By Alasdair Pal
SYDNEY, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Pro-Palestine protesters will rally in Melbourne on Thursday on the final day of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s trip to Australia, following protests in the capital Canberra and violent clashes between…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Araghchi slams Adelson before Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday denounced Israeli-American Miriam Adelson for “pushing dramatic claims about Iran” through Israel Hayom, an Israeli media outlet founded by Adelson’s late husband, casino and hospitality mogul…
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‘No one to back us’: Arab bus drivers in Israel grapple with racist attacks
What began as an ordinary shift for Jerusalem bus driver Fakhri Khatib ended hours later in tragedy.
A chaotic spiral of events, symptomatic of a surge in racist violence targeting Arab bus drivers in Israel, led to the death of a teenager,…
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Top Haredi rabbi: ‘Whether authorities agree or not, no yeshiva student will go to IDF’
US-based activists raise death toll in Iran protest crackdown to over 7,000 * Wrapping up visit Down Under, Herzog decries ‘frightening’ antisemitism but says most Australians respect Jews
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Israel to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, Netanyahu says
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Israel will join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of…
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US firm that secured aid sites talking with administration about new role in Gaza
UG Solutions says it has ‘provided information and proposals to US-led Board of Peace,’ after it was revealed to be looking for Arabic-speaking contractors with combat experience
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US pays Afghans stranded in Qatar to repatriate, plan labeled ‘betrayal’
By Simon Lewis
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has begun paying Afghansto repatriate as it attempts to close a camp in Qatar where they have been stranded for years, the top State Department official for South and Central…
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Hundreds of Iranian Cyber Attacks Carried Out Against Israeli Officials This Year, Shin Bet Says
Iranian intelligence agencies have carried out hundreds of cyber attacks over the past year against politicians, senior defense officials, journalists and academics, including attempts to break into the Google accounts, e-mail and messaging apps,…
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Israeli researchers find gut bacteria may boost immune system of HIV patients
Groundbreaking study led by Weizmann Institute of Science and Hadassah AIDS Center scientists paves the way for new medical therapies that target the body’s bacterial ecosystem
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France calls on UN rapporteur Albanese to resign over ‘common enemy’ Israel remarks
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot condemns ‘outrageous’ comments made at Doha forum; Albanese defends, rejects ‘manipulation’ of her sentiments on general foe of humanity
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