaccinating Palestinian laborers who work in Israel and the Jewish settlements in the West Bank
COVID Era Sees Revival of Israel’s...
Long shelved as a relic of Israel’s socialist beginnings, the collective farm settlements known as kibbutzim are making a comeback in the age of COVID. The isolation and outdoors lifestyle of the kibbutz is what draws many young Israelis, weary after repeated lockdowns
Israel Palestinians Gulf Trade
Israel has begun exporting fruits, vegetables, olive oil and wine to the United Arab Emirates under the terms of a US-brokered peace agreement. Some of the Israeli producers are based in the West Bank, which Palestinians claim as part of a future Palestinian state
Israel Settlement Annexation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he intends to impose Israeli sovereignty on more than 130 Jewish settlements, as laid out in President Trump’s Deal of the Century, the U.S. administration’s peace plan. Palestinians strongly oppose the plan, and while most Jewish settlers support it, some settlers worry it could lead to a Palestinian state in the part of the West Bank that is not annexed
COVID-19:Israel Immigration
Thousands of Jews around the world are considering making what’s called Aliyah. It’s Hebrew for immigrating to Israel, partly to find shelter in a place that, as of Wednesday, has suffered few coronavirus deaths compared to other countries. While Israel has banned tourists from entering, it is allowing new immigrants
Social Enterprise Project Connects African Asylum...
The 37,000 African asylum seekers in Israel live in limbo. They are allowed to work and their children go to Israeli schools, but they have no official status and live on the fringes of Israeli society. Now a new social enterprise project aims to help them share their stories and culinary culture with native Israelis. …
Arab Parliamentarians Want the Israeli Government...
Violence in Israeli Arab communities is growing. Seventy-nine people have been murdered so far this year. In some areas, parents are afraid to let their children out of their homes at night