Category: 3. Middle East

JTA — An international federation of social workers has voted not to expel the Israeli Union of Social Workers following weeks of debate and opposition from Jewish groups over their potential ban.

“After careful deliberation, IFSW…

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen…

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Australian police said on Thursday they had launched an investigation after a threatening letter was sent to the country’s largest mosque, the third such incident in the lead-up to the Muslim fasting month of…

By Steve Holland, Simon Lewis and Samia Nakhoul

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over the first meeting of his Board of Peace on Thursday with unresolved questions on the future of Gaza hanging over an event…

In a rare confluence of opinion between boosters of Israel’s settlement enterprise and its staunchest critics, moves by the government expanding civilian governance of the West Bank have been termed by both as acts of de facto Israeli…

Popular American right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson briefly arrived in Israel on Wednesday to interview US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, later asserting that he was detained by Israeli security staff in a claim that was denied by both Israel…

Feb 18 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview made public on Wednesday, said that any new U.S. strike on Iran would have serious consequences and called for restraint to find a solution to enable Iran to pursue a…